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Note : The purpose of this column is to provide educational insights into the tenets of geocosmic studies as they correspond to economic, political, and socio-psychological matters, as one of several tools that in turn may assist in the practice of financial market timing. This column is not intended, nor should it be used, as an advisory service for trading financial markets, without use of other financial market analysis tools. MMA subscription reports provide that type of advisory service, with specific recommendations for trading.

Review and Preview :

The hardest thing about a nice, long, holiday break is that you have to come back and find the rhythm again. But all in all, it's still there with a little effort and review. So, as I wish everyone a happy and prosperous New Year, let's review the last few days of 2017 from the geocosmic viewpoint, and prepare for what promises to be an exciting 2018.

World equity markets had mostly splendid year as the world economy showed its greatest strength since the Great Recession of 2007-2009, with many indices ending the year at all-time or multi-year highs, and sign of higher levels to come this year.

In Asia and the Pacific Rim, India's Nifty Index made a new all-time on December 27, the last week of the year. Australia's All Ords ASX Index soared to 6093 on Friday, its highest march since January 89, 2008. The Hang Seng Index of Hong Kong touched 29970 on Friday, December 29, approaching its yearly high of 30,199 on November 22, and not that far away from its all-time high of 31,958 made in October 2007. Japan's Nikkei Index is struggling to regain its footing after making a 25-year high of 23,282 on November 9, bit its holding above 22,000 too on declines since then. China's Shanghai Index has also struggled since mid-November's high of 3450, but like the Nikkei, it hasn't collapsed much either since then.

In Europe, the star last week was the London FTSE Index, which exploded on Friday, December 29, to a new all-time high of 7697. So much for the idea that Brexit would destroy the British financial structure. The British stock market is doing just fine, much better than most expected 18 months ago. It is the other European markets that are suffering as of late. Following its all-time high of 13,525 on November 7, the German DAX has slumped, closing the year below 13,000 and near its 12,810 half-primary cycle low of December 1, which was its lowest level since September. Likewise, the Netherlands AEX index has fallen too since its multi-year high of 557.43 on November 7 and a double top at 555.12 on December 19. On Friday, it closed near the low of the day, and its lowest level in three weeks. Zurich's SMI index is holding up fairly well since making a 28-month high on December 19 at 7599.

New all-time highs were registered in the America's late last week in the S&P nearby futures, and Argentina's Merval Index. Brazil's Bovespa also showed signs of strength late last week as it hit 78,436, within sight of its all-time high of 78,902 made on October 5. However, in the USA, the major indices all sold off into the close on Friday, with signs of intermarket bearish divergence, as the DJIA and NASDAQ did not make new all-times like the S&P futures did. All ended up closing with a key reversal down signal, in a three-star geocosmic critical reversal date (CRD) time zone.

Gold, Silver, the Euro, and crude oil all ended the year on nice rallies. Gold closed the week at 1305, up nicely from its primary cycle trough of 1238.30 made on December 12. Silver challenged 17.20 on Friday, its highest level in a month, and well off its low of 15.63 made on December 12. The Euro currency closed near 1.2000, in sight of its yearly high at 1.2092 made on September 8, further adding to our view that the long-term 16.5-year cycle in the U.S. Dollar topped out one year ago, on January 3, 2017, which was forecasted in our two prior Forecast Books well ahead of time. Crude oil soared to 60.51 on the last day of trading, Friday, December 29, 2017, which is a price that has not been seen since June 2015. This too validates our forecast made in prior Forecast Books and by Nitin Bhandari, our crude oil analyst, at the MMA September 2015 investment conference that crude oil would complete a 9 - and even 18-year cycle low while Saturn was in square aspect to Neptune in 2016. The low was on February 11, 2016, at 26.05. Attendees of that event have benefited from the 130% gain in that time.

Short-Term Geocosmics and longer-term thoughts :

The new all-time highs in the S&P on Dec 29 and the DJIA on December 15 fits with our last time band for an important turn in U.S. stock markets as given in the previous year's Forecast 2017 Book, which was December 10, 2017-January 14, 2018. Here we are.

As stated in our last column, "We are in the midst of a powerful time band, December 16-January 14, containing 12 geocosmic signatures with correlations to reversals in financial markets. The midpoint is right around the turn of the year. Included in this cluster, in addition to the Sun/Saturn conjunction of December 21, is Mercury turning direct (December 23), Venus conjunct Saturn (December 25), Uranus turning direct (January 2), and both the Sun and Venus conjunct Pluto and squaring Uranus (January 9-14). Any one of these could coincide with a reversal in a financial market. All of them together, in a short span of time, increases the probability of a cycle culmination and reversal. With Uranus so prevalent, we cannot rule out the possibility of new record highs in some markets". Not bad for a forecast based on these powerful geocosmic signatures. So, we start the year right in the middle of this powerful time band, with Uranus changing directions on January 3, the second trading day of the year.

Coming up will be Mars conjunct Jupiter in Scorpio on January 6, which is usually positive for stocks, but not so positive for metals. It will be interesting to observe whether Gold and Silver pull back, because Mars in Scorpio is mostly bullish for Gold, as we have witnessed (and forecasted) since its entrance into Scorpio on December 9. It still has time to go higher before it reaches the degrees in Scorpio where crest usually unfold.

