Author: Michael Kahn

Many of you are familiar with the Kondratieff or Long Wave. It is based on an economic cycle of roughly 50-60 years. Here is an observation from Eric Von Baranov of the Kondratyev Theory Letters (yes, there are as many spellings...

Warning! Philosophical blog post. Read at your own risk (no politics, however) I went out Saturday night with my wife and a couple we have not seen in many months even though they live around the corner. After a rather good meal...

There are times – far more than I’d like – when I get it wrong. It happens, I learn, I move on.  Anyone who says they get it right all the time is a liar. But this week I did get it right and made zero...

Turnin’, turnin’ love keeps a-burnin’ like a fire in my heart when we’re apart, but when we’re back together, you keep changin’ like the weather. Whoops! Now up and down like a yo-yo. Just...

Apparently, there was a kerfuffle in the health care sector.

Today’s column is on the Chinese stock market and as they said about the country, the giant awakened from its slumbers on the charts. Yes, things are a bit overheated short-term. And yes, some of the leaders, like Baidu,...

I belong to Costco and never got around to getting off their email list. Look what they sent me today:For a mere 35 benjamins, you can keep your family of four alive in your Montana cabin while the country descends into chaos....

Today’s action exposes the major flaw in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, other than it really being about half industrial stocks. The Dow is price weighted and that means the higher the stock price the more influence it...

That’s basically what the technical analyst’s Satan said. He thinks that just because the masses cannot time the market that it cannot be done. Considering there are a little more than 1000 CMTs (chartered market...

Verizon users may get their wish. I know that my son – an Apple phreak – is the only member of the family on AT&T and would be a whole lot cheaper if he could join our Verizon family plan. Check this graphic out...