Author: Robert W. Colby

Agriculture, PowerShares DB Agriculture Fund ETF (DBA) fell below its lows of the previous 5 months on 12/20/12. Gold, SPDR Gold Shares ETF (GLD) price fell below its lows of the previous 4 months. GLD turned systematically...

The S&P 500 (SPX: 1,435.81 ) fell 10.98 points or 0.76% on Wednesday. The S&P 500 ETF (SPY) formed a Dark Cloud Cover Bearish Reversal Candlestick Pattern: in a multi-day uptrend, a long white candle is followed by a...

The S&P 500 (SPX: 1,446.79) rose 16.43 points or 1.15% on Tuesday, to its highest level in more than 8 weeks. The Dow-Jones Transportation Average rose above its September-October highs, but the Dow-Jones Industrial Average...

Monday was a day of hope, and stocks recovered what they lost on Thursday and Friday last week, when fear dominated the headlines. The S&P 500 (SPX: 1,430.36) rose 16.78 points or 1.19% on Monday. The S&P 500 whipsawed...

The S&P 500 (SPX: 1,413.58) fell 5.87 points or 0.41% on Friday. For the week as a whole, SPX declined 0.32%. The S&P 500 fell below its lows of the previous 4 trading days, fell below its declining 50-day SMA now...

“The speaker’s tone — and a hostile White House response — raised the level of pessimism that a wide-ranging agreement could be reached quickly to head off hundreds of billions of dollars in automatic tax...

The S&P 500 (SPX: 1,428.48) rose 0.64 points or 0.04% on Wednesday. The Dow Industrials and Transportation Averages both closed lower, as did the Nasdaq Composite, Russell 2000, and Advance-Decline Line. SPX jumped up on...

The S&P 500 (SPX: 1,427.84) rose 9.29 points or 0.65% on Tuesday. NYSE trading volume rose 6% on Tuesday to a level that was 11% below its 200-day SMA. Low volume indicates tepid demand for stocks. SPX rose further above its...