[markovbling]

Technical analysis is the homeopathy of finance.

[melling]

Can you provide any useful information other than a cool sound bite? Is there a better way to analyze equities? There is a lot of computer trading. Must be some analysis happening. I'm sure a lot of us here would like to be pointed in the right direction.

[smrtinsert]

They are better analyzed against each other. A starting point is modern portfolio theory.

[pmoriarty]

Oh, you mean the portfolio theory that "risk managed" so many financial institutions safely through the latest financial crisis without a scratch?