Author: Michael Kahn

Over the years, technical analysis has had its tools usurped by quantitative analysis and behavioral finance. But in an ever changing world, assumptions, especially those about tails and linearity, can kill the mechanical...

While Internet software is still OK as I wrote about in today’s column, the real market leaders this month are getting taken out back and shot. How does a 5% haircut in Potash Corp sound? Same for DryShips? And my poor LDK...

According to the media, this morning’s economic news tells us in no uncertain terms that there is no inflation. Check this out:br /br /Main headline from a major financial site – span style=”font-weight:...

If you know what Gann Analysis is, then perhaps this might be funny. A quote from a chat room:br /br /divspanThe Lakers-Jazz game squared out at a Fibonacci 55, 180 degrees in time, at the half.br /br /Maybe not. Actually, Gann...

Let’s get right into the pop culture – name that 1970 band that recorded the title to this blog post.br /br /Anyway, ball of confusion, that’s what the world is today. Go ahead, check the day to day reports in...

Maybe now that Barack has likely sealed the deal, so, too have the bears. Nah.br /br /Actually, I wrote the text for today’s column before noon today, as even with Barron’s Online’s lightening fast publishing...

So much for the greenback bounce. This is still a good trade in my view but no market is letting us play very easily. Stock leaders crashed – for about two days before moving on to new highs. Same for oil. Can gold be far...

Although I don’t know how they got my phone number here in NY, a guy from Bloomberg news in Los Angeles called me today with a battery of election and market questions. Normally, I don’t deal with these...

Oh no!br /br /I just read a news report that the average price of a house in Long Island’s tony Hamptons resort area has finally started to fall. While the “average” price really does not reflect the higher end...

Yesterday’s column was on certain sub-sectors of the retail sector. The conclusion was that there were a few looking strong but in need of pullbacks and a few with potential breakouts pending. I couldn’t really piece...