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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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"In Jersey, anything's legal as long as you don't get caught". - The Traveling Wilburys (Roy Orbison, Jeff Lynn, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, George Harrison), "Tweeter and the Monkey Man", 1988.

Last week, it was the failure to repeal the Affordable Care Act that troubled USA equity markets. This week, it was the increasing clouds of investigations into the Trump campaign's potential ties to Russian election interference, versus the Trump campaign's claim that the Obama administration illegally spied on Trump and his advisers with wiretaps in order to keep track of his campaign's movements. There are so many leaks, but everything remains mostly anonymous and hidden. Welcome to the second passage of the Jupiter/Pluto waning square (March 30), where the deeper you dig, the greater and darker the mysteries become. With Pluto, there is no bottom to the pit. It's like a black hole in time and space, a void that seems to go on without end. The further you probe, the more that is revealed, but it is still a bottomless pit of more secrets, espionage, and dead ends. Along the way, there may be dead bodies too, or ruined reputations, but secrets will remain buried, just as they were in late 2007 and 2008 when the conjunction began this cycle between these two planets - and still to this date, no one has been found guilty or imprisoned for illegal acts that led to the greatest financial and housing crisis since the Great Depression. Its only legal if you don't get caught...

Venus is also still retrograde (March 4-April 15), so equity markets continue to behave rather strangely. In alignment with the benevolence and good fortune usually associated with Jupiter, several stock markets were very bullish last week, such as the Australian ASX and German DAX, which soared to their highest levels since April 2015. However, it was more Plutonian in Japan and the USA, where stock markets fell to their lowest levels in over a month.

That was nothing, however, compared to the Plutonian experiences taking place in Venezuela, Brazil, and South Korea. In Venezuela, inflation is now above 400% and the president has stripped Congress of its powers. In Brazil, "... the former House Speaker who orchestrated the impeachment of former President Dilma Rouseff last year, was sentenced to more than 15 years in prison on corruption charges" (Wall Street Journal, March 31, 2017). And in South Korea, former President Park Geun-hye was arrested and confined to prison on accusations of bribery.

With Jupiter in square aspect to Pluto, it was certainly a week of reports of corruptions, espionage, and allegations of wrong doing akin to high treason. With Venus retrograde, one wonders if these conditions will stick or be reversed. In the meantime, don't take anything as being finally determined, for under Venus retrograde, the narrative can change. Take the health care repeal initiative for instance. A week ago, it was considered dead. This week, it is being resurrected - a perfect combination related to Venus retrograde and Jupiter square Pluto. In the end, however, universal medical coverage may carry the day, for Neptune is in Pisces (until 2026). Despite the recent trend towards nationalism and conservatism, themes of socialism are probably stronger until Saturn and Neptune cross over into Aries together in February 2026. Then it swings back again.

Short-Term Geocosmics & longer-term THOUGHTS :

"To silence criticism is to silence freedom". - Sidney Hook, American Philosopher and Author (1902-1989), from the Arizona Republic March 29, 2017.

Here is why Obamacare is imploding. The insurance regulations - mandated benefits and a prohibition on medical underwriting - ensure that individual policies will be expensive and a bad deal for anyone who is healthy. Obamacare policies were attractive only to those who were heavily subsidized or seriously sick... The individual health insurance market under Ryancare would have imploded even quicker than it is under Obamacare. Robert Robb, "Blame the Senate Filibuster Rule for the Demise of GOP Health Bill", The Arizona Republic, March 29, 2017.

I have my principles. And if those don't work for you, I have others". The Marx Brothers.

Just in case you were wondering why the Health Care Repeal and Reform Bill is needed and didn't pass...

Of course, it may also have something to do with Venus retrograde and moving into the compassionate healthcare sign of Pisces on Monday, April 2. Venus will start slowing down as it approaches its direct station on April 15, in square to a stationary Saturn that turns direct on April 8. The square between these two planets will be exact on April 5 and April 21. That means the next three weeks will highlight issues related to Venus and Saturn - in square aspect. That is not an easy combination of dynamics to wrestle with. In fact, this is not a favorable time to wrestle with others at all, for there are no easy winners or solutions.

