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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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Review :

Stocks hit record intraday highs earlier in the (Friday) session, as investors shook off a widely unexpected result to the general election in the United Kingdom. Prime Minster Theresa May's Conservative party lost its parliamentary majority in the process, coming up with 318 of 650 seats. Conservatives held a 17-seat majority before the contest. Some pollsters expected May's party to retain the majority while others expected them to build on it. That said, no other party came out with a clear majority... The results sent the British pound spiraling lower to its weakest level since April 18 against the dollar. - "NASDAQ Drops 2% as Tech Stocks Tank", Fred Imbert, CNBC.com, June 9, 2017.

The stock market could be characterized as a bull market plagued by "recurring anxiety attacks", strategist Ed Yardeni told CNBC on Friday. "I've kept a diary of these things since March 2009. There've been 56 anxiety attacks. Some were just outright corrections of 10 to 20 percent and some were mini corrections. I include Brexit as a mini panic attack. It only lasted two days. I started to detect after we didn't go over the fiscal cliff in 2013 that my clients were starting to get anxiety fatigue". Berkeley Lovelace Jr, "We Are in a Bull Market Plagued by Recurring Anxiety Attacks", CNBC.com, June 9, 2017.

What a clever way to describe the bullish stock markets of the world over the past 8 years. And what a nice way to prepare investors for another mini-panic that may be looming ahead shortly.

I think the time has arrived when investors have become numb to all the "bad news" that could tank stocks, just as people of the world are becoming numb over all the terrorist attacks that seem to never end, but only increase, to the point that they quickly become old news and forgotten. It seems like we are all like Alice in Wonderland, having fallen through the rabbit hole, only to discover a new reality where everything is now upside down and the king or queen can bark orders of "off with his/her head" over and over again for crimes that were never committed (or maybe they were), causing everyone to run around in alarm, but then nothing is done as new rumors and allegations are conjured up that makes everyone forget what they were worried about before, now that a new crime has been committed (or maybe not).

Last week, the U.S. and Indian stock indices soared to new all-time highs. The German DAX and London FTSE did the same the prior week, on June 2. But Australia's ASX index fell to a 4-month low. The NASDAQ Composite made a new record high early on Friday, June 9, at 6341 before a stunning collapse (maybe one of Yardeni's mini-panics) of 200 points by mid-afternoon, but then gaining half of it back by the close. All of those highs on June 2 (other markets like the Japanese Nikkei, made yearly highs then too) and June 9, cover the full range of the important Jupiter transits. On June 2, the Sun made a favorable trine aspect to Jupiter, and on June 9, Jupiter turned direct. Jupiter is like the eternal optimist, even if the facts don't support the optimism, so it was no surprise that world equity markets made new highs during that week. After all, as stated in our reports of the past month, we were looking for stock markets to make new highs into June 2-9, precisely because of Jupiter's benevolent correspondence to stock prices. The bigger question is what will happen now that the "happy" Jupiter time band ends ? Can Neptune turning retrograde on June 16 continue the euphoria, or illusion, that more good times are ahead ?.

It wasn't so good for precious metals and crude oil last week. It started out well enough for Gold, which tested 1300 again on Tuesday, June 6, for a double top formation to its Venus direct high on April 17. However, by Friday, June 9, it closed below 1270. Silver also started out well, reaching 17.74 on July 6, but that was well below its high of 18.65 on April 17, and by the end of the week, it was trading below 17.20. We have mentioned before that Gold doesn't particularly like being under Jupiter's influence. Jupiter favors stocks, not metals. Jupiter, along with Neptune, also rules crude oil, and last week, crude oil fell back to 45.20/barrel, retesting its 43.76 low of May 5. However, since we are now in the middle of the Jupiter and Neptune transits (June 2-16), it is possible crude oil could reverse back up from these lows shortly.

Short-Term Geocosmics & longer-term THOUGHTS :

Just to be clear, this hasn't happened before. The former FBI Director publically called the president a liar, and he returned the favor. - Susan Page, "Comey : Trump Lied About Me : President's Lawyer Accuses Ex-FBI Director of Illegal Leaking", USA Today, June 9, 2017.

In our last full weekly column, we indicated that transiting Saturn was headed for the critical 21-26 ° of Sagittarius sector, where it will make a T-square to the USA's Mars/Neptune square for the next several months. With Neptune involved, we suggested that "leaking" would be a word we will read and hear a lot about during the next 100 days. "Witch-hunt", "treason", "lying" and "deception and betrayal of loyalty" would be others, for when Saturn hits Neptune in a hard aspect, one's reputation is often attacked in vicious name-calling and rumor-mongering.

