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This year's printed version of Forecast 2017 will also available in these other languages, as follows :

Each of these will also offer the English version of Forecast 2017, as will our Chinese distributor : Your work is essential to anyone who is serious in this field. I can't thank you enough for it.

The Forecast 2017 Book is on schedule for completion by December 1, and release on December 15. Written by Raymond A. Merriman since 1976, it is one of the most unique, affordable ($55.00) plus postage, and accurate glimpses into the coming year. The Forecast 2017 Book will be available in both paper and electronic editions. There is no postage for the electronic book format.

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"U.S. government debt prices fell Thursday, continuing their path lower after the Federal Reserve raised its benchmark rate by 25 basis points Wednesday and signaled a faster-than-expected tightening cycle for next year.. Wednesday saw the Fed surprise markets with a forecast that showed it could raise rates three times next year, instead of two". - Anmar Frangoul, "U.S. Treasury Yields Spike Amid Economic Data, Fed Rate Hike, cnbc.com, December 15, 2016.

"A dollar surge that began after the U.S. election has accelerated with the week's Federal Reserve interest-rate increase, pointing to a possible reckoning in coming months for economies around the globe… A sharp increase in the dollar stands to have long-lived economic consequences, potentially hampering a U.S. earnings recovery and making the trillions in dollar-denominated debt around the world more expensive to pay back". - Chelsey Delaney, "Dollar Rise Triggers Global Turmoil", Wall Street Journal, December 16, 2016.

Rates are going up as the influence of the 36-year Saturn/Neptune waning square leaves. On Wednesday, December 14, the Federal Reserve Board raised its short-term interest rates by 0.25%, as expected. Just prior to that, on December 13, U.S. stocks made another new all-time, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average touching 19,966. The decline that followed was more benign than expected (so far), given that Mars was transiting Pluto in the NYSE chart, square its Mercury. Usually a transit like that will result in a decline of several hundred DJIA points. In this case, the decline (so far) was less than 200 points, which simply underscores the strength of this post-election stock market rally. It is like a freight train, having soared over 2000 points since the election period low of 17,883 on November 4. And, according to our Special Report on the U.S. Stock Market, sent out to subscribers on Thursday night, this train may not slow down until it arrives at the next station of Uranus in about two weeks. However, it has entered the orb of time as of December 8, when that peak is due.

News of the rate hike was not received as well in other financial and commodity markets. Rising rates mean a rising dollar which means trouble for commodities priced in U.S. Dollars. Gold fell to 1124.30 on Thursday, December 15, its lowest level since February 3. Silver fell to 15.92 the same day, its lowest mark since June 1. Ten-Year Treasury Notes fell to 122/14 the same day, its lowest price since April 2014. More significant yet, the Euro currency plunged to 1.0364. It hasn't been that low since January 2003. However, these trends are entering the time band when reversals are due.

Short-Term Geocosmics & longer-term THOUGHTS :

There is so much geocosmic activity starting on Monday, December 19 and lasting through January 12, that it is mind-boggling for a financial astrologer to imagine all the possibilities. But, that is what I do - it is what you want me to do - which may be why my mind seems so boggled lately. Actually, my mind is excited about what is happening. It is all so new, so. Uranian.

First, Mercury begins its fourth and final retrograde cycle in 2016 on Monday, December 19, at 15° Capricorn, very close to Pluto at 16° Capricorn. The Mercury/Pluto in Capricorn highlights government discussions about classified information, secret intelligence gathering, and probably revelations (or allegations) circulating about Russians hacking into the computer systems of political parties and attempting to influence the USA election results. Are these concerns based on real evidence, or is this another conspiracy theory to undermine the Trump election victory ? With Pluto involved, we may never know the full extent of the story. Mercury/Pluto in Capricorn is likely more about cover-ups than discoveries, and bodies or critical information (trails) may suddenly disappear.

Mercury, the trickster, will be retrograde for 20 days, and also pertains to mixed messages in communications, or contradictory economic reports. One piece of economic data may be cause for bullishness in the stock market, whereas another news item may be bearish. By itself, this can coincide with market whipsaw action, or sudden sharp swings one way, followed by a sudden sharp swing the other way, every 1-4 days. With Pluto involved, two key areas of interest could be related to tax reform and national debt. In fact, it may be more world debt than national debt. Suddenly, Greece is back in the news for deciding to take a break from adherence to austerity measures per former agreements. The Greeks want relief, the IMF and Germany want compliance to agreements and financial discipline, all while the Euro currency is plunging closer to par with the U.S. Dollar. It is feeling a bit Plutonian.

