Author: Robert W. Colby

By Robert W. Colby, Senior Analyst TraderPlanet.comCritical Test At Hand. Indexes test January lows: Dow Industrials and Transports hold, while S&P and NASDAQ break, based on closes only. Energy, Materials, Consumer Staples,...

By Robert W. Colby, Senior Analyst TraderPlanet.comNo easy bailouts, but stocks seem resilient, for the day. Financial Stock Sector Relative Strength Ratio fell to another new 7-year low. CRB Commodity price index, Crude Oil,...

By Robert W. Colby, Senior Analyst TraderPlanet.com“Reports” create market chaos. Who benefits? S&P 500 broke down below its 2/7/08 low of 1,316.75, but bounced back to close above it. Financial Stock Sector...

By Robert W. Colby, Senior Analyst TraderPlanet.comThe markets remain very selective. Financial Stock Sector Relative Strength Ratio fell to a new 7-week low, confirming an intermediate-term downtrend. NASDAQ Composite Relative...

By Robert W. Colby, Senior Analyst TraderPlanet.com“Extreme selling pressure” on stocks. Energy, Financial, and Materials Stock Sectors prices each fell more than 3% on Friday. U.S. Treasury Bond prices jumped...

By Robert W. Colby, Senior Analyst TraderPlanet.comInflation and Recession are reflected in the stock action. Energy and Materials Stock Sectors’ Relative Strength both rose to new highs, thereby confirming existing...

By Robert W. Colby, Senior Analyst TraderPlanet.comDisappointing action, relative to the news. Market action seemed disappointing relative to the news of the day. The rally quickly stalled out, and eventually stocks gave up all...

By Robert W. Colby, Senior Analyst TraderPlanet.comInflation helps some stocks. Hurts others. Oil, Gold, Wheat, and the CRB commodity price index jumped up to new price highs, again confirming major uptrends. Producer Price...

By Robert W. Colby, Senior Analyst TraderPlanet.comWhipsaws: Break Down. Break Up. The CRB commodity price index jumped up to another new all-time price high, again confirming a major uptrend. Materials Sector Stocks are...

By Robert W. Colby, Senior Analyst TraderPlanet.comNew Weekly ETF Ranks Posted, below Commodity prices rose to another new all-time high. Technology stocks fell to another new low. On Friday, major stock price indexes opened...