"Let's face it. Traders in the stocks, futures, options, or FOREX markets are dead meat if they aren't profiting from the astro-trading advantage!" That's what Tim Bost, editor of FinancialCyclesWeekly.com newsletter and author of Mercury, Money and the Markets, says it takes to survive in today's increasingly treacherous trading environment. "I've been working with planetary factors in market timing for over a quarter of a century," he says, "and I've never seen the odds stacked against individual traders more than they are now. To compete with market manipulation on a massive scale and the onslaught of high-frequency trading robots, you've got to have market timing tools that give you the agility and tactical superiority of a trading guerrilla. "That's what astro-trading is all about, and that's the focus in Mercury, Money and the Markets. It's aimed at short-term swing traders who want to level the playing field with high-precision, back-tested timing methods that most market players haven't even heard about!" In Mercury, Money and the Markets, Bost reveals the impact of Mercury cycles on price trends and reversals in equities, precious metals, and international markets on 5 continents. He also provides detailed analysis of 30 major blue-chip stocks, showing the individual idiosyncrasies in their responses to repeating Mercury cycles. With dozens of charts and examples throughout the book, he makes a compelling case for the importance of this often-overlooked component of financial astrology, elevating it to a new level as a powerful market timing tool that can make the difference between disaster and success in high-pressure trading. But Tim Bost doesn't stop there. He understands that effective trading involves more than just knowledge of the markets and correct analysis of trading opportunities-- it also requires sufficient self-awareness to be able to maintain emotional equanimity under fire. So he adds plenty of unique information here about how astro-traders can use Mercury to better understand their personal horoscopes, gaining higher degrees of trading confidence. It's a perspective unavailable from any other source. Because he's a pioneering astrological researcher as well as an active trader and trading coach, Tim Bost has uncovered significant planetary dynamics to take this advanced astro-trading sourcebook far beyond the common material found in most books on stock market astrology. It includes transneptunian factors, 90-degree dial analysis, nontraditional planetary angles and a great deal more. And it features tips on deciphering the trading code in W. D. Gann's strangest book, the role of Mercury in First-Trade horoscope analysis, and the money-making truth about the times when Mercury is retrograde. Mercury, Money and the Markets is also a book with lots of charm and intelligence. Bost is an excellent storyteller, so he makes the effects of Mercury come alive with examples from business, the markets, and personal experience. He also contributes his scholarly skill to this book, dipping back into the myths of antiquity to revive an ancient esoteric text that has surprising effectiveness in precisely timing trades today! This is a book to read and enjoy, and a valuable text filled with big payoffs for the active short-term trader. But it's also a book that you'll come back to again and again, since it features a unique cross-indexed Mercury Station Ephemeris that spans 201 years. In other words, while it's packed with energy and information you can use today for immediate profit, it has a long shelf life, too! If you're an astrologer looking for a way to make money, this may not be the book for you, since it's loaded with brass-tacks, down-to-earth insights about what it actually takes to profit from astro-trading. It will stretch your awareness well past the limits of what you thought astrology was all about. But if you're a trader who needs an extra edge, then run, don't w

This volume documents recent efforts to track the transformation and trajectory of silver during the early modern period, from its origins in ores located on either side of the Atlantic to its use as currency in the financial centres of continental Europe. As a point of comparison, copper mining and its monetary use in the early modern Atlantic World will also be considered. Contributors rely mainly on economic and economic history methodologies, complemented by geographical and cultural history approaches. The use of novel software applications as tools to explain economic-historical episodes is also detailed.

One morning in 2000, Dr. Jane Hightower walked into her exam room to find a patient with disturbing symptoms she couldn’t explain. The woman was nauseated, tired, and had difficulty concentrating, but a litany of tests revealed no apparent cause. She was not alone. Dr. Hightower saw numerous patients with similar, inexplicable ailments, and eventually learned that there were many more around the nation and the world. They had little in common—except a healthy appetite for certain fish. Dr. Hightower’s quest for answers led her to mercury, a poison that has been plaguing victims for centuries and is now showing up in seafood. But this “explanation” opened a Pandora’s Box of thornier questions. Why did some fish from supermarkets and restaurants contain such high levels of a powerful poison? Why did the FDA base its recommendations for “safe” mercury consumption on data supplied by Saddam Hussein’s Ba’athist extremists? And why wasn’t the government warning its citizens? In Diagnosis: Mercury, Dr. Hightower retraces her investigation into the modern prevalence of mercury poisoning, revealing how political calculations, dubious studies, and industry lobbyists endanger our health. While mercury is a naturally occurring element, she learns there’s much that is unnatural about this poison’s prevalence in our seafood. Mercury is pumped into the air by coal-fired power plants and settles in our rivers and oceans, and has been dumped into our waterways by industry. It accumulates in the fish we eat, and ultimately in our own bodies. Yet government agencies and lawmakers have been slow to regulate pollution or even alert consumers. Why? The trail of evidence leads to Canada, Japan, Iraq, and various U.S. institutions, and as Dr. Hightower puts the pieces together, she discovers questionable connections between ostensibly objective researchers and industries that fear regulation and bad press. Her tenacious inquiry sheds light on a system in which, too often, money trumps good science and responsible government. Exposing a threat that few recognize but that touches many, Diagnosis: Mercury should be required reading for everyone who cares about their health.

May you sell your vote? May you sell your kidney? May gay men pay surrogates to bear them children? May spouses pay each other to watch the kids, do the dishes, or have sex? Should we allow the rich to genetically engineer gifted, beautiful children? Should we allow betting markets on terrorist attacks and natural disasters? Most people shudder at the thought. To put some goods and services for sale offends human dignity. If everything is commodified, then nothing is sacred. The market corrodes our character. Or so most people say. In Markets without Limits, Jason Brennan and Peter Jaworski give markets a fair hearing. The market does not introduce wrongness where there was not any previously. Thus, the authors claim, the question of what rightfully may be bought and sold has a simple answer: if you may do it for free, you may do it for money. Contrary to the conservative consensus, they claim there are no inherent limits to what can be bought and sold, but only restrictions on how we buy and sell.

Look to the stars for a whole new approach to market cycle forecasting A Trader's Guide to Financial Astrology is the definitive guide to trading market cycles based on astrological data. Written by a highly-respected technical analyst, this book makes the connection between the movements of planets and the volatility of the market. Readers can draw upon one hundred years of historical data as they learn how to spot correlations from the past, and refer to planetary and lunar data for the next five years as they shape their own strategy. The book covers the principles of astrological forecasting as applied to the financial markets, explaining what to watch for and how to interpret planetary and lunar activity, plus expert insight on everyday practical application. A study by the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta determined that the U.S. stock markets tend to be negatively affected by geomagnetic storms, and the Royal Bank of Scotland demonstrated that a trading system based on the phases of the moon would have outperformed the market. A Trader's Guide to Financial Astrology shows traders how to tap into the planetary forces that influence market activity. Readers will: Learn how planetary and lunar movements relate to the financial markets Draw upon 100 years of historic correlations and five years of forecast data Forecast long-term and short-term activity based on planetary relationships and lunar movement Enter the markets at key turning points, using price patterns and other tools When integrated with technical trading patterns, astrology can be an effective way of shifting perspective and approaching the market differently. For traders who have always wanted to know what to do when Mercury is in retrograde or the moon is new, A Trader's Guide to Financial Astrology provides information and insight from a leading market educator.