Author: Robert W. Colby

While Robert W. Colby is on a much deserved vacation until December 12th, we invite you to read his commentary archives posted at: http://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/user/RobertWColby.

Stock Market: Counter-trend bounce. Bullish sentiment. Volume lags. Momentum diverges. On Monday 5/18/09, the S&P 500 ETF (SPY) recovered a normal fraction (a Fibonacci 61.8%) of last week’s loss. The CBOE Put/Call Ratio...

Based on prices as of the close on Friday, May 1, 2009 4-Year Outperformance by the Top 10 Exchange Traded Funds Weekly Rankings of Major Trend Relative Strength My weekly Top 10 ETFs ranked by the Major Trend Relative Strength...

The S&P 500 (857.51) opened lower, tried to recover, but closed further below its high of 875.63 set on 4/17/2009. The S&P 500 also remains below its broken 6-week uptrend line (which is also the lower boundary line of...

Robert W. Colby is on vacation, please feel free to view his commentary archives: http://traderplanet.com/daily/Robert-W–Colby-Stocks/

Stock Market: momentum near zero for the past 2 months.The market appears to have stalled out moderately above the low of November 21st.Sentiment remains Bearish, and the market has been oversold by normal standards.Some see...

Stock Market: flight to safety. Bear trend confirmed again. The Dow Theory reconfirmed a Primary Tide Bear Market on Wednesday when both the Dow-Jones Industrial Average and the Dow-Jones Transportation Average closed below...

by Robert W. Colby, Senior Analyst, TraderPlanet.com Stock Market: DEFLATION ALERT! Crude Oil futures December contract price fell to a new 22-month low of 53.96. CRB index of commodities prices fell to a new 5-year low. iShares...

by Robert W. Colby, Senior Analyst, TraderPlanet.com Stock Market: a clear preference for defensive stocks implies weak business and market outlooks. Financial Stock Sector Relative Strength Ratio (XLF/SPY) has been trending...

by Robert W. Colby, Senior Analyst, TraderPlanet.com Stock Market: abandoned all hope in the final hour. Stocks erased nearly all of their previous day’s gains. Sudden and violent reversals are common in Primary Tide Trend Bear...