The potential volatility during this Mercury retrograde could be further exacerbated by the abundance of geocosmic signatures involving Uranus. Mercury retrograde with Pluto is confusing enough, but Uranus signatures are like Mercury retrograde tripled in strength (and mischief). On December 24, Saturn will make the first of its three trine passages to Uranus. Two days later, Jupiter will make its first of three opposition passages to Uranus. On December 29, Uranus will end its retrograde motion as it turns stationary direct. Although all are important, it is the opposition between Jupiter and Uranus that stands out most, for it is the highest ranked of all planetary aspects correlating with primary or greater cycles in the DJIA, given an orb of 12 trading days, as reported in our studies of The Ultimate Book of Stock Market Timing Volume 3 : Geocosmic Correlations to Trading Cycles. In every instance analyzed since 1934, at least a half-primary cycle has unfolded in this time band, and in over 83% of those cases, it has been a primary or greater cycle that culminated. This is the reason for writing the special stock market report Thursday night, in which the history - and projections for the next three weeks - was examined.

The December 19-January 12 period is the first of two important geocosmic time bands coming up shortly, that involve the cardinal T-square of Jupiter in Libra, Pluto in Capricorn, and Uranus in Aries. The second one involving this cardinal T-square occurs February 22-April 21. This includes the very important Venus retrograde, which begins March 4, 2017. As stated last week, "This might be the most important geocosmic period of 2017. We describe this period in greater detail on our YouTube video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LOEop2Hcr8three. Venus retrograde occurs every 19 months. However, every fifth time - or every 8 years - it occurs in the same section of the zodiac. This one will take place at 13° Aries. This last happened 8 years ago, on March 6, 2009. You may recognize that this was the bottom of the stock market crash, when the DJIA fell to 6469. That ended the bear market in which the DJIA lost 54.4% of its value. It has been in a bull market ever since, with prices now up 205%. Will it reverse again under Venus retrograde and start a new bear market then? This is how financial astrology often works. This is why we are focused on early 2017. This is why we planned the MMA 2017 Investment retreat in San Diego for this time in early March. We want to be aware of major changes coming up that will affect long-term investments, and we want to be prepared to act upon those changes…".

~~LONGER-TERM THOUGHTS AND MUNDANE ASTROLOGY~~ :

To be continued (next week).

Announcements :

The Special Stock Market Timing Report, written Thursday, December 15, describing the stock market possibilities between December 19 and January 11 related to Jupiter in opposition to Uranus, will be offered FREE to any purchasers of the remaining copies of Forecast 2017 (which just came out Thursday), or any new subscribers of any MMA subscription reports, (even 2-issue trial subscriptions to MMA Cycles or the MMTA International Cycles Reports).

Our monthly MMA Cycles : The monthly edition of the MMA International Cycles Report (ICR) and its companion MMA Japanese Cycles and MMA European Cycles reports went out last week. If you are subscriber to any these monthly reports and did not receive it, let us know at once via our email.

- This report covers our long term analysis of the stock market (DJIA and S&P futures), Gold, Silver, T-Notes, Euro and Swiss Franc currencies, grains and crude oil. It also provides the list of geocosmic and solar-lunar reversal zones for the 1-2 months. This report comes out Monday night to subscribers.
- The MMA Japanese Markets Cycles report covers the Nikkei, JGB Bonds, and the Dollar-Yen.
- The new MMA Europe Cycles report covers the German DAX, Swiss SMI, and Netherlands AEX stock indices, each in english only and will be available on Wednesday.
Two-issue trial subscriptions are available for this service for $55.00, which includes the current issue and the next month's as well.
For subscription information, please go to our web site, or call us at 1-248-626-3034. If you are not a subscriber, you can check this service out on a 2-month trial basis for only $55.00.

We are doing a Forecast 2017 webinar on Sunday, January 29. Time will be announced shortly. Participation to the live event will be limited, as always, to 100 people. All webinars have sold out in the past, so please watch for ordering details shortly and register early to make sure you have a place reserved in the live webinar event.

