MMA FREE WEEKLY COLUMN FOR THE WEEK BEGINNING JUNE 8, 2026

REVIEW by Guest Contributor Wyatt Fellows

US labor data matters because in the Wile E. Coyote trajectory, consumers need to cut their savings rate to pay for higher prices and maintain spending. That process is threatened if price increases overwhelm available savings, or if consumers feel fearful about the future. Fear of the future tends to correlate with job security. So far, the “no fire” part of the U.S. “no hire, no fire” labor market is reassuring consumers, supporting spending even as real incomes suffer.

— Paul Donovan, “Why Work Matters,” UBS Daily Update, June 5, 2026.

The monthly employment report released on Friday morning shattered expectations, showing that the U.S. economy added 172,000 jobs in May. Adding to this positive news was the fact that employment gains exceeded 100,000 for the third consecutive month, something that hasn’t happened in almost two years. In addition, both March and April payroll numbers were revised higher, also something that hasn’t happened that often.

This all looks very good on the surface, but there is more to the story. As Dr. Donovan alludes to, real wages are falling (inflation is outpacing wage growth), forcing people to utilize other means (savings or credit) to maintain current spending. This is important because a healthy, vibrant economy needs consumer spending. If enough participants are forced to curtail their spending, the economy starts to contract. Perhaps Friday’s stock market tantrum was akin to Wile E. Coyote looking down and realizing he had indeed run off the cliff chasing that darn Road Runner. However, in the cartoon, Mr. Coyote never plummets to the ground straight away. He is always afforded the chance to get back to the edge of the cliff while trying to run in midair. Personally, I am really rooting for him to make it back to the edge this time!

It was shaping up to be a good week for U.S. stocks, until it wasn’t. All three major indices hit new all-time highs last week before the rug was pulled out from under equities on Friday. The Nasdaq Composite fared the worst, finishing down over 4.2% on the day. It was a subdued week for European stock markets as the German DAX and Zurich SMI corrected off the previous week’s highs. It was much the same for London’s FTSE. In Asia and the Pacific Rim, the Shanghai Composite and the Hang Seng Index also continued corrective price action. It is probably a good thing it was Friday, or else European and Asian markets might have been in trouble when they opened back up for trading following the debacle in the U.S. markets. The star of the week was the Japanese Nikkei, which soared to a new all-time high and held on to much of the gains into the close.

It wasn’t just U.S. stocks that took it on the chin on Friday, either. Much of my trading screen was bright red heading into the close. Metals got smacked around with Silver falling over 8% on the day (the air/air solar lunar combo strikes again!). It should be noted that Copper came close to setting a new all-time high on Tuesday before following the rest of the metals complex lower. It was an up and down week for Crude Oil, which started out sharply higher earlier in the week on yet another “no peace deal” between the U.S. and Iran, but then, like Copper, gave it all back by the end of the week.

In the agricultural space, it was just plain depressing if you are a producer (as I am) or a bullish grain trader. Corn fared the worst, giving up almost 7% on the week, followed by Soybeans hitting fresh 4-month lows. The most bullish (if you can even call it that) grain market was Wheat, which, while down, hasn’t yet taken out the April 10 low and settled a mere penny lower on Friday.

On a side note, I experienced a true “Farmers Paradox” today, sitting at my desk writing this column. In my small corner of the world, we hadn’t had a good soaking rain in over 3 weeks, and it was starting to stress the corn and soybean plants, even though the crops are still small and growing. Well, needless to say, we finally caught a rain today, and I couldn’t help but stare out the window with a sense of calm relief about all the bushels of grain that were still theoretically possible. However, as I reverted my eyes to the computer screens, which were showing the current grain futures prices in free fall, that feeling was quickly replaced by a sense of loathing with the realization that even though I may produce more bushels, I am actually not going to make any more profit in the end! What time does happy hour start again?

Friday’s carnage also spread to crypto-land, where Bitcoin and Ethereum had epically bad performances to top off a brutal week for “HODLers” (those who Hold On for Dear Life to their digital assets). Both cryptocurrencies fell below their February 6 lows, signaling the bears are in full control of this sector. Having said that, Bitcoin is in the time band for at least a temporary low of some sort to form in June. However, since we have fallen below the February 6 low, I’m afraid further downside remains following a corrective rally. Our call for $30,000 or lower, as given in the Forecast 2026 book and webinars, is looking very believable now, after several months of skepticism by others

In currencies, the Dollar is quietly having a decent rally off of the lows set in January of this year. I like that it is hard to find someone with a bullish bias toward the ‘buck,’ and, in all honesty, I don’t hate the chart pattern developing. The key level to watch moving forward is 100.50. The other currency to watch next week might be the Yen. It is back to levels that have prompted Japan’s central bank to intervene in the past, most recently at the end of April.

