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The annual pre-publication sale for the Forecast 2018 Book will begin on September 5 - when Mercury retrograde ends! The pre-order special rate is $45, a savings of nearly 20% from the $55.00 price (plus postage) that will go into effect on October 31. This year's 2018 Forecast Book will be available in both paper and electronic editions. There is no postage for the electronic book format. We have a special rate of $70.00 in effect until October 31 for those who wish to order both the print edition and digital edition of the 2018 book. Additionally, all pre-order purchases qualify for a 10% discount on any 1-year MMA financial markets subscription service!

This year's printed version of Forecast 2018 will also be available in these other languages, as follows :

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The U.S. economy added 156,000 jobs in August. Economists polled by Reuters expected 180,000 jobs to have been added last month. In addition to missing estimates, previous months' job totals also were cut. June was revised down from 231,000 to 210,000 while July fell from the initially reported 209,000 to 189,000, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said. - "Gold Surges After Weak Jobs Report", Reuters, September 1, 2017.

In the aftermath of the powerful solar eclipse of August 21, and in spite of the less-than-expected new job gains on September 1, and even with downward revisions in the prior jobs totals, stock markets rallied smartly last week. Following a primary cycle bottom exactly on our August 18-21 three-star geocosmic critical reversal date, the Dow Jones Industrial Average surged from a low of 21,600 to a high, so far, of 22,039 on Friday, September 1. The all-time high still remains 22,179 posted on August 8, one day after last month's lunar eclipse.

Not all global stock indices bottomed on the August 21 solar eclipse. Several continued lower into early last week before embarking on strong rallies into Friday. In fact, there is now so much intermarket divergence between different regions of the world that you would think Mercury was retrograde. This is definitely the signature of the Trickster at his trickiest in financial markets. In Europe, Germany's DAX index fell to 11,868 on August 29, its lowest mark since March 22. The Netherlands AEX plummeted to 505 on the same day, its lowest mark since March 27. London's FTSE and Zurich's SMI indices also fell to multi-month lows last Tuesday, August 29. Then, all rallied nicely into Friday, but still well below their yearly highs.

In Asia and the Pacific Rim, it was a much different story in some markets, but the same story in others. For instance, the Japanese Nikkei Index fell to 19,280 on August 29, its lowest level since May 2. It then rallied very nicely into Friday, ending the week on a very bullish tone. The Australian ASX index also put in its lowest level of the month on August 29, but didn't rally so robustly into Friday. Yet late last week, the Hang Seng of Hong Kong and China's Shanghai Index soared to their highest levels since May 28, 2015 and January 4, 2016, respectively. India's Nifty Index did something completely different. Following its all-time high on August 2, and a possible primary cycle trough on August 11, it rallied modestly higher into Friday, September 1 - but not enough for even a new monthly high.

And then we have the Americas where Argentina's Merval Index soared to a record high on Friday, while Brazil's Bovespa index rallied to its highest level since November 2010. The NASDAQ Composite almost made a new high, rallying to a high of 6449 on Friday, September 1, just shy of its record of 6460 made on July 27.

Now many may think the declines and rallies, as well as the record-breaking devastation of Hurricane Harvey, were a correlation to the August 21 solar eclipse, and they would be partially correct. The solar eclipse was a low in the USA markets, but the low was August 29 in other world indices. And the hurricane devastation was mostly last week, and not during the eclipse week. So, we attribute three other geocosmic factors which have to do with loss, and then rallies : the midpoint of Mercury retrograde on August 24, Venus square Uranus (hurricanes) on the same day, and Saturn turning stationary direct (loss, from markets start to rally afterwards) on August 25.

Last week was a notable also in the Euro currency and precious metals. The Euro soared to 1.2069 on August 29, its highest mark since January 2, 2015. Gold rallied to 1334.50 on Friday, September 1, its highest level since election night, November 8, while Silver soared to 17.82, its highest price since April 25. Now, as Mercury turns direct this week, we will see if these recent highs are for real, or another mind game of Mercury retrograde, the Trickster. His watch is not over yet, which means our need to be extra watchful is not over either.

Short-Term Geocosmics & longer-term THOUGHTS :

Jughead, a known mooch, coms to Archie's house and asks : "Archie, do you believe in free speech ? " Archie says sure. Jughead replies, "So you don't mind if I use your phone to make a long-distance call ? " Freedom of speech means that you have the right to use your own resources to advance your own causes. But it doesn't give you, in the name of free speech, the right to take somebody's telephone, somebody's house, or somebody's anything in order to use it for your own purposes. - Interview with Richard A. Epstein by Tunku Varadarajian, "The First Amendment is for Neo-Nazis, Too", Wall Street Journal, August 26-27, 2017.

In the aftermath of the Civil War, Mark Twain remarked upon this great mystery : how it could be that physical courage should be so common in the world, and yet moral courage so rare. - Robert M. Morganthau, "Monuments and Courage", Wall Street Journal, August 26-27, 2017.

"…learn to live together as brothers and sisters. Or, we will perish together as fools." - Dr. Martin Luther King, 1965 commencement address for Oberlin College, as quoted in "Identity Politics are Tearing America Apart", James A. Baker III and Andrew Young, Wall Street Journal, August 31, 2017.

