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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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"... a report by outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas said U.S.-based employers announced they would cut 33,627 jobs in December, up 25 percent from November's yearly low". - Jeff Cox",US private sector created 153K jobs in December, vs 170K expected : ADP", cnbc.com, January 5 2017.

The U.S. economy added 156,000 jobs in December, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Economists polled by Reuters expected an increase of 178,000. Average hourly wages rose 10 cents to $26, representing a 2.9 percent annualized gain. Lindsey Piegza, chief economist at Stifel Fixed Income, characterized the report as "mixed", noting that, while the headline jobs growth number missed estimates", the Fed is no doubt taking a healthy celebratory lap, feeling confident after this morning's report in their decision to hike at year-end" given the rise in wages. - Anmar Frangoul", US Treasuries Fall After Weaker-Than-Expected Jobs Report", cnbc.com, January 6, 2017.

Welcome to a New Year, 2017, and right in the heart of the cardinal T-square between Jupiter, Uranus, and Pluto. It is particularly strong now, January 6-12, as the Sun crosses Pluto near the midpoint of the Jupiter/Uranus opposition, and square to each. On cue, and following the benign jobs report on Friday, the DJIA soared to a new all-time high, as expected and as outlined in our Special Report sent out to all subscribers on December 18. That report focused on the first of three Jupiter/Uranus oppositions that would take place on Monday, December 26, outlining its correlation to primary cycle troughs or crests within 12 trading days, or sometime before January 12. In line with the new all-time high in the DJIA, the nearby S&P and NASDAQ futures also soared to new all-time highs. The DJIA topped out at 19,999.60 on Friday, just shy of 20,000.

Interestingly enough, US Treasuries also rallied into January 6, the day of the report. However, after the less-than-stellar report was out, treasuries surprisingly fell rather sharply.

It was a very Uranian week for the U.S. Dollar, which surged to a 103.82 on January 3, its highest level since December 31, 2002. However, just prior to Friday's employment reports, it had fallen about 2%. Following the report, it started back up again. The market apparently thinks the Fed will stay the course and raise rates further this year, adhering to the plan that was announced last month. The economy may be showing signs of slowing down, but there is a sense that incoming President Donald Trump will cut back the government's red tape and anti-business regulations, and as a result, spring the US economy free to higher growth. But will he succeed ? No one seems to know for sure, and with the cardinal T-square in force involving Uranus, the pendulum of judgment may swing back and forth sharply these next three months.

Like treasuries and currencies, Gold and Silver rallied into Thursday, to its highest level in a month in the case of Gold, but then both fell back modestly after the payroll reports, as the Dollar gained strength. A strong Dollar continues to be a deterrent to Gold prices for now.

Short-Term Geocosmics & longer-term THOUGHTS :

"I'm not young enough to know everything" - Sir James Matthew Barrie, Scottish dramatist and author (1860-1937).

A very critical short-term time band of five powerful geocosmic signatures is underway, January 6-12. This is the closing part of a larger time band consisting of 11 geocosmic signatures lasting from December 19, when Mercury turned retrograde, though January 12. Sometimes markets reverse in the middle of the larger time band, which was December 31 (a weekend holiday, which means the critical reversal date would be December 30-January 3, +/-3 trading days), and sometimes they reverse at the midpoint of smaller time band of geocosmic signatures within the greater time frame. In this case, that would equate to January 9, +/- 3 trading days. In many cases, both CRD's (critical reversal dates) would apply to different markets. For example, crude oil surged to 55.24 on the January 3 CRD, its highest mark since July 6, 2015. The Dollar made its highest price to date then too. But other markets are continuing their greater trends into this January 6-12 period.

The January 6-12 time band is very important, for it not only contains Mercury turning direct on January 8, but also a translation of the Sun to the Jupiter-Uranus-Pluto cardinal T-square discussed earlier. That is, the Sun will conjunct Pluto on January 6-7, depending where you are on earth. It will then square Uranus January 10, and then Jupiter on January 11-12, depending where you are located. The reason this is important is because it triggers the first passage of the Jupiter/Uranus opposition that occurred on December 26. As stated in that special stock market report issued December 18, that aspect alone is the strongest correlation we have uncovered related to primary cycles (lows or highs) within 12 trading days. If we include half-primary cycles, its correlation is nearly 100% (well above 90%). As discussed in that report, this time band for a primary or half-primary cycle will be in effect until January 12.

Based on historical studies of the Jupiter/Uranus opposition correlating to USA stock indices, we forecasted an important crest would unfold in the DJIA, and possibly a half-primary cycle trough, between December 18 and January 12. Now we wait and see if this rally will end this week. If so, equities may embark upon a very sharp decline into the next Jupiter/Uranus opposition, March 2, +/- 12 trading days. This, of course, is also very near to Venus turning retrograde in mid-Aries, an 8-year cycle that coincided with the 75-year cycle low the last time it unfolded, which was March 6, 2009. If stocks turn down from here, they could fall 10% by then. If instead they continue higher after January 12, then we might see a very long-term cycle crest be completed then, which would be a nice case of market symmetry aligning with cosmic symmetry : that is, a bull market beginning on March 6, 2009 and ending around March 4, 2017, two successive dates coinciding with two consecutive Venus retrogrades in mid-Aries, a perfect 8-year cosmic cycle. Wouldn't it be nice if Venus, planet of love and money, was so reliable ? We will have to do with a 78% reliability factor for a primary cycle reversal with this lady.

~~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.

Valeur des terres Robert Loquet - Conseiller général

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