For all of the election campaign season of 2016, transiting Saturn and transiting Neptune were in a square aspect in the heavens, and it was the most disrespectful, ugly (but entertaining), presidential election period in a long, long time. We had "Crooked Hillary", "Lyin' Ted", "Low energy Jeb" - all Saturn-Neptune images. And now, Saturn is transiting in square aspect to the USA's Neptune, and it is deja vu all over again with "Comey the Leaker". It is hard to see how this "Makes America Great Again". It is hard to see how the great ideas for reform and economic revival that Donald Trump has espoused can ever get accomplished - can ever get enough support - in this type of environment.

Paralysis, of course, is another expression of Saturn and Neptune in hard aspect. Nothing gets done. Saturn is driven to accomplish, but Neptune is not driven to anything, other than gossip and small-mindedness, when it is not focused on its higher mission of being compassionate and helping others. The danger, if this path is not adjusted soon, is a sense of great disillusionment as the very structure of government begins to crack due to lack of trust in leaders working with one another. Saturn/Neptune pertains to distrust, unless all parties are honest and transparent with one another (the criteria for trust), and avoid the temptation to do things via "back channels", "leaks", "rumor mongering", "witch hunts", with real evidence and intent out of sight, and yet harboring a desire to find a scapegoat for all of these ills. Obama had this problem, and now Trump does too.

The concern for us, as investors, is that this creates great "political risk" to financial markets. With the Sun/Mars conjunction in Leo approaching on July 26, overlapping with three important stock market cycles coming due during its period of influence (as discussed in last week's webinar), the possibility of a 10% or greater reversal in the stock market is very high. In fact, given the politically toxic world we are currently experiencing (Saturn and Neptune together can literally be toxic) and the market risk that poses, a decline of 10% might be an underestimate.

We are getting a preview of this cosmic dynamic now, for the Sun will be in opposition to Saturn on June 15, and Neptune will turn retrograde on June 16. Mars just finished its opposition to Saturn and square to Neptune May 11-29, which is when this current socio-political toxicity became very evident. We get another dose of it now, but it is likely to continue - and even peak - into the solar eclipse of August 21 (On Donald Trump's Mars/Ascendant), and August 25, when Saturn also turns direct exactly on 21 ° Sagittarius, on Donald Trump's Moon, and square the USA Neptune.

The good news is that the Sun/Mars conjunction in Leo in July can spark the re-discovery of one's passion for living. Until then, it may be a good time to invest in gas masks.

LONGER-TERM THOUGHTS AND MUNDANE ASTROLOGY :

To be continued (next week).

Announcements :

The MP4 downloadable recording of the MMA Mid-Year 2017 Financial Markets Webinar, conducted on Saturday, June 3, is now available, and includes the 66 power point slides and graphs used in the webinar. The live presentation, limited to 100 persons, sold out again. It was another good presentation, lasting a little over 2 hours, with an interesting Q and A at the end. The subject of this webinar was an overview of where we stand in "The Great Reset" described in the Forecast 2017 Book. It also included a very in-depth look at the USA stock market, focused on the three main cycles that will be coming due between now and November (we narrow it down in the webinar), as a result of the latest research to be released in the new version of the Stock Market Timing book, "Cycles and Patterns in the Indexes". The webinar included an update on the outlook for the precious metals, US Dollar, Euro currency, crude oil, soybeans and T-Notes. It discussed in detail 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 of this MP4 recording and power point slides is $45.00. For further information go there or call 1-248-626-3034, 1-800-662-3349, or email ordersmma@msn.com. Ask about a discount if you also pre-order the Stock Market Timing Book, "Cycles and Patterns in the Indexes". due for release in August.

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.

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 :

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The MMA Catalogue of products and services for 2015 is now out!!! You can download it in PDF. The ordering page is the last page of the catalogue. This is especially useful for those outside of the USA, since we do not mail these out by mail unless requested.

I am oftentimes asked for recommendations of a money manager who uses my methods, since I won't manage other people's money. The thing is, almost all money managers I know use their own systems. But many subscribe to my services and share my thoughts about the future of the economy, various financial markets, and how to position one's portfolio along these lines. One money manager who subscribes to our services that I would suggest for those looking to structure a longer-term portfolio, such as a retirement account, is Duke O'Neill of Boulder, Colorado. He can be reached at dukeoneil1@gmail.com, or 1-(303) 545-5837. For those looking for a professional trader of commodity and futures contract might consider Ted Lee Fisher at ted.fisher@comcast.net. Ted is a legend in financial futures and has a seat on the CME. Both are very knowledgeable of the tools I use, of the way I am looking at markets, and yet each makes their own decisions as to exactly when to enter and exit any market. They will be more than happy to assist you.

