FinancialCyclesWeekly.com #0450 – December 12-18, 02004 with Tim Bost

COMMENT: Commodity prices continued to fall last week, continuing the declines we noted in our market comments and sector reports in our last issue. Oil, gold, and silver led the way down. The Dollar Index, however, failed to penetrate the Saturn support zone (G,30,N,0) that we have been watching in the 80.50 to 80.75 range. It looks like Saturn may continue to slow the greenback’s fall at this point, although with Mercury in retrograde motion, the Saturn support may be quite temporary.

MAJOR UNIVERSITY WARNS STUDENTS AGAINST MICROSOFT
We were chatting recently with our web designer (www.folkdude.com), who commented that “for many computer users Microsoft’s Internet Explorer IS the internet. Not only do they not use other browsers; they don’t understand that the internet even exists outside the realm of the Microsoft product.”
Apparently, though, that misconception isn’t universal in the academic world. Last week Penn State University, which has an enrollment of over 80,000, urged its students to avoid using Internet Explorer and to switch instead to alternative browsers such as Mozilla, Opera, Firefox or Safari. The university’s Information Technology Services said it gave the students the advice "because the threats are real and alternatives exist to mitigate Web browser vulnerabilities," adding that "The University computing community [should] use standards-based Web browsers other than Internet Explorer to help minimize exposure to attacks that occur through browser vulnerabilities."
The fact that Penn State Information Technology Services made the recommendations while Mercury was in retrograde motion was not entirely inappropriate. Mercury retrograde periods are great for re-thinking, re-doing, or re-organizing plans and projects, and Penn State’s push to change computer habits was right on target.

CANADIAN TRAVEL OPTIONS INCREASINGLY ATTRACTIVE
We have been traveling in several southeastern states during the past 10 days or so, and have just returned to our home office in Sarasota, Florida. As always, we welcome the opportunity to observe first-hand some of the local attitudes and circumstances in various places along the road. A couple of themes seemed very much in evidence during our most recent trip.
First, there’s a clear “dumbing down” of personnel and services in most of the locations we visited. It’s not that we have previously experienced high levels of intelligence and consciousness on previous occasions; far from it, in fact. But during the past couple of weeks we have really been struck with the nearly universal levels of ineptness, inefficiency, apathy, and general lack of consciousness in the restaurants, retail establishments, and hotels we visited. Again, we don’t set unusually high standards when it comes to interactions of this sort; we are far too experienced to have high hopes. But we were truly amazed to see the general prevalence of incompetence in the places we visited. Our first impulse was to give the credit (or blame) to the current retrograde phase of Mercury, but somehow even that explanation wasn’t sufficient.
The biggest challenges, of course, came during the portions of our journey which required air travel. We have never been particularly impressed with the effectiveness of the increasingly invasive security procedures at U.S. airports, and have done our best to inure ourselves to the officious and often demeaning delays and obstructions created by airport security personnel. During the past week, however, we were especially disappointed, mainly because with all the recent publicity about passengers being groped by airport security guards, we had hoped that we could garner a little groping ourselves, preferably by an attractively-uniformed sentinel of the opposite sex.
No such luck. Apparently we don’t match the profile of a major security risk, or just don’t look gropable enough, to attract that kind of attention. We’ll just have to resign ourselves to airport anonymity.
Nevertheless, with all the inconveniences that are now a part of dealing with U.S. airports, we weren’t surprised to learn this week that business is booming for Air Canada. More and more international passengers are choosing to route their travel through Vancouver, Toronto, or Montreal rather than contend with the harassment at U.S. airports. In fact, the Canadian airline’s traffic destined for Latin America and originating outside Canada has tripled during the past 11 months, with most of the extra passengers flying between Japan and Brazil. Business is so good that Air Canada has emerged from bankruptcy during the past three months, and has recently expanded its services to Chile, Peru, Argentina, Costa Rica, Colombia, Venezuela, and Cuba.

NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN MARKET ANALYSIS
Speaking of Canada, we were pleased to hear from our friend Sergey Tarassov in Toronto that he is currently completing a new project he has been working on for some time. It’s a new computer program he calls Timing Solution. “The main purpose of the Timing Solution program,” Sergey says, “is to create a projection line for any consistent time series data. As the most consistent and well recorded data can be found in the world of finance and science, Timing Solution is a good decision support tool for everybody working in these areas. The program is designed to make a prediction of future changes in the process that you explore. The reliable forecast can be made before the actual events take place.”
The new program “compares the process to be explored (like price changes for some particular market) to the well-known one (it might be planetary movements, temperature changes or other types of events). In the process of comparison (using different math methods), some conclusions are made regarding to correlations between these two processes. Based on those conclusions, models are created and tested on independent data. Finally, the prediction is made which might be useful for decision making and building a trading strategy or planning some other activity.
“Timing Solution is a combination of our own research and findings, methods of modern mathematics (such as Neural Networks, Fuzzy Logic, Wavelet Analysis), and some special techniques (like tested and proven astrological techniques).”
At first glance, the new software looks like a massively powerful research and forecasting tool, one that could potentially revolutionize market strategies. We say “at first glance,” because that’s all we have had time to give it: Timing Solution will definitely take a while to explore completely—which we intend to do! For more information on Sergey’s new project, check his website at www.timingsolution.com.

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THE WEEK AHEAD

We have plenty of earnings reports scheduled this week, including Cooper Companies (COO), ABM Industries (ABM), Cuno Inc. (CUNO), KB Home (KBH), ADC Telecommunications (ADCT), Pier 1 Imports (PIR), Engineered Support Systems (EASI), Robbins & Myers (RBN), Herman Miller (MLHR), Veritas DGC Inc. (VTS), Winnebago Industries (WGO), Lennar Corporation (LEN), Scholastic Corporation (SCHL), Biomet (BMET), Lehman Brothers Holdings (LEH), Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY), Best Buy (BBY), Verity Inc. (VRTY), Tektronix (TEK), Worthington Industries (WOR), Fedex Corporation (FDX), 3Com Corporation (COMS), Nike (NKE), Cintas Corporation (CTAS), Apollo Group (APOL), Quicksilver Resources (KWK), Goldman Sachs Group (GS), Carnival Corporation (CCL), Adobe Systems (ADBE), Take-Two Interactive Software (TTWO), Darden Restaurants (DRI), Oracle Corporation (ORCL), Family Dollar Stores (FDO), Carmax Inc. (KMX), and Circuit City Stores (CC).
Friday is a quadruple witching day for options expirations, so we should see some lively action then as traders scramble to close out positions.
This will also be a fairly lively week for economic news, with October numbers for Business Inventories and International Trade on tap, as well as November figures for Retail Sales, Industrial Production, Capacity Utilization, and Housing Starts, along with the November Consumer Price Index. The Philadelphia Fed will release its December survey, and we’ll also get a look at the Third Quarter Current Account figures.
The Federal Reserve Open Market Committee will be meeting on Tuesday, and the general wisdom is that they will raise interest rates by another 25 basis points. With U.S. wholesale prices up another 0.5% in November, it isn’t likely that the Fed will do anything less than that. But with geocentric and heliocentric aspects to Kronos coming near the time of the Fed’s anticipated announcement Tuesday afternoon, we may see their pronouncement carry unusual clout, with a hefty reaction from the markets.
A Sun/Pluto conjunction and a Venus/Saturn trine both hit in the middle of the trading day on Monday, so we should get a fairly powerful start to the week’s market action. Mercury is still in retrograde motion, and we get Mercury sextiles to Jupiter and Neptune to highlight the week’s emphasis on the planet of commerce. There will be a brief period early in the trading day on Tuesday with the Moon void-of-course, so we will delay opening any positions that morning. Another lunar void on Thursday will keep us away from the trading action until that afternoon; with Venus changing signs just after noon Thursday could bring some significant shifts in market direction.
Throughout the week there will be lots of fourth-harmonic action, both heliocentrically and geocentrically. We will primarily be concentrating on the geocentric planetary lines (G,90,N,0) however, focusing particularly on the Sun, Mars, Venus, Uranus, Pluto, Chiron, Hades, and Apollon.
Have a great week!

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SPIRITUAL FOCUS FOR THE WEEK

The greatest traders have all understood that emotional balance is the key to successful trading. Through Practical Spiritual Astrology we have an opportunity to restore inner harmony, enhance emotional balance, and make wiser choices in the markets.

We have a wonderful opportunity now to create a fresh start emotionally and materially, but we will need to expand our thinking and open our hearts to broader possibilities if we want to reap the full benefit of the time. Along the way, we have a chance to refine our expectations for love, harmony, and esthetic appreciation.

“Nothing in life is to be feared; it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.” –Marie Curie


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GLOBAL EQUITIES MARKETS LAST WEEK

Stock markets around the world reversed direction and headed down last week, in sharp contrast to the gains of the previous week. The biggest losses were in the Pacific Rim.

