Author: Michael Kahn

In my Barron’s column I talk about upside targets based on the May trading ranges. Well, the Nasdaq hit its target intraday Thursday.Perhaps never shorting a dull market can mean don’t waste your time because we...

This is a follow-up post to one from January on the same topic.http://quicktakespro.blogspot.com/2009/01/golden-cross.htmlThe Golden Cross is a trend following technique that gets you long when the 50-day exponential moving...

While I still clash a bit with my editor on some headline issues, when I sent the article in today the Dow was still down 90 (before closing down only 24) Therefore, the tight range, low volume affair we’ve had for the...

This chart was posted in a chat room but the trendline was poorly drawn. After scolding the poster about it, I though I should tell my blogees about it with my better-drawn trendline..What this shows is a line that supported...

Well, gang, it happened. I had my first sighting of premium gasoline top 3 bucks at the pump this morning with a 30 cent spread over regular. Any wonder why I remain positive on oil and oil stocks?Today’s column was on...

Here is a site that puts out a decent explanation of the Coppock Curve....

Some disjointed observation at this show for registered investment advisors1 – Put a wig on one of the guys here and he is Bernie Madoff.  Omen?2- I heard from a connected soul that he could tell who was a broker....

I am far from a yield curve expert but it did seem that the flat and inverted curves we saw did indeed forecast the recession. And now, we hear that the curve is at a record spread from short to long end. Is that really true?I...

I am off to the Insite 2009 (Pershing) conference for registered investment advisors in thunder-stormy Ft. Lauderdale. I look forward to posting some observations on the state of that industry and the psyche of their clients....

OK, here is my take on the now abused Coppock Curve. First, a definition:The indicator is designed for use on a monthly time scale. It’s the sum of a 14-month rate of change and 11-month rate of change, smoothed by a...