Author: Robert W. Colby

By Robert W. Colby, Senior Analyst TraderPlanet.comNASDAQ Advance-Decline Line Hits New 3-Month Low New Lows > New Highs on the NYSE Foreign Stocks outperformed, with Relative Strength at another new seven-week high, as U.S....

By Robert W. Colby, Senior Analyst TraderPlanet.comInflation expectations are clearly rising. Materials sector is relatively strong: relative strength made a new high. Industrial sector made a new 2007 relative high. Utilities,...

By Robert W. Colby, Senior Analyst TraderPlanet.comForeign Stocks sharply outperformed. Energy and Materials sectors remain strong, continuing Bullish trends. Consumer, Financial, and Health Care sectors remain very weak,...

By Robert W. Colby, Senior Analyst TraderPlanet.comStock prices fell steeply in heavy trading. Too many Bulls, according to the Art of Contrary Opinion. Utilities, Financial, and Health Care sectors were very weak, continuing...

By Robert W. Colby, Senior Analyst TraderPlanet.comSmall Caps Turn UpwardSmall Caps sharply outperform Large Caps and signal a short-term uptrend. Energy stocks make new high. Materials, Industrial, and Technology are strong....

By Robert W. Colby, Senior Analyst TraderPlanet.comSplit Market Requires Care with Stock SelectionFinancial, Consumer Staples, and Health Care sectors are sharply underperforming. Value beats Growth. Large Cap beats Small Cap....

By Robert W. Colby, Senior Analyst TraderPlanet.comStocks Show ResilienceBulls take back control. Some short-term momentum oscillators now show a rising trend. U.S. dollar rising. Japanese yen falling. Foreign stocks lagging....

By Robert W. Colby, Senior Analyst TraderPlanet.comBearish Bonds Break Badly. New three-year price low, the lowest since June, 2004. Inflation expectations are in a rising trend. Stocks falling on heavier volume means that the...

By Robert W. Colby, Senior Analyst TraderPlanet.comRally attempt fizzled. Consolidating. Disarray. Bounce lacks power. Bond prices fell further. Inflation expectations are in a rising trend. Short-term stock market momentum...

By Robert W. Colby, Senior Analyst TraderPlanet.comNormal bounce, but “tough bottom testing may lie ahead.” Short-term stock market price and breadth momentum are in disarray and “need work”. The VIX...