Author: Robert W. Colby

U.S. stock market price indexes opened modestly lower on Friday, turned to the plus side by 9:47 a.m. ET, then suddenly collapsed below the early range and previous day’s low to a lower low by 11:27 a.m. ET. Stocks...

Copper, iPath DJ-UBS Copper TR Sub-Index ETN (JJC) crossed back above its 50-day SMA on 8/8/13, thereby turning systematically neutral (from bearish). Foreign Stocks ETF (EFA) Relative Strength Ratio (EFA/SPY) crossed back above...

Financial (XLF) stock sector ETF Relative Strength Ratio (XLF/SPY) fell below its 50-day SMA on 8/7/13, thereby turning systematically neutral (from bullish). iShares MSCI BRIC Fund (BKF) Relative Strength Ratio (BKF/SPY) fell...

U.S. stock market price indexes opened lower and continued to decline until 11:00 a.m. ET. Prices recovered modestly after that intraday low but still closed lower than the open and lower than the midpoint of the day’s...

NASDAQ 100/S&P 500 Relative Strength Ratio (QQQ/SPY) remains systematically neutral, although its trend appears to be changing in a more bullish direction. QQQ/SPY rose above its highest levels of the past 6 months on...

U.S. stock market price indexes opened lower but soon recovered to close mostly higher. The S&P 500 Composite Index (SPX: 1,709.67) rose 0.16%. Popular price momentum oscillators based on SPX, such as RSI(14) and...

The Dow Theory reconfirmed a Primary Tide Bull Market on 8/1/13, when the Dow-Jones Industrial Average and the Dow-Jones Transportation Average both closed at new price highs. U.S. stock market price indexes opened higher and...

U.S. stock market price indexes opened higher again and rose further to challenge their highs of the month after the Fed’s “Dovish” monetary policy statement at 2:00 p.m. ET. The stock market appeared to...

Agriculture, PowerShares DB Agriculture Fund ETF (DBA) price fell below its lows of the past 3 years on 7/30/13 and remains systematically bearish. Price has been trending down since peaking on 3/4/11. Gold, SPDR Gold Shares ETF...

Agriculture, PowerShares DB Agriculture Fund ETF (DBA) price fell below its lows of the past 3 years on 7/29/13 and remains systematically bearish. Price has been trending down since peaking on 3/4/11. Silver/Gold ETFs Ratio...