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Pastimes : The Justa & Lars Honors Bob Brinker Investment Club -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: lifeisgood who wrote (6865)	7/17/1999 10:54:00 PM
From: marc ultra	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 15132

LIG:There is another Bob Brinker thread on SI where I'm sure your critically important balance will be appreciated. I'm sure somewhere else people will appreciate your views and how you have made so much money compared to us stupid peons. This is a board of mostly sophisticated investors who also give great respect to Bob Brinker and his advice. Most of the people here left the other Bob Brinker thread a long time ago because of a lot of worthless Brinker bashing among other things. Frankly I don't give a rat's ass about what you think of Brinker or the posters here. What I care about is you take your attitude and preferably yourself the hell out of here

To: lifeisgood who wrote (6865)	7/18/1999 8:20:00 AM
From: Justa Werkenstiff	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 15132

LIG: Re: "No harm intended and I'm not slamming anyone." Yes you were and we all know it. You can't hide behind your PHD here. Re: "I made a fortune doing that last Fall. I'm not tooting my own horn here..." You are a riot. Sure you are tooting your own horn here and its okay. We all see you are tooting, don't you? Re: "I just don't think Justa or anyone else should go into attack mode when someone tries to bring some balance to this thread." Why don't you revisit your first post here of yesterday and look at all the half truths and falsehoods you have posted. Funny, you did not address that topic any further after your "balanced" opinion met the facts head on: LIG: "He did this last Autumn too when he couldn't bring himself to admit he blew the call." Totally false. LIG: "If you recall, after the market began sliding, he predicted only a minor correction though it turned out to be ~20% pullback." He predicted a 10% correction plus or minus a few percentage points and it turned out to be greater as he admitted on several occasions. LIG: " Afterwards, he claimed repeatedly that he knew all along it was coming and that prudent listeners should have known as well." Totally false. You are wrong. Maybe you need a reality adjustment because there is nobody here that buys this line of crap except you. Deal with it. So if your do-good goal in life is to bring "balance" to this thread, then do it with facts and not second rate academic research. Otherwise, don't let the door hit you on the way out. And see if you can read the thread introduction again with an aim towards simple reading comprehension. It is stated there that posters pursuing some kind of agenda are not welcome here. Now check the mirror because an agenda of "balance" based upon half truths and falsehoods is not welcome here. Or, are you like the Brinker you allege and can't admit you were wrong? Re: "I've listened to Bob for years. He has never given a sell signal. Not once." Maybe you have listened but you have not learned a thing about Brinker and his long term market timing goals. Why don't you go back to the other thread on Bob Brinker and read the 8,000 or so posts and then check the 6,000 plus posts here and see if you can bring some "balance" to your opinion. You will find many facts in your research you will have to deal with. For one, you might learn how to define a "bear market." And after you are all done, then you can come back and discuss Brinker intelligently.

To: lifeisgood who wrote (6865)	7/18/1999 3:49:00 PM
From: Carl R.	Respond to of 15132

This is a very well good thread and it is so because not all garbage is welcome. About all that you have contributed so far is that you are a great market timer, and that you are better than Brinker, and that you are apparently a frequent trader. Great for you. Why are you telling this thread about it, and why do you think they care? I also trade frequently, and it has worked for me. Despite that, I recognize that it is a strategy that does not work well for most people, and I would strongly recommend that most people invest conservatively in a diverse portfolio with a long term objective, and that they should stay fully invested most of the time. Yes selling at a top and buying at a bottom can improve yields - if you make enough to pay the taxes. But most people miss the top, and miss the bottom, and the trading ends up a mistake, especially when taxes are factored in. Brinker's advice is excellent advice and he has helped many investors do very well over the last 20 years. If you trade well, bully for you. But please respect this thread and the conservative and mature approach to investment that you will find here. There are plenty of other threads where frequent trading is the norm, and very few like this one. Trying to disrupt it serves no purpose, except perhaps your personal ego gratification. Carl