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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 short term geocosmics :

"As businesses begin to open, you're going to see the demand side of the economy rebound", Mr. Mnuchin said. That resembles the forecast issued by the Congressional Budget Office, which expects a sharp contraction in this quarter and then growth at an annual rate of 17% in the second half of this year. The rebound depends on many unknowns. _Richard Rubin and Sarah Graney, "Mnuchin Expresses Confidence in Rebound", Wall Street Journal, April 27, 2020.

Mr. Powell and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin may underestimate how much this shutdown is hollowing out the heart of the U.S. economy. "The Fed's Main Street Mistake", Wall Street Journal, "Review and Outlook", April 10, 2020.

"Sell in May and go away". Old stock market mantra.

After posting its best month of gains in 33 years in April, the Dow Jones Industrial Average started the month of May on Friday down 622 points. The reason for the decline ? No one really knows. It just tends to happen in May, although comments by White House economic advisor Larry Kudlow that China will be held accountable for the coronavirus didn't help, nor did President Trump's inference that new tariffs may be leveled on China.

This just isn't a good time to restart another round of trade wars and tariffs, not with Jupiter in Capricorn about to turn retrograde (along with Venus and Saturn) in a few days. Yet it certainly fits with the dynamics of Financial Astrology. Jupiter rules trade, Saturn rules restrictions, and Venus rules love and money. No love, no money. No money, no love. And the president has a natal Venus/Saturn conjunction in Cancer (currently being opposed by transiting Pluto), which pertains to this same dance with would-be partners that end up stepping (intentionally or not) on each other's toes. It's not graceful or elegant, as Venus would wish, and often ends up in hurt for both parties. It could be avoided with boundaries and agreements that were mutually respected, and the result could be success for both parties. But with Pluto involved, now is probably not the time we will see that happen. Pluto is often more focused on the hurt than the love.

But let's get back to the equity markets, which have risen nicely since late March in anything but a graceful dance. This is the rally that Wall Street traders hate because the news on the economy and jobs is just plain ugly - the worst in generations - due to the engineered recession by governments everywhere in an effort to delay the coronavirus pandemic.

The good news is the curve of reported infection rates is indeed flattening and economics are beginning to reopen as governments had hoped after all of these lockdowns and social distancing guidelines. People complied. They came together and it worked. But what will this reopening look like once Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn turn retrograde May 10-14 ?. The bad news is that without a treatment or vaccine, the cases of COVID-19 have only been delayed, not eliminated. And the idea that a vaccine will make everything safe and OK may be wishful thinking. It may bring its own problems to public health, and with Neptune still in Pisces (wishful thinking), that could lead to yet another cover-up and a host of new conspiracy theories, especially after Mars turns retrograde in September. All of these retrogrades this year !. All of these unexpected and unintended consequences that are likely to be experienced, due to all of these pre-mature decisions and actions that were enacted based on conjecture and a lack of reliable information and data. It's a good time to evaluate your degree of faith in. everything and everybody. It is a better time to adopt a higher standard and respect for the value of critical evaluation.

But back to the markets (speaking of retrogrades and how my thought processes are working these days). Most of the equity markets of the world had a good week and a good month - until the month ended on Thursday. Many attained their highest levels yet since the crash of 2020 ended (temporarily) with the conjunctions of Mars to Jupiter, Pluto and Saturn, March 20-31. And now we are about to enter the next big cosmic deal of 2020 in the next two weeks.

In other markets, Crude Oil rallied nicely to its highest level since its crash bottomed (so far) on April 21. The U.S. Dollar fell to its lowest level since March 30. Bitcoin soared to its highest level since February 26. Gold and Silver exhibited rather large price swings, but no new cycle highs or lows yet. That's coming soon, I think.

Short-Term Geocosmics and longer term thoughts :

After years of silence, the 2020 presidential hopeful released his federal tax returns earlier this year. (Joe) Biden's recent available tax returns show his family income jumped from $400,000 in 2016 to $11 million in 2017 as a result of his book deal. His total income in 2018 was about $4.6 million. During a speech in New York in June, Biden suggested that being rich doesn't mean you love the U.S. any less. "What I've found is rich people are just as patriotic as poor people", he said, as reported by numerous media outlets. "Not a joke. I mean, we may not want to demonize anybody who has made money". - Ann Schmidt, "What is Joe Biden's Net Worth ?" www.foxbusiness.com, May 1, 2020.