MMA's annual Forecast Book.

The Forecast 2017 Book is out ! And what a year it going to be !. For more information, please visit our YouTube video on the book and the important geocosmic patterns in effect in early part of the year at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LOEop2Hcr8three and see what is coming up - like the cardinal T-square now in force.

Written by Raymond A. Merriman since 1976, this annual Forecast Book is one of the most unique, affordable ($55.00), and accurate glimpses into the coming year. Utilizing the study of cycles and geocosmic factors, the annual Forecast book outlines forthcoming trends pertaining to political, economic, and financial markets throughout the world. This book has an impressive history of insightful accuracy into world economic and financial market conditions that you will not want to miss! Last year's printed edition sold out within three weeks of its release, and this one might too, since we have a new president, and no one knows what to expect (but astrology and cycle studies yield most interesting insights). For further information, go to www.mmacycles.com and click the banner (or click Products - Books). ORDER NOW AND MAKE SURE YOU RESERVE YOUR COPY BEFORE THEY SELL OUT!!!

For more information, visit www.mmacycles.com or call 1-800-662-3349 or 1-248-626-3034.

This year's printed version of Forecast 2017 will also available in these languages:
Dutch : at www.markettiming.nl
German : at http://www.mma-europe.ch
Japanese : at http://merriman.jp
You can view MMA's Forecast for 2016 Scorecard at www.mmacycles.com. Click on NEWS AND EVENTS. Scroll down to the "Scorecard". As you will see, it was indeed a very good year.

MMA's weekly and daily reports have been extremely accurate and profitable lately, catching the lows in metals, stocks, crude oil, soybeans, and currencies. If you are an active short-term trader, or even if you are an investor who likes to keep up with our current thoughts on financial markets, you may be interested in our Weekly or Daily Market reports. It is the only way I keep in touch with traders on a daily or weekly basis. These weekly reports give in-depth analysis of the DJIA, S&P and NASDAQ futures, Euro currency (cash and futures), Dollar/Yen cash and Yen futures, Euro-Yen cash, T-Notes, Crude Oil, Soybeans, Gold and Silver. The daily reports cover all stock indices listed above, as well as futures in Euro, T-Notes, Gold and Silver, plus GLD and SLV (the Gold and Silver ETF's). Both reports provide trading strategies and recommendations for position traders as well as for shorter-term aggressive traders. Subscription to the daily report also includes the weekly report. For more information, or call our offices at 1-248-626-3034. These reports are extremely valuable to those who trade ETF's (Exchange Traded Funds). And since early December, these reports have been extremely profitable. As subscriber and trader R.B. of Albuquerque, NM writes",You have been on an incredible run for a while ; I have never seen anything like it". Well, when everything lines up just right…

SPECIAL SALE ON DISTRESSED BOOKS FROM SEEK-IT PUBLICATIONS :
Over the years, MMA/Seek-It Publications, have had books returned from customers that were damaged or scuffed from the mail delivery, or that had 1-10 pages missing from the printing process. The vast majority of these books are in good condition, and will be useful to those who wish the information, but at a greatly reduced price (50% or more off the listed retail price). Some of these include our more expensive financial market timing books, such as The Sun, the Moon, and the Silver Market: Secrets of a Silver Trader , and various volumes from The Ultimate Book on Stock Market Timing series. There are also many astrology books that Seek-It has published, including both the hard cover and soft cover versions of Evolutionary Astrology: The Journey of the Sul Through States of Consciousness , and The Solar Return Book of Prediction , both by Raymond Merriman, The Power of Pluto (Arlene Robertson), Astrology: Key to Holistic Health (Marcia Stark), Spiritual Astrology (the original book by Jan Spiller, who recently passed away), and many others. To see the entire list available at these greatly reduced prices, please go there, or to our web site at www.mmacycles.com, under Products, and then Discounted Books . Or, for a description of particular book's description, call Lisa at 1-800-MMA-3349 or 248-626-3034. These make wonderful gift as well

