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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 out. 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.
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 - now! at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LOEop2Hcr8three and see what is coming up - like the cardinal T-square of November 2016 -April 2017.

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It was another week of new all-time highs in the USA and Argentine indices, as well as yearly highs in the Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, Australia, India, and Brazil. China and Hong Kong also posited multi-month highs. Notably missing were new highs in Japan, Russia, and the UK. Furthermore, it is troubling that many indices were actually flashing warning signs as they started to fall by the end of last week, especially in Europe.

Gold and Silver had a very good week, with both soaring on Friday to their highest levels since November 11. They did this without much help from foreign currencies, which continued to struggle against a rising US Dollar. Crude oil also enjoyed its best week since posting its yearly high on January 3, which coincided just one week after the first passage of the Jupiter/Uranus opposition. The second of three passes will occur this week, on March 2. Jupiter, along with Neptune, rules crude oil, and Neptune is also highlighted this week as the solar eclipse in Pisces on February 26 finds the Sun part of that eclipse conjunct Neptune.

It was an important week, as expected. But there is more to come this week - a lot more.

Short-Term Geocosmics & longer-term THOUGHTS :

Investors are hopeful that President Donald Trump will wrap some details around tax reform and other market-friendly programs when he speaks to Congress in the week ahead.... This week will also be peppered by least eight Fed appearances, most importantly Fed Chair Janet Yellen Friday, who ... will be watched for any signals on interest rate hikes ahead of the March 14 meeting". - Patti Domm, "There's a Big Week Ahead, and What President Trump Tells Congress Could be a Huge Deal", www.cnbc.com, February 24, 2017.

Has there ever been a week like the one coming up ? Probably, but there won't be another like it this year.

In Volume 3 of "The Ultimate Book on Stock Market Timing : Geocosmic Correlation to Trading Cycles", I performed a study on the daily performance of the Dow Jones Industrial Average going back to 1928, correlating all the major planetary aspects and stations to major, half-, and full primary cycles. All those that coincided with primary cycles (the longest trading cycle) at least 67% of the time within an average orb of 8 trading days or less were considered Level 1 types (the strongest). There weren't that many, and the highest correlation was to the Jupiter/Uranus opposition at 82%. That occurs about every 14 years, and due to its retrograde factor, it sometimes happens in a series of three passages, as is the case this time. The first passage was on December 26, and several stock indices posted multi-year highs then, such as Russia (all-time high) and Japan. The second passage - often the strongest in a three-phase series - will occur this week, on Thursday, March 2. As mentioned in the introduction, a lot more indices are posting new or multi-year highs now.

The Jupiter/Uranus would be enough to garner our attention. However, there are other Level 1 signatures also unfolding this week. In fact, there are five Level 1 signatures happening within only six trading days between February 27 and March 4. On Sunday, February 26, Mars will conjoin Uranus (and in opposition to Jupiter). Historically, this has a 75% correlation to primary cycles. Mars will be in opposition to Jupiter the next day, which has a 68% correlation to primary cycles. Two days later, on March 1, the Sun will conjoin Neptune, another Level 1 signature that has a 79% correlation to primary cycles. The granddaddy of them all - Jupiter in opposition to Uranus, occurs March 2. This stellar week is capped on Saturday, March 4, when Venus turns retrograde, a 78% correlation to primary cycles.

That is a lot of cosmic activity happening in one week, and if history repeats, this period has a strong possibility of coinciding with a primary cycle crest - either last week this week, or the week after - in equities, metals and energy. Yet, we must keep in mind that the financial markets are but reflections of the greater human drama taking place. The cosmos doesn't cause financial markets to reverse. Decisions by leaders, voters, events in nature, or some kind of powerful discovery or revelation does that. It is just that they all tend to connect with one another at the same time the planets in our solar system are also making powerful connections with one another. We are entering into one of those important cosmic zones now. Therefore, we look for abrupt changes in trends of many financial markets to commence shortly, if they didn't just begin.

LONGER-TERM THOUGHTS AND MUNDANE ASTROLOGY :

Seven alien worlds about the size of Earth have been discovered orbiting a tiny nearby star and six of them appear warm enough that liquid water - necessary for life - could exist on their surfaces... Called Trappist-1, the dwarf star (is) located in the constellation of Aquarius. There is no evidence that life exists on these newly found exoplanets, (but) "We have made a crucial step in finding out if there is life out there", said astronomer Amaury Triaud at the University of Liege. "Now we have the right target". - Robert Lee Holtz, "Seven Earth-Size Planets Found Orbiting Dwarf Stars", Wall Street Journal, February 23, 2017.

A group of NASA scientists proposed a new definition of what constitutes a planet, possibly opening the door for Pluto to return to its former status... The proposal forces the International Astronomical Union to make a decision. Stay tuned : You may need to relearn that there are nine planets in our solar system. - Mary Bowerman, "Poor Persecuted Pluto Could Regain Planet Status", USA Today, February 22, 2017.

"There are no truths. Reality is negotiable". - Jacques Derrida, as quoted by Bret Stephens, "Do We Still Want the West ?" Wall Street Journal, February 21 2017.

We knew February 22 would start a very special and strange geocosmic period. However, finding out that we may have "brothers from another planet" wasn't in our thoughts. That doesn't surprise us, though, because with the type of planetary signatures in effect now through April 21, events, ideas, and discoveries will be revealed that no one expected. That is the nature of a cardinal T-square involving Uranus, the planet of the future and the "new". Uranus is also one of the planets that rule scientific breakthroughs, especially in astronomy and astrology.

