Who We Are

Louise Yamada formed an independent research company in 2005 - Louise Yamada Technical Research Advisors, LLC ("LYA") - to provide the same in-depth and thought-provoking research that clients had come to expect during her 25 years at Smith Barney (Citigroup) as a top-ranked "Institutional Investor" technical analyst.

As Managing Director and Head of Technical Research for Smith Barney, Louise Yamada was a perennial leader in the Institutional Investor poll, and was the top-ranked market technician in 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004, before going independent.

Monthly Publications

Institutional Report: Technical Perspectives

Retail Newsletter: TechPoints

Our Mission

The firm's objectives include identifying areas of outperformance both short- and long-term; risk management for preservation of capital; identifying "Buy and Sell Signal" opportunities in the various marketplaces, groups and stocks; shifts in leadership; intermarket relationships; special features including long-term macro historical perspectives and conceptual think pieces. The firm provides technical research on a monthly basis to our institutional clients.

US Domestic Research includes analysis of the US equity markets, S&P sectors, sub-industries and individual stocks. Also featured are US interest rate analysis along with the US dollar, Energy and Metals complexes. Also featured are Educational Pieces, Special Features and Think Pieces. Our first report was issued October 3, 2005.