Dow Jones Industrial Average – down 0.46%
Dow Jones Transportation Average – down 1.09%
Dow Jones Utilities Average – unchanged
S&P 500 – down 0.27%
NASDAQ Composite Index – down 0.93%
Russell 2000 – down 1.55%
London FTSE-100 – down 1.14%
Paris CAC-40 – down 0.40%
Frankfurt DAX – down 0.82%
Sydney All Ordinaries – down 1.01%
Tokyo Nikkei – down 2.87%
Hong Kong Hang Seng Index – down 2.18%
Singapore Straits Times Index – down 2.19%

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FINANCIAL CYCLES MODEL PORTFOLIO


POSITIONS CLOSED DURING THE PREVIOUS WEEK: AXP, JCC, RD, VPI, ADBE.

We closed five Model Portfolio positions during the past week, with 4 winners and 1 loser producing a net profit of $4,888.00.

On December 7 we sold 200 shares of American Express Company (AXP) at 55.60, taking a profit of $20.00 (a 0.18% gain in 10 trading days).

On December 7 we sold 400 shares of Jilin Chemical Industries (JCC) at 33.65, taking a profit of $2,820.00 (a 26.50% gain in 19 trading days).

On December 7 we sold 200 shares of Royal Dutch Petroleum (RD) at 56.60, taking a profit of $338.00 (a 3.08% gain in 21 trading days).

On December 7 we sold 400 shares of Vintage Petroleum Inc. (VPI) at 22.25, taking a loss of $500.00 (a 5.32% loss in 6 trading days).

On December 8 we sold 200 shares of Adobe Systems, Inc. (ADBE) at 60.06, taking a profit of $2,210.00 (a 22.55% gain in 54 trading days).

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POSITIONS ADDED TO THE PORTFOLIO DURING THE PREVIOUS WEEK: UPS, AD, ASCA, CA.

We added four long positions to the Model Portfolio during the previous week.

We bought 100 shares of United Parcel Service Class B (UPS) at 85.75 on 12/06/04, setting our initial stop at 83.30.

We bought 300 shares of Advo Inc. (AD) at 35.25 on 12/08/04, setting our initial stop at 34.35.

We bought 300 shares of Ameristar Casinos, Inc. (ASCA) at 41.25 on 12/08/04, setting our initial stop at 39.20.

We bought 300 shares of Computer Associates International, Inc. (CA) at 30.75 on 12/08/04, setting our initial stop at 29.32.

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YEAR-IN-REVIEW MODEL PORTFOLIO ACTIVITY

So far in 2004 we have had a total of 200 completed trades, with 97 winners and 103 losers bringing us a total net profit of $43,388.50. The largest profit for a single trade has been $5,645.00; the largest single-trade loss has been $750.00; the average profit per trade has been $216.94. The mean duration of our trades has been 10.3 trading days.

During 2003 we had a total of 176 completed trades, with 99 winners and 77 losers bringing us a total net profit of $51,717.00. The largest profit for a single trade was $9,240.00; the largest single-trade loss was $1,170.00; the average profit per trade was $293.85. The mean duration of our trades was 10.1 trading days.

During 2002 we had a total of 195 completed trades, with 119 winners, 74 losers, and 2 break-even trades bringing us a total net profit of $50,956.00. The largest profit for a single trade was $5,100.00; the largest single-trade loss was $1,055.00; the average profit per trade was $261.31. The mean duration of our trades was 12.7 trading days.

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CURRENT POSITIONS IN THE MODEL PORTFOLIO

Advo Inc. (AD) – bought 300 shares at 35.25 on 12/08/04; currently 35.60. Raise stop to 35.00.

Ameristar Casinos, Inc. (ASCA) – bought 300 shares at 41.25 on 12/08/04; currently 42.76. Raise stop to 41.00.

Apple Computer, Inc. (AAPL) – bought 200 shares at 53.50 on 11/02/04; currently 65.15. Raise stop to 62.00.

Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company (BNI) – bought 300 shares at 38.61 on 10/05/04; currently 45.66. Raise stop to 44.75.

Computer Associates International, Inc. (CA) – bought 300 shares at 30.75 on 12/08/04; currently 30.88. Raise stop to 30.00.

Frozen Food Express Industries, Inc. (FFEX) – bought 800 shares at 12.00 on 11/30/04; currently 11.57. Raise stop to 11.20.

Humana Inc. (HUM) – bought 500 shares at 23.00 on 11/22/04; currently 28.29. Raise stop to 26.75.