SHORT-TERM GEOCOSMICS

Geocosmically, June is a fairly quiet month before the real show takes place starting in July. However, next week we do have a Venus/Jupiter conjunction taking place on June 9. Venus rules over currencies and soybeans, so we may see some movement in these markets around that time. Again, watch for possible intervention in the Japanese Yen.

LONGER-TERM THOUGHTS AND OPINION

 An excerpt from the latest MMA Monthly Crypto Report released on June 3 and written by analysts Gianni Dipoce and Pouyan Zolfagharnia…

“From a geocosmic standpoint, it’s been rather muted for crypto since Uranus ingressed into Gemini. The greater concern persists with the historical Uranus studies done by Ray Merriman, and how they could tie into cryptocurrencies this time around. Sectors ruled by the sign that Uranus is transiting tend to experience incredible “boom-bust” cycles, whereby prices can appreciate 4–8x (in the crypto case, it was more), but they’re then followed by 70–90% declines. But perhaps the worst part is how the previous all-time highs are not exceeded for years, and in some cases, for over a decade.  

Look at when Uranus was in Aquarius, for example. The Nasdaq topped out in March 2000 and didn’t make a new all-time high until 2015. Then there was Uranus in Pisces for Crude Oil. We still haven’t taken out Crude Oil’s high from 2008, and it’s been 18 years. This type of information isn’t meant to instill fear, but rather to raise awareness. The “buy and hold” strategy so fitting to Taurus just isn’t going to cut it this time. Gemini, through its mercurial nature, is much more dynamic. Cryptos could very well be entering a new trading era, whereby powerful, volatile price swings in both directions unfold”.

Uranus left the sign of Taurus (money and currencies) and entered the sign of Gemini on April 25. It will remain there for approximately the next 6 years. During its time in Taurus, Bitcoin registered an astounding 3,500% appreciation from its 2019 lows to its October 2025 high. This certainly classifies as a Uranus-fueled “boom”. But now the question becomes, “Will there be a bust?” The history of Uranus changing signs certainly suggests it is a strong possibility.

Even if a “bust” phase develops, Bitcoin will still offer tremendous intermediate trading opportunities where sizeable gains are likely to be achieved. However, as the excerpt points out, the buy-and-hold strategy, where an investor sees another 3,500% return in the next 6 years, is not a high probability outcome according to historical precedent. Even Michael Saylor’s strategy seems to signal this change in sentiment, with a sale of 32 Bitcoins in recent weeks. Admittedly, this is an insignificant amount compared to the 843,706 Bitcoins the company still owns. Still, I found it strangely symbolic that a company wholly built around the concept of accumulating and holding Bitcoin made a sale within a month of Uranus leaving the sign of Taurus.

As Uranus spends the next 6 years in the sign of Gemini, as a trader, I can’t help but think that Kenny Rogers’ song “The Gambler” might offer some good advice. Specifically, the line “You gotta know when to hold ’em, know when to fold ’em, know when to walk away, know when to run.” (go ahead and sing it out loud, I know you want to!)

ANNOUNCEMENTS

 NOTE 1: THE ANNUAL MMA MID-YEAR MARKET WEBINAR WITH MMA MARKET ANALYSTS WILL TAKE PLACE ON SATURDAY, JUNE 20, AT 1:00 PM EDT!!! In the comfort of your own home or office, you can tune in to MMA’s annual Mid-Year Financial Markets Update Webinar. This year’s webinar will be in a different format than previous ones. It will be hosted by Raymond Merriman, who will introduce each market and then conduct an interactive interview with MMA analysts on that market, discussing its outlook for the second half of 2026. The analysts and markets to be covered this year will include NASDAQ (Wiebke Held), DJIA (Gianni Di Poce), Euro (Ulric Aspegrén), Bitcoin (Ray Merriman), Silver and Crude Oil (Pouyan Zolfagharnia), and Gold and T-Notes (Wyatt Fellows). This webinar/workshop will last approximately three hours, with two five-minute breaks. The cost is $66 (a super bargain for a workshop covering these markets), which includes access to the live presentation via Zoom, the presentation slides, and the video recording of the live event within 24 hours after the presentation. This is MMA’s annual mid-year market update webinar. If you are unable to attend live, the video recording will be available the following day. To register, click here.

