Author: Michael Kahn

What’s going on? – Marvin Gaye The wave is spreading across the middle east. It started in North Africa with Tunisia, spread to Eqypt. Then it detoured to Yemen and now it is in Jordan. While Jordan’s...

Sorry for not posting for a few days but the weekly foot of new snow around here put a big crimp in the schedule. Aside from another Nobel prize winner getting jailed (El Baradei in Egypt after Liu in China), the big story...

Today’s Barron’s Online column talked about the decline of shipping stocks and the Baltic Dry Index (BDI), which keeps tabs on how much it costs to hire those mega-behemoth tanker ships.  The theory is that...

I’m walking the line here as I try to keep this blog non-political.  But I love stealing from Charles Payne of Fox Biz and Wall Street Strategies and here is his latest: The GINI co-efficient is a measure of the...

While the remaining two AFC contenders prepare to do battle, fittingly in Heinz* field, this is a post about hamburgers and hot dogs. Tailgating at its best. This is a chart of the livestock ETN, lovingly named COW, probably...

Bombs away But we’re O.K. Bombs away In old Bombay -The Police, Bombs Away (1980) Today’s column is a follow-up to Monday’s. On that day, I noted that news bombs were falling on the retail sector and that it...

Just enjoying the view from the ground (and not in a cramped Delta seat). This was a “Chart of the Day” email last week. If you do not get it, why not? It’s free.  Sign-up in the box to the right...

The late Mike Epstein’s musings, as told by Mike Carr.  Mike E. pointed to the overall economy as the reason the Super Bowl indicator works. Old NFL teams, such as the Chicago Bears, Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland...

Found this on Seeking Alpha from Prieur du Plessis:China may end up owning us but they don’t own us...

Not that it made me or anyone any money but today’s news that drove Apple down – Steve Jobs’ health – has not been a secret. In fact, check out my blog post from Oct 19. Clearly not valuable to trade but...