With specific emphasis upon U.S. stock market and precious metals. We will discuss the planetary cycles in effect in 2007, and their correlation with the past trends in world, economic, political, and financial markets. And then we will specifically look at the long and intermediate-term cycles pertaining to the U.S. stock market and Silver, and assess where we are today within those cycles - and what trading strategies are best to employ for those phases of the cycles.

Biography: Formal education and training includes B.S. (Psychology, Michigan State University, 1969), Post-Graduate studies (Clinical Psychology, Michigan State, University of Michigan, Oakland, University, 1969-1971); Professional (Certified) Life Member of the American Federation of Astrologers (PLMAFA since 1972); C.A.P. (Certified Astrological Professional, ISAR), Commodities Trading Advisor (CTA, 1982); Series 3 and 7 exams for Commodities, Financial Futures, Securities and Investments (1986, 1989). Currently President of The Merriman Market Analyst, Inc., an investment advisory firm specializing in market timing products and services. He is the editor of The MMA Cycles Report, an advisory newsletter issued 17 times/yr, and used by banks, financial institutions, investors and traders throughout the world since 1982.

Mr. Merriman is well-trained in the ways of the Wall Street. Between 1982-1986 he was a frequent guest contributor on the Financial News Network (FNN). He served as an Investment Executive with Prudential Securities (1986-87) and Shearson Lehman Hutton (1987-1990), before becoming an Accounts Vice-President of Retail Commodity Futures with Paine Webber (1990-1994).

He is also well-trained in the field of Astrology, having practiced professionally since 1968. His contributions and awards in this field are numerous and include: President of ISAR (International Society For Astrological Research - 1995-2001, 2003-2007); recipient of the 1995 UAC Regulus Award for "Enhancing Astrology's Image As A Profession"; recipient of Aquarius Workshops Award for "Service To Astrology" (1994); recipient of Professional Astrologers Inc (PAI) Award for "Outstanding Activities on Behalf Of Furthering Goals Of Astrology - Lectures." He was also a guest lecturer at the 1996 and 2000 and 2004 World Congress of Astrology in Lucerne, Switzerland. Merriman is an international lecturer on both financial market cycles and various aspects of astrology as it applies to cycles in human activity.

His free weekly column for traders and investors is available on his own website at www.mmacycles.com, and is translated in seven different languages (Dutch, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Japanese, and French), with a readership of over 100,000 weekly.  He lectures extensively all over the world to investors, traders, bankers, and fund managers in such cities as Tokyo, Japan, Melbourne, Australia, Hong Kong, Zurich, Switzerland, Paris, France, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Florence, Italy, Barcelona, Spain, and Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is the author of several books, including:

*The Gold Book: Geocosmic Correlations to Gold Price Cycles (1982)

*Evolutionary Astrology: The Journey of the Soul Through States of Consciousness (1992)

*The Sun, the Moon, and the Silver Market: Secrets of a Silver Trader (1992 and 2006)

*Merriman on Market Cycles: The Basics (1994)

*Basic Principle of Geocosmic Studies for Financial Market Timing (1995)

*The Ultimate Book on Stock Market Timing Vol. 1: Cycles and Patterns in the Indexes (1997)

*The Ultimate Book on Stock Market Timing Vol. 2: Geocosmic Correlations To Investment Cycles (1999)

*The Ultimate Book on Stock Market Timing Vol. 3: Geocosmic Correlations To Trading Cycles (2001)

* The Ultimate Book on Stock Market Timing Vol. 4: Solar-Lunar Correlations to Short-Term Reversals (2003)

* The Annual Forecast Books (every year since 1976)