Author: Michael Kahn

In the last post, someone commented on the apparent huge double top in the S$P 500, affectionately known as “Spoos” for the September futures symbol SPU. I will resist digressing into some of the other tradable names...

It seems that everyone fancies him/herself as a contrarian these days. But what does that really mean?br /br /Contrarian thinking doesn’t just mean doing the opposite of the next guy (sorry, no more gender recognition). It...

Contrarians tell us that when everybody piles on to one side of a trade it is time to go the other way. The “boat” of the market listed way to the bearish side yesterday morning and it was no wonder – the news...

I really hope my colleague David Waggoner is wrong but so far his Elliott Wave mapping of the stock market has been spot on. Here is an excerpt from his current report sent to his subscribers at a...

In today’s regular Friday morning investment meeting, my mutual fund management partners and I discussed how to educate long-term investors and manage expectations (a...

Once again, I am in the uncomfortable position of having my latest column written before the stock market tumbled this morning and published after the afternoon wipeout. Not only that, the editing process missed some of the...

Back in the 80s, I found a casual/beach clothing line called Maui and Son. Every piece they sold had the phrase – in a cartoon strip style dialog bubble – “Did you get the color I sent?” I suppose it was...

No, I am not talking about November and the start of the seasonal sweet spot for equities. Although, selling in May and going away – far away – sure would have been the right move.br /br /I am talking about the...

Perhaps Carl Swenlin and I think alike and I will take that as a compliment. This afternoon, he published one of his periodic articles on his site, the data packed DecisionPoint.com, showing his long, long-term historical view...

I keep coming back to this topic (not on the blog – yet) but gold coins are in short supply while the price of gold futures languishes. This seems too strange to be true but apparently it is. You can buy all the gold you...