Sunday, September 8, 2019

Can Planets Influence human Life?

(Excerpt edited from an article written by Kaye Shinker for Astrological Investing in reply to one of her students in 2009.)

OK  There is a long answer but here's a short list:
Mercury Retrograde 
Mercury's apparent forward, stationary, and backward movement as seen from our planet is always the astrologers best example of how muddled brains all over the world can get.  The best current example is the TARP program passed by the Congress and signed into law all during a Mercury retrograde. I discuss this phenomena in my Textbooks for Financial Astrology Book 1 Lesson 2.
Your average student astrologer will probably have a long list of Mercury retrograde events. Most are pretty funny.

Happy Solar Return and Natal Planetary Conjunctions
On the day you were born a pattern was set. Every year the Sun comes to the exact same position as it was on the day you were born - the transiting Sun is conjunct Natal Sun. So much energy focused on that particular day of the year can make you happy or depressed. So we manage and celebrate the day it by giving you ice cream and cake and sometimes we invite your friends over to sing songs - but if you are really lucky an astrologer will read your solar return chart. A Solar Return is a chart drawn up at the exact time the Sun returns to the exact same degree is was on the day you were born.  An astrologer using this chart can assess and predict the themes that will arise for you during your next “solar year”—the 12 months that happen from one birthday to the next.

You probably get used to the energy and moods of  the Moon since it returns to its natal position 13 times per year, however, Mercury returning to its natal position can often produce a really great idea, Venus can bring a note from an old friend and Mars can make you super energetic when they return to the position it occupied in your natal chart.

Jupiter returns to its natal position about every 12 years. Watch carefully for this event -  usually something really nice happens around that date! Jupiter's energy bring expansion, opportunity, luck and in general good vibrations.  You need to watch for the sextiles, squares, trines and oppositions of Jupiter and Venus to planets in your horoscope chart as well so you can anticipate that they will bring
 some special gift your way.

About every seven years Saturn really whacks you and pushes the book of life right in your face and says study up. Saturn is the planet brings astrologers clients. No one can explain your lessons or understand your Saturn transit better than an astrologer.

Saturn can be just down right mean. He can take away your love, your money and your health and throw it in the trash. He refuses to return it until you learn your lesson.  Saturn wants you to learn your lessons and learn them so well you won't forget. Right now Saturn is opposed my Sun and I am learning to live by my wits and write lengthy prose to a young astrologer named Leah, my student who asked me "Do planets influence our daily life?".  Hell ya! Saturn forces you to get up and get your act together.

The other planets Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto tremendously affect you and your peers about the same way. You should all get together, call it a study group;  you WILL learn your lessons whether you want to or not!

Eclipses
Then there are eclipses. They interrupt or rip the electrical field that protects the earth's atmosphere. In 2005 there was an eclipse visible over New Orleans.  In August everyone there learned a lesson as did the folks who were devastated by Rita.  If an eclipse aspects your natal planets the sensitive areas of your life that will be triggered.  Beginnings and endings occur and often we’ll begin a new stage in our life.

Everything I mentioned above influences companies large and small as well!  You can read about them in the Textbook for Financial Astrology.

Leah didn't really want that long of an answer  Sorry!

(Kaye Shinker passed away suddenly in November, 2011.  She is greatly missed.)

Sunday, August 25, 2019

A Review of Using Planetary Aspects in a Financial Market (old post, but a goodie!)

by Marlene Pfeifle  (article as posted on the old astrologicalinvesting.com web site in 2011

Wouldn't it be great if one could say with certainty that when a certain planet transits another planet the stock market will go up, or that the stock you just bought this morning will increase significantly in it's price per share by tomorrow?

Why, we'd all be rich! Unfortunately there is always room for more than one interpretation of geocosmic energy and there is always risk involved in the financial markets.

Nothing is quite so simple. However, if we do our homework well and then use astrological principles to help time when we buy and sell stocks, we have the potential to increase our profits and greatly limit our downside risk in the financial market. Potential is the keyword here.

The best way to use astrology for timing the buying and selling of stocks is to follow the principles that Kaye Shinker lays out in her Textbooks for Financial Astrology Then choose a sound and solid stock in a favorable sector. Textbook 2 explains the astrological research involved in doing that.

Then, most importantly, research how that stock has performed during past transits by comparing the stock price chart to the transits of the IPO chart of the stock.   For researching stocks according to their IPO and incorporation dates, the very best and most reliable source to use is Michael Munkasey's Company Data.  Historical prices are easily downloaded in Excel from from sources on the internet.

