| Wow that post was from November, but happy to answer it. Yes, I absolutely think that Bob Brinker should include his performance results from 1987-1990. That was a period of time when his timing model failed and he had underperformed the market not insignificantly. But as I always say and try to practice, you should include your good and bad calls. As for the second part of your question, I am not sure what the industry standard is (or if there is a definitely accepted one), but I think that if a subscriber wants to know your record, you should give it to them, or tell them you don't have one. I have seen 1,3,5,10,15,20 year performances given. I have also seen 1,2,3,4,5 year performances. If you have only been in existence for one year, you could obviously only do one year. I think you had asked me about my newsletter performances, and one is already published for anyone to read on theretirementadvisor.net. I am still working on my other performance data, it is just taking a lot longer then I expected because I have written so many newsletters over the last 9 years. Anyhow, hope that answers your question. - David |
