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From: Honey_Bee	1/6/2009 9:49:39 AM
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Bob Brinker's 2008 Model Porfolio Performance Numbers What you won't see on Bobbrinker.com: Bob Brinker's 2008 year-end model portfolio performance numbers are out, but he has not published them on his website. Beginning today, when the numbers were updated for the end of the month and year, the 1 and 3-year performance numbers were not included. (as it has been done for many years). Instead, 5 years is the shortest time frame reported -- for all three portfolios. Why did he NOT report the one year returns THIS YEAR? Did the losses incurred in all three portfolios embarrass him or worry him that much? Or is he carefully disguising his 2008 performance from his website where new potential subscribers might read it? Who would actually subscribe to a newsletter called Marketimer if they knew going in that it had lost over 40% on it stock portfolios the year before? Based on information that I have archived from Brinker's website over time, I am able to compute the dollar values that the portfolios lost last year. The Vanguard Total Stock Market Fund (VTSMX) and the Vanguard S&P 500 fund (VFINX) both lost less than Brinker's Model Portfolio I and Portfolio II. Portfolio III did better, but it is a balanced portfolio. I have posted the numbers here: honeysbobbrinkerbeehivebuzz2.blogspot.com .

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