ASPECTS

Rule #1 for a Financial Astrologer: DO NOT think in terms of "Good" = "Trines and Sextiles" and that "Bad" = "Squares and Oppositions". You may find yourself being surprised at what can move a stock price! The benefic planets still seem to line up as "good" planets in financial astrology, but it is the dynamic energy from 4th harmonic aspects that creates price change and market movement. Trines and sextiles can be just a momentary blip up in the price on a day when the entire market is substantially down.


Although there is no cosmic guarantee that a particular aspect will predict either a rising or falling market or stock price, there are a number of geocosmic contacts that often do produce a predictable rise or drop in price!

As a guideline, I urge that when using astrological cookbook interpretations to always first look at the stock's IPO chart and/or chart of incorporation to see how planets are aspected in the horoscope. Generally, I go by the "nothing promised, nothing gained/ or lost" theory proclaimed by astrologers Ivy Goldstein Jacobson and other traditionalists, who have taught that if there is not an aspect in the natal chart between planets then there is "no promise" (no significant - if any at all - impact ) from an applying aspect between the same two planets in any future chart.

I have found if a planet is not aspected strongly in the IPO chart of a stock chances are, when transited, the price movement will not be significant or sustaining in either direction - up or down. Additionally, if a stock is badly aspected by a planet in it's IPO chart then a planet which is considered to bring about a bullish rise may surprise you when it does the very opposite! (And visa versa, if a stock is aspected very well by a planet that is considered to bring about a bearish movement - you may not see a negative effect, in fact, it can be very positive!)

Using a First Trade chart (IPO) you must take into consideration (1) the chart of incorporation, (2) the daily aspects of the moon, and which the phase the Moon is in (New or Full or Quarter Moon phase) and (3) pay attention to the unfolding geocosmic energy from planets. Especially important are which aspects are applying to the First Trade chart as well as the financial sector of the stock at the same time as the stock chart.

In Bill Meridian's book, Planetary Stock Trading - III,   he gives a list of Bullish and Bearish planetary combinations by transit that, in my experience,  I've found to be very reliable. The following is a list of transiting planetary contacts that he lists (and a few I have added)  - primarily 4th Harmonic aspects - that have more often than not proved reliably as favorable (or unfavorable) and generally have moved the market and stock prices:

BULLISH ASPECTS -
Major aspects from Jupiter to most planets and points. Jupiter is very favorable to all planets and points with the exception of Jupiter aspects to Mars and Saturn which can trigger both favorable and unfavorable price swings. (Remember to look at the IPO chart to see how these planets are connected)

Major aspects between Sun and Venus are generally favorable.

Major aspects from Neptune to the Sun and to Venus. (With Neptune comes times of uncertainty filled with hopes, wishes and dreams - they often coincide with false rumors and illusions. Be sure to take careful note of how Neptune is aspected in the IPO chart!)

Major aspects from Uranus to Venus and to the chart angles are generally favorable. (Note: one must be very certain of the accuracy of chart data if using angles and pay attention to how well Uranus is placed in the chart!)

BEARISH ASPECTS -
Major aspects by Saturn to most planets, and points - with the exception of aspects from transiting Saturn to Mercury and Mars which can trigger both favorable and unfavorable price swings.

Major Uranus and Neptune aspects to Pluto.

Major Pluto aspects to an angle or the Lunar nodes. (Again, be certain of the chart!)

A takeover can be favorable or unfavorable to a stock's price per share. Pluto, representing power and control, is often involved by transiting aspect in buyouts and takeovers of corporations. Jupiter-Pluto an aspect representing optimism, expansion, change and a thrust toward power and success is often very favorable.

Eclipses  - An eclipse can have a positive or negative effect that may last as long as two or three months depending upon the planet aspected by the eclipse. Eclipses impact the market and the movement of stock prices by triggering, or turning on, whatever planets they touch within 3 degrees of the applying eclipse aspect. This geocosmic energy can be triggered during the eclipse or later when a transiting planet (particularly Mars) activates the eclipse degree by aspect. The hard aspects, especially the conjunction and square are most notable. Aspects to either Jupiter, Neptune, Uranus or the stock chart angles from an eclipse are all favorable. Generally they will give rise in the price per share of a stock, while eclipses to Saturn and Pluto do the opposite and tend to drive a stock price down. During an eclipse stock prices can be unpredictable and erratic.

An important note about the the transiting Moon! - Always, always, always, pay attention to the daily aspects of the Moon! The Moon will trigger applying geocosmic aspects into play, as well as determine the general mood - minute by minute - hour by hour - of the market each day. Day traders can use the times when the Moon forms an aspect to time intra-day turning points or reversals. On days when the Moon makes many aspects the market often has large volumes of buying and selling, while days when there are not many or no aspects, the market can be slow or filled with uncertainty. Some astrologers prefer not to trade during the Void-of-Course Moon, (as well as during Mercury RX), but I have not been convinced that one necessarily should avoid the market during these times. Also, the phase the Moon is in - New, Full or Quarter Moon phases - is important in timing.

