MTA Membership: I hope all of you and your families had a safe and happy holiday season. Starting off the New Year there are a few items I wanted to make you aware of. I would like to make you all aware of how important this Nominations process is. All Officer positions (President, Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary) and two at-large Board positions are up for consideration. Please write to the Nominating Committee at nominations@mta.org with any questions/ comments and, of course, suggestions! As seen in the posting on page 6, the MTA is looking to hire a part-time position. This position is that of Educational Coordinator.  A complete listing of requirements and job responsibilities are listed on the MTA Job Board. The MTA is beginning its search for a new Editor for this newsletter. Please carefully read the Letter From the Editor for more details. Registration for the Spring 2008 CMT Exams is open.

As Directors of the MTA Educational Foundation, Charlie and Julie understand the importance of teaching technical analysis at the college level. Putting that thought into practice, they learned that there was no text on the subject to adequately address the needs of college students or business professors. They set out to change that. The fact that Technical Analysis is a textbook should not discourage anyone from picking it up. This book is an exhaustive resource of technical research, richly detailing the history of the field and providing practical examples. Everyone from the novice being exposed to the field for the first time to the expert practitioner with decades of experience will learn something, and be able to apply that knowledge in the pursuit of profits. In part I, the authors provide a readable discussion on what technical analysis is. They address the controversy of the efficient market hypothesis, the relationship between behavioral

Hello Colleagues! Let me start by thanking Charlie Kirkpatrick for his editorial leadership surrounding the Journal of Technical Analysis. The task of sourcing valuable articles is time consuming to say the very least, but for those of you who know Charlie, no task is too daunting for him. The MTA owes Charlie a big THANK YOU!! When the MTA asked me to be the Editor for its Journal of Technical Analysis I must admit I was excited. The Journal has been the repository of some of the best TA papers in the market. In my view, the Journal must continue to represent the best of technical analysis thinking out in the market today. It also needs to have a good mix of classical, quantitative analysis, and academic research support. It is extremely important to those of us on your Journal Committee to begin to ensure all areas of specialties within our industry