Author: Michael Kahn

No, not the stock market but my computer. Old Bucket O’Bolts finally keeled over and I had to run backups today. Most of my stuff was already backed up to an external drive so inconvenience, not catastrophe. By the way, it...

This is a chart of the offense/defense index I have used in Barron’s Online several times over the years. Credit for Boris Simonder for creating the idea that I have copied using these ETFs.Anyway, this week in Quick Takes...

No, not Bill O’Reilly.Like Keith Olberman talking up Obama or Sean Hannity talking up Bush, mutual fund managers are applying maximum spin to get the public to part with their cash. I love it when one quotes the...

Ronald Reagan once said, “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help.’

I will admit that I did not expect quite this much of a bounce in today’s session (Dow is up 152 as I write) but I did expect the market would indeed react to oversold conditions. Here is one of the charts from...

This is itMake no mistake where you areThis is itYour back’s to the cornerThis is itDon’t be a fool anymoreThis is itThe waiting is overNo room to runNo way to hideNo time for wondering whyIt’s here- Kenny...

Today’s column covered pending breakdowns in the homebuilders and declining trends in the mortgage finance sector. I wanted to give Fannie and Freddie a quick mention as being part of the mo fi sector’s decline but...

The Market Technicians Association Educational Foundation (MTAEF) auctioned off lunch with a host of famous and not-so famous technical analysts on eBay. Here is a screen capture from Bloomberg:You’ll have to click it to...

This chart has more than just Wednesday’s bearish reversal to show. It has four reversals of prior technical signals within the span of two weeks. Is it any wonder nobody is getting it right?This is not how it worked just...

Will it never end? How many times will Chase – due to their mistakes – charge me more fees? Why have I dragged my feet leaving? Perhaps because it is a hassle to transfer all automatic deposts and automatic debits to...