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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.

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The price of bitcoin is on track for its worst quarter performance ever. The price of the cryptocurrency has fallen from $13,412 on January 1 to $7266 on March 30, marking more than a 45% decline… At a G-20 meeting this month, Argentina's central bank governor outlined a summer deadline for members to have "specific recommendations on what to do" and said task forces are working to submit proposals by July. Italy's central bank leader told reporters after the meeting in Buenos Aires, Argentina, that cryptocurrencies pose risks but should not be banned, according to Reuters. - Arjun Kharpal, "Bitcoin Is on Track for Its Worst First Quarter Ever with Over $114 Billion Wiped Off Its Value", www.cnbc.com, March 30, 2018.

We have a saying in financial market circles that whenever a stock or commodity's performance reaches newsworthiness, that rally or decline is about to end. The above article doesn't tell the full extent of bitcoin's woes as of late. When you consider that it made its all-time high on December 18, 2017 at $19,458 and then plummeted to $5911 on February 6, 2018, that decline was a much larger 70% in only 7 weeks than the decline of the first quarter 2018. The low of Friday, March 30, was down to $6553, still above the $5911 low of February 6, but getting close. Our historical studies at MMA following the burst of a "bubble", show that most financial markets will then lose 77-93% of their value before reversing back up. Bitcoin is not that far from achieving that distinction, and as it nears this level, it is starting to receive media notice. At the low, there will likely be reports of its imminent demise. But, if history repeats its usual pattern, that will be just about the time that it starts to recover.

No one is predicting that the stock market is about to go "belly up", however. Yet, there is not a lack of belief that the stock market is already in the early throes of a new bear market, especially in the tech-heavy NASDAQ, which fell from an all-time high of 7637 on March 13, to a 7-week low of 6901 just two weeks later on March 28. That was a quick loss of nearly 10%. What is most remarkable about this decline is how well it fit with our geocosmic studies. You may remember that this column identified March 1-13 as a "Jupiter-heavy" period, when we expected stock markets to rally. March 13 was the the date of the third and final Jupiter transit (Sun trine Jupiter). MMA's next gecosmic critical reversal date was March 27-28, coincident with Venus conjunct Uranus. Uranus rules technology stocks. As if awakened by its own internal alarm clock, the NASDAQ bottomed right on March 28 - right on the Venus/Uranus conjunction - and promptly rallied triple digits on Thursday, the next day, and the last trading day of the week. I know there are many investors who think astrology is nonsense, a superstition and not worthy of consideration as a valuable market timing tool. But here is the thing : these kinds of synchronized correlations happen far too often to be causally dismissed as coincidence, which is easy to do by those who have not done the research, who have not really put in any effort to understand the history of how markets behave.

The pattern of most world stock indices was similar to one another last week. That is, all made lows of importance during the week, and most traded higher into Thursday-Friday. Some took out their lows of February 2018, like the Japanese Nikkei, Australian ASX, India's Nifty, and all the European markets, except the Amsterdam AEX index. Others held above their lows of February 9 on the March 26-28 decline, such as in the America's (North and South), as well as in China and Hong Kong. Thus, world stock indices are exhibiting multiple cases of intermarket bullish divergence signals after putting in lows last week, and as we come to the end of this March 22-April 2 geocosmic reversal zone. Will the rallies continue off last week's low amidst these bullish charting signals ? Or will Mercury the Trickster, who is now retrograde (March 22-April 14), negate them ?.

Last week's market activity was favorable for treasuries and crude oil, which soared to new cycle highs. It was not so favorable for Gold and Silver, which topped out in our March 27-28 critical reversal zone and then fell sharply into Thursday. Bitcoin, as mentioned at the top of this week's column, suffered all week, and now threatens to continue its washout to the $5000 mark or even lower, if it doesn't reverse now, as Mars makes it conjunction to Saturn on April 2.

Short-Term Geocosmics and longer-term thoughts :

By the early 1970's American policy makers … severed the dollar's link to Gold and allowed the greenback's value to float relative to other currencies, in the hope that it would depreciate and smoothly reduce the trade deficit. The opposite happened. No longer bound by fixed exchange rates and dollar convertibility, the U.S. government's fiscal discipline broke down. Federal debt … soon began rising steadily… If the U.S. has reached the end of its rope and is unwillingly to feed the world's demand for dollar through its trade deficit, then international monetary reform is the answer. It would put U.S. trade on a more level playing field, enforce fiscal discipline in Washington, and help millions of American workers. Sean Rushton, "Monetary Reform Would Rebalance Trade", Wall Street Journal, March 29, 2018.

Gold gets a bad rap in some history books because of its misuse during the 20 th century. This ignores its peacetime record of high growth and nil inflation between 1834-1913 (when there was no USA central bank, no Federal Reserve) … Returning to the gold standard is a way for the president to deliver on his promise of American working class prosperity. Alex X. Mooney, "Steel and Aluminum ? Let's Talk About Gold", Wall Street Journal, March 26, 2018.

After this week's full moon (March 31) and Mars conjunct Saturn (April 2), the cosmos swings back and forth between moments of agreement and hope, followed by moments of uncertainty and hesitancy to make commitments. Ideas sound good, as Venus trines Mars, Saturn, and Pluto, April 7-17. But promises waver as the Sun squares Uranus and Pluto, while Mercury, Saturn, and Pluto change directions, April 10-22. This pertains to matters of both love and money, with the latter showing up in stock market behavior. As tax season ends with the new moon and Mercury turning direct on April 15, attention starts to shift to new matters. After all, it is a New Moon in Aries, and both symbolize new beginnings. On top of that, heliocentric Mercury will enter Sagittarius April 17-27, and markets may start a new round of volatility then, especially in precious metals. So, in the true spirit of Aries initiative, let me take a stab at the direction I think the world geopolitical attention will shift towards.

