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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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NOTE : Markets in the USA will be closed on Monday, May 29, it observance of the Memorial Day holiday. Also, there will be no column next week as I will be preparing for the Saturday, June 3, mid-year webinar on financial markets. There are still openings left, but we expect them to sell out - as they always do - by the middle of next week. Go to our website at www.mmacycles.com, and click on the banner at the top of the page, or go EVENTS, and click.

Review :

I asked the ambassador to the U.S. from one our greatest allies, "What does Europe say now when America leaves the room ?" You're still great, he said, but "we think you are having a nervous breakdown". - Peggy Noonan, Opinion Page, the Wall Street Journal, May 20-21, 2017.

A nervous breakdown and a stock market crack up.

It was a week of record or yearly high stock prices for several world equity indices last week - but not all - following the sharp decline in the middle of the prior week. It was also a new Moon in Gemini last week, on May 25, and in typical Gemini fashion, some indices overcame the selloff of the prior week, and others did not, for multiple cases of intermarket bearish divergence.

It is quite remarkable that several stock indices continued to rise, or stay near their yearly highs, amidst all the political uncertainty in the USA and world. However, given that many central banks of the world continue to be accommodative with very low interest rates, and with labor markets and corporate profits continuing to see decent gains, maybe this is not so remarkable after all - at least, for the moment. Yet, with the Sun now firmly into the air sign of Gemini (May 20-June 20), we anticipate that strong political winds will continue to blow the markets around, preventing any sense of stability and certainty. With Mars there too, we can expect a lot of hot air and sharp words coming from politicians of all parties. Thus is not a combination indicative of a consensus. Everyone is an expert and sounds smart (Gemini), and maybe even defiant (Mars), but few are able to tie accurate facts together enough to make a case accepted by all, or even most.

In the Far East and Pacific Rim, India's NIFTY index soared to a record high on Friday, May 26, and the Hang Seng of Hong Kong posted its highest mark since July 6, 2016. However the other indices in the region - including Australia - did not take out their highs of the previous week, for a regional case of intermarket bearish divergence.

In Europe, it was the same. The defiant Brits supported the London FTSE to a new record high on Friday. However, that was not the case in the Netherlands, Germany, or Switzerland, where each tried to rally, but fell well short of their highs of the prior week. Maybe Brexit will not turn out as badly as many thought. It was also interesting to see British Prime Minister Teresa May call out Donald Trump, on an otherwise successful foreign policy trip, for failing to control the alarming number of leaks of intelligence agencies that are coming out of his administration - leaks that put the intelligence divisions of our allies (like the UK) in a vulnerable position. As noted in last week's column, "leaks" is a word you are going to hear a lot about this year as Saturn retrogrades back to the USA Mars, square its natal Neptune, while at the same time activating Mr. Trump's natal full Moon lunar eclipse in Gemini/Sagittarius. He is going to receive a lot of heat (transiting Mars is strong on his chart through September) and criticism internationally (Saturn in Sagittarius, on his Moon) if he is not able to ferret out the moles in his circle.

The Americas also displayed a similar pattern in their stock markets to that of Asia and Europe. Both the S&P futures and NASDAQ indices made new all-time highs last week, but the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed nearly 100 points off its all-time high of March 1, when the second Jupiter/Uranus opposition passage occurred. In South America, the Argentine Merval index blast to a new all-time high, while the Brazilian Bovespa index tanked, following allegations that its president accepted bribes, as did the previous two presidents.

Like stocks, Gold, Silver, and the Euro currency benefitted from last week's Martian shower on Donald Trump. Each soared to multi-week highs by Friday. With Mars approaching its opposition to Saturn on Monday, May 29, this dynamic is still accelerating.

Crude oil did not fare so well last week. Actually, it did very well into early Thursday, rising to 51.25. But then OPEC announced its reduced production schedule, which was not as much as analysts expected, and crude oil ; fell quickly to 48.16 on Friday before recovering modestly to close the week at 49.70.

