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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.

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"The bottom line is that the greatest risk to the US stock market (and hence all world equity markets) right now is the political risk. I think we will know if that risk is real or not in the next 100 days, based on the transit of Mars to President Trump's natal chart this month, and the Solar Eclipse conjunct Mars of August 21 +/- one month". Last week's MMA Weekly Column for the Week Beginning May 15.

It was another dramatic week for financial markets. After the S&P and NASDAQ posted new all-time highs on Tuesday, May 16 - unaccompanied by the Dow Jones Industrial Average - all U.S. stock indices suffered a severe decline on Wednesday. Reports surfaced that recently fired FBI director James Comey had written a memo ". that Mr. Trump has asked him to back off the investigation of former national security advisor Michael Flynn", according to the Wall Street Journal ("Stocks, Dollar Sink on Washington Turmoil", May 18, 2017). It was a shot heard around the world, and led to one of the most severe selloffs in stocks this year. The DJIA fell 372 points on Wednesday, May 17, and were down another 50 points in early trading the next day, before finding support and reversing right back up into Friday's close.

Without the DJIA making a new all-time high, last week was a case of intermarket bearish divergence in the U.S. equity markets. But does that matter so early in a primary cycle ? Maybe not, but the same signal was present in Europe, where the German DAX and London FTSE made new all-time highs and the Zurich SMI made a new yearly high - before plummeting into Thursday and then starting a recovery. The Netherlands AEX, on the other hand, could not exceed its multi-year high of the week before, on May 9.

The pattern was similar in Asia and the Pacific Rim. India's Nifty Index soared to a new all-time early last week, and the Japanese Nikkei rallied to 19,998, its highest mark since December. The Hang Seng of Hong Kong reached 25,413 on May 16, its highest mark since August 2015. But then each fell hard into Thursday, along with the Australian ASX index, before starting to recover into Friday.

The turmoil in Washington (and elsewhere) was favorable to precious metals, treasuries, currencies, and crude oil. Gold jolted up to 1265 and Silver to 17.03 on Wednesday-Thursday, May 17-18, after posting primary cycle lows of 1214 and 16.06 the prior week, right in line with our special reports issued during that time. Crude oil closed back above $50/barrel after falling to a low of 43.76 two weeks ago. The Euro currency soared to 1.1211, its highest mark since the USA election in November, also in line with our call for the high in the USA Dollar for January 2017 (low in Euro), based on the 16-year USA presidential election cycle, especially consistent when a Republican wins the electoral vote for the White House. The Ten-Year Treasury Notes rallied to 126/23, its highest mark also since November, despite the Fed's insistence it will raise its short-term rates two more times this year. With transiting Neptune making a T-square to the Fed's Mercury/Saturn opposition, one may begin to wonder if they will actually do that or not. Neptune tends to be more "dovish" than assertive, and in such a hard aspect, one's words may count for very little, or one's actions may serve to conceal what one is really doing. There is more than meets the eye here, and typical of Neptune, the FED is being rather quiet and invisible right now, apparently content to let the Trump drama capture media headlines.

All in all, it was a very turbulent week, but one that reflected the cosmic drama present in the transits to President Trump's natal chart. As stated in last week's column, "This may actually be a prelude to more aggressive and bold actions coming up from the White House in the next couple of weeks as transiting Mars (aggression, assertiveness, start new things, disputes, warlike) nears Mr. Trump's natal Sun/Uranus conjunction, and opposition to his natal lunar eclipse Moon. Lord help anyone who crosses his path these next two weeks (May 14-27)". And here he is, embarking upon his first foreign mission overseas. The press will likely have a field day with him out of the country. Maybe he will get inspired with many new and brilliant ideas with all that Mars energy, meeting all those new people in new lands. That is very possible with Mars. Something new, exciting, and very original may transpire. Maybe he will decide not to return.

Short-Term Geocosmics & longer-term THOUGHTS :

You are going to read and hear a lot about "witch-hunts", "leaks", and "anonymous sources" who do not wish to be identified for their printed comments. You will also hear about how Donald Trump is a "victim" of a biased media and political forces, bent on getting him impeached. All of these terms in quotation marks are associated with Neptune. All of these terms were used to describe the period under the Saturn/Neptune waning square, which was in effect November 2015 through September 2016, but can have an orb of influence lasting as long as nine months afterwards (i.e. through June 2017). The point is that the negative tone of the 2016 election season - designed to ruin the reputation of one's opponents - hasn't ended.

When the dark side of Neptune (rumors, misdirection, scandals where credible evidence is sorely lacking) looms heavy in the atmosphere, combined with a transiting Mars that falls on the President's natal Sun/Uranus in Gemini (chaos), opposite his natal Moon, and also on the USA's natal Mars and square its natal Neptune (May 15-27), it promises a period of even more chaos and unpredictable behavior by and towards him. The witch-hunts, as the president calls these allegations without sources, are not likely to end, nor will the hysteria that accompanies them. They could even escalate further. If so, last week's mini-market panic is just a preview of what could happen on a more prolonged basis in the very near future as the Sun-Mars conjunction continues to approach on July 26, combined with the solar eclipse on August 21, conjunct Mr., Trump's natal Mars and Ascendant.

In the study of Financial Astrology (and astrology in general), no single aspect or combination of cosmic signatures is solely negative. Every dynamic has a solution and the potential for a positive outcome, depending on an individual's understanding of these dynamics and willingness to make choices that either defuse or escalate the tension, and/or advance the common goal that benefits all concerned.

The "higher" side of Neptune requires transcendence of the hysteria, which is accomplished only by finding a peaceful place within, which then allows for imaginative thoughts and intuition to reveal resolutions to obstructions in one's path. But there is a natural conflict when both Mars and Neptune are involved at the same time, for Mars wants action immediately, and Neptune wants to patiently wait for the situation and its resolution to reveal itself, without a time limit. If one acts impulsively under this Mars/Neptune combination, it usually results in errors and poor judgement that lead to greater misunderstandings and even embarrassment. If one is patient and waits for the right moment or answer to come, it will. It may come in the form of others making decisions that solve the problem, or at least make it clear what one must do -and then can do, with knowing.

This is going to be an interesting next four months, in which I believe financial markets (especially equity markets) will reflect what is going in the life of USA President Donald Trump. Therefore, the risk to financial markets will continue to be political in nature. The economy on its own is fine, with Jupiter and Saturn in sextile through most of 2017. The political realm is not, for it reflects the transits to the charts of our world leaders, and in the case of Mr. Trump, the transits are anything but stable. The financial markets are apt to give increasingly more weight to the political instability and the risk that it poses.

LONGER-TERM THOUGHTS AND MUNDANE ASTROLOGY :

To be continued (next week).

Announcements :

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 ($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...

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.
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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)!!!
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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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