Louise Yamada
Louise Yamada is the Managing Director of Louise Yamada Technical Research Advisors, an independent research company based in New York, NY. Prior to this, she had a 25-year career at Smith Barney. She authored “Market Interpretations," a weekly flagship report where she identified a number of significant market moves. Yamada is a regular guest on CNBC, BNN TV, and Bloomberg TV and Radio. She is also frequently featured in print and online media, including Barron's, The Wall Street Journal, and the New York Times.
Louise Yamada Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Founder and Managing Director
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Managing Director and Head of Technical Research, Smith Barney
Academic History
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Bachelor of Arts
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Master of Science
- Yamada holds a Chartered Market Technician designation.
- She was the 2016 recipient of the CMT Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award.
- She was a perennial leader in the Institutional Investor poll and the top-ranked market technician in 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004.
- She is a member of the CMT Association, the American association of Professional Technical Analysts, and the Financial Women’s association.
- She has been a frequent guest speaker at conferences and organizations, including the 2009 Fall conference of the National Organization of Investment Professionals and the 2010 FEI NYSE forum.
- She has appeared as a guest on Real Vision.
- At LYA, Yamada has made major calls:
- She identified the following market moves in "market Interpretations":
- the developing structural bear market and the technology decline in 1999-2000
- the lift in gold in 2002
- the small and mid-cap outperformance leadership in 2002
- the emerging structural energy bull in 2004
- a multi-year low-interest-rate environment