"It's not over until it's over". - Yogi Berra

Let's review this next big cosmic deal coming up. On May 10, Saturn will turn retrograde in 1° of Aquarius. It will head back into Capricorn July 1- December 17. We've got unfinished business to deal with then - perhaps unintended consequences - related to the circumstances present (and the decisions made by our fearless government and scientific leaders and experts) just before Saturn entered Aquarius, which was basically late January until March 23. On May 13, Venus will turn retrograde at 21° Gemini, square Neptune in Pisces. There will likely be a lot of blame tossed around as no one wants to accept responsibility for what happened, and scapegoats will be in high demand. Jupiter will then turn retrograde on May 14 at 27° Capricorn, still conjunct Pluto, heading for their second of three passages on June 30, shortly after Venus turns retrograde (and Mercury and Neptune turn retrograde then too). It's not over until the retrogrades are over. And even then it's not over because in September, Mars will turn retrograde. Chiropractors will be in great demand (along with scapegoats) from all this whiplashing.

But let's return to the markets (speaking of retrogrades and how my mind thinks these days. It seems to be repeating itself in preparation for the next episode of Groundhog Day in the cosmos).. Historically, multiple planetary stations (retrograde and direct) unfolding in the same week have a remarkably high correlation to major reversals in many financial markets. Venus and Saturn retrograde are two of the strongest correlates to trend reversals in stock indices, given an orb of 12 trading days. Leading up to this period is the transit of Mars, in conjunction to natal Mercury and Sun, square Pluto, in the chart of the New York Stock Exchange, formed on May 17, 1792. This transit is taking place now, May 1-8, and often coincides with a sudden and sharp decline in U.S. stocks, as we witnessed the last two days of last week.

This is a good time to be a trader, if you are nimble and understand financial astrology. If not, just remember the mantra of Venus : "No money, no love. No love, no money". Dang! There I go repeating myself again. Those retrogrades are starting to take over my mind. It must be May 2020.

~~Longer-Term thoughts :~~

To be continued (next week).

Announcements :

Note 1 : The MMA special webinar on Financial Markets is two weeks away! Where are we now in the long-term cycles of financial markets ? .This special webinar will take place on Sunday May 17, 2020 at 5:00 PM EST (that's 2:00 PM PDT and 10:00 PM GMT). This broadcast will address updates on the U.S. stock market, Gold and Silver, by Raymond Merriman, Crude Oil with Gianni di Poce, and the Euro currency with Ulric Aspegren. We may cover other markets too depending on time and questions from attendees. Cost is $55.00 , and includes the slides of the presentation, plus a downloadable MP4 recording of the event. The timing of this presentation is chosen to coincide with our May 15-18 three-star CRD, which involves Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn turning retrograde, which we have marked as one of the most important turning points of the year 2020. If unable to attend live, you can still sign up and receive the video recording on the next day following the live event. If you plan to attend, and want certain questions or areas to be discussed, please send u an email before Tuesday, May 12. We will address as many of your concerns as possible during the final 30 minutes of this webinar, after the first part of the presentation is completed. .

Note 2 : SPECIAL ANNUAL REPORTS ON JAPANESE, CHINESE AND GERMAN STOCK INDICES FROM MMA. This year's English edition of the Forecast 2020 Book is 250 pages, our largest ever. We think readers will be pleased with additional analysis on the three synodic cycles that will be in effect in 2020, something that has not happened in over 130 years. The correlation of these cycles to mundane, political, and economic events is fascinating, especially the research on the longest of these planetary cycles beginning this year: the 32-37 year Saturn/Pluto conjunction. It is unlikely you will find a more complete examination and explanation of the Saturn/Pluto conjunction taking place on January 12, 2020, than you will find in Forecast 2020, except via the work of Claude Weiss at www.astrodata.com.

In addition to the English edition of Forecast 2020, Raymond Merriman has written three special 9-page yearly market reports/forecasts for the Japanese Nikkei, Chinese Shanghai Composite, and the German DAX stock indices. Each of these is translated and printed in its respective Japanese, Chinese, and German book editions of Forecast 2020.

Many of our English readers and global investors may find these reports to be of special interest too. Therefore, we will make each of these reports available for purchase for $30 a piece. They are written in English and analyze each of these markets from the perspective of their long- and intermediate-term cycles, as well as citing their correlations to planetary cycles in effect in 2020, such as the history of the three major synodic cycles that will unfold next year.

