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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 ($95.00) plus postage, and accurate glimpses into the coming year. The Forecast 2017 Book will be available in both paper and electronic editions ($55). 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.

Go to the sheet for Downloading the video for the Ultimate book on stock market timing.

Review :

The U.S. military dropped one of the largest nonnuclear bombs in its arsenal Thursday on an Islamic State tunnel and cave complex in Eastern Afghanistan, the Pentagon said... Mr. Trump, when asked if the action served as a warning to North Korea, said, "I don't know if this sends a message, it doesn't make any difference if it does or not. North Korea is a problem, the problem will be taken care of". Jessica Donati, Ben Kesling, and Dion Nissenbaum, "U.S. Drops 'Mother' Bomb on ISIS in Afghanistan", Wall Street Journal, April 14, 2017.

North Korea upped its warmongering with Donald Trump today in a series of menacing boasts threatening to 'ravage' US troops amid fears the two countries are heading for war. The secretive state vowed to 'pulverize' US bases and the South Korean capital Seoul if it was threatened by the US military, which is carrying out drills on the Korean peninsula. A US aircraft carrier group is steaming towards the region. It claimed it would 'ruthlessly ravage' the US if Washington attacked. China warned the region could go to war 'at any moment'. Jessica Chia and David Burke, "North Korea Makes Menacing Boost It Will Take on Donald Trump", www.dailymail.co.uk, April 14, 2017.

George Washington's words may seem hard and cold today, but history has proven him right again and again. "To be prepared for war,'' he said, "is one of the most effective means of preserving peace". - Ronald Reagan, "Address to the Nation on National Security", February 26, 1986, www.reagan2020.us.

Good thing Mercury is now retrograde. Venus too. The combination, which only lasts April 9-15, coincided with a rather surreal week in which it suddenly seemed that the world is really going mad, and that once again, in the words of former USA President Jimmy Carter, "The only impediment to world peace is world leaders". Or, perhaps, we should simply comply with the more current and popular thought that "...peace is only attainable through military strength".

The flurry of military threats throughout the world was not well received by several equity markets late last week, but very favorable to precious metals and U.S. treasury markets. Many equity markets had been doing quite well until April 13. The Netherlands AEX, for example, soared to 521.48 on April 12, its highest mark since December 2007. On Thursday, April 13, after the launch of the "mother bomb", the AEX gapped down. No other European markets made new monthly highs last week, for a case of intermarket bearish divergence in the region. The ASX index in Australia, also fared quite well, soaring to a new 8-year high last week.

In Russia and Japan, it was just the opposite. The Russian MICEX index fell to 1913 on April 14, its lowest level since early August and far below its all-time high of 2293.99 recorded on January 3, 2017. Prior to Venus turning retrograde six weeks ago, many expected the new Trump presidency to benefit Russia. Clearly, this has not been the case. Maybe that will change again as Venus turns direct this weekend. In Japan, the Nikkei fell to 18,285 on Friday, April 14, its lowest mark since December 5, 2016.

In the USA, both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the NASDAQ Composite continued falling from their all-time highs of March 1 and April 5 respectively.

In other markets, Gold rallied to 1290.70 and Silver to 1860, their highest levels since the election, and in line with our long-term thoughts expressed in January's 2017 webinar and Forecast Book, where we provide our upside price targets for the year. U.S. Treasuries also soared to new cycle highs as a safe haven, and also as President Trump expressed his desire for interest rates to remain low and the U.S. Dollar to fall further.

Short-Term Geocosmics & longer-term THOUGHTS :

In his separate comments, Putin also claimed that Russia had information that chemical weapons would be planted in Syria in order to discredit Assad's regime. He repeated his call for an independent U.N. investigation into last week's suspect gas attack, near Idlib... " Vladimir Putin went further, comparing America's accusations of a chemical attack in Syria to its justification of the Iraq invasion. "We saw this before", Russia's president told reporters. "It reminds me of the events of 2003". Alexey Eremenko, Alastair Jamieson & Abigail Williams, " Russia Declares US Relations in 'Worst Period' Since the Cold War", April 11, 2017, www.cnbc.com.

To say that last week was both meaningful and full of uncertainties (and probably misrepresentation of facts) would be an understatement. However, it would be quite consistent with the themes of both Mercury and Venus retrograde at the same time, plus the Sun making its conjunction with Uranus in Aries, as part of the cardinal T-square involving both Jupiter and Pluto. The suddenly escalating war themes are, of course, related to the Sun/Uranus conjunction in Aries. This conjunction can also coincide with sudden eruptions from Mother Nature in the form of fires, earthquakes, volcano eruptions, and tornadoes. However, the conjunction ends this weekend, so the high level of fear and stress on the planet may begin to recede. With Venus in Pisces, we can always wish for peace. However, Venus will also remain in a square aspect to Saturn through April 21, so our Piscean wishes may not come to fruition, as regards peace or love.

This weekend will also mark the end of Venus retrograde (March 4-April 15). The end of the retrograde is also known as the "direct" date of a planet- in this case, the date that Venus resumes its forward motion through the zodiac again. Venus direct has a very consistent correlation to the end and beginning of primary cycles in world equity and other financial markets, within an orb of 12 trading days. That is, Venus direct is one of the strongest geocosmic correlates to trend reversals in financial markets. Therefore, we need to be alert to the possibility that these lows in stocks, and highs in treasuries, crude oil, and precious metals, may be readying for a reversal. It is not uncommon for financial markets to start a counter-trend move within a few days of Venus turning retrograde, and then to end that move and resume the former trend near the direct date, as described in the studies of The Ultimate Book on Stock Market Timing Volume 3 : Geocosmic Correlations to Trading Cycles.

This particular Venus retrograde is important because it began in the middle of Aries, and ends in the latter degrees of Pisces. This is an 8-year cosmic phenomenon. That is, every 8 years, Venus will go retrograde (and direct) in nearly the same part of the zodiac. The last time Venus went retrograde in mid-Aries was 8 years ago, on March 6, 2009. That just happened to be the stock market bottom of "The Great Recession". As speculated in this column early in the year, as well as in our Forecast 2017 Book, wouldn't it be ironic (and perfect symmetry) if the great bull market that started under the last Venus retrograde in Aries ended near to this - its next - instance of Venus retrograde in the same sign ? Well, Venus went retrograde on March 4, 2017, and as of today, the all-time high still remains March 1, 2017. Not a bad call for Financial Astrology.

Now we wait for this primary cycle to end, and the next one to commence, and see if the March 1 high will hold in that next cycle. If it does, it will further underscore astrology's value to society, and in particular, its potential role as an important tool in the important task of financial market timing, and the important process of financial planning. Even if equities make a new all-time high, this current Venus retrograde behavior still illustrates Financial Astrology's uncanny correlation to turns in financial markets, which holds immense value to traders.

LONGER-TERM THOUGHTS AND MUNDANE ASTROLOGY :

To be continued (next week).

Announcements :

Last week : 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 will come out this week, Monday and Tuesday, via posting on our web site, or attachment via direct emails, for subscribers.

- 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.
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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 ($95.00), 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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