Sunrise Senior Living Inc. (SRZ) – bought 300 shares at 42.50 on 11/22/04; currently 44.40. Raise stop to 43.50.

United Parcel Service Class B (UPS) – bought 100 shares at 85.75 on 12/06/04; currently 86.61. Raise stop to 85.50.

Urban Outfitters Inc. (URBN) – bought 200 shares at 42.75 on 11/30/04; currently 42.88. Raise stop to 41.75.

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STRONGEST MARKET SECTORS LAST WEEK

Residential Construction; Health Care Plans; Wholesale Drugs; Long Distance Carriers; Insurance Brokers.

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WEAKEST MARKET SECTORS LAST WEEK

Specialized Semiconductors; Broadline Semiconductors; Silver; Gold; Wholesale Electronics.

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KEY ASTROLOGICAL EVENTS DURING THE COMING WEEK

December 12
Mercury sesquiquadrate True Lunar Node 00:33 EST
Moon quincunx Vulcanus 01:16 EST
Moon opposition Hades 01:40 EST
Venus semisextile Apollon in right ascension 01:52 EST
Moon semisextile Chiron 02:03 EST
Moon crossing Universal Clock 24 Line 02:13 EST
Moon sextile Apollon 02:39 EST
Moon semisextile Venus 03:04 EST
Sun quincunx Admetos in right ascension 03:15 EST
Heliocentric Mercury conjunct Heliocentric Kronos 04:05 EST
Moon in 24th harmonic to Cupido 04:08 EST
Heliocentric Saturn parallel Heliocentric Vulcanus 04:31 EST
Moon quincunx Saturn 05:50 EST
Moon quintile Jupiter 06:55 EST
Moon biquintile Admetos 08:54 EST
Moon semisquare Neptune 08:57 EST
Heliocentric Mercury trine Heliocentric Mars 10:45 EST
Moon enters Capricorn 11:41 EST
Void-of-Course Moon ends 11:41 EST
Moon in 24th harmonic to Mercury 12:22 EST
Heliocentric Venus in 24th harmonic to Heliocentric Mars 12:47 EST
Moon trine True Lunar Node 13:15 EST
Moon opposition Kronos 14:14 EST
Venus quincunx Hades in right ascension 14:17 EST
Mercury sextile Jupiter in right ascension 14:55 EST
Venus in 24th harmonic to Cupido 16:24 EST
Moon sextile Uranus 16:51 EST
Sun quintile Uranus 18:10 EST
Sun quintile Zeus 19:02 EST
Heliocentric Earth sesquiquadrate Heliocentric Poseidon 19:36 EST
Heliocentric Mercury square Heliocentric Jupiter 19:45 EST
Mercury sextile Jupiter 19:48 EST
Heliocentric Mercury trine Heliocentric Uranus 21:24 EST
Sun semisextile Mars 21:29 EST
Moon quintile Apollon 21:35 EST
Moon semisquare Mars 21:49 EST
Moon in 24th harmonic to Sun 21:50 EST
Moon sextile Poseidon 22:25 EST
Venus semisquare Zeus in right ascension 22:29 EST
Moon in 24th harmonic to Pluto 22:45 EST
Heliocentric Mercury trine Heliocentric Poseidon 22:53 EST
Moon sesquiquadrate Admetos 23:04 EST
Heliocentric Earth in 24th harmonic to Heliocentric Mercury 23:31 EST
Venus biquintile Kronos 23:40 EST

December 13
Mercury sesquiquadrate True Lunar Node in right ascension 01:30 EST
Venus parallel Mars in right ascension 01:50 EST
Moon in 24th harmonic to Chiron 01:50 EST
Venus parallel Mars 01:52 EST
Moon square Zeus 02:22 EST
Heliocentric Mercury semisquare Heliocentric Admetos 03:43 EST
Moon semisextile Cupido 03:49 EST
Heliocentric Mercury in 24th harmonic to Heliocentric Saturn 04:06 EST
Moon semisquare Venus 04:49 EST
Heliocentric Mercury in 24th harmonic to Heliocentric Vulcanus 05:15 EST
Sun semisquare Poseidon 06:46 EST
Heliocentric Mercury square Heliocentric Zeus 06:52 EST
Heliocentric Mercury in 24th harmonic to Heliocentric Hades 07:32 EST
Heliocentric Mercury biquintile Heliocentric Neptune 08:12 EST
Moon semisextile Neptune 08:38 EST
Moon semisextile Mercury 10:17 EST
Venus trine Saturn 11:26 EST
Mars in 24th harmonic to Poseidon 11:27 EST
Moon square Jupiter 11:33 EST
Sun conjunct Pluto 12:04 EST
Mercury sesquiquadrate Saturn in right ascension 12:05 EST
Heliocentric Earth opposition Heliocentric Pluto 12:12 EST
Heliocentric Mercury quincunx Heliocentric Cupido 12:53 EST
Moon crossing Universal Clock 24 Line 16:04 EST
Sun quincunx Admetos 16:18 EST
Moon semisquare Uranus 16:33 EST
Moon quintile Poseidon 17:22 EST
Mars semisextile Pluto 19:44 EST
Venus sextile Chiron in right ascension 21:06 EST
Mars opposition Admetos in right ascension 22:27 EST
Moon semisextile Pluto 22:30 EST
Moon sextile Mars 22:38 EST
Moon trine Admetos 22:46 EST
Moon semisextile Sun 23:14 EST
Sun conjunct Pluto in right ascension 23:16 EST

