Well... our own gann (ex. mod) was the grandfather of TA for us
Its a pity that we dont see his updates now adays..
I have to agree with rijay for greater extent.. Whether u do TA or not, u need to have common sense (i.e. to have proper stop losses, etc.. )
For trading (swing or day) there's no need of Fundamental as u buy with the trend and sell on a smell of reversal.. Its like Pump n Dump..
For investments, its a must u look at the company financials at least for past 2 years.. Most of us would prefer a company with QoQ & YoY growth but there are factors that companies cannot perform well QoQ sometimes but as long as YoY growth is intact, that's ok with me..
Also some companies are stagnated with their business, but still favorites as the cloud of business they have given them enough profits to sustain. i.e. we're not hearing any development of JKH, are we? To me JKH is a bit stagnated share, well I might be wrong and others may have greater hopes with this
If the infrastructure and construction sectors can go boom, there are sideline beneficiaries as well..
So TA is important for you to find out the time to get in to your investments but fundamentals really tell you whether the company can have a future.. then again u have to see whether the business can have favorable economy in future too cuz ur investing on a unforeseeable future..
As you can see, u have whole lot of things to decide on when you go for proper investments.. Its more or like same as u buy the whole company
Speaking of TA's. well we have stockmate who was a great analytic too..