Author: Michael Kahn

Yes, once again a private equity firm is ready to sell shares to the public. This time, it is the Apollo Group and I am not the only one to notice. Here is a chart to put things into perspective.Everyone thinks that this marks...

OK, the headline is a bit sensational but the article cited below proves to me that investing as we know it is over. Remember, I blogged that stock trading jumped the shark a few months ago when football coach Jimmy Johnson was...

Some charts just speak for themselves and this one is the wet blanket on today’s rally.Yes, volume for the NYSE was stinky again – old news. This chart of the banking ETF shows money still fleeing, a broken trendline...

I am still on the road but here are a few observations from the American Association of Individual Investors conference.1- Lunch keynote Mike Santoli (Barrons) said the Fed’s mission now is to dampen volatility, not keep...

Vacation is really a misnomer. This is more like a re-location but I’ll be in Orlando starting this evening. Friday, I am speaking at the AAII conference and doing the requisite Barron’s related schmoozing.Otherwise,...

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — The dollar weakened Monday, pushing an index of the greenback to the lowest in 15 months, after a weekend meeting of Group of 20 policy makers offered no support for the U.S. unit.Why would other...

This is a chart we’ve been watching in Quick Takes Pro. If you have any faith left in technical analysis than a channel breakdown with falling-volume retracement should mean something.chart printed at 1pm NYT...

There was an interesting discussion this week in a technical analysis chat room. First, read this quote from a post by Philip J. McDonnell.”There is a large hole in the Sun’s Corona which is emitting solar wind in...

The dollar has actually had a trendline breakout in recent days and after pausing for a bit it had its rally cap on Tuesday. It did not last. And today when Ben and Co. said they were going to hold rates for the next 137 years...

This chart really does not need much in the way of captions.The key semiconductor index has very clearly broken down and is underperforming in a down market. That means it is falling more than the S&P 500 and that is not...