The phases of the Moon - New Moon, Full Moon, and Quarter Moon phases are discussed in Randall Ashbourne's article, Moods of the Moon.

On our blog we have posted an article written by Randall Ashbourne, titled Using Daily Aspect Calendars to Time Intraday Trades. In this article Mr. Ashbourne gives interpretations of the Moon through the signs and how they affect the market. I find both of these articles quite noteworthy and recommend them for reading.   Highly recommended is Randall's book, "The Idiot and the Moon" (click link - also available to click from right link navigation on our blog.

Transiting planets and geocosmic combinations of aspects influence the market in many different ways, and each combination of energy driven by the transits of planets has both positive and negative influences depending upon many different types of circumstances including the influences of the greater cycles of geocosmic energy - cycles of the outer planets - that are unfolding at the same time. Always check your ephemeris and pay particular attention to the trending market and the unfolding cycles.

Happy Trading!

Author's notes: Success in the financial market begins first with the understanding and use of the principles of what has been considered traditional types of market analysis, and then applying geocosmic principles as a final step in one's investment strategy.

Astrology is a precise market timing tool, but it can not sensibly be used as a stand-alone strategy for financial investing. For example, astrology cannot be used to determine market trends like technical analysis, nor can astrology be used as a key to determine whether a particular stock has a sound and solid economic basis like fundamental analysis. My absolute favorite trading book using technical tools with astrology is Randall Ashbourne's The Idiot and the Moon. In fact, I wouldn't buy a stock without first checking it using Mr. Ashbourne's "Idiot" method.

References:
Llewellyn's New World Astrology Series, Financial Astrology, edited by Joan McEvers. 1991 Llewellyn Publications, St. Paul, MN.
Planetary Stock Trading - III, Bill Meridian. Cycles Research, New York, N Y, 2002.
Basic Principles of Geocosmic Studies for Financial Market Timing, Raymond Merriman. Seek-It Publications, W. Bloomfield, MI, 1995. The Idiot and The Moon, The Compleat and Utter Lunatic Idiot's Guide to Trading Stocks, Randall Ashbourne, e-Book available on our right links side of our blog.

Thursday, August 22, 2019

Randall Ashbourne's eBook still available

Information is not Knowledge – and Knowledge is not Wisdom -Einstein/Kappa


Excerpt from The Idiot & the Moon, by Randall Ashbourne

INTRODUCTION: "The last thing I learned was the first thing I knew.
Somewhere between then and now, I’d forgotten – drowned in a daily deluge of data and information, cunningly disguised as knowledge.

But, it was not. It was a long way from being knowledge and farther still from being wisdom.
So, this book is an attempt to begin at the beginning – at least so far as stock trading is concerned. And we begin with just two thoughts:
· ALWAYS protect your capital
· I am NOT as smart as I think I am
It’s not a big book, but I hope it distills many years of information accumulation into a taut collection of useful knowledge that you, in turn, may be able to convert to trading wisdom.

Its primary purpose is to outline the rules of a simple trading system – a system so simple and so easy to follow that I call it: The Idiot.

It will take only a few minutes of backtesting on your part to see that it does work; it will protect your capital; it will deliver enormous profits without agonising, analysis, or angst; it will limit your losses; and it will prove itself to be a lot smarter than you think you are.

But wait … there’s more.  As they say in the tackier TV commercials.

I will also outline the details of a Lunar Cycle trading system that will also help you to make profits and to avoid costly mistakes. And I will show you advanced and original techniques using unique planetary software to determine the probable start and finish prices of intermediate and long-term moves in some of the world’s most widely-traded stock indices.

And I will show you how to make the most use of some simple technical indicators, unlike some others who tell you what they are, but not how to tweak them and interpret their signals and secrets.

The book is written for those who, like me, forgot the first thing they knew – but, also, for everyone just starting out learning how to trade stock markets.

The simple truth is that most traders lose money. If you remember the first two thoughts and learn to follow The Idiot, or even only The Moods of the Moon, you will not be one of them."
- RA
***

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Wednesday, June 19, 2019

It is with unbearable sadness I write of Randall Ashbourne's passing Monday, June 17, 2019.


For us who knew him through his astrological work, Randall will be remembered for his brilliant mind - his wit, humor, and his remarkable and uncanny insight into financial astrology. 

Author of  The Idiot and The Moon, Randall was a former journalist and a controversial figure in South Australian state politics.

Known as a man of enormous integrity and strong principals, for me, and all those who knew him, Randall Ashbourne will be deeply missed. There was no one like him.  I am devastated.

He died at home after a long illness.

