Read the News Before the News! 2010 Predictions     THE ECONOMY AND THE STOCK MARKET The high point of the market and the economy was October 12, 2007. The following low appears to have been reached in March 2009. The market has been gaining strength in 2010 although the economy is still very weak due to a high jobless rate, sluggish lending, a depressed housing market, and a shaky European recovery due to their high debt ratios. The possibility of a “double-dip” recession also exists. Forecasting the economy involves 7 categories of influence. (1) {-} Sunspots indicate the highest bull markets and the lowest bear ones. 2008 was a year of sunspot minimum, so a lowest bear market was indicated - hence, the Great Recession. The most telling factor concerning sunspots is when they first move above an average of 50 per month. Since 1871 this predictor has marked the PEAK of the market - with a sudden crash occurring soon thereafter. The last time sunspots rose above 50 was March 1998 and the market reached a monthly average high in May then abruptly fell to a bottom of 7713 in September 1998. It then rose to a peak in December 1999 with the sunspot maximum of 2000. A similar situation is likely this time. The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration estimates a projected rise above 50 in August 2010. The market will likely hit a high point near this time and, then, experience a steep sell-off. It could feel like a “double-dip” recession. The NOAA projects the next sunspot maximum in 2012. This will be the approximate time of the next super market high. (2) The planetary aspects: {-} The Saturn-Uranus zodiacal aspect of late 2008-2010 warns of a financial crisis. The Jupiter-Neptune cycle is primarily an inflation indicator but 4 out of the last 5 conjunctions led to a financial crisis. The last conjunction took place in 2009 and correctly indicated the severe recession. {+} Jupiter-Uranus indicates a low in 2009 but a rise in 2010, followed by crisis in 2013-2015. {-} Jupiter-Neptune correctly pointed to a crisis in 2009 and a lower market in 2010. {-/+} Jupiter-Pluto also points down until mid-2010. {+/-} Jupiter-Saturn indicates an up market in the 1st quarter of 2010 and, then, the beginning of a protracted downward movement. THE ECONOMY AND THE STOCK MARKET continued