December 14
Heliocentric Venus in 24th harmonic to Heliocentric Jupiter 00:23 EST
Moon opposition Vulcanus 00:36 EST
Moon quincunx Hades 00:59 EST
Heliocentric Earth semisextile Heliocentric Admetos 01:14 EST
Mars opposition Admetos 01:31 EST
Moon conjunct Chiron 01:41 EST
Moon square Apollon 02:04 EST
Moon semisquare Cupido 03:37 EST
Heliocentric Earth semisextile Heliocentric Saturn 04:30 EST
Moon opposition Saturn 05:03 EST
Heliocentric Venus sesquiquadrate Heliocentric Uranus 05:38 EST
Venus trine Vulcanus in right ascension 05:58 EST
Moon sextile Venus 06:43 EST
Void-of-Course Moon 06:43-11:10 EST
Heliocentric Mercury quincunx Heliocentric Neptune 07:35 EST
Moon in 24th harmonic to Neptune 08:29 EST
Moon semisquare Mercury 08:30 EST
Mercury sextile Neptune 08:50 EST
Moon biquintile Hades 10:33 EST
Heliocentric Earth semisextile Heliocentric Vulcanus 10:42 EST
Heliocentric Venus in 24th harmonic to Heliocentric Poseidon 11:08 EST
Moon enters Aquarius 11:10 EST
Heliocentric Mercury biquintile Heliocentric Cupido 12:19 EST
Moon square True Lunar Node 12:21 EST
Sun sextile Apollon in right ascension 13:23 EST
Moon quincunx Kronos 13:43 EST
Heliocentric Mercury in 24th harmonic to Heliocentric Kronos 14:11 EST
Uranus biquintile Zeus 15:00 EST
Venus contraparallel Admetos in right ascension 16:18 EST
Moon semisextile Uranus 16:31 EST
Venus contraparallel Admetos 17:09 EST
Moon quintile Mars 18:43 EST
Sun quincunx Vulcanus 19:26 EST
Mercury in 24th harmonic to Venus 19:32 EST
Heliocentric Venus sextile Heliocentric Pluto 21:43 EST
Moon contraparallel Kronos 22:03 EST
Moon square Poseidon 22:10 EST
Moon semisquare Pluto 22:35 EST
Moon parallel Sun 23:00 EST
Moon biquintile Kronos 23:23 EST