NOTE 2: THE JUNE ISSUE OF THE MMA MONTHLY CYCLES REPORT WILL BE RELEASED THIS WEEK, JUNE 8–9. Each issue includes our outlook for the U.S. stock market (DJIA and S&P), Gold, Silver, Copper, Treasuries, the Euro currency, Crude Oil, and Soybeans. The MMA Monthly Cycles Report also provides MMA’s original geocosmic CRDs and solar/lunar reversal dates for traders for the next several weeks, as well as trading strategies for both position traders and aggressive short-term traders. If you would like to try a one-month subscription, you can sign up for the June report of either issue for only $35 — or save by ordering a three-report or twelve-report subscription.

Additionally, the monthly MMA European Cycles Report, covering the DAX and SMI, which are also at critical junctures, will be issued Tuesday–Wednesday.

 NOTE 3: THE MMA 2026 TRADING AND INVESTMENT RETREAT was amazing! The best yet! Recordings are now available. In addition, recordings of each day are now available separately as well!

This special four-day retreat started off with Ray Merriman’s introduction to the “Post–Aries Vortex Era,” which officially began with the geocosmic setup on February 20, 2026, and the political event of April 7, 2026.

This retreat included special presentations and interactive discussions on current and future world conditions through 2030 that are likely to affect financial markets. These were led by world-class mundane astrologers Claude Weiss (Switzerland), Christeen Skinner (UK), Christof Niederwieser (Germany), Pouyan Zolfagharnia (UK), and Raymond Merriman (USA). Joining them to discuss MMA timing methods and short-term trading strategies were MMTA Director Wiebke Held (Germany) and MMA analysts Wyatt Fellows (USA), Ulric Aspegrén (Switzerland), Gianni Di Poce (USA), and MMA Trading Coach Rita Perea (USA).

The retreat covered the unique, research-based MMA methods for identifying primary, half-primary, major, and trading cycles. It also covered the setup and steps needed for applying MMA’s solar/lunar reversal dates for very short-term aggressive trades in Bitcoin, stock indices, and precious metals.

  Individual-day recordings from the MMA 2026 Investment Retreat are also now available for purchase. Thursday, Friday, and Sunday recordings are available for $1,000 each, and Saturday’s recording is available for $750. If you are interested in purchasing individual retreat recordings, please contact customerservice@mmacycles.com to request an invoice and place your order. These recordings are well worth the investment, especially for traders!

To order the recordings of this special event, please click here.

 NOTE 4: A SIX-WEEK SUMMER SCHOOL COURSE ON ESOTERIC ECONOMICS BY GIANNI DI POCE WILL BEGIN ON SUNDAY, JULY 12. Stay tuned for details and registration information. This course will be based on Gianni’s new book of the same name, which has just sold out of its first printing. A second printing will be ready in time for this course. The cost for this six-week course is $300. Registration is now open! Click here to register.

NOTE 5: COMING SOON: RAY MERRIMAN’S NEW BOOK ON “JUPITER AND SATURN TRANSITS: MASTERING THE CYCLES OF LIFE.” This is NOT the book you would expect from Ray Merriman. But it is a book you will need, use, and value for the rest of your life if you study astrology, and especially if you are also a trader. This 400+ page book covers all the major transits of Jupiter to one’s natal planets and angles, including interpretations of the opening and closing sextile, square, and trine aspects. The Saturn section also includes the opening and closing semi-square and sesquiquadrate transits to all natal planets and angles, plus the “Business Cycle” of transiting Saturn. Each transiting aspect is ranked from –3 to +3 in terms of trading and investment potential, which alone is worth the price of the book. Stay tuned for a special pre-publication offer for the first edition of this new book by Ray Merriman.

Here is what one reviewer had to say about this book after receiving an early draft:

 Ray Merriman’s book reads like the work of a seasoned authority, and its final line—“A new level of mastery awaits you”—feels entirely earned. Drawing on more than fifty years of experience, Merriman demonstrates an impressive command of planetary timing. What makes this book especially valuable is not only the depth of its insight but also the clarity with which complex ideas are presented. His discussion of applying and separating aspects is particularly lucid, while his treatment of derivative houses stands out as both exemplary and distinctive. Although the book places a strong emphasis on financial astrology, its analysis extends well beyond money, offering thoughtful observations on many dimensions of human life. Traders, investors, and astrologers alike will find it highly rewarding, and even readers with extensive astrology libraries are likely to feel this volume deserves a place on their shelves.

