Author: Robert W. Colby

Financial stock sector ETF (XLF) Relative Strength Ratio (XLF/SPY) crossed below its 50-day SMA on 4/8/14, thereby turning systematically bearish (from neutral). Technology stock sector ETF (XLK) absolute price crossed above its...

Stock Price Downtrend Confirmed By Rising Volume U.S. dollar ETF (UUP) turned systematically bearish (from neutral) on 4/7/14 by crossing below its 50-day SMA. Technology stock sector ETF (XLK) absolute price crossed below its...

Crude Oil, United States Oil ETF (USO) price 50-day SMA is rising and nearing the 200-day SMA, and a bullish crossover appears likely so long as price stays firm or rises in days ahead. The S&P Mid Cap 400/Large Cap Relative...

The U.S. dollar ETF (UUP) turned systematically neutral (from bearish) on 4/3/14 by crossing above its 50-day SMA. From a longer-term perspective, UUP price has whipsawed around its 50-day SMA for many months but still has...

Technology stock sector ETF (XLK) Relative Strength Ratio (XLK/SPY) crossed below its 50-day SMA on 4/2/14, thereby turning systematically neutral (from bullish). XLK has underperformed SPY most of the time since 4/10/12. The...

The S&P 500 Composite Index (SPX: 1,885.52, up 0.70%) absolute price opened higher on an upside gap and rose further to a fractional new all-time intraday high at 10:37 am ET. By noon, SPX had surrendered most of its early...

The S&P 500 Composite Index (SPX: 1,872.34, up 0.79%) absolute price opened above the highs of the previous 2 trading days on Monday and rose further to a peak at 12:35 pm ET. Stock prices spent the remainder of the day...

Bond, iShares Barclays 20+ Year U.S. Treasury ETF (TLT) price broke out to its highest level in nearly 9 months on 3/27/14 and is now systematically bullish. The S&P 500 Composite Index (SPX: 1,857.62, up 0.46%) absolute...

Technology stock sector ETF (XLK) Relative Strength Ratio (XLK/SPY) crossed back down below its 50-day SMA on 3/27/14, thereby turning systematically neutral (from bullish). The Largest Cap S&P 100/S&P 500 Relative...

The Small Cap Russell 2000 Index/Large Cap Relative Strength Ratio (IWM/SPY) crossed below its 50-day SMA on 3/25/14, thereby turning systematically neutral (from bullish). The S&P 500 Composite Index (SPX: 1,865.62, up...