Author: Robert W. Colby

By Robert W. Colby, Senior Analyst TraderPlanet.comHopes for some kind of a rescue. The weakest stocks enjoyed the biggest bounces on the Fed liquidity news. Health Care Stock Sector Relative Strength Ratio fell to a new 4-month...

By Robert W. Colby, Senior Analyst TraderPlanet.comCash is king.Commodities, Oil, Gold, Energy stocks and Materials stocks broke sharply to the downside following warnings by Wall Street strategists. Fears of financial crisis...

By Robert W. Colby, Senior Analyst TraderPlanet.comEvery trend has counter-trend corrections. Hopes of easing monetary policy pushed aside fears of financial crisis. Oversold bounces have been common but temporary. Sentiment has...

By Robert W. Colby, Senior Analyst TraderPlanet.comSome resilience noted, but the Main Trend is still down. Financial Stock Sector absolute price and the XLF/SPY Relative Strength Ratio both fell to their lowest levels in nearly...

By Robert W. Colby, Senior Analyst TraderPlanet.comBuckle Up for a Selling Climax News of the collapse of Bear Stearns is no surprise, since the stock has been on my list, Bearish Stocks: Falling Price and Rising Volume (below)....

By Robert W. Colby, Senior Analyst TraderPlanet.comManufactured News Disrupts Trends—But Only Temporarily. Stocks were falling, but reversed abruptly on “good news”–AGAIN. CRB, Oil, and Gold rose to new all-time highs. The...

By Robert W. Colby, Senior Analyst TraderPlanet.comWhat happened to the short-term stock bounce? Overwhelmed by major trends. The “good news” stock rally faded away after a day and a half. U.S. Treasury Bond prices jumped up...

By Robert W. Colby, Senior Analyst TraderPlanet.comThe Fed to the rescue…dvu.Be nimble. Be quick. Down 8 of the 9 trading days, many will say the market was oversold–and it was. An oversold market can have extreme...

By Robert W. Colby, Senior Analyst TraderPlanet.comBearish Sentiment Increasing. The Bear count typically goes up as stocks go down, and this is no exception. Down 8 of the past 9 trading days, some might say the market is...

By Robert W. Colby, Senior Analyst TraderPlanet.comBear Trend Confirmed…but… Down 7 of the past 8 trading days, some might say the market is getting oversold. But then again, sentiment never really reached levels associated with...