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Review and PreviewEquity markets across the world rallied right into the Mercury retrograde of Thursday, May 7. And then the “Stress tests” for U.S. Banks came out right after the market closed. Well, actually word of the results was leaked out days before May 7, which was a brilliant short-term political strategy, for it led stock markets to new multi-month highs, and with it, an increasing sense of optimism about the future – at least near term. But within the first hour of trading of May 7 (Mercury retrograde-turn day), this incredible 9 week-rally topped out at 8577 in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, and then it sold off over 200 points by the afternoon. But the sell signal in the stock market generated by Thursday’s sell-off in the DJIA was immediately negated the next day, and in spite of Friday’s jump in the unemployment rate to 8.9%. The DJIA surged to another new high at 8587. However, that may be a little misleading, for the NASDAQ Composite fell well short of making a new high on Friday’s rally. But isn’t this “flip-flop” typical of Mercury retrograde? Sure it is, and you very well know this if you are a Financial Astrologer. The “trickster” (Mercury), is at its strongest when it turns retrograde, coinciding with all kinds of mixed signals from politicians and economic data releases alike. It is not unusual to see a bullish close one day, suddenly turn to bearish close the next, only to flip-flop again a day or two later. It can be an exciting time for those who are very short-term traders, but it can be a grind for those who are position traders looking for technical signals to complete a suggested move. In non-Mercury retrograde markets, such an expectation and patience is rewarded. In Mercury retrograde markets, such patience is more often punished. Don’t be a masochist. Don’t torture yourself. Learn to take profits quickly now. Sudden turns on Thursday and/or Friday, the day of and the day following Mercury-turned-retrograde, were also noticed in other markets. Crude Oil, for instance, soared to 58.57 early Thursday morning. That was its highest price since November 17 and followed a triple bottom low at 33.55 back on February 12. It was even as low as 43.83 on April 21, just a little over two weeks ago. By late Thursday afternoon, it had already fallen 3.00 from its morning and 5-month high. But on Friday, it rallied to 58.75, thus making another new 5-month high. Grains unfolded with a similar story line. Early Thursday morning, Soybean prices were at 1145, its highest level since September 29. The bottom was 776 on December 5. As recently as March 2, prices were as low as 843. But by the end of the day (Thursday), Soybeans were already more than 30 cents off that high. They rallied back a bit on Friday, but not above Thursday’s multi-month highs. However, Corn and Wheat did make new cycle highs on Friday. In yet other markets, Silver took off last week, reaching as high as 1415 on Thursday. Just last week – May 1 – prices were testing 1200. Back in October, they were trading in the low 800’s. Gold got as high as 926.50 on Thursday, Both metals pulled back slightly on Friday – but not much, perhaps because the heliocentric position is moving closer and closer to Sagittarius (May 19-30), a time band that acts like a magnet, drawing Silver prices higher into it about 65% of the time. The other 35% it is either flat or severely bearish. Another big mover at the end of last week was in the European currencies, relative to the U.S. Dollar. The Euro currency, for example, closed the week at 1.3646, its highest level since late March, and well off the 1.2883 lows of April 20 and 22. Short-Term GeocosmicsJust because Mercury is retrograde doesn’t mean there isn’t a trend or even a counter-trend move, as is usually the case with Venus retrograde. It just means that the very short-term swings will appear to negate that trend, and then all of a sudden, it is back on. What we want to watch carefully for next week is the May 15-20 period. I will repeat comments made last issue, because I believe they are pertinent as we come closer to this geocosmic critical reversal time band of importance. “I will be most focused on the weekend period of May 15-18, for that is when three things happen. First, that will be around the middle of the retrograde period, when sudden reversals happen. It is more important than usual this time because 2) Saturn will be turning direct that weekend (May 16) and 3) heliocentric Mercury will be entering Sagittarius (May 19-30)… Heliocentric Mercury in Sagittarius also tends to correspond to sharply rising prices in precious metals and currencies, and declines in stock prices. Of course, the other thing we know about Mercury Rx is that whatever you think is suppose to happen, usually doesn’t. Many things go exactly the opposite of what you anticipate.” Longer-Term ThoughtsLast week witnessed the Dow Jones Industrial Average and NASDAQ (and other world) indices make new cycle highs after Tuesday, May 5. This puts into force our bullish “8-week” rule,” which states that in bull markets, primary cycles will top out after Tuesday of the 9th week. Accordingly, we now have a bullish signal in effect. It means that the low of March 6 was a cycle greater than a primary cycle (it was a 50-week or greater cycle). And according to cycles theory (well, my theory on cycles as elucidated in “Merriman on Market Cycles: The Basics,” as well as Volume 1 of “The Ultimate Book on Stock Market Timing: Cycles and Patterns in the Indexes”), the first “phase” of any cycle is bullish. And when that cycle is longer than the 13-21 week primary cycle, it will be looked upon as a new bull market. That is the case today. However, readers should also understand that this new “bull market” is headed right into the 14-year Jupiter-Neptune conjunction of May 27-December 21. Jupiter-Neptune is the classical “rose-colored glasses” view of the world. Everything looks great, but nothing can be verified. It’s all based on faith, and reality or direct experience is only something within the confines of one’s imagination. Still, a positive reality must start with a positive and hopeful thought. But the test will be to manifest these great hopes into reality. President Obama is fond of saying, “words matter.” And no doubt, to him and to those he speaks, they do matter. But numbers also matter, because they have a greater capacity to “verify” the words being spoken. So far, we only have this spring. As of yet, there are no “numbers” to substantiate that the Saturn-Uranus opposition crisis in the world economy is really over. Nevertheless, we can be thankful for the respite, for it gives us a chance to reflect on what went wrong, and if we are smart, to make corrections now - before the next wave of Saturn to Uranus (and Pluto with it) hits late this year. |
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