—Christeen Skinner, D.F.Astrol.S., FRSA, Director of Cityscopes London Ltd.

The cost for this book is $39.99. However, those who order now, prior to the actual printing of the book, due in mid-August, will receive the special pre-publication price of $33.00 (plus postage for the printed edition; no postage is required for the eBook version). To order at the pre-publication price, click here.

 NOTE 6: WE HAVE RECENTLY COMPLETED A NEW UPGRADE FOR THE FAR FOR GALACTIC TRADER SOFTWARE PROGRAM!!! We can now conduct solar/lunar weighted value studies for any market by isolating or omitting any planet that is retrograde! For instance, we can now compare solar/lunar values for any market when Mercury (or Venus, Mars, or any other planet) is retrograde or direct. This is important because we have noticed that when Mercury is retrograde, the lunar values for Bitcoin often perform differently than when Mercury is direct. If you don’t own the FAR for the Galactic Trader program, which is key to conducting MMA research studies and identifying turning points in any financial market, and you wish to know more about it, please click here. The cost is $1895 (end-of-day version) and includes Jeanne Long’s Galactic Trader software, featuring extensive W. D. Gann trading tools that she created.

 NOTE 7: THE JUPITER REPORT: YOUR MOMENTS OF OPPORTUNITY! The Jupiter Report is written by Raymond Merriman. It is a 30- to 40-page report that all traders (and even non-traders) will find highly valuable. It identifies the times during the year when Jupiter transits are highlighted in your natal chart and explains the meaning of Jupiter’s transits to your natal planets and angles over a 14-month period (including one month before your order date and one month after the year ends). As an added bonus, each transit is ranked on a scale from –3 to +3 in terms of favorability for trading. Traders may find this especially valuable! Would you like to know if you are under a +3 transit and therefore most likely to experience trading success? Or a –3 transit, with a stronger-than-usual potential for misjudgments that can be costly? The price for a personal 14-month Jupiter Report based on your birth data is $69.

Coming soon! The Saturn Report: Mastering Your Life Cycles. Due out in late summer.

 NOTE 8: THE MMA SOLAR-LUNAR APP OFFERS REVERSAL SIGNALS FOR THE DJIA, NASDAQ, GOLD, AND SILVER. It is an ideal tool to have in your back pocket if you are a short-term swing trader looking for high-probability dates that identify isolated lows and highs in these markets. Please note that this should not be used as a standalone system. It works best as an adjunct tool when cycle lows or highs are due, when a market is in a technically overbought or oversold condition, or when it is exhibiting intermarket bullish or bearish divergence relative to a related market. The app is currently available only on Apple devices (iPhone and iPad). To learn more about the MMA app, click here. To order, go to the Apple App Store and search for Merriman Solar/Lunar Reversals.

 EVENTS

 JUNE 20, 2026: MMA’S ANNUAL MID-YEAR MARKETS UPDATE WEBINAR. Save the date! Note that the date has been moved up one day to Saturday, June 20, at 1 PM EDT.

 JULY 12, 2026: “Esoteric Economics” course begins with Gianni Di Poce. The cost is $300 for six weeks. Click here to register.

SEPTEMBER 3, 2026: A UAC PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP ON FINANCIAL ASTROLOGY BY RAYMOND MERRIMAN, 1:00–5:00 PM. This workshop will take place at the United Astrology Congress (UAC), the largest astrological conference in the world, which is held every four to eight years. More than 150 world-class astrologers will be presenting, and over 1500 attendees will be present. The conference will be held at the Marriott Downtown Chicago Magnificent Mile Hotel. In addition to the workshop, Ray will present another lecture during the six-day event on mundane astrology, titled “What Is Happening in the World from an Astrological Viewpoint,” on September 5. For more information, visit www.uacastrology.com.

Disclaimer and statement of purpose:

 The purpose of this column is not to forecast 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 of educating the reader on the relationship between astrological factors and collective human activities as they occur. In this regard, this report will often cite what happened in various stock and financial markets throughout the world in the past week and discuss those movements 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, month, or even years, and the author’s understanding of how these signatures may affect human activity in the times to come. The author (Merriman) will do this from the perspective of a cycle analyst looking at the military, political, economic, and 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 to the psychological climate we are in from an astrological perspective. The hope is that it will help the reader understand the psychological dynamics that underlie (or coincide with) news events and their potential effect on financial markets.

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 of this column assume any responsibility whatsoever for anyone’s trading or investment decisions. Readers of this report should understand that commodity futures and options trading are considered high risk.