Short-Term Geocosmics & longer-term THOUGHTS :

We have discussed the massive infusion of Mars, Saturn, and Neptune, presently in effect. to the charts of Donald Trump and the USA We also discussed how the biggest risk to world equity markets right now is from the political realm. This is a theme that we will discuss in much more detail in next weekend's Mid-Year Outlook for Financial Markets.

What we would like to add to the discussion now is the additional impact of transiting Uranus and Jupiter. Uranus is nearing the end of its reign in Aries. It started in 2010, and will cross back and forth into Taurus, 2018-2019. Uranus can be very disruptive, for it does not respect any boundaries or efforts to keep it contained and predictable. It is wild and rebellious. In financial markets, when activated, it is prone to explode above resistance zones, or below support levels. Thus, market analysts are often off in their forecasts - especially when they predict little change from the recent past, which is what they usually predict. With Uranus, markets can reverse suddenly and violently, far too fast for most investors to protect themselves.

There are three charts that we will mention that will be powerfully affected by Uranus in 2017-2018. One is the U.S. stock market (May 17, 1792), which has its natal Saturn at 26 ° Aries, and its Jupiter/Neptune in opposition at 22-27 ° Libra. Uranus is now in those degrees, and will be through April 10, 2018, so it is quite conceivable that the stock market will experience a sudden and dramatic decline during this time. It may also witness a sudden and dramatic rally. But, we are talking about double digit losses, and then gains, which is something we haven't seen in over a year.

The USA chart is also under a "hard" aspect from transiting Uranus, whether you use the July 2, 1776 chart as I do (when Congress voted to declare independence), or the more popular July 4 Day of Independence (which is when George Washington was informed of the vote in Congress). In both charts, transiting Uranus forms a T-square to the USA Mercury in opposition to Pluto for the next ten months. In the July 2 chart, the Moon is with Pluto in 25-27 ° Capricorn. On the one hand, this refers to the attack on the media ("fake news") and the threat to their independence and popularity. It can also refer to the very disruptive cyber-attacks that attempt to alter public elections (and other matters of intellectual property and privacy). But if the Moon is also there, then suggests a very sudden disruption to the safety and emotional security of the collective. It can indicate hysteria and even a witch hunt, especially as transiting Saturn is also square the USA natal Neptune.

The third chart is again that of Donald Trump, whose natal Venus/Saturn conjunction at 23-25 ° Cancer is squared by transiting Uranus. Uranus forming a square to one's natal Saturn can (among other things) denote a time when one's principles and character are attacked and one has to make a painful choice : to stand for one's principle and risk loss of position, or give in to pressure and submit to something against one's principles in order to maintain one's status. Many choose to quit the chase and seek a new purpose in life rather than compromise their principles.

All of these forces are converging at the same time in the charts of the NYSE, USA, and President Trump over the next ten months. With the Sun/Mars conjunction also approaching on July 26, which historically has a high correlation to 10% or greater reversals in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, one can see why this might be an especially important 100 days coming up for the U.S. stock market, and probably the stock markets of other nations. It could also have a pronounced effect upon currencies and precious metals.

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 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.
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.

I plan to move from Michigan to Arizona full time by the end of this summer. As my staff is staging my house for sale, they came across one box of the original hard bound edition of The Gold Book : Geocosmic Correlations to Gold Price Cycles that we thought had sold out several years ago. These are in perfect condition, never opened before. These are not the softcover editions, but the hard cover cloth edition that was selling on Amazon.com for $1500, three-four years ago. These are not used. They are collector items. And there were 8 of them in this box. This book contains the original studies - the very first quantitative studies done on any financial market relating planetary cycles to market cycles (this is not the solar/lunar cycles of the recent Gold Book written in 2015). This is the very first book, 344 pages, hardcover edition, written in 1982, listing the first ever Level 1, 2, and 3 planetary signatures related to primary, half-primary, and major cycles in Gold. There are now six copies left (as two have already been sold to interested clients). They are available now for $500, first come, first serve. If you are interested in obtaining one (or all) of these remaining six hardbound, limited edition, copies of the original Gold Book, let us know at once. Only 300 were printed at the time, in 1982. They will not be reprinted.

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.
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 :

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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