Author: Robert W. Colby

By Robert W. Colby, Senior Analyst TraderPlanet.comExtreme Weakness…Near Panic Conditions…Selling Climax?Short-term stock market price and breadth momentum plunged. S&P 500 hit a new five-week low in heavy...

By Robert W. Colby, Senior Analyst TraderPlanet.com”Significant Selling Pressure on Stocks”VIX “Fear Index” pops up. An overdue correction–here at last? Foreign Stocks hit hardest. Short-term...

By Robert W. Colby, Senior Analyst TraderPlanet.comStocks fall on rising volume. Bonds falling steeply. Utilities breaking down. U.S. dollar weakening. On Tuesday, the Advance-Decline balance was very Bearish on both the NYSE...

By Robert W. Colby, Senior Analyst TraderPlanet.comOil stocks soar, U.S. Dollar Breaks Down, Inflation Expectations Are RisingStocks rise slightly on shrinking volume. The ratio of the price of bond TIPS to 10-year U.S. Treasury...

By Robert W. Colby, Senior Analyst TraderPlanet.comExhaustion for this short-term upmove? Dow Theory Confirms Bull Market, But Momentum Does Not. Mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, and corporate stock buybacks remain...

By Robert W. Colby, Senior Analyst TraderPlanet.comNew Closing Highs for Some Cap-Weighted Indexes, While Other Indexes LagMergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, and corporate stock buybacks are major Bullish drivers of...

By Robert W. Colby, Senior Analyst TraderPlanet.com“M&A reports and speculation captured attention in early trading” but it didn’t last Stock market momentum failing. Volume weak. Bonds breaking down. But...

By Robert W. Colby, Senior Analyst TraderPlanet.com”Very Little Enthusiasm For The Rally Attempt”U.S. stock markets will be closed on Monday 5/28/07 for Memorial Day national holiday. On Friday, major U.S. stock...

By Robert W. Colby, Senior Analyst TraderPlanet.comS&P 500 breaks its 10-week uptrend On Thursday, major U.S. stock price indexes opened higher and rallied until about 10:10 a.m. About that time, prices turned down and...

By Robert W. Colby, Senior Analyst TraderPlanet.comBond Market Breaks Down to Nine-Month LowOn Wednesday, major U.S. stock price indexes gapped higher and rallied until about 10:05 a.m. The market tried to start another rally...