Consider that Venus rules the principles of agreements and support, whereas Saturn pertains to the themes of repression, denial, and criticism, especially when in a hard aspect, like a square. You need the support of others in order to finish the job (Saturn desires the completion of efforts). But you are dealing with people who are demanding and critical (Saturn too), who don't necessarily want you to succeed, and hence you don't look forward to engaging and interacting with these people. With Venus retrograde, you have a hard choice to make : do I want to get this job completed, this project accomplished, or not ? If so, you may have to swallow your pride and principles, and make compromises with people who don't share your values. You may not enjoy working with them. This can be especially difficult for a perfectionist or purist, and Saturn can be rather heavy with perfectionist and purist qualities.

Like people, markets also struggle under these planetary combinations. One of our "rules" is that any market declining into a hard aspect between Venus and Saturn is a good candidate to reach bottom and reverse back up. The same is true in life, too. If you feel beaten down during this period, cheer up. This is your trough. You are ready for a reversal back up. You will deserve it if you have worked hard and honestly on your project, for Saturn ultimately rewards those kinds of efforts. He doesn't reward those who don't earn it. That's Saturn. You get what deserve, according to the effort and intention behind the effort. It is not a time to give up and dig your feet in as if you are going to stand your ground and hold the line rigidly, no matter what. It is a time to be patient, open-minded, flexible, and willing to compromise. It may not seem like it as you go through these next couple of weeks, but it is actually a time of opportunity for those who apply these suggested attitudes and keep their eyes wide open for a breakthrough.

Once Venus turns direct and makes her last pass of the square to Saturn (April 21), don't be surprised if the idea of health care reform (and repeal) comes back with a new twist. But then, Mercury will be in retrograde (April -May 3), so there is still likely to be a lack of all the facts and information necessary to make an informed and wise decision. However, it won't necessarily stop an impulsive decision, wisdom or not. Patience is still, unfortunately, in short supply when it is most needed.

LONGER-TERM THOUGHTS AND MUNDANE ASTROLOGY :

To be continued (next week).

Announcements :

INTERVIEW WITH RAYMOND MERRIMAN BY FXSTREET.COM. One of the world's leading forex market groups has just conducted an interview regarding Raymond Merriman's Forecast 2017 outlook. The interviewer, Goncalo Moreira, CMT, focuses upon Merriman's latest thoughts involving the U.S. Dollar, the U.S. stock market, and the U.S. political situation affecting these and other markets. To read this intriguing interview, go to their homepage until Sunday, or afterwards, there.
Noted "Volume Reversal Survey" editor Mark Leibovit also conducted an interview with Raymond Merriman last week that will be broadcast on www.GCNlive.com at 10 AM Saturday and Sunday (MST, or PDT). This interview delves into the methodology of market timing used by MMA, and then addresses the current USA stock market.

Two more weeks : VENUS RETROGRADE SPECIAL OFFER ON MMA'S MONTHLY INTERNATIONAL CYCLES REPORT!!! Use promotion code SALE17 when ordering. Sign up now through April 15 and receive a special 10% discount on any subscription schedule of the monthly MMA International Cycles Report (ICR). And now each issue includes a special analysis of the Australian stock market (ASX) and Australian Dollar (AUD) written by Raymond Merriman! In addition to Merriman's outlook on the Australian markets, each issue of ICR contains excellent in-depth analyses of the XAU index (Gold and Silver Mining stocks), the U.S. Dollar (DXY), British Pound (GBP), the London FTSE stock index, the Russell 2000 U.S. stock index (RUT), Corn (C) and Wheat (W). These markets are covered by three of the top graduates of the Merriman Market Timing Academy (MMTA), including Mark Shtayerman (San Diego), Izabella Suleymanova (San Diego), and Ulric Aspegren (Sweden). If you do not subscribe to this report now is an excellent time to do so. For more information, please go to www.mmacycles.com, and select SERVICES or SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES and then MMTA International Cycles report. Or follow this link, and make sure when checking out to put promo code SALE17.
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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.
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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...

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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.
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Upcoming Events :

June 3, 2017 : MMA Mid-Year 2017 Financial Markets Webinar on Saturday, June 3, at 3:00 PM, EDT. Participation to the live event will be limited, to 100 people, as always. This will be the second of three webinars we will host this year. The subject of this webinar will be an update on the outlook for the stock market, precious metals, US Dollar, crude oil, soybeans and possibly other markets and other economic and geopolitical matters of interest at this time, including the forthcoming solar eclipse, conjunct Mars on August 21, that will fall on Donald Trump's natal Mars and Ascendant (and opposite Janet Yellen's natal Moon). The cost is $45.00. All webinars have sold out in the past, so register early to make sure you have a place reserved in this special live webinar event. For information or registration, call 1-248-626-3034, or go there, or email ordersmma@msn.com.

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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