RIP dear Randall

Monday, October 2, 2017

The Idiot and the Moon

Information is not Knowledge – and Knowledge is not Wisdom -Einstein/Kappa


Excerpt from The Idiot & the Moon, by Randall Ashbourne

INTRODUCTION: "The last thing I learned was the first thing I knew.
Somewhere between then and now, I’d forgotten – drowned in a daily deluge of data and information, cunningly disguised as knowledge.

But, it was not. It was a long way from being knowledge and farther still from being wisdom.
So, this book is an attempt to begin at the beginning – at least so far as stock trading is concerned. And we begin with just two thoughts:
· ALWAYS protect your capital
· I am NOT as smart as I think I am
It’s not a big book, but I hope it distills many years of information accumulation into a taut collection of useful knowledge that you, in turn, may be able to convert to trading wisdom.

Its primary purpose is to outline the rules of a simple trading system – a system so simple and so easy to follow that I call it: The Idiot.

It will take only a few minutes of backtesting on your part to see that it does work; it will protect your capital; it will deliver enormous profits without agonising, analysis, or angst; it will limit your losses; and it will prove itself to be a lot smarter than you think you are.

But wait … there’s more.  As they say in the tackier TV commercials.

I will also outline the details of a Lunar Cycle trading system that will also help you to make profits and to avoid costly mistakes. And I will show you advanced and original techniques using unique planetary software to determine the probable start and finish prices of intermediate and long-term moves in some of the world’s most widely-traded stock indices.

And I will show you how to make the most use of some simple technical indicators, unlike some others who tell you what they are, but not how to tweak them and interpret their signals and secrets.

The book is written for those who, like me, forgot the first thing they knew – but, also, for everyone just starting out learning how to trade stock markets.

The simple truth is that most traders lose money. If you remember the first two thoughts and learn to follow The Idiot, or even only The Moods of the Moon, you will not be one of them."
- RA
***

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Friday, September 29, 2017

Purchase Munkasey's Company Data Base

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Michael Munkasey's Company Information

Looking for information on companies listed on major U.S. stock exchanges?  Want to know when and where company XYZ was incorporated?  Perhaps even their TIME of incorporation?  Want to know when and on what exchange company GHIJ first traded?  Perhaps, even, their TIME of that first trade?   Want to briefly know a company's line of business?  Their correct corporate title (name)? Their trading symbol and exchange?  Then, look no further.   You can have access to such information now.

The Michael Munkasey company data base contains over 11,900 entries of public companies traded on the NYSE, AMEX or NASDAQ. Listings include both incorporation and first trade information. The company information is presented in a Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet, which allows for sorting by any column of information in an easy and rapid way.  Typical entries show the company's active trading symbol, the exchange, the official name of the company, the date of incorporation (and time if available), the state of incorporation, the date of first trade, and time of first trade (if available), and a short history of the company's business, history, and trading activity.  

Here are two samples of the information you will find -- written out, as in the data base some abbreviations (all written out here) are used:


HPQ           N           Hewlett-Packard Company           elm           s
02/11/1998                  1600             DE           05/06/2002           0930           Ns

Designs, makes computer systems, printers, measuring instruments; Prior incorporation in: CA, 08-18-1947; filed with CA on 04-28-1998 that it is now a DE corp.; contentious vote to merge with Compaq Computer made on 03-19-2002; merger agreement was initiated on
09-04-2001; Prospectus outlining the merger was dated 02-05-2002; major merger official on: 05-07-2002, but the merger was effected on 05-03-2002; Os: HWP on the NYSE, first traded: 03-17-1961.


All dates are in shown in a Month - Day - Year format elm = the industry code for this company s = the incorporation data was verified by the state Ns = the trading symbol shown is a new symbol as the company traded on an Os (older symbol) before that Os = Old symbol - a prior ticker symbol but no longer in use DE = the state of Delaware CA = the state of California PN = Prior Name NC = Name Change FT = First Trade

The first date is the incorporation date (and time too!); and the second date is the first trade date (and time too) for the symbol HPQ on the NYSE.

Another Company: (this entry is shown closer to its actual data base format entry -- the abbreviations shown are correlated above -- without using abbreviations -- which are repeated frequently -- the amount of verbiage for each entry would really take up a LOT of room!)

ENA           A           Enova Systems, Inc.                ela               s
07/30/1976                     - -            CA        08/29/2006       0930         L

Makes commercial digital power management systems for controlling electric power; Os: ENOV on OtcBB, FT: 07-22-2005; Os: ENVA on OtcBB, FT: 10-11-2000; Os: ECAR on OtcBB, FT: (?); PN: U.S. Electricar Inc., NC: 10-11-2000


There are over 12,000 entries in the data base like these.


Each company is presented in a stylized format, along with the commentary and history of their stock symbol, merger, name change and similar activity.


