Author: Michael Kahn

So I’ve been at the Money Show in Orlando where thousands literally) of investors are cruising around a hu-mon-gous hotel and conventions center, The Gaylord Palms hotel gets better every year I am here. Today’s I...

In case you have been living under a rock, or are over 60, you are well aware of the latest “thing” keeping your kids from doing their homework or going outside to play. Social networking sites like FaceBook,...

Over the years, I have written about hundreds of stocks, dozens of sectors, all asset classes and just about all of the most commonly used technical indicators. After all, I have been writing “Getting Technical” for...

As you can see on the right, the results of the reader poll are in. The majority category was “pogo stick” meaning lots of volatility with no real trend over the next six months.The middle two were a little and a lot...

There is one day left in the little market opinion poll I have set up on the right of this page. So far, it looks like there is no real overweight of opinion on any of the choices although the pogo stick answer does have a clear...

In early December, I put out a framework for the Dow reaching 10,000 before rolling over for its next death dive. http://quicktakespro.blogspot.com/2008/12/bear-market-rally-framework.htmlWell, this month it got to 9000 before...

Yeah, I just said what everyone already thinks – I mean knows. Among several, I have a Washington Mutual card – actually it is a debit card – and now that the beast known as JPMorgan Chase & Co. has eaten...

In Financial Advisor magazine interview, Vanguard’s Fran Kinniry raised a very interesting point about what investors are likely to see in their portfolios. Here’s an excerpt:”What’s happened is that the...

Here are a few chat room posts (all from the same place) that make you go “OMG!”From UK trader Trevor Neil. This is sourced to JP Morgan and found on Bloomberg.Kind of reminds me of a planetary model where a million...

Hey, I thought “money in the bank” was an expression of something being solid and reliable. “It’s like money in the bank,” they say. Judging by the performances of major banks on Wall Street it...