Author: Michael Kahn

I wrote a piece for MarketWatch.com saying that the pendulum was about to swing back to hard assets – commodities – after their plunge this year. Of course, I wrote it last week before all heck broke loose Monday and...

An interesting point raised on at least two business shows today.br /br /We all know that the market tanked even though short selling on some 1000 stocks was not allowed. Aside from proving the idea that shorts kill the market...

Today’s Barron’s Online column was written before the bailout bill was rejected but the thesis remained intact. Some banks are not going to implode over the current conditions and some are. Check out this list of the...

If you’re not laughin’ you’re not livin’br /- Carlos Menciabr /br /Just two items, one new and one from a few months ago. You’ll get the dated-ness of the second post when you see the company...

My bologna has a first name, it’s O.S.C.A.R.br /My bologna has a second name, it’s M.A.Y.E.R.br /Oh, I love to eat it every daybr /and if you ask me why I’ll saaaaay……br /- Oscar Mayer bologna...

In January, I ran a chart from the Foundation for the Study of Cycles that predicted where the Dow would go in the first and second quarter. They were pretty much spot on. Here is their latest:br /br /a onblur=”try...

This post is for those of you who appreciate charts and need little explanation.br /br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}”...

Maybe you had to be in the NYC metro area in the 1970s to have seen the first in-your-face TV ads for a local electronics retailer (who later went to the pokey on fraud charges) but that is the vision that comes to me now.br /br...

As we know, 3-month Treasury bill rates went to practically zero this week as people panicked. Check out the gains in interest rates today. Absolutely amazing!br /br /a onblur=”try...

My previous post left me feeling queasy so here is something lighter.br /ulliFrom my new favorite market humorist – market technician Alex Spiriglou:/li/ul”I heard that a lot of the Lehman guys who got bonuses from...