Author: Michael Kahn

OK, I’m an American Idol fan. Otherwise, I have no business calling anyone “dawg.”Anyway, the keeping it real part is like this: About two weeks ago, I started to get a feeling (from the charts) that the market...

A friend of mine, who must remain anonymous due to his compliance requirements, builds furniture as a hobby. Years ago he told me that he could use carpenter activity as a market indicator. Here is what he sent me...

What? Where are the bears? The stock market fell 4 of 5 days before today and I say there are no bears?br /br /If you take a look at volume you will see it lower than average and for the Nasdaq still falling. That’s no way...

Last week, I lamented going 0-4 in the NFL wild card games. All the teams I either wanted to win or thought would win lost. Its a good thing I don’t bet on this stuff!br /br /And then there is this weekend. Through the...

I just got an email from Vinny Catalano (vinnycatalano.blogspot.com) and stole his subject line for this blog post. He writes about the porn industry now asking for a bailout. Of source, its a stunt but if porn – a...

In today’s column, I mentioned briefly that the $1.2 Trillion (with a T as in Turkey) budget deficit reported today was without the recent stimulus and bailouts factored in. Read on.br /br /SFO Magazine ran some analysis...

Someone sent me an email with all sorts of links to reliable sources saying that the best cars in the world are made right here in the US of A. For you readers not living here, please indulge we Yanks on this one as it is a...

Here is a something I read somewhere – presented in first person just so you can get inside this person’s head. I took some artistic liberties with it, too.br /br /What recession? I’ve been in recession for a...

There will be no more blog posts from me in 2008 as I am just plain tired of the year. Here’s to a better 2009 for all of us! br /br /I’ll see you all back here Friday although I will be writing my final...

Some wisdom from around the technical analysis and related world.br /br /When is comes to securities, volatility in the divisor is a time bomb.br /—John Bollinger, CFA, CMTbr /br /Indicator drift is just part of the...