Author: Robert W. Colby

Agriculture, PowerShares DB Agriculture Fund ETF (DBA) turned systematically neutral suddenly on 9/17/12 when price crossed below its 50-day SMA. Crude Oil, United States Oil ETF (USO) whipsawed back below its 200-day SMA. USO...

U.S. dollar ETF (UUP) fell below its lows of the previous 10 months and closed below both its 50-day SMA and 200-day SMA. Bond, iShares Barclays 20+ Year U.S. Treasury ETF (TLT) price fell below its lows of the previous 4 months...

The Dow-Jones Industrial Average rose above its closing price highs of the previous 4-years on 9/13/12, but the Dow-Jones Transportation Average languished below previous highs, thereby demonstrating non confirmation and bearish...

The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) is widely expected to announce QE3 Thursday afternoon–even though easing monetary policy does not appear to be sufficient for fixing the real global economic problems. The bullish...

The markets are marking time, waiting for political appointees in high places in Europe and the FMOC to announce major decisions that will alter the course of your money and investments. Surely, these wonderful wizards will do...

Monday’s mild stock market pullback changes nothing of significance in my analysis. For the details, see yesterday’s update, below. The S&P 500 (SPX: 1,429.08) fell 8.84 points or 0.61% on Monday, while NYSE...

Many stock price indexes, but not all, broke out above 4-year highs last week. The S&P 500 (SPX: 1,437.92) did, with a gain of 2.23% for the week. The number of NYSE stocks making new highs is still below July’s peak,...

Investor sentiment data indicates alarming degrees of optimism and bullish complacency as the stock price indexes rise above their 2012 market highs. The pendulum of emotion tends to swing too far in one direction, but market...