Be aware though that company information changes rapidly.  Companies merge or go out of business, companies change names, companies change exchanges and trading symbols. There may be hundreds of such changes each month.  The list you received only six months ago may be as much as 40% to 50% out of date. The list you receive from me today is current through this week.  I maintain two sets of data: actively traded companies, and companies which are no longer actively traded on the NYSE, AMEX, or NASDAQ -- but which may be traded on the Otc.  These are kept separate for readability purposes. 

Michael Munkasey's work has been an invaluable asset to the astrological community.  In May 2008, Michael Munkasey received the Marion D. March Regulus Award for Discovery and Innovation and Research - an award that recognizes those who have developed new tools or concepts to advance the study and practice of astrology.

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by Michael Munkasey

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NOTE!The Idiot & The Moon is a password and print protected eBook formatted for "read only" in the popular Adobe PDF format. IT CAN NOT BE PRINTED - IT MUST BE READ ON A COMPUTER, TABLET, OR OTHER TYPE OF ELECTRONIC DEVISE.  You will be able to transfer the downloaded PDF file into your iTunes library and read it in iBooks on your iPad or similar device that reads Adobe formatted PDF's.And you will be able to highlight key sections or add "sticky notes" to the file.

This is a short and simple, yet serious book that promises to increase your profitability and reduce your trading losses in the market using a unique trading tool Randall Ashbourne calls "The Idiot".

In his book, The Idiot & the Moon, Randall shares the method he has developed over years of trading with us.  Additionally, he shows us how to combine his "Idiot" method to profitably trade the stock market using lunar phases, (New Moon, Full Moon, First and Quarter cycles) with technical tools and astrology. 

 

Information is not Knowledge – and Knowledge is not Wisdom -Einstein/Kappa


Excerpt by Randall Ashbourne

INTRODUCTION: "The last thing I learned was the first thing I knew.
Somewhere between then and now, I’d forgotten – drowned in a daily deluge of data and information, cunningly disguised as knowledge.

But, it was not. It was a long way from being knowledge and farther still from being wisdom.
So, this book is an attempt to begin at the beginning – at least so far as stock trading is concerned. And we begin with just two thoughts:
· ALWAYS protect your capital
· I am NOT as smart as I think I am
It’s not a big book, but I hope it distills many years of information accumulation into a taut collection of useful knowledge that you, in turn, may be able to convert to trading wisdom.

Its primary purpose is to outline the rules of a simple trading system – a system so simple and so easy to follow that I call it: The Idiot.

It will take only a few minutes of backtesting on your part to see that it does work; it will protect your capital; it will deliver enormous profits without agonising, analysis, or angst; it will limit your losses; and it will prove itself to be a lot smarter than you think you are.

But wait … there’s more.  As they say in the tackier TV commercials.

I will also outline the details of a Lunar Cycle trading system that will also help you to make profits and to avoid costly mistakes. And I will show you advanced and original techniques using unique planetary software to determine the probable start and finish prices of intermediate and long-term moves in some of the world’s most widely-traded stock indices.

And I will show you how to make the most use of some simple technical indicators, unlike some others who tell you what they are, but not how to tweak them and interpret their signals and secrets.

The book is written for those who, like me, forgot the first thing they knew – but, also, for everyone just starting out learning how to trade stock markets.

The simple truth is that most traders lose money. If you remember the first two thoughts and learn to follow The Idiot, or even only The Moods of the Moon, you will not be one of them."
- RA
***

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Monday, February 20, 2017

Michael Munkasey's Company Database

About The Company Database, by Michael Munkasey

Michael Munkasey's Company Information

Looking for information on companies listed on major U.S. stock exchanges?  Want to know when and where company XYZ was incorporated?  Perhaps even their TIME of incorporation?  Want to know when and on what exchange company GHIJ first traded?  Perhaps, even, their TIME of that first trade?   Want to briefly know a company's line of business?  Their correct corporate title (name)? Their trading symbol and exchange?  Then, look no further.   You can have access to such information now.


The Michael Munkasey company data base contains over 11,900 entries of public companies traded on the NYSE, AMEX or NASDAQ. Listings include both incorporation and first trade information. The company information is presented in a Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet, which allows for sorting by any column of information in an easy and rapid way.  Typical entries show the company's active trading symbol, the exchange, the official name of the company, the date of incorporation (and time if available), the state of incorporation, the date of first trade, and time of first trade (if available), and a short history of the company's business, history, and trading activity.  