If you are interested in ordering either of these three special reports on the 2020 outlook for the Nikkei, Shanghai Composite, or German DAX, please visit our Special Annual Report shop.

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Note 4 : The ICR (International Cycles Reports) from MMA was issued last week. The ICR Financials includes analysis on ASX (Australian Stock Index), RUT (Russell 2000), SSE (Chinese Shanghai Stock Composite), HSI (Hang Seng Index), AUD (Australian Dollar), DXY (US Dollar), and GBP (British Pound). The new ICR Commodities Report includes analysis on LC (Live Cattle), MJ (Cannabis), XAU (Gold and Silver), KT (Coffee), KA (Sugar), C (Corn), and W (Wheat). These reports are written by MMA Analyst and editor Mark Shyterman (metals, stock indices, and soft commodities), MMA Analyst Raymond Merriman (China markets), MMA Analyst Ulric Aspegren (Currencies), Isabella Suleymanov (Grains), and Massimo Moras (Live Cattle and Hang Seng).

Note 5 : It's a great way to learn the basics of MMA Market Timing Methods ! Recently we conducted three 2-hour webinars on how to use MMA market timing methods to improve your market timing and trading skills. These were excellent classes and the feedback was very good! If you are interested in these three classes, the MP4's are now ready for purchase. It is a great way to learn how to use MMA methods for trading, short-term or position trading. The classes focused mostly on the U.S. stock market, but also addressed Gold, Silver, T-Notes, the Euro currency, and Crude oil, showing how cycles and geocosmics relate to tradeable reversals (market timing edge). The individual classes available for sale, at $125 each or $295 for the entire set, which includes the power point slides and access to the MP4 recordings. If you wish to learn more about this course and what to expect, please read our interview with Raymond Merriman where he discusses in great detail what he will teach and who this class will benefit. If you are interested in either the full three-part course, or an individual class, please visit our Education page to sign up.

Our monthly MMA Cycles : The monthly edition of the MMA 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.
One month trial subscriptions are available for this service for $35.00, which includes the current issue.
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MMA's annual Forecast Book :

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 2020. Special sections also include the USA and world economy, the USA and world politics, the USA and its President. A 2020 ephemeris and calendar (one month per page) with geocosmic signatures is included, as well as descriptions of the Mercury retrograde periods for 2020. 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 https://www.mmacycles.com and click the banner.

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 2020 will also available in these languages :

Italiano : at https://ilmiolibro.kataweb.it/utenti/79533/market-timing

German : at http://www.mma-europe.ch or email : info@mma-europe.ch
Japanese : at https://www.toushinippou.co.jp/

Chinese : www.nodoor.com

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...

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Upcoming Events :

May 17 : MMA Webinar : Update on Financial markets! See Announcement above.

September 9, 2020 : The ISAR 2020 Conference on "Reimagining the Future". The largest and most exciting international astrological conference taking place in 2020. With a faculty of over 100 of the world's top astrologers from 25 different countries, and very dynamic tracks on Financial Astrology, Mundane and Political Astrology, and other topics, this is an event you will not want to miss. On Wednesday, September 9, Ray Merriman will be conducting a 4-hour workshop on ASTROLOGY AND THE ART OF FINANCIAL MARKET TIMING : HOW TO FORECAST TRENDS AND MARKET REVERSALS. This course will provide research studies showing the correlation of astrological factors to short-term and longer-term financial market timing in stock markets, precious metals, and Bitcoin. To register or see more information on this spectacular event, go to go to https://isar2020.org and be prepared to be amazed!

Saturday, September 12 - 2020, I will be presenting a lecture on "The Times, They Are a Changin' - The Political, Economic, and Monetary Revolution". It's not just the convergence of the 20-, 200-, and 800-year long-term Jupiter/Saturn cycles. It is also Saturn in Aquarius, squaring its ruler, Uranus, in Taurus. The convergence of the Jupiter/Saturn cycle in air sign Aquarius symbolizes the dawn of a new socio-economic-political era; the waning Saturn/Uranus square, the demise of an older order. What does this bode for financial markets of the world, and what can you do ? We will discuss that in this lecture.

Sign up by April 19 and receive a pre-registration special discount price of under $400 for the Main Conference. A discount for pre- and post-conference workshops is also in effect until January 19. To register or see more information on this spectacular event, go to go to https://isar2020.org and be prepared to be amazed !.

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)!!!
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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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