Is that many of the best investors and traders use a combination of technical and fundamental analysis in the trading decisions. This comes as a surprise especially to investors however most who laugh technical analysis off as a voodoo science have actually never studied it throughly enough to make an informed decision. At the end of the day even investors who place trades on fundamentals only would benefit from being aware of the technical situation before entering a trade. At a minimum this will provide for better entry points. There is an in depth video and text lesson on this here:

http://www.informedtrades.com/1900-lesson-1-introduction-technical-analysis.html