We will also be ready for the Sun/Venus conjunction, which will form a powerful translation to the Uranus/Pluto square. This translation will be in force January 9-14, and has the potential to correspond to a major market reversal, or - since Uranus is involved - a breakout of important support or resistance in certain financial markets that are nearby to long-term support and resistance.

Longer-term, we also note that the Sun/Saturn ingress into Capricorn on the winter solstice of December 20-21 has correlated with major events that will likely have long-term consequences on the world and national economy. This is the crux of "The Great Reset" that we identified in both the 2017 and 2018 editions of the annual Forecast Book. True to form, the USA Congress and White House signed into law its new and highly anticipated tax reform package. This promises to be a great boon to US corporations -large and small - but falls quite short of the kind of tax relief that promised to the middle and lower classes. So, its good for business, but not directly so great in and of itself for the average person. In any event, we are now entering a New Era, "Great Reset" of the world financial and political systems, where there will be a "new normal" before a "new abnormal" arises by the time Saturn leaves Capricorn (with Jupiter) in late 2020.

These are exciting time, and I am looking forward to an incredible 2018. I hope you are too, and that the year brings many opportunities and insights to everyone.

ON A MORE PERSONAL NOTE :

I am going to start adding Bitcoin to our analysis in the MMA full weekly subscription reports, as well as the weekly MMA Currency Report. I may not have recommendations for a while, for this is a learning curve for me. I look forward to catching up on this remarkable development in the currencies world, and I got quite an education in this subject on my recent trip to "The Garden of Eden" in Maui, Hawaii. Thank you to my host, Alan Bradbury, a reader of my reports, Grammy-nominated musician, excellent astrologer, and long-time friend.

~~Longer-term thoughts~~ :

To be continued (next week).

Announcements :

RAY MERRIMAN'S 2018 WORLDWIDE "FORECAST 2018" LIVE WEBINAR, will take place on Saturday, February 3, 2018, 11:45 AM (MST). This is 1:45 PM EST, 6:45 PM GMT. This is a change from the prior announcement that it would take place on February 4, but that is Super Bowl Sunday, and I am a sports fan. In the comfort of your own home or office, you can tune into Raymond Merriman's annual worldwide webinar on "Forecast 2018". This broadcast will address subjects from this year's Forecast 2018 Book, with updates on financial markets since the book was written in November 2017. Outlooks for the U.S. stock market, Gold and Silver, and Currencies will be discussed, plus questions from attendees. Cost is $45.00, and includes the slides of the presentation, plus a downloadable MP4 recording of the event, within 72 hours afterwards. To reserve your spot in the live broadcast, contact us directly at 1-248-626-3034, 800-MMA-3349, or email at mmacyclessstaff @gmail.com, or register via our website at www.mmacycles.com. Reserve early, as all previous webinars reserved for maximum 100 attendees have been sold out. If unable to attend, you can pre-order MP4 recordings, which will be delivered as soon as they are available - within 72 hours after the live webinar.

We are having a special offering on the "2018 Calendar Bundle" through January 15, containing the 2018 color-coded calendar (of planetary signatures plus post retrograde and direct time bands for highs and lows in Gold). This calendar and lists identify the Level 1, 2, and 3 signatures for both Gold and the DJIA in 2018. You can purchase both products for $195 during this special offering. These are the tools I use when writing the annual Forecast Book. It is a great way to start off the New Year with market timing tools that are very valuable. Go to there for information on this special New Year's offering.

The EBook of Forecast 2018 and the print editions of Forecast 2018 are now completed and sent out to all who have pre-ordered! EBooks have been received, and print editions should be received in the next week - before Christmas. If not, call us. We have also received the printed copies on Friday, so we can now fill new orders with remaining copies. Order now and get your copy. It is relevant right now !.

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 : The Forecast 2018 Book printed edition is now done and is expected to be delivered late this week (on or before December 15). All those who have pre-ordered prior to Monday, December 11, will be included in that first mailing. The book is 200 pages, and packed with new information. You may still order the Forecast 2018 Book at the current price of $55.00 plus postage (or E-book with no postage). Keep in mind that there is only one printing each year, and the number of printed copies we order is 20% above the amount of printed copies pre-ordered by December 1. When they sell out, they are gone. In the last five years, the Forecast Book has sold out of all printed copies three times, including the past two years. Therefore, if you wish a copy of the Forecast 2018 printed edition, it is advisable to order now, before noon on Monday.

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.
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. "FORECAST 2018 AND THE GREAT RESET". 1:00 - 4:30, at the Granite Reef Senior Center in Scottsdale, AZ . 1700 N Granite Reef Rd, Scottsdale, AZ 85257. The talk is from 1 - 4:30 . The cost for guests is $25.00. It is first come, first serve (no advance reservations). We will try to get a phone number and email for more information next week. In meantime, you can call : 602-625-4721

February 3, 2018 : FORECAST 2018 WEBINAR. Details shortly. Or, call 248-626-3034 to sign up. It will not be posted on our website until holidays. Cost: $45.00.

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.

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.

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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