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To: FLACK who wrote (99973)	6/12/2011 11:09:36 AM
From: kidl	Read Replies (1) of 100058

Hi Flack, My weekend is great. Hope the same goes for you. Maybe "Traditional" was the wrong term to use. Sorry, I am one of these ESL guys ... What I was trying to say ... I am wondering if pure TA traders are losing their edge since they are more and more competing with split second algorisms which (I suspect / believe) are purely based on TA. How can a human using TA compete with these super gismos? As for the traditional investor not having made much if any money in a decade ... I think that's too broad a statement. I know quite a few "traditional" investors (myself included) who have and are doing quite well using mainly FA with a small dose of TA to enhance the mix. Don't think that I don't appreciate TA. I do which is why I hang around a few TA forums / follow a few mainly TA oriented posters. The problem with FA ... It's a slow process. Consequently FA guys usually miss the first and the last 20% of most stock moves. The 60% in the middle is usually good enough. My average annual return is close to 18% over 30 years and that includes a number of really bad years which I could have probably (semi) avoided had I paid more attention to TA. In summary ... We all do our "own" thing. TA guys spend hours sorting out charts / indicators while FA guys spend the same amount of time digging into companies' / peoples' history, global events etc. I very much miss this forum's moderator. He had a unique (well balanced) approach.

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