To the above list, I would also like to recommend long-term MMA subscriber Erwin Brunner of Zurich, Switzerland. Mr. Brunner is the founder of BrunnerInvest AG. One of his five funds was awarded theBest in-house fund of funds in the world recently. Mr. Brunner is a former director of the Swiss Banking Corporation (today it is known as UBS), and a general director of Rothschild Bank in Zurich. As an independent wealth manager for high net worth individuals and institutional clients only, he places his clients into the funds of the best performing fund managers in the world, via his own research and experience. For high net worth readers interested in Mr. Brunner's funds, please contact him through www.brunnerinvest.ch.

It is with great pleasure that I announce the addition of Egon von Greyerz to MMA Investment Retreat faculty of presenters. I met Egon last week in Girona, Spain, at a special gathering attended by MMTA Graduates Nitin Bhandari (India), Philipp Beyer (Germany), Henry Canciglia (USA) and myself. Egon is an expert on Gold. He owns Matterhorn Asset Management, a Swiss Asset Management company specializing in wealth preservation, located in Zurich ( www.goldswitzerland.com). He was also the person who initiated the "Save Our Swiss Gold" Act in Switzerland late last year, which would have required the Swiss National Bank to back up their assets with 20% Gold holdings. The initiative failed, but his reasons for initiating this effort are still valid. Egon is very interested in MMA cycles' work, and will share his outlook on Gold and the world debt. This is a real treat!

The newly revised The Sun, The Moon, and Silver Book :Secrets of a Silver Trader, is now out. This is a book that you will use as a reference guide for...many, many years. It identifies all the key Sun-Moon combinations that have a higher (and lower) than expected probability of correlating with 4% or greater reversals in COMEX Silver. It also identifiesBig Range Days - those days in which the range of Silver is most likely to be 3.5% or more of the price of Silver, which is a great tool for day traders. This book fulfills the dream of all traders : high probability winning trade possibilities, with minimal market exposure. It is thatextra edge. And Silver is a great market to trade now. The cost is $125.00. For ordering on line.

The new book titled Solar-Lunar Keys to Gold Prices : Secrets of a Gold Trader , is now out. The long awaited sequel to the Secrets of a Silver Trader is due out in late October (maybe before)!!!
Now, GOLD as you have never seen it by night or day. The studies for the soon-to-be-released book are now completed and the results are now being used in the weekly and daily MMA subscription reports for short-term trading strategies in Gold. That's right... historically tested Solar-Lunar Correlations to trading reversals in the Gold Market - as only available from Raymond Merriman. The studies cover over 40 years of daily Gold, starting from December 31, 1974 through April 2015. The book will change how you approach trading Gold using these leading solar-lunar indicators, with very clear instructions as to "when" to expect 3%, 4%, or greater reversals in Gold prices and how to trade them. It will be a valuable guide for short-term traders of Gold, GLD, and other ETF's involving Gold prices. You may call 1-248-626-3034 or email ordersmma@gmail.com and place your pre-order now. It is also now available for purchase on the MMA web site at www.mmacycles.com. Order now and get the first printing of this new book on trading Gold!

Disclaimer and statement of purpose : The purpose of this column is not to predict the future movement of various financial markets. However, that is the purpose of the MMA (Merriman Market Analyst) subscription services. This column is not a subscription service. It is a free service, except in those cases where a fee may be assessed to cover the cost of translating this column from English into a non-English language. This weekly report is written with the intent to educate the reader on the relationship between astrological factors and collective human activities as they are happening. In this regard, this report will oftentimes report what happened in various stock and financial markets throughout the world in the past week, and discuss that movement in light of the geocosmic signatures that were in effect. It will then identify the geocosmic factors that will be in effect in the next week, or even month, or even years, and the author’s understanding of how these signatures will likely affect human activity in the times to come. The author (Merriman) will do this from a perspective of a cycle’s analyst looking at the military, political, economic, and even financial markets of the world. It is possible that some forecasts will be made based on these factors. However, the primary goal is to both educate and alert the reader as to the psychological climate we are in, from an astrological perspective. The hope is that it will help the reader understand these psychological dynamics that underlie (or coincide with) the news events and hence financial markets of the day.

No guarantee as to the accuracy of this report is being made here. Any decisions in financial markets are solely the responsibility of the reader, and neither the author nor the publishers assume any responsibility at all for those individual decisions. Reader should understand that futures and options trading are considered high risk.

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