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Technical analysis is the homeopathy of finance.



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.


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


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




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