Our biggest concern, however, is whether this type of news, involving the discovery of a whole new solar system with planets that may sustain life, will supersede or substitute for a powerful reversal in financial market prices. We never know precisely which areas of the human drama will be effected by such a prominent line up of planetary signatures. We assume financial markets will be affected in terms of trend reversals simply because of the high rate of frequency in past cases in which this correlation has been evident (about 82% given an orb of time of three trading days). However, we have observed that powerful geocosmic time bands sometimes correlate with great events or discoveries, but financial markets aren't affected. We are dealing with probabilities here, not predictions of market behavior that is fated or inevitable. That is why we also use certain technical, cyclical, and chart pattern studies to help us recognize the highest probability of market behavior during these highlighted geocosmic time bands.

As far as the possibility of Pluto being re-classified as a planet, that was never in doubt to Financial and Mundane Astrologers. Pluto has continued to be a valuable factor in our market analysis. It has continued to work the same way it has always worked, despite its classification from astronomers who differ in their opinion of its status. To astrologers, the key is whether Pluto has correspondence to human activities when it is highlighted, and the answer continues to be a "yes". For example, Pluto rules taxes and the three D's (debt, deficits, and defaults). Pluto is currently the midpoint of the cardinal T-square with Jupiter and Uranus. The national debt and taxes are among the most important topics being discussed today in the White House, and tax reforms are due by August. Pluto will remain in hard aspect into August. Reform is another key word pertaining to Pluto. Tax reform is as much on the table, just as Pluto is a planet orbiting our Sun.

Some astronomers may think Pluto is not a planet, but every astrologer knows that this celestial body that orbits around our Sun like every other planet, has an effect upon specific areas of human activity, just like the other planets do. Which make you wonder : if there is life on these newly discovered planets, how will astrology work in that solar system, in that reality ? And, do they have financial markets that tend to reverse during time periods when their planets make hard aspects ? Maybe they have a need for market timers. Maybe we are already there and don't know it. After all, reality is negotiable.

To be continued (next week).

Announcements :

NOTE 1 : Special Valentine Day's sale, Feb 14-28, which will be a Special President's Day Holiday sale this week, followed by a Special Solar Eclipse sale the next week. MMA is offering a special sale for the next two weeks only. Buy a Forecast 2017 Book between February 14 and 28, and receive a free MP4 recording (with 57 slides) of the Forecast 2017 Speech on "The Great Reset" by Raymond Merriman. That is a $100 value for only $55.00 (plus postage if you choose to receive any of the remaining hard copies of the Forecast 2017 Book ). Go to sale or Call 1-248-626-3034, or 1-800-MMA-3349, or email ordersmma@msn.com.

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.

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 :

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. This unique event is specially designed for MMA subscribers and independent investors interested in MMA's outlook for next several years, based on MMA methods of market timing and trend analysis. The 2017 retreat will take place at the beautiful Kona Kai Resort on Shelter Island in the almost always sunny San Diego, California, March 9-13, 2017, located right on the Pacific Ocean. Featured presenters will include Ted Lee Fisher, money manager, former member of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) and a legend in Commodity Futures trading ; Egon von Greyerz of Matterhorn Asset Management in Zurich, Switzerland, an asset management company based on wealth preservation principles that owns 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 on the program will be Robert Corre, financial astrologer and 25-year instructor at New York University's Stern School of Business. Robert topic will be "The Federal Reserve Bank - Its Ever More Important Role in your Future Financial Freedom". Maria Schoeppel, financial astrologer and mathematics major from UCLA, will present her research and forecasts on "China 2019 : Similarities to the 1997 Asian Currency Crisis" Along with Retreat Coordinator Raymond Merriman, the brightest minds from the MMTA (Merriman Market Timing Academy) will present their latest research on the best investment ideas of 2017-2018. These including MMA analysts Kat Powell (Soybeans and Silver) Nitin Bhandari (Crude Oil), British Pound and FTSE analyst Ulric Aspegren, and ICR editor Mark Shtayerman (the XAU and Russell 2000 Index). There will also be a 4-hour optional class on beginning astrology presented by MMTA graduates Richard Smoot, Darri Murphy, Izabella Suleymanova along with Robert Corre on Monday afternoon, March 13. MMA's first Investment Retreat in September 2015 (Italy) was very successful, as it correctly forecasted long-term lows (and investment opportunities) that would rise in Crude Oil, Gold, and Silver in 2016. That happened. One of the features that makes this event so exciting is that speakers will be interviewed each day in an informal Q and A with attendees, emceed by Raymond Merriman and Washington insider Henry Canciglia. For more info, http://new.mmacycles.com/sandiego2017/index.shtml where you will be able to register and see what our expert faculty views as the best investments for 2017-2018, and why. Do not miss this powerfully enlightening opportunity to connect with other investors and some of the best market timers in the world! Note: special rates at Kona Kai end February 8, so reserve by then before rates go much higher. Call 800-566-2524, 1-619-221-8000, or visit their web site at http://www.resortkonakai.com to make your reservation. To get this special rate, you must register under the code name MMA2017 prior to February 8, 2017.

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 £. With the British Pound so low, now would be a good time for non-UK residents to sign up and lock in the great currency conversion rate. For more information, go to http://oxfordastrologygroup.blogspot.co.uk. This workshop will be an introduction to Financial Astrology and its value as a market timing tool. It will outline the manner in which we calculate critical reversal dates (CRDs) and apply them to the study of cycles in order to enhance entry and exit from various markets. We will give special attention to the London FTSE, British Pound, Euro, and Gold, and show how these methods project the future of prices in these markets. A complete schedule of activities and topics will be ready shortly, and posted on our website.

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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