We are already in the sign of Aries as of March 20, and one area of attention that Aries commands is national security and military standing. President Trump is supposed to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un soon, perhaps in April. Last week I discussed the personality traits and rhetorical skills of a Gemini, such as Donald Trump. Xi Jinping of China is another Gemini, like President Trump. They seem to understand and admire one another, and they engage in international negotiations (and trade) well together. Both also appear to understand and admire fellow air-sign leader Vladimir Putin of Russia, whose natal Sun in Libra is on Trump's Jupiter, and trine to both Trump's and Jinping's Sun. These three leaders are harmonious with one another simply based on their Sun and Jupiter signs. The odd one out is Kim Jong-un, a Capricorn, born January 8, but the year of his birth is uncertain (1982, 83, or 84).

I bring these matters up because I believe astrology is an important key to understand what may soon transpire regarding to Trump's demands for fair trade and national security, which are probably two important issues with both Xi Jinping (China) and Putin (Russia) as well. These are not two mutually exclusive areas of importance. I think it may be possible that each of these three powerful men want to be known as peace makers, not war mongers, and new trade policies with economic advantages to each, will be the ticket to getting there. But first, they have to play out their war games, or display rhetoric that they are tough leaders who have the military capability to destroy anyone who interferes with their people. Maybe that's what brings them eventually to the table to work out the details of something very big that most of us just aren't able to see at this moment. Or maybe it is something we don't want to see because there are huge trust issues between our leaders and their populace.

As former President Jimmy Carter once stated : Everyone wants world peace. The only impediment to world peace are the leaders of the world.

Happy Easter and Passover holidays to those of who celebrate these religious holidays. In the case of Easter, it is a Christian holiday that commemorates the life and death of their Prince of Peace, which is very appropriate, given the slew of Venus aspects (peace and harmony) coming up in the next two weeks.

~~Longer-term thoughts~~ :

To be continued (next week).

Announcements :

Note 1 : MMA is having a "Second Quarter Sale" beginning Saturday evening, March 31. There are actually three sales in one, or three ways to save, and they all involve $35. The first way to save is to order the Forecast 2018 Book at the reduced rate of $35.00, and also receive for FREE an MP4 of the recent "Q and A with Ray," which was a one-hour session with subscribers of MMA Cycles Reports that included the tables on our initial research results of daily bitcoin reversals of 10% or more related to lunar movements since July 2014. The second $35 sale is this: order any Ray Merriman Book that costs $100 or more and receive a $35.00 discount off its standard price. The third sale is an Astrology Book Bundle. For $35.00 (plus postage), receive one copy each of Evolutionary Astrology (Raymond Merriman), Planets in Containment (John Sandbach), The Solar Return Book of Prediction (original edition by Raymond Merriman), Astrology Key to Holistic Health (Marcia Stark), and A Scientific Approach to the Metaphysics of Astrology (Enrique Linares). To order, go to www.mmacycles.com then Products > Spring Sale.

Note 2 : The new MMA Bitcoin Daily Report has started !. And it made its first official trade on Thursday, March 15, as Bitcoin made a new multi-week low. The cost for this new report is $1500/year or $150/mo, but it is included in the MMA Daily subscription report too, along with 10 other markets (stock indices, Gold, Silver, Euro, Yen, and T-Notes). The reason we like Bitcoin for traders is because 50+% moves seem to happen every couple of weeks. Also, we like it because it seems to have its favorite solar/lunar combinations for reversals. It is a great market for speculators and aggressive traders, who understand how to manage the risk (don't trade more than your life style can afford to lose). We use the current nearby futures contract as the basis for our analysis, which can easily be used by those who want to actually own bitcoins (or its relatives, like Ethereum and Lite Coin). For those who sign up this week, we will also provide a FREE COPY of our recent March 8 webinar for subscribers ("Q&A with Ray"), which includes the tables on our initial research results of daily bitcoin reversals of 10% or more related to lunar movements since July 2014. The initial results are impressive! To sign up, please go to the front-page banner at www.mmacycles.com and click the Bitcoin image. Or, call us at 1-800-662-3349 or 1-248-626-3034. Or email us at cusatomeservice@mmacycles.com.

NOTE 3 : The next MMA Webinar will be a 2018 Second Quarter Update on markets. It will take place on Saturday, April 28, 2018, at noon, PDT (3 PM EDT). Markets to be covered will include the U.S. stock market, Gold, Silver, Bitcoin, the Euro, Treasuries, Crude Oil, and Soybeans. If time allows, there will be a Q&A at the end. Attendees who have questions are encouraged to send them in at least three days prior to the Webinar. The Webinar will last two hours. Cost is $45 and includes a copy of the slides that are used as well as a recording of the Webinar that will be available two days following the live event. To register, please visit www.mmacycles.com Products> Events> Webinar - 2018 Second Quarter Forecast Update Webinar.

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 !.

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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.

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June 21-24, 2018 : AAGB (Astrological Association of Great Britain's) 50 th anniversary conference. Ray Merriman will be presenting a morning and afternoon workshop on "Cosmic Cycles are Forever" - valuable tools for timing trends and changes of trends in financial markets. In this masterclass, the historical correlation of currency and gold prices to certain planetary cycles are present in today's cosmos will be examined, with an eye on what to anticipate between 2018 and 2020. For more information, or email office@astrologicalassociation.com. or, visit and register before February 28 for only £199 and save big bucks !.

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.

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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.

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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!

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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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