If you are an active short-term trader, or even if you are an investor who likes to keep up with our current thoughts on financial markets, you may be interested in our Weekly or even Daily Market reports with short-term trading recommendations, (see a sample there, of the weekly). It is the only way I keep in touch with traders on a daily or even weekly basis, as I no longer offer personal consultations. These reports give in-depth analysis of the DJIA, S&P and NASDAQ futures, Euro currency (cash and futures), Swiss Franc, Dollar/Yen cash and Yen futures, Euro-Yen cash, T-Notes, Soybeans, Crude Oil, Gold and Silver. The daily reports cover all stock indices listed above, as well as futures in Euro, T-Notes, Soybeans, Gold and Silver. Both reports provide trading strategies and recommendations for position traders as well as for shorter-term aggressive traders. Subscription to the daily report also includes the weekly report.
If you want more information call our offices at 1-248-626-3034.
These reports are extremely valuable to those who trade ETF's (Exchange Traded Funds). In the words of one of our subscribers : I am really pleased with your recommendations through the Daily and Weekly Trade Recommendations. I have used them to trade gold and silver stocks in my IRA. In the last eight years I increased my account from $60,000 to $712,000. Thanks for your excellent publications. - Bryden C., Small Business Owner, Illinois.

Upcoming Events :

January 13, 2017 : "Trends for 2017 !" Astrodata, Zurich, Switzerland. This will be part of a congress on Forecasts for 2017, including Claude Weiss, Monica Kissling. Alexandra Klingenhammer, Verena Bachmann, and Christoph-Schubert-Weller. For further information on this exciting event, please go to www.mma-europe.ch, or call AstroData at 41 (0) 43 343 33 66, or email at info@mma-europe.ch.

January 29, 2017 : Forecast for 2017 webinar. Details to be announced shortly. Cost will be $45.00. You may call Lisa at 1-248-626-3034, or email her at ordersmma@msn.com if you wish to sign up before it is announced on the web site.

March 9-13, 2017 : The second MMA Investment Retreat will take place at the beautiful Kona Kai Resort on Shelter Island in San Diego, California, March 9-13, 2017, located right on the Pacific Ocean. You will be hearing more about this spectacular retreat soon, but save the dates now. One of our guest speakers will be Ted Lee Fisher, money manager, retired member of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) and a legend in Commodity Futures for his pioneering work on creating Treasury futures. He is one of the most profound thinkers I have met on the current situation in world financial markets - a brilliant man and savvy trader. Egon von Greyerz of Matterhorn Asset Management in Zurich, Switzerland, an asset management company based on wealth preservation principles, will also be a guest speaker. Matterhorn has clients in over 40 countries and Gold vaults in Zurich, the Swiss Alps, Singapore and Hong Kong. Egon was one of the individuals behind the "Save Our Swiss Gold" referendum in Switzerland in 2015. Also present will be some of the brightest minds from the MMTA (Merriman Market Timing Academy) who will present their latest research on the best investment ideas of 2017-2018. Go there for early-bird registration (before June 21, 2015), and do not miss this powerfully enlightening event !. Save the dates! It will be special. Cost is $4000 ($3300 if reserved by July 1, 2016, $3600 if reserved by October 15). Details now available on the MMA website.

June 3-4, 2017 : It is on! Trinity College at Oxford University ! Two-day workshop on MMA Financial Market Timing in Oxford, England. Cost is 995 £. More details will be coming soon! .

The MMA Catalogue of products and services for 2015 is now out!!! You can download it in PDF. The ordering page is the last page of the catalogue. This is especially useful for those outside of the USA, since we do not mail these out by mail unless requested.

I am oftentimes asked for recommendations of a money manager who uses my methods, since I won't manage other people's money. The thing is, almost all money managers I know use their own systems. But many subscribe to my services and share my thoughts about the future of the economy, various financial markets, and how to position one's portfolio along these lines. One money manager who subscribes to our services that I would suggest for those looking to structure a longer-term portfolio, such as a retirement account, is Duke O'Neill of Boulder, Colorado. He can be reached at dukeoneil1@gmail.com, or 1-(303) 545-5837. For those looking for a professional trader of commodity and futures contract might consider Ted Lee Fisher at ted.fisher@comcast.net. Ted is a legend in financial futures and has a seat on the CME. Both are very knowledgeable of the tools I use, of the way I am looking at markets, and yet each makes their own decisions as to exactly when to enter and exit any market. They will be more than happy to assist you.

