When I concluded that Ms queen thought that only brinker-ring-kissers should be allowed to subscribe to Marketimer and all others got what they deserved, she complained that I being "illogical."
Sorry Ms queen. I'm sure I didn't read correctly what you wrote here:
"AAR, as far as I'm concerned, IF it WAS because of James' Brinkerbashing comments on the net, the cancellation was well deserved. James got his money's worth. JMO."
Ms queen followed up with this statement:
"I wouldn't know what he (Brinker) believes, and I doubt that you do either."
Ms Queen, that is correct, but some of the things he does is petty, low-class, not-professional and downright obnoxious.
Here is the second person who gave away his name and location on another site and got his subscription "whacked" by the Bob Brinkers. He wrote the following:
"Hello Honey,
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On XXXXXXXX, I used to post as 33923, but switched first to Bob (formerly 33923) Norton when I came over to XXXXXX, then just stayed with my name. Also, when I responded to posts by Allan Coleman, I would often start with a "Here in Boston" weather report.
So.....Brinker and Company probably figured out that I was the only Robert Norton in the greater Boston area with a MarketTimer subscription.
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Or as they say in the movie Goodfellas, THEY WHACKED ME!
I don't think I will bother to call Brinker's subscription service.....I don't feel that the toll call charge is worth it.
Within post #113 to this forum, I did offer a partial explanation of how I plan on doing my "shadow" timing model analysis.
Imagine how gratifying it would be if a group of contributors to this discussion board could call the next bear market to within 10% of the eventual tipping point. After all, when I received my January 6, 2000 edition of MarketTimer, the S&P 500 had closed at 1403 on that day.
That was the famous "unfavorable" Brinker market call. In reality, we didn't reach the high of 1527 until March 24th. Bob's call was 2 months early and missed the final 8% advance of the market. I want to be clear about one thing. Bob Brinker DID save me from the ravages of the 2000-2002 bear (my participation in the QQQQ disaster is another story). If I can get myself out before the next bear market while give up the last 10% of the market advance, then I will be quite content with my efforts. Missing 8-10% of an advance sure beats sticking around for a 40% tumble.
My goal is to issue my first timing model update around Thanksgiving. Honestly right now I do not see anything happening in the ecomomy or the market which would cause me to be other than bullish regarding the "5 Root Causes" and/or the 4 primary elements (Economy, Monetary Policy, Valuation, Sentiment).
New Friend!
Bob Norton"
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