Author: Robert W. Colby

Dow-Jones Averages: A Non-Confirmation and Insignificant Minor Ripple The Dow-Jones Industrial Average closed above the closing price highs of the previous 4 weeks on 8/31/11 but the Dow-Jones Transportation Average failed to...

 to Risk-On for the Short Term? Popular demand appears to be increasing for more and greater quantitative easing at the next Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting on September 20-21, 2011. It appears popular to...

Judging by the price action of a variety of financial instruments, it appears that traders are anticipating a third round of quantitative easing at the next Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting on September 20-21, 2011....

The S&P 500 Composite (SPX, 1,176.80) rose 17.53 points or 1.51% on Friday, August 26, 2011, making back nearly all it lost on Thursday. SPX remains below its popular 20-, 50-, and 200-day SMAs (simple moving averages),...

Last year, following Fed Chairman Bernanke’s QE2 speech at Jackson Hole, stock prices rose substantially for 5 months. New QE3 might be bullish, while no QE3 might be bearish for stock prices. The overall technical...

“U.S. stocks jumped as many investors sent a plea to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke: Come to the rescue of the stalling economy and battered financial markets.”– http://online.wsj.com Industrial and...

Financial stocks broke down below 2-year lows. Energy stocks were notably weak and have been declining in my quantitative rankings for many weeks. The Small Cap Russell 2000 Index/Large Cap Relative Strength Ratio (IWM/SPY) fell...

The S&P 500 Composite (SPX, 1,123.53) fell 17.12 points or 1.50% on Friday, August 19, 2011, continuing its well-established downtrend. Typically, there is no safe place to hide in a Dow Theory Primary Tide Bear Market. Even...

The S&P 500 Composite (SPX, 1,178.81) rose 6.17 points or 0.53% on Friday, August 12, 2011. Stock prices opened higher but, after a dozen or so ups and downs, closed well below the mid-session high. NYSE trading volume fell...