December 15
Heliocentric Earth conjunct Heliocentric Hades 00:43 EST
Sun opposition Hades 00:51 EST
Moon sesquiquadrate Hades 01:02 EST
Moon semisquare Sun 01:02 EST
Heliocentric Earth trine Heliocentric Apollon 01:13 EST
Moon in 24th harmonic to Chiron 01:54 EST
Sun opposition Hades in right ascension 02:04 EST
Moon trine Zeus 02:13 EST
Moon sextile Cupido 03:46 EST
Moon quintile Venus 03:48 EST
Moon contraparallel Hades 05:05 EST
Heliocentric Venus quincunx Heliocentric Admetos 05:51 EST
Moon crossing Universal Clock 24 Line 06:32 EST
Moon sextile Mercury 07:17 EST
Moon conjunct Neptune 08:45 EST
Moon contraparallel Vulcanus 09:22 EST
Sun crossing Universal Clock 24 Line 10:14 EST
Moon parallel Cupido 11:05 EST
Heliocentric Venus square Heliocentric Vulcanus 11:49 EST
Moon contraparallel Saturn 12:06 EST
Moon trine Jupiter 12:08 EST
Heliocentric Mercury quincunx Heliocentric Pluto 12:26 EST
Moon sesquiquadrate Kronos 14:02 EST
Sun semisextile Chiron 14:30 EST
Heliocentric Mercury sextile Heliocentric Admetos 14:37 EST
Heliocentric Mercury conjunct Heliocentric Saturn 15:24 EST
Heliocentric Mercury conjunct Heliocentric Vulcanus 16:15 EST
Moon in 24th harmonic to Uranus 16:58 EST
Moon quintile True Lunar Node 17:21 EST
Sun sextile Apollon 17:33 EST
Heliocentric Mercury square Heliocentric Venus 17:53 EST
Mars trine Vulcanus 17:54 EST
Heliocentric Venus in 24th harmonic to Heliocentric Zeus 18:05 EST
Heliocentric Mercury semisextile Heliocentric Hades 18:39 EST
Heliocentric Mercury square Heliocentric Apollon 18:44 EST
Moon parallel Mercury 19:10 EST
Heliocentric Mercury quintile Heliocentric Jupiter 19:18 EST
Mars contraparallel Admetos in right ascension 19:55 EST
Heliocentric Venus trine Heliocentric Hades 20:42 EST
Heliocentric Venus conjunct Heliocentric Apollon 21:00 EST
Mars contraparallel Admetos 21:21 EST
Heliocentric Earth semisextile Heliocentric Mercury 22:21 EST
Moon parallel Venus 22:41 EST
Moon sextile Pluto 23:14 EST
Moon square Admetos 23:20 EST
Moon quintile Cupido 23:32 EST

December 16
Heliocentric Mercury sesquiquadrate Heliocentric Cupido 00:16 EST
Moon parallel Mars 00:18 EST
Moon contraparallel Admetos 00:24 EST
Moon quincunx Vulcanus 01:16 EST
Moon square Mars 01:38 EST
Moon trine Hades 01:39 EST
Mars quincunx Hades 01:40 EST
Moon quintile Mercury 02:04 EST
Moon semisextile Chiron 02:42 EST
Moon trine Apollon 02:51 EST
Moon sesquiquadrate Zeus 02:54 EST
Moon sextile Sun 03:33 EST
Void-of-Course Moon 03:33-12:25 EST
Moon quincunx Saturn 05:45 EST
Heliocentric Mercury opposition Heliocentric Chiron 05:47 EST
Heliocentric Mercury quintile Heliocentric Zeus 06:04 EST
Moon parallel Neptune 06:55 EST
Moon in 24th harmonic to Neptune 09:40 EST
Venus trine Saturn in right ascension 10:33 EST
Moon biquintile Vulcanus 11:19 EST
Venus enters Sagittarius 12:09 EST
Venus crossing Universal Clock 24 Line 12:09 EST
Moon enters Pisces 12:25 EST
Moon square Venus 12:26 EST
Heliocentric Mercury biquintile Heliocentric Pluto 12:44 EST
Moon sextile True Lunar Node 13:19 EST
Moon sesquiquadrate Jupiter 13:21 EST
Moon parallel Pluto 14:18 EST
Moon trine Kronos 15:03 EST
Moon parallel Chiron 15:37 EST
Moon biquintile Saturn 15:50 EST
Venus quincunx True Lunar Node in right ascension 17:11 EST
Heliocentric Venus semisquare Heliocentric Cupido 17:26 EST
Sun in 24th harmonic to Cupido 17:52 EST
Moon biquintile Zeus 18:04 EST
Moon conjunct Uranus 18:09 EST
Moon quintile Pluto 19:28 EST
Sun semisextile Chiron in right ascension 19:34 EST
Moon parallel Poseidon 19:58 EST
Heliocentric Mercury enters Leo 20:44 EST
Heliocentric Mercury biquintile Heliocentric Uranus 20:45 EST
Mercury sesquiquadrate Vulcanus in right ascension 21:07 EST
Venus quincunx True Lunar Node 22:00 EST
Moon crossing Universal Clock 24 Line 22:37 EST
Sun quincunx Vulcanus in right ascension 23:51 EST
Venus semisquare Jupiter 23:57 EST