To the above list, I would also like to recommend long-term MMA subscriber Erwin Brunner of Zurich, Switzerland. Mr. Brunner is the founder of BrunnerInvest AG. One of his five funds was awarded theBest in-house fund of funds in the world recently. Mr. Brunner is a former director of the Swiss Banking Corporation (today it is known as UBS), and a general director of Rothschild Bank in Zurich. As an independent wealth manager for high net worth individuals and institutional clients only, he places his clients into the funds of the best performing fund managers in the world, via his own research and experience. For high net worth readers interested in Mr. Brunner's funds, please contact him through www.brunnerinvest.ch.

It is with great pleasure that I announce the addition of Egon von Greyerz to MMA Investment Retreat faculty of presenters. I met Egon last week in Girona, Spain, at a special gathering attended by MMTA Graduates Nitin Bhandari (India), Philipp Beyer (Germany), Henry Canciglia (USA) and myself. Egon is an expert on Gold. He owns Matterhorn Asset Management, a Swiss Asset Management company specializing in wealth preservation, located in Zurich ( www.goldswitzerland.com). He was also the person who initiated the "Save Our Swiss Gold" Act in Switzerland late last year, which would have required the Swiss National Bank to back up their assets with 20% Gold holdings. The initiative failed, but his reasons for initiating this effort are still valid. Egon is very interested in MMA cycles' work, and will share his outlook on Gold and the world debt. This is a real treat!

The newly revised The Sun, The Moon, and Silver Book :Secrets of a Silver Trader, is now out. This is a book that you will use as a reference guide for…many, many years. It identifies all the key Sun-Moon combinations that have a higher (and lower) than expected probability of correlating with 4% or greater reversals in COMEX Silver. It also identifiesBig Range Days - those days in which the range of Silver is most likely to be 3.5% or more of the price of Silver, which is a great tool for day traders. This book fulfills the dream of all traders : high probability winning trade possibilities, with minimal market exposure. It is thatextra edge. And Silver is a great market to trade now. The cost is $125.00. For ordering on line.

The new book titled Solar-Lunar Keys to Gold Prices : Secrets of a Gold Trader , is now out. The long awaited sequel to the Secrets of a Silver Trader is due out in late October (maybe before)!!!
Now, GOLD as you have never seen it by night or day. The studies for the soon-to-be-released book are now completed and the results are now being used in the weekly and daily MMA subscription reports for short-term trading strategies in Gold. That's right… historically tested Solar-Lunar Correlations to trading reversals in the Gold Market - as only available from Raymond Merriman. The studies cover over 40 years of daily Gold, starting from December 31, 1974 through April 2015. The book will change how you approach trading Gold using these leading solar-lunar indicators, with very clear instructions as to "when" to expect 3%, 4%, or greater reversals in Gold prices and how to trade them. It will be a valuable guide for short-term traders of Gold, GLD, and other ETF's involving Gold prices. You may call 1-248-626-3034 or email ordersmma@gmail.com and place your pre-order now. It is also now available for purchase on the MMA web site at www.mmacycles.com. Order now and get the first printing of this new book on trading Gold!

Disclaimer and statement of purpose : The purpose of this column is not to predict the future movement of various financial markets. However, that is the purpose of the MMA (Merriman Market Analyst) subscription services. This column is not a subscription service. It is a free service, except in those cases where a fee may be assessed to cover the cost of translating this column from English into a non-English language. This weekly report is written with the intent to educate the reader on the relationship between astrological factors and collective human activities as they are happening. In this regard, this report will oftentimes report what happened in various stock and financial markets throughout the world in the past week, and discuss that movement in light of the geocosmic signatures that were in effect. It will then identify the geocosmic factors that will be in effect in the next week, or even month, or even years, and the author’s understanding of how these signatures will likely affect human activity in the times to come. The author (Merriman) will do this from a perspective of a cycle’s analyst looking at the military, political, economic, and even financial markets of the world. It is possible that some forecasts will be made based on these factors. However, the primary goal is to both educate and alert the reader as to the psychological climate we are in, from an astrological perspective. The hope is that it will help the reader understand these psychological dynamics that underlie (or coincide with) the news events and hence financial markets of the day.

No guarantee as to the accuracy of this report is being made here. Any decisions in financial markets are solely the responsibility of the reader, and neither the author nor the publishers assume any responsibility at all for those individual decisions. Reader should understand that futures and options trading are considered high risk.

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