Author: Michael Kahn

In the old Quick Takes format, here is why I think the 10-year is going to 4% in no time on its way to a real...

And any fool knows a dog needs a home, a shelter from pigs on the wing. – Pigs on the Wing (part 2), Pink Floyd “When pigs fly” is an idioms used to indicate that something is highly unlikely ever to happen, or...

This morning, I re-posted an article in the NY Times (link is in the Facebook scroll to the right on this page) talking about the proposed takeover of the New York Stock Exchange by the Deutsche Börse (German Stock...

Much like Nixon’s self-delusion of the 1970s, it gives our leaders a gimmick to help them ignore reality and make believe they’re actually doing something useful. They keep telling you to focus your mind on the...

Well we know where we’re goin’ But we don’t know where we’ve been And we know what we’re knowin’ But we can’t say what we’ve seen And we’re not little children And we know...

This might get lost in the shuffle as it will be posted at the bottom of my Barron’s Online column:Starting Thursday, Feb. 10th, this column will be available to subscribers only. If you aren’t already a subscriber...

Late last month, I presented several weekly charts of commodities here and called it Food Inflation. This is just to follow up on those charts:corn –  still rising and not overbought wheat – still rising and not...

Readers know I lapse into the sarcastic quite a bit. Here is an excerpt from this morning’s edition of Quick Takes Pro (Extra snark alert – Why have you not taken a free trial yet? It’s free, hence the name,...

Are they smiling or drunk on liquidity? Look at this chart:That is a breakout! Not to mention a golden cross is just about in place. This follows breakouts in several of its PIIGSy pals. Crisis over! Who wants to by a...

I’ve been writing a lot in my column that the transportation sector is not helping the stock market. In fact, it is falling as the broad market rallies and that should have Dow Theorists up in arms. Here is Paccar (the...