December 17
Moon trine Poseidon 00:05 EST
Moon quintile Sun 01:28 EST
Mars semisextile Pluto in right ascension 01:33 EST
Moon sesquiquadrate Vulcanus 02:39 EST
Heliocentric Mercury semisextile Heliocentric Kronos 02:46 EST
Mars sextile Chiron 03:05 EST
Mars semisextile Apollon 03:42 EST
Moon semisquare Chiron 04:18 EST
Moon sesquiquadrate Apollon 04:19 EST
Moon quincunx Zeus 04:22 EST
Mercury semisquare Chiron in right ascension 04:24 EST
Mars semisquare Zeus 04:41 EST
Moon contraparallel True Lunar Node 04:45 EST
Moon biquintile Jupiter 04:52 EST
Moon quintile Admetos 05:48 EST
Moon square Cupido 06:05 EST
Heliocentric Earth trine Heliocentric Venus 06:59 EST
Pluto quincunx Admetos 07:09 EST
Moon sesquiquadrate Saturn 07:11 EST
Moon square Mercury 07:24 EST
Moon parallel Uranus 07:30 EST
Chiron square Apollon 08:47 EST
Sun quincunx Saturn 08:49 EST
Sun in 24th harmonic to Mercury 10:33 EST
Moon semisextile Neptune 11:25 EST
Moon parallel Apollon 13:29 EST
Heliocentric Venus square Heliocentric Chiron 14:10 EST
Moon semisquare True Lunar Node 15:02 EST
Venus quintile Neptune 15:20 EST
Moon quincunx Jupiter 15:24 EST
Mercury sesquiquadrate Saturn 15:26 EST
Mercury parallel Venus in right ascension 15:34 EST
Mercury parallel Venus 15:37 EST
Heliocentric Mercury quintile Heliocentric Admetos 15:52 EST
Venus quincunx Kronos 17:52 EST
Heliocentric Earth quincunx Heliocentric Chiron 18:25 EST
Moon biquintile Apollon 20:01 EST
Moon in 24th harmonic to Uranus 20:12 EST
Mars semisextile Apollon in right ascension 20:50 EST
Heliocentric Mercury square Heliocentric Mars 20:55 EST
Heliocentric Mercury sextile Heliocentric Jupiter 21:26 EST
Heliocentric Mercury quincunx Heliocentric Uranus 21:51 EST
Venus semisquare Jupiter in right ascension 23:00 EST
Heliocentric Mercury square Heliocentric Poseidon 23:16 EST

December 18
Moon sesquiquadrate Poseidon 02:17 EST
Heliocentric Mercury sesquiquadrate Heliocentric Pluto 02:21 EST
Moon sextile Admetos 02:51 EST
Moon square Pluto 02:55 EST
Heliocentric Mars semisextile Heliocentric Jupiter 04:00 EST
Moon trine Vulcanus 04:54 EST
Moon square Hades 05:16 EST
Heliocentric Mercury in 24th harmonic to Heliocentric Saturn 05:48 EST
Heliocentric Mercury in 24th harmonic to Heliocentric Vulcanus 06:18 EST
Moon parallel Jupiter 06:31 EST
Moon quincunx Apollon 06:40 EST
Moon sextile Chiron 06:48 EST
Heliocentric Mercury sextile Heliocentric Zeus 08:05 EST
Moon trine Mars 08:06 EST
Heliocentric Mars trine Heliocentric Uranus 08:07 EST
Heliocentric Mercury semisquare Heliocentric Hades 08:50 EST
Moon trine Saturn 09:30 EST
Moon square Sun 11:41 EST
Void-of-Course Moon 11:41-16:52 EST
Moon parallel Zeus 11:44 EST
True Lunar Node direct station 12:00 EST
Mars quincunx Hades in right ascension 13:48 EST
Moon semisquare Neptune 14:04 EST
Heliocentric Mercury trine Heliocentric Cupido 14:49 EST
Moon enters Aries 16:52 EST
Moon crossing Universal Clock 24 Line 16:52 EST
Mars in 24th harmonic to Cupido 17:25 EST
Moon semisextile True Lunar Node 17:43 EST
Moon biquintile Poseidon 18:26 EST
Moon square Kronos 19:39 EST
Heliocentric Mercury quintile Heliocentric Apollon 21:54 EST
Mars biquintile Kronos 22:09 EST
Chiron opposition Vulcanus in right ascension 22:13 EST
Moon trine Venus 22:23 EST
Mercury in 24th harmonic to Mars 23:10 EST
Moon semisextile Uranus 23:10 EST