Here are two samples of the information you will find -- written out, as in the data base some abbreviations (all written out here) are used:


HPQ           N           Hewlett-Packard Company           elm           s
02/11/1998                  1600             DE           05/06/2002           0930           Ns

Designs, makes computer systems, printers, measuring instruments; Prior incorporation in: CA, 08-18-1947; filed with CA on 04-28-1998 that it is now a DE corp.; contentious vote to merge with Compaq Computer made on 03-19-2002; merger agreement was initiated on
09-04-2001; Prospectus outlining the merger was dated 02-05-2002; major merger official on: 05-07-2002, but the merger was effected on 05-03-2002; Os: HWP on the NYSE, first traded: 03-17-1961.


All dates are in shown in a Month - Day - Year format elm = the industry code for this company s = the incorporation data was verified by the state Ns = the trading symbol shown is a new symbol as the company traded on an Os (older symbol) before that Os = Old symbol - a prior ticker symbol but no longer in use DE = the state of Delaware CA = the state of California PN = Prior Name NC = Name Change FT = First Trade


The first date is the incorporation date (and time too!); and the second date is the first trade date (and time too) for the symbol HPQ on the NYSE.


Another Company: (this entry is shown closer to its actual data base format entry -- the abbreviations shown are correlated above -- without using abbreviations -- which are repeated frequently -- the amount of verbiage for each entry would really take up a LOT of room!)


ENA           A           Enova Systems, Inc.                ela               s
07/30/1976                     - -            CA        08/29/2006       0930         L

Makes commercial digital power management systems for controlling electric power; Os: ENOV on OtcBB, FT: 07-22-2005; Os: ENVA on OtcBB, FT: 10-11-2000; Os: ECAR on OtcBB, FT: (?); PN: U.S. Electricar Inc., NC: 10-11-2000


There are over 12,000 entries in the data base like these.


Each company is presented in a stylized format, along with the commentary and history of their stock symbol, merger, name change and similar activity.


Be aware though that company information changes rapidly.  Companies merge or go out of business, companies change names, companies change exchanges and trading symbols. There may be hundreds of such changes each month.  The list you received only six months ago may be as much as 40% to 50% out of date. The list you receive from me today is current through this week.  I maintain two sets of data: actively traded companies, and companies which are no longer actively traded on the NYSE, AMEX, or NASDAQ -- but which may be traded on the Otc.  These are kept separate for readability purposes. 

Michael Munkasey's work has been an invaluable asset to the astrological community.  In May 2008, Michael Munkasey received the Marion D. March Regulus Award for Discovery and Innovation and Research - an award that recognizes those who have developed new tools or concepts to advance the study and practice of astrology.

The Company Database,
by Michael Munkasey

$365.00
shipping not included to non-USA addresses*.


To purchase the latest update to your Company Database,
by Michael Munkasey, please email and include your name, address and ID# found on the CD.

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Sunday, May 15, 2016

Yogi, Boo Boo, or Gummy - pick a Bear!

Randall Ashbourne, an associate of Astrological Investing, posts reports and articles on his web site at  theidiotandthemoon.com   The following is the Eye of RA report for May 15, 2016 
Since January we've been chatting about a new Bear ... one which rapidly mauled 20% out of some markets, but has been more like a soft-chew gummy bear on the major Wall Street indices.
So, we'll spend some time in this edition of the Eye taking a look at just what sort of Bear we're dealing with.

And whether it's a real Bear, or a Bull that dressed up as one to play mind games with us!

In the last edition, in April, I indicated the potential negative impact of Mars going retrograde, something the planet does every couple of years, but which can be particularly dangerous when it occurs while markets are in a topping phase.

Mercury is also now a little over midway through one of its regular retrograde periods, often a time when prices change course every few days and it's difficult to get an accurate reading on what to expect next.

The Reserve Bank of Australia is the latest of the central banks to cut interest rates and there is talk it, too, is headed to the negative interest rate area.

And there's the problem ... because it makes stocks the only "growth" option.

The desperate search for yield is having different impacts on different markets. We'll begin the analysis with a look at Wall Street's main trading index, the SP500.

In the last edition, I explained the impact of Mars, the planet which symbolises drive and energy, on the price of stock indices and how the 500 (as well as other indices) rises over time very much in-step with the angle of Mars' travels through our solar system. Scroll down to April's blog if you need a refresher.

In our first chart, I'll reiterate the "drive" on a weekly chart. Looking from left-to-right, we can see that almost all of the price action since the last Bear bottom in 2009 has been contained within a rising channel between two Mars price lines placed 360 degrees apart.
There have been three downside breaks of that channel, with Pollyanna recovering each time to claw her way back inside the rising channel. The next chart shows the most recent action and narrows the Mars lines down to 90 degrees, as well as including the falling channels.

