1.  And because the predictions thus help brokers sell, brokerages employ technical analysts.

2.  And indeed, while investment banks and trading houses have technical analysts on staff, strict analysis is generally tempered by considerations of other factors.

3.  As a technical analyst, Acampora relies primarily on stock charts, studying price levels, trading volume and price movements, to forecast market movements.

4.  A look at the history of market statistics indicates stocks will extend their rally, said Gregory Nie, a technical analyst at Everen Securities Inc.

5.  But Alan R. Shaw, a technical analyst at Smith Barney, sees it differently.

6.  But nearly every major Wall Street firm keeps at least a couple of technical analysts on staff.

7.  But technical analysts soon found the same vulnerabilities.

8.  But technical analysts often warn investors not to rely too much on a single indicator.

9.  Figures for the put-call ratio can bounce around sharply from day to day, which is why technical analysts use moving averages to smooth out the data.

10.  For years, hordes of investors called technical analysts have ignored the admonitions about efficient markets.