December 19
Heliocentric Mars conjunct Heliocentric Poseidon 00:37 EST
Heliocentric Earth semisquare Heliocentric Mercury 02:51 EST
Moon quintile Chiron 04:40 EST
Moon quincunx Poseidon 05:24 EST
Heliocentric Mercury parallel Heliocentric Kronos 05:48 EST
Moon semisquare Admetos 05:56 EST
Heliocentric Earth parallel Heliocentric Mercury 06:09 EST
Sun quintile Jupiter 06:14 EST
Venus quincunx Kronos in right ascension 06:25 EST
Venus square Uranus 06:53 EST
Sun quincunx Saturn in right ascension 08:38 EST
Mars trine Saturn 09:10 EST
Mars semisquare Zeus in right ascension 09:48 EST
Heliocentric Jupiter quincunx Heliocentric Uranus 09:56 EST
Moon opposition Zeus 10:00 EST
Heliocentric Mercury opposition Heliocentric Neptune 11:45 EST
Moon trine Cupido 11:57 EST
Moon trine Mercury 12:04 EST
Sun biquintile Admetos 12:25 EST
Moon sesquiquadrate Mars 12:56 EST
Moon quintile Hades 14:00 EST
Moon contraparallel Zeus 16:44 EST
Moon sextile Neptune 17:36 EST
Heliocentric Mercury semisquare Heliocentric Kronos 19:12 EST
Sun trine True Lunar Node in right ascension 19:25 EST
Sun semisquare Neptune 19:44 EST
Sun contraparallel Kronos in right ascension 19:54 EST
Heliocentric Venus enters Scorpio 20:13 EST
Heliocentric Venus parallel Heliocentric Apollon 21:09 EST
Moon in 24th harmonic to True Lunar Node 21:23 EST
Moon opposition Jupiter 22:19 EST
Moon contraparallel Jupiter 22:27 EST
Heliocentric Mercury parallel Heliocentric Hades 23:13 EST


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STOCKS TO WATCH: ACXM, CNTY, DHI, HLEX.

Acxiom Corporation (ACXM)
NASDAQ; optionable
First Trade Date: 12/14/1983; 10:00 a.m.
Trading Strategy: This stock has several things going on right now that suggest a major transition ahead: transiting Jupiter is conjoining First-Trade Mars, hinting at a broader range of trading activity for the stock. Transiting Cupido is conjoining First-Trade Uranus, signaling the possibility of sudden changes that impact a wide audience. And transiting Pluto is conjoining the First-Trade Sun/Jupiter conjunction, adding tremendous clout to the transformative potential of the situation. With this kind of combination at work, our plan is to add a long position in ACXM early during the coming trading week. We will set our initial stop at 25.20.


Century Casinos, Inc. (CNTY)
NASDAQ
First Trade Date: 11/10/1993; 09:30 a.m.
Trading Strategy: With Jupiter conjoining the CNTY First-Trade Midheaven, this is definitely a stock to keep an eye on. But in this case there are a couple of other positive factors as well: transiting Pluto has taken up residence on the CNTY First-Trade Ascendant, and transiting Venus is currently conjoining the CNTY First-Trade Pluto. CNTY has just pulled back slightly from having set a new 52-week high. Our plan is thus to add a long position in CNTY to the Model Portfolio this week, with an initial stop set at 7.75.


D. R. Horton Inc. (DHI)
NYSE; optionable
First Trade Date: 12/14/1995; 09:30 a.m.
Trading Strategy: Transiting Saturn has recently crossed over the DHI First-Trade Descendant, laying the groundwork for some positive price action. That’s coming now in the form of a strong rally on solid volume as transiting Chiron conjoins the DHI First-Trade Ascendant at the stock’s Solar Return. At the same time, transiting Pluto is conjoining the First-Trade Sun, transiting Apollon is conjoining the First-Trade Lunar Node, and transiting Venus is conjoining First-Trade Cupido. With that much action going on, we have everything we need to add a long position early this week. Our initial stop will be set at 35.10.


Healthextras, Inc. (HLEX)
NASDAQ
First Trade Date: 12/14/1999; 09:30 a.m.
Trading Strategy: HLEX is also having a Solar Return this week, and the overall set-up is quite similar to what we have just seen for DHI: Saturn and Chiron on the Ascendant/Descendant axis, plus Pluto conjoining the First-Trade Sun. In this case, however, there are a couple of additional factors: transiting Neptune is conjoining the First-Trade Mars/Uranus conjunction and transiting Cupido is conjoining the First-Trade Chiron/Pluto conjunction. That’s a lot to keep up with, but we feel that there’s enough positive potential for us to add a long position in HLEX to the Model Portfolio this week. We will set our initial stop at 15.00.

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posted by Tim Bost @ 12/12/2004 01:35:23 AM