Marc ultra...I'd like to address your points, one by one:
You said: "You're again showing your bias.
Bias? Not at all. I can prove that everything I have said about Brinker is true. What is it you don't believe? That his last ten years of market timing has been a train wreck or that there were some painful fender-benders in the prior 13 years? Feel free to ask me anything about his market-timing record. I will provide answers.
You said: The following is from an independent site: "Bob Brinker of Bob Brinker’s Marketimer, one of Hulbert Financial Digest’s nine 2010 Honor Roll Inductees (honor roll: letters that out-performed in both up and down markets). Hulbert’s #3 best performer over the last 15 years.]
Mark Hulbert is not as independent as I am. He sells a newsletter and Brinker is a big draw. I don't make a dime off of Brinker. Even Hulbert's "honor roll" is based on his own "biased" criteria. Additionally, he uses a footnote to excuse the fact that he has given Brinker a mulligan for years every time he ranks Brinker's portfolios. As a result, the HFD numbers for Brinker's portfolios are not accurate. Want proof? Just ask me, I'll provide it.
As for your claim that Brinker is Hulbert's "#3 best performer over the last 15 years," I don't know how far back you went to find that because I am looking at the June 2010 issue of HFD and I do not see Brinker in Hulbert's newsletter "Top 5 Performer" in the 5, 10, or 15 year categories -- period! Brinker does a little better when he compared to mutual fund letters only -- that is NOT market-timing.
You said: "I'm not aware of many who where 100% invested through virtually all of the 90's, went bearish in early 2000 and then went back to fully invested right at the final bear market retest bottom in March 2003."
I am not aware of ANY who did that, including Brinker. Your statement is a gross exaggeration of Brinker's timing record during those years and leaves out some critical facts. Want to know the facts? Just ask me.
You said: "I'm also not aware of many who more recently did well in both the bear that ended in March '09 and properly played the bull that followed. It's hard to navigate the first true financial panic in 100 years.
Oh come on, Marc....Did you suppose that a 57% decline in the market would be EASY to navigate? That doesn't change the fact that Brinker has been bragging for years that when they "carried out the piano player," he'd be 100% in cash. How much money did he make from all those years of convincing goobers and geezers that he could actually do that? He never told them he could only do it as long as there was no financial problems. They probably thought he would discern those problems -- at least a little bit in advance. Instead, he was yelling buy, buy, buy all the way from S&P 1527 to S&P 677!!
You said: "Why haven't you named all these brilliant market timers that did so much better than Bob over this period? Are you busy criticizing and pointing out all their mistakes on the internet?"
Why are you concerned about my life? I write about Brinker because I used to be one of his dupes who had my eyes opened and now thinks that deceiving listeners on national radio is immoral and hurts people. I simply provide a place where the truth (that he so often covers up) can be found.
You said: "Is your goal to have the best market timing advice over a period of time or is your goal to be obsessed with one market timer, not compare them to anyone else but just harp on any missed call?"
Again, what business is it of yours what my goals are. I am not the subject here. Anyway, I already told you. I report the TRUTH that you don't get from Moneytalk or Marketimer.
You said: "I thought we went through this before so not sure why you felt it necessary to come out of your hive and restart it."
When you make outrageous, untrue statements about Bob Brinker (if I see them), you can bet your catbird seat that I will challenge you.
You said: "Also you have a low threshold for ROFLOL. It's healthy to have a good sense of humor but inappropriate laughing can be a sign of a neurological or psychological problem."
Again, why the concern about me? What you said was so ridiculous, I truly laughed out loud. You are free to view that as a low threshold for being amused. So be it. Ask me if I care, I'll get another LOL.
But your insults about my personal health seem a bit strange coming from someone who thinks so highly of themselves. Wonder what that could be a sign off....
You said: "How about trying to be a little more objective when criticizing Brinker and I'll feel less motivated to respond. Or as Bob likes to say we'll agree to disagree."
Objective? I am totally objective. I can prove everything I say about Brinker by using his own words and/or documented facts.
Now, it's obvious you just spin words out there that are simply propaganda that is intended to make Brinker appear to be something he clearly is not -- a market timer. I wonder what your real connection to him might be....Don't answer. I don't care. I just hope you have one so that you can relay all this back to him, or the other guy that now uses the exact same name. You know, the one who used to be known as Bobby Jr...
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