I just read a fairly scathing post on the Web supposedly detailing why technical analysis of stocks is useless and why fundamental analysis is the only reasonable method for those who actually want to make money in the market. I was less than amused. For one thing, the whole piece was so dismissive that it amounted to “Numbers Rule and Charts Drool!” For another thing, the writer set up a straw man of the sort that a logic teacher would have sent him to the corner for in years past. By asserting that technical analysis was useless when used...