The 360 degree channel of the first chart is marked by the thicker red lines in this one and we can see how the 500 has been slowly dropping since Mars went Rx a few weeks ago. It is still trying to cling to the support that channel provides.
And while Mars tends to dictate the angle of rises and falls, it tends to be the price lines of the slower-moving outer planets which set the more horizontal levels of support and resistance. In the February 7 edition, Waiting for the dead cat to bounce, I said: "It is possible a rebound could take price all the way back to the 2080s." The index went a little above the 2087 level for a few days before being repelled by a falling, primary Mercury line (pink). In theory, the rally on Wall Street should be over, done and finished.
We'll turn now to the top two European indices ... the DAX and the FTSE. Both certainly appear to be well within the grip of a real Bear. The DAX has fallen out of a long-range Pluto/Neptune price cluster and hasn't been able to score a close inside it for the past 5 months.

Its Big Bird oscillator, the 50 CCI, is in Bear mode without even a hint of positive divergence suggesting a sustained rebound.
Instead of using planetary prices for the FTSE we'll use a couple of really simple technical lines ... the rally angle and a black horizonal line of support and resistance.

The FTSE has not closed below that black line, despite the spikes down, for many months. And that's one reason I remain more than a tad cautious about the exact nature of this Bear. The FTSE is finding support on TOP of the line, rather than consolidating below it.
And what makes me cautious is that price is not following the patttern Big Bird established during the 2007-2009 crash. Yes, this Bear also took a huge bite out of the index on its first decline ... but lately has morphed into some sort of gummy bear. Normally, when the oscillator drops but price simply goes sideways, it is a preliminary warning that the oscillator is just readying itself for another rally surge.

And I've been getting the same sense of real caution on the ASX 200. This index slumped more than 20% in 11 months from April last year and Big Bird started a death dive much the same as it did after the previous Bull peak.

But something odd is happening. Big Bird's dive has been constantly stalling, something it did not do during the crash into 2009.
We can also see it in the performance of all three Birds on the weekly chart below. The rebound hasn't been able to climb and stay above the 50% retrace level ... but the performance of the red Medium Bird and the blue Big Bird strongly suggest the index is not finished trying to do exactly that.

The only negative divergence here is in the green Fast Bird, which indicates only short-term resistance.
So, overall, my impression is that we are probably still wrapped in the claws of a very nasty and quite long-range Bear.

But, there are a few caution flags warning us not to get so certain of that as an imminent outcome ... and to be gently aware that Yogi and Boo Boo are taking time out for a picnic!

Safe trading - RA

Randall Ashbourne (Disclaimer: This article is not advice or a recommendation to trade stocks; it is merely educational material.)
Copyright: Randall Ashbourne - 2011-2016





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Sunday, April 10, 2016

Will Mars hit the brakes on stock rally?

Randall Ashbourne, an associate of Astrological Investing, posts reports and articles on his web site at  theidiotandthemoon.com   The following is this weekend's Eye of RA report: Week beginning April 10, 2016 
Stock trading is likely to become a lot more volatile in the next few weeks

In the past two editions, I outlined the price targets and potential time turns for what seemed likely to be no more than a significant dead cat bounce within a new, long-term Bear market.

Now that the probable targets have been hit, I wish to talk, just a little, about The Spooky Stuff.

Mars, the planet of drive and energy, goes retrograde next weekend until late in June. Mercury, which deals with thinking and communicating, goes retrograde on April 28 for about a month.

Long-term readers know that any trend which starts within a day of two of Mercury going Rx is likely to reverse course again about 1.5 to 2 weeks later; And that we're prone to making mistakes, so need to double-check before hitting the Buy or Sell buttons.

Mars is another matter entirely. The symbolism is simple: Mars is Drive; when the planet goes Rx, Drive slips into Reverse.

It doesn't happen every time. But. If the circumstances are in place, that slipping of the gears from Drive into Reverse can see indices backing off a cliff!

Below is a monthly chart of Pollyanna, the SP500. As I've remarked many times, Polly moves up and down within Martian channels. If we look at the Bull peaks in early 2000 and late 2007, we can see the big Mars channels which defined the overall angle of the entire Bull runs.

And we can see the same impact almost all the way through the 2009 to 2015 Bull market. Now, note those little "blips" along the lines ... they're the retrograde periods. In the two previous Bears, prices slipped out of the main rising channels ... and started to crash badly when Mars Rx came along. Those two instances are marked with the yellow ovals.

And we can see from the current price position of the index, such a danger period is now immediately ahead of us. It is not guaranteed, of course. But if it does take hold, the index tends to fall sharply down declining Mars channels, even more easily than it climbs the rising channels. You can see the impact during the two previous Bear markets.

