Technicians usually focus on price action in a stock or market. Fundamentals are often thought of as an unnecessary input to the decision making process. Robert Edwards, co-author with John Magee of the classic book on chart patterns, Technical Analysis of Stock Trends, is said to have completed his analysis of a chart without even knowing the name of the company.
This is definitely an approach that can be applied successfully. Fundamental analysts can be equally successful using only the data found in financial statements and failing to consider price charts at all...
The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH Act) legislation was created to stimulate the adoption of electronic health records (EHR) and supporting technology in the United States. President Obama signed HITECH into law on February 17, 2009 as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), an economic stimulus bill.
The HITECH act stipulates that, beginning this year in 2011, healthcare providers are offered financial incentives for demonstrating meaningful use of electronic health records (EHR). Incentives will be offered until 2015, after which time penalties may be levied for failing to demonstrate such use...
7/11 is History, Where Are You Now?
July 18, 2011 - by Nino Rinaldi
In October of 2007, after a run of more than 20 years, one of the greatest bull markets in history ended as the Dow Jones Industrial Average (see chart below) watermarked 14,164.
It then spiraled down by more than 50% by March 2009 when the DJIA hit 6,440.

Since March of 2009, the DJIA is up over 90% and it has been in rally mode for 28 months and counting. Currently, the Dow is trading right around the same level it was in early 2007...