Daniel,
  Although I respect anyone's intelligent approach to investing, (instead of throwing darts at a newspaper page of stock listings), I sincerely feel that Fundamental Analysis, F/A, is much more beneficial than Technical Analysis, T/A, in determining where a company's stock price is going, instead of trying to determine by a chart of where it is going based on where it has been.
  I also believe that any analysis though, is better than none, which is how a lot of people invest.
  I think that along with F/A, T/A, or whatever, you have to consider what the competition is doing, what the sector is doing, what the broad market is doing, etc.
  In short, there are no easy answers. 
  Good luck, and have fun, Phil |