In the last edition, Dead cat bounce nears its likely peak,(click or scroll down to March 13, 2016 post) I indicated that I expected the SP500 to hit a Saturn line, then priced around $2049, but that while that might signal the "price" target, it was unlikely to satisfy the "time" component. In fact, I was a tad mean with the $2049 price tag. When I shifted to a daily chart, Saturn was around $2056 by the time the daily bars hit it. After making first contact, the index backed off before aiming for a gap breakout. At this stage, still a "false" breakout ... because the index is back down to play with the primary Mars line.

Miss Polly isn't the only index driven up and down by Mars channels. Despite some positive divergence in the oscillators at the time of writing the March edition, the ASX 200 hit the lower limits of the weekly price targets I showed then ... and, instead of hanging around to fill in "time", as Polly did, it just started sliding down a primary Martian channel ... making its actual Highs and Lows very close to long-range Neptune price lines (grey on the chart below).
 That does leave the ASX more than a little vulnerable to further falls ... especially if Mars has a Bearish impact during this Rx period. You can see on the weekly planets chart below the index continues to hit those lines regularly during multi-week moves.

A drop below the blue Saturn lines, right where it finished last week, leaves a large hole to fall down.

Safe trading - RA

Randall Ashbourne (Disclaimer: This article is not advice or a recommendation to trade stocks; it is merely educational material.)
Copyright: Randall Ashbourne - 2011-2016






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Saturday, March 12, 2016

Dead cat bounce nears its likely peak

Randall Ashbourne, an associate of Astrological Investing, posts reports and articles on his web site at  theidiotandthemoon.com   The following is this weekend's Eye of RA report: Week beginning March 13, 2016 
In the last Eye of Ra, on February 7, I predicted a dead cat bounce in major stock markets was imminent.

Five weekends later, we need to go into ultra-cautious mode yet again because that bounce is probably very close to hitting its peak ... in Price, though maybe not in Time.

In the last edition, I indicated the bounce may already be underway, with the mid to late January lows marking a turning point.

That was the case in some markets, with others hanging on another few days, until February 10, to hit a final low before the bounce took off.

I also indicated it was probable that Central Banks would try desperately to stop the drop ... and we also saw that happen with the European Central Bank taking unbelievable risks with a decision to prop up corporate bonds.

This edition will be relatively short. I'll give you the all-important planetary price targets for the SP500, but use the ASX 200 as an example of why the bounce may be running out of Price, but not of Time

As usual, Wall Street has been leading the pack higher. The Pollyanna index, the SP500, ended last week only about 5% off its 2015 peak.

There is still a slim chance that we have not entered into Bear territory and that Wall Street could make new all-time Highs in the next few months. But, it is very slim.

More likely is that Pollyanna will start to roll over again, possibly around Wednesday after Jupiter trines Pluto.


The most obvious price target is $2049, a Saturn price line on the index's long-range planetary price chart. I think there is enough positive momentum in the daily, weekly and monthly charts to get Pollyanna to those levels.

In fact, it's the positive momentum, especially in weekly and monthly charts of various indices, that suggests markets are not going to hit a certain price point and then collapse and go into crash mode.

Most Bears seem to be trying to call a "top-and-crash" at every single overhead resistance level and then stand there wondering what went wrong when prices just power through that supposed resistance.

Simply, they're reading the wrong charts. Or reading the right ones wrongly.

Below is the Weekly Planets chart for the ASX 200.

It shows the 200 is about to run into heavy resistance. But the need to be wary of being overly Bearish ... here and now ... is the slow build-up of positive divergence in the Big Bird oscillator. It's distinctly possible it will need some Time to be sufficiently debased to warn of another imminent Bear leg down.

The next chart shows price is still reaching for a Fibonacci 38.2% retracement of the first downleg. It's worrying that it hasn't climbed back as far as Pollyanna, but you can see how the Fast Bird (green) and Medium Bird (red) lines mirror the Big Bird's efforts to make higher peaks at lower prices.


And if that's not sufficient to warn the Bears to be just a little cautious in growling so adamantly, take note of the higher troughs in both Fast and Medium Birds on the monthly chart below. Monthly divergence. That's not something easily wiped away ... and is why I said in the introduction to this edition, we may well be nearing the peak of the bounce in terms of Price, but not of Time.


Markets have an annoying habit of trying to fool the majority of investors.

So, that's it for this edition. We did get the strong dead cat bounce I spoke about last time. There is a slim chance it will morph into a totally-surprising final upleg of the Bull market.

I urge you to do what I always suggest:

Use the monthly and weekly charts for the long and medium range targets ... up or down. And WHEN price gets near to those targets, THEN turn your attention to daily and intraday charts for signs from the momentum of the oscillators that a trend change is starting to get really close.

Safe trading - RA

Randall Ashbourne (Disclaimer: This article is not advice or a recommendation to trade stocks; it is merely educational material.)
Copyright: Randall Ashbourne - 2011-2016






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