Author: Robert W. Colby

by Robert W. Colby, Senior Analyst, TraderPlanet.com Stock Market: creating uncertainty and unease for investors. Although strong action may seem necessary, nevertheless, government intervention into markets and privately-owned...

by Robert W. Colby, Senior Analyst, TraderPlanet.comStock Market: extraordinary risks. Consider yourself forewarned. The government of Iceland seized major banks and closed the stock exchange. If this kind of action spreads to...

by Robert W. Colby, Senior Analyst, TraderPlanet.comStock Market: the worst 6-day period since the Crash of ’87. S&P 500 fell 15.55% over the past 6 trading days–down every day. S&P 500 has now retraced 75% of...

by Robert W. Colby, Senior Analyst, TraderPlanet.comStock Market: well-established trends continue. There is no change in my analysis. Shock and Fear rule the markets at this time. All significant trends remain Bearish. It...

by Robert W. Colby, Senior Analyst, TraderPlanet.comStock Market:Shock and Fear Goes Global…Foreign stocks markets suffer biggest one-day drops–EVER. The situation is normal. There is nothing new under the sun. Bull...

by Robert W. Colby, Senior Analyst, TraderPlanet.comStock Market: Primary Tide Bear Market reconfirmed. Both the Dow-Jones Industrial Average and the Dow-Jones Transportation Average closed below their lowest closing prices...

by Robert W. Colby, Senior Analyst, TraderPlanet.comStock Market: Shock and Fear. The Cumulative Daily Advance-Decline Lines for the NYSE and for the NASDAQ both fell to new 22-month lows, confirming that the major breadth...

by Robert W. Colby, Senior Analyst, TraderPlanet.comStock Market: nervously waiting for news of a rescue. Growth Stock/Value Stock Relative Strength Ratio fell to a new 6-month low. iShares Lehman TIPS Bond (TIP) ETF absolute...

by Robert W. Colby, Senior Analyst, TraderPlanet.comStock Market: prices recovered a normal fraction of Monday’s steep loss. But volume fell. Big directional price moves are typically followed by reactions in the opposite...

by Robert W. Colby, Senior Analyst, TraderPlanet.comStock market:a flight to safety… with the look of a selling climax. The Fear Index, VIX, broke out to a new all-time high. A selling climax does not necessarily mark the end of...