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Strategies & Market Trends : Bob Brinker: Market Savant & Radio Host

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To: Math Junkie who wrote (22859)8/1/2006 7:19:48 AM
From: stockalot  Read Replies (1) of 42834
 
" Others may consider it important to know how his long-term recommendations have done, especially considering that he has gotten out of the short-term trading business."

When did he sell the QQQs he urged people to buy in Oct. 2000? Are they not held to this day? How effin long does one have to hold 1/3 of a portfolio to make it "long term"?

How do you know what flakey move Brinker will make next or what business he will get in??

" First, I'm sure you know this and just forgot, but Brinker never placed the October 2000 QQQQ buy in Portfolio 1"

Ok Math. In Jan he had people sell equities in all model portfolios down to 40%. Later 35%. He called the cash raised in this exercise "cash reserves" to be used for re-investing in equities.

In October 2000 he sent the bulletin below. As you can see it urges those with aggressive investment objectives to use up to 50% of cash reserves to buy QQQs. . There is NO mention that this will not be included in portfolios. It is the money taken out of portfolios he is using. To this very day he is holding the QQQs purchased with the cash reserves.

Only in November when the newsletter arrived did anyone know that Brinker CHOSE arbitrarily to not put the QQQs in each portfolio. Hulbert according to Brimelow sold the QQQs for a small loss. However to do that a subscriber would have to go against Brinker's advice that was that the QQQs were a great idea still.

There is no more damning evidence of dishonesty than Brinker's handling of the QQQs. I'm surprised you want to be part of the alibi.

NOTHING is anymore important than knowing what the guy's advice IN TOTAL did for an investor. Hiding the truth by omitting his largest LONG TERM HOLDING the QQQs and pretending that he bought the Wilshire 5000 instead of his underperforming bunch of mutual funds and then using the resultant information to claim without explanation that he is "the number one rated timer"....is like talking about how successful the enron executives were in acquiring personal wealth, without mentioning where it came from.

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SUBSCRIBER BULLETIN
FROM MARKETIMER

MARKETIMER is projecting a significant countertrend rally which is expected to be led by the Nasdaq 100 Index. We expect this rally to persist over a period of approximately 2-4 months, and to generate Nasdaq gains in excess of 20% from the vicinity of the recently established Nasdaq closing low point.

We view this projected Nasdaq rally as a significant trading opportunity for MARKETIMER subscribers seeking potential short-term capital gains. Our clear vehicle of choice for this opportunity is the Nasdaq 100, which is traded on the American Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol QQQ.

We recommend MARKETIMER subscribers with aggressive objectives invest 30% to 50% of existing CASH RESERVES in the QQQ shares in order to exploit this opportunity. Also, we recommend subscribers with conservative investment objectives invest 20% to 30% of CASH RESERVES in the QQQ shares in order to take advantage of this opportunity.

MARKETIMER will provide follow up guidance for this short-term opportunity in regular monthly editions, and, if necessary, in follow up bulletins.

We recommend subscribers interested in taking advantage of this recommendation act immediately.
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