Author: Michael Kahn

Take your pick – gold, dollar, T-bonds – they all were ready for some sort of reality check. The problem with this is that the stock market ended higher Friday, shrugging off the biggest dollar jump in months....

Who is the dog and who is the tail? Of course, that changes all the time but right now I think the bond market is emerging as the dog, taking over from the dollar. Yesterday’s column (sorry, I was distracted yesterday and...

Hmmm. Alternative energy ETFs are looking like they want to break out from big triangle patterns. And then there’s Maude, er, BioFuel Energy Corp.This is a weekly chart but do you see anything interesting? How about peer...

No doubt, you’ve all read countless news and opinion stories about how Dubai does or does not matter to your portfolio. In today’s column, I talk a bit about how it does matter but not quite now. Basically, I suggest...

It’s started already. Just a little humor to start the week from the MarketWatch community boards:From “Jofish””It’s not all bad. I have a friend who sells DVDs in the Middle East. He says...

We all know by now that the world did not end Friday when the USA reopened for trading. It seemed that Dubai was one of those “everyone knows it” news items and since there is still such a call for a correction it...

I have been reading the posts of others concerning the latest attempt from our leaders to tax financial markets transactions. Of course, everyone in this business is against it with the usual reasons that it will drive the...

When I knew I needed to replace my old Dell pc I had two choices – stick with the evil empire (microsoft) or try a Mac. My older kids have Macs and they love them so why not me? Yes, I knew some of my apps would not run...

Just a quickie after hearing about this for the umpteenth (look it up) time on financial news. The fact that almost everyone is talking about how crowded the gold trade is makes me think it is not crowded at all. If you thought...

I found this in a LinkedIn group posting by Derrick Bemis, Data Analyst at Bondtrac.”10 years ago we repealed Glass Steagall Act of 1933. It was said that we learned from our mistakes. We were told we had figured it out...