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Strategies & Market Trends : Bob Brinker, Moneytalk and Marketimer

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From: Honey_Bee11/5/2007 10:50:48 AM
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An excellent reason for NOT buying Brinker's newsletter:

smile_1 said...

"Good write-up Honey.
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Does Hulbert list Brinker's performance with an asterisk. If not, he should if his reviews are completely objective.
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If Barry Bonds is given asterisks in people's minds so to should Brinker accept one. One is accused of taking performance enhancing drugs they other is enhancing performance by omitting part of his record - I see no difference if both are guilty except Bonds has not been proven guilty of deception whereas Brinker has.
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Kirk did an excellent assessment of the effect of the QQQQ trade on Brinker's performance showing he under-performed the Wilshire 5000 for the period in question.
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The impact of the QQQQ advice takes Brinker from APR 12.7% to an adjusted APR of 10.7% which compared to the Wilshire 5000 which had an APR of 12.0% during the same period.
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Throw in the cost of his newsletter and it is clear to all but the sheep who follow Brinker blindly that we have id'd a fraud being perpetrated on the saps who know no better or are just to lazy to do what Brink use to say, and maybe still says, and become your own financial advisor. The amount of information on the net is incredible at this point so there is really no excuse except for intellectual and physical laziness."
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November 4, 2007 5:23 PM
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