Mercury ending its retrograde motion on Tuesday, September 5, is not the only important geocosmic signature coming up next week. It is also the day Mars enters Virgo, the Sun enters into opposition with Neptune, and the day before the full moon of September 6. Thus, there is still a lot of Mars (aggressiveness, especially as it falls on the natal Ascendant of President Trump) and Neptune (passivity, uncertainty, misleading news and announcements). It is like really wanting to start something new, but not being able to make it happen. Every time you start to make progress, it just seems to fizzle. It can be very passive-aggressive. It can mean trying to do something simple, but then making it so complicated and attached to (dependent upon) so many other parts that those who would support the simple idea can no longer support all the earmarks. Think of increasing the debt ceiling. Think of trying to pass a budget, or building a wall along the southern border, Think of trying to tie all of these ideas - or a combination of them - into a bigger package, rather than taking one at a time, and you get an idea of why this administration is struggling to get even one legislative idea accomplished. And yet, the stock market keeps going up.

Following the full moon with Neptune this week, we can look forward to Venus making a grand trine to Saturn and Uranus, September 12-17. This may be the last great opportunity of this year for Congress to pass any new legislation, for Venus is the planet of agreements and compromise, and Saturn can be indicate an agreement that has long-term positive consequences. Stock markets could continue to rally into that time frame.

However, after September 17, we head into the third and final passage of the Jupiter/Uranus opposition, September 27. Failure to enact any new laws of note (or a budget, or a debt ceiling increase, or, or… .) going into this aspect could correlate with a major reversal in world financial markets. After all, the Jupiter/Uranus opposition is the most consistent geocosmic signature correlating with primary cycles in U.S. stock markets within an orb of 12 trading days. The last passage in this series occurred on March 1, 2017. That was an all-time high in the DJIA, and led to a seven-week decline into April 19 - the longest decline so far in 2017. Jupiter and Uranus are also symbolic of the demand for free speech rights, and the urge to make unreasonable demands of others in this pursuit.

LONGER-TERM THOUGHTS AND MUNDANE ASTROLOGY :

To be continued (next week).

Announcements :

MMA - IS - MOVING SALE !!! MMA is moving from Michigan to Arizona in three weeks (mid-September). And we have open boxes of books that we don't want to transport. So... if you have been waiting for a special sale on our Financial Market Timing books, you are in luck - for the next 10 days! Now is the time to purchase these books - in excellent condition - at a discount of 70% on our major market timing books, such as The Ultimate Book on Stock Market Timing Vol 2 : Geocosmic Correlations to Investment Cycles. Regular $125, Special Sale price is $37.50 ; The Ultimate Book on Stock Market Timing Vol 3 : Geocosmic Correlations to Trading Cycles. Regular $150, Special Sale price is $45.00; The Sun, the Moon, and the Silver Market: Secrets of a Silver Trader : Regular $125, Regular $125, Special Sale price is $37.50. Or, order all six of these books for only $199 + postage (SAVE BIG BUCKS! normal price is $783 plus postage).
Sale ends September 5, or when any of the boxes that are opened sell out. There are between 5 and 20 books in each opened box, so first come, first serve.
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Our monthly MMA Cycles : The monthly edition of the MMA International Cycles Report (ICR) and its companion MMA Japanese Cycles and MMA European Cycles reports went out last week. If you are subscriber to any these monthly reports and did not receive it, let us know at once via our email.

- This report covers our long term analysis of the stock market (DJIA and S&P futures), Gold, Silver, T-Notes, Euro and Swiss Franc currencies, grains and crude oil. It also provides the list of geocosmic and solar-lunar reversal zones for the 1-2 months. This report comes out Monday night to subscribers.
- The MMA Japanese Markets Cycles report covers the Nikkei, JGB Bonds, and the Dollar-Yen.
- 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.

It's that time of the year again! The annual pre-publication sale for the Forecast 2018 Book will begin on September 5 - when Mercury retrograde ends! The pre-order special rate is $45, a savings of nearly 20% from the $55.00 price (plus postage) that will go into effect on October 31. This year's 2018 Forecast Book will be available in both paper and electronic editions. There is no postage for the electronic book format. We have a special rate of $70.00 in effect until October 31 for those who wish to order both the print edition and digital edition of the 2018 book. Additionally, all pre-order purchases qualify for a 10% discount on any 1-year MMA financial markets subscription service

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 2018 will also available in these languages:
Dutch : at www.markettiming.nl
German : at http://www.mma-europe.ch
Japanese : at http://merriman.jp

MMA's weekly and daily subscription 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…

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 :

January 20, 2018 : Phoenix, AZ. Workshop on Forecast 2018. Details to be announced soon.

February 17, 2018 : Miami, Florida, "Forecasts 2018 and the Great Reset". A three-hour presentation on the world and national political scene for 2018, plus an analysis of the stock and Gold market, USA economy and housing market. Details soon.

March 3, 2018 and/or February 13 : Atlanta, Georgia: "Forecasts 2018 and The Great Reset". Presentation on the world and national political scene for 2018, plus an analysis of the stock and Gold market, USA economy and housing market. May be followed by a workshop two weeks later. To be determined. Details soon.

May 23-29, 2,018 : The UAC (United Astrology Congress), Chicago, IL. The largest and most exciting conference for astrologers in the world take place then. 15 tracks, over 200 of the world's top astrologers making presentations. For more information, go to www.uacastrology.com.

June 21-24, 2018 : AAGB (Astrological Association of Great Britain's) 50 th anniversary conference. Details to be announced soon, but I will be there, conducting special post-conference workshop on Financial Market Timing.

July 12-15, 2018 : GLAC (Great Lakes Astrology Conference), Ann Arbor, MI. I will be there, conducting a special pre-conference workshop on "Mundane Astrology and The Great Reset". Plus, the Keynote speech.

September 15-18, 2018 : 3 RD MMA INVESTMENT RETREAT, Majorca, Spain. Tentatively being planned. Details to be announced soon.

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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