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The annual pre-publication sale for the Forecast 2018 Book is now underway. 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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An announcement on who will lead the Federal Reserve in 2018 and beyond could come in the next few weeks, President Donald Trump said Friday. The announcement comes amid reports that the president has interviewed former Fed Governor Kevin Warsh and current Governor Jerome "Jay" Powell in recent days. - Jeff Cox, "Trump Says He Will Make Fed Chair Decision in Next 2 to 3 Weeks", www.cnbc.com, September 29, 2017.

Tom Price, secretary of the U.S. Health and Human Services Department, resigned Friday amid a furor over his taking more than two dozen costly private plane trips instead of less-expensive commercial flights... Price's private travel, added to his use of military jets for overseas trips, has cost taxpayers more than $1 million. - Jacob Pramuk and Dan Mangan, "Tom Price Resigns After Outrage Over Private Jet Flights", www.cnbc.com, September 29, 2017.

In the week that was... the last passage of the Jupiter/Uranus opposition on September 27, world equity markets reacted strangely, which should be no surprise to those who are attuned to geocosmic studies. That is, any time Uranus is highlighted, strange and unexpected (even unpredictable) phenomena are common. "Strange" is more the norm ; the "unexpected" is to be expected. What was strange about last week is that many stock indices soared to new yearly and even all-time highs. Others fell short. And still others fell to new multi-week lows.

Let's start with Asia and the Pacific Rim, where none of the stock markets that we track made a new multi-month or all-time high last week, except for the MICEX (Russia is half-Europe, half- Asia). The Japanese Nikkei and Hong Kong's Hang Seng indices posted yearly highs the prior week, but were unable to follow through last week. India's Nifty index also recorded its all-time high on September 19, the prior week, but declined into last week's Jupiter/Uranus opposition. China raced to its highest level since January 2016 three times between September 6 and 12, but that was 2-3 weeks ago. And Australia made a double bottom on September 21 and 26 at the very critical 5700-5710 support level, with little sign of relief ahead.

In Europe, the AEX, DAX, and SMI all exhibited impressive rallies, but not to new all-time or multi-year highs. The DAX and AEX are within striking distance as the Jupiter/Uranus opposition remains well within its normal orb of 12 trading days for a new all-time or multi-year high or low. The London FTSE, on the other hand, is well off its all-time high of 7599 made on June 2.

In the Americas, all the USA cash indices made new all-time highs, but not the NASDAQ futures. All-time highs were also made in Argentina and Brazil. It was a good week to be an American, or invested in American stocks.

In other markets, Gold and Silver dropped to new monthly lows, their lowest levels since the eclipse period of August 7-21, and well below their multi-month highs of September 8, just three weeks ago. T-Notes and currencies also fell rather hard into the Jupiter/Uranus opposition last week, while Crude oil soared to its highest price since April 17 when Venus ended its retrograde motion. Crude Oil is especially interesting because its high was on September 28, just one day after the Jupiter/Uranus opposition. Jupiter is the co-ruler of crude oil, along with Neptune.

Short-Term Geocosmics & longer-term THOUGHTS :

The US economy expanded an annualized 3.1 percent on quarter in the second quarter of 2017, above a second estimate of 3 percent and beating market expectations of 3 percent. It is the strongest growth rate since the first three months of 2015, the final estimate from the BEA showed. "U.S. GDP Growth Revised Higher to 3.1% in Q2, www.tradingeconomics.com, U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, September 28, 2017.

Jupiter/Uranus is the most important geocosmic signature correlating with market reversals that is in effect now. However, there are others. One factor to note is that transiting Jupiter is ending its 13-month journey through the air sign of Libra on October 10. For the past month (since September 1), Jupiter has been conjoining the Jupiter/Neptune conjunction in the New York Stock Exchange natal chart (May 17, 1792). In other words, the U.S. stock market has been undergoing its Jupiter return, September 1-29. That ends now. In the field of astrology, Jupiter is considered "the great benefic". In Financial Astrology, it correlates with economic growth, and indeed, the USA economy has grown, with last quarter's GDP finally back above 3% for the first time in over two years. Along with that, the USA stock markets have also soared to several new all-time highs. This fits the expected pattern with Jupiter in an air sign, especially in Libra, where it makes its Jupiter return (transiting Jupiter conjuncts the stock market's natal Jupiter).

Interestingly enough, President Donald Trump also has his natal Jupiter in Libra, and hence the last year has witnessed his Jupiter return too. Can the stock market continue to rise as Jupiter prepares to begin its next 13-month journey through the underworld of Scorpio ? Can Donald Trump's "luck" continue then as well, since Scorpio rules investigations, revelations of things done secretly, removals, and endings of alliances ? With Jupiter, there are apt to be a lot of changes - firings and hirings - especially affecting those who have planets in air signs that will no longer be in cosmic harmony with the "great benefic".

But let us consider more sexy matters. After all, Venus and Mars are coming together on October 5, while the Sun is in the relationship sign of Libra. In the four days before that, both planets will make a trine to Pluto, which is even more sexy. Consider that Venus is the planet pertaining to money and love (it is hard to have one go well without the other, perhaps because the meaning of Venus can be "lust" as much as "love"). Mars is the planet of fiery passion, the urge to approach others (to do "what" is a good question to ask when you see them approaching). And both Venus and Mars make a favorable trine to Pluto, the planet of intensity (as well as taxes, debt, and deficits). On a personal level, many souls will be attracted to one another. Actually, it is not the souls that are attracted, but the physical bodies themselves. But the attraction can be so strong and positive that it "feels" like something deeper (assuming there is such a thing as something deeper than purely physical attraction - or taxes). The real test to these attractions (and tax proposals) will come the following week when those same two planets - Venus and Mars - move from a trine to Pluto to a square with Saturn, October 8-11. The pendulum swings from love to suspicion, from acceptance to interrogation. What were you thinking ? And what do you do now ? Face your own words and honor, and work through this, or run ? These are human experiences that determine (or reveal) one's true character.

This is not a good time to go into a battle without enough support for your point of view. You may think you are right, but being right doesn't mean you win the war. It is a good motto to remember when a market (or lover) turns for no apparent reason. No money, no love. That's the (Tom) Price you pay. There are no free lunches this month. Don't get married to any position until after October 11. And finally, as traders, remember another one of our mottos : any market that declines into a hard Venus/Saturn aspect is a good "buy" candidate. Any lover that doesn't return shortly after that passage is a "good-bye" candidate".

~~LONGER-TERM THOUGHTS AND MUNDANE ASTROLOGY :~~

To be continued (next week).

Announcements :

The third edition of The Ultimate Book on Stock Market Timing, Volume 1: Cycles and Patterns in the Indexes is now out as of Friday, September 8! This is the most comprehensive book ever published on the cycles of the stock market (DJIA and Nikkei), with analysis going back to the British stock markets of the 17 th century. This is a must-have book if you are a serious investor, trader, or student of cycles. There is nothing else like this book available today. The cost of this book is $125. There is also a special $25 discount for those who also pre-order the Forecast 2018 Book . Call us to get this rate. The new material and tables on long-and intermediate-term cycles in the U.S. and Japanese stock markets are worth the cost of the book alone. For more information, go to visit the MMA website at www.mmacycles.com, or here and check it out. You can also order now by e-mail to ordersmma@msn.com or calling 1-800-662-3349, or 248-626-3034. "The Ultimate Book on Stock Market Timing : Cycles and Patterns in the Index" is literally the ultimate book on the analysis of the stock market. We are especially impressed with various waves of long-term cycles for more than 200 years, which we have never seen : T. Kaburagi, Toshi Nippou Ltd (Japan's major commodity newspaper).

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

MMA's annual Forecasts Book, written by Raymond A. Merriman since 1976, is one of the most unique, affordable, and accurate glimpses into the coming year. Utilizing the study of cycles and geocosmic factors, this annual Forecast book outlines forthcoming trends pertaining to political, economic, and financial markets throughout the world. Specific markets analyzed for the next year(s) include: T-Notes and interest rates, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, Gold, Silver, Currencies (U.S. Dollar, Euro, Yen, Swiss Franc, and British Pound), Crude Oil, Grains and Weather. Each market contains the important geocosmic three-star critical reversal dates for 2018. Special sections also include the USA and world economy, the USA and world politics, the USA and its President. A 2018 ephemeris and calendar (one month per page) with geocosmic signatures is included, as well as descriptions of the Mercury, Venus, and Mars retrograde periods for 2018. This is a book with an impressive background for insightful accuracy into world economic and financial market conditions that you will not want to miss! For further information, go to www.mmacycles.com. ORDER NOW AND SAVE BIG BUCKS!!! !!!

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.
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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.

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