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Strategies & Market Trends : Bob Brinker: Market Savant & Radio Host -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: geode00 who wrote (13065)	3/14/2001 5:36:21 PM
From: Kirk ©	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42834

I'm near the bottom of many people's lists for defending Brinker, but losing 5% of a conservative portfolio that is down maybe 3% YTD is far better than being fully invested in the S&P500 at the moment (down 10.3% YTD). His advice, IF YOU FOLLOWED IT TO THE LETTER and you took the conservative route has not been that bad and is probably ahead of most buy-n-holds IF YOU IGNORE taxes. Many can ignore taxes as they don't make or save enough outside IRAs and 401Ks (a good part of his audience from what I gather.) Now, if you ask me if I think it wise to jump in and out of the market and "trade" QQQs... that is another issue, but he has managed the risk well which was his stated goal. Kirk out

To: geode00 who wrote (13065)	3/15/2001 12:44:32 AM
From: Lone Ranger	Respond to of 42834

geode, you finally hit the nail on the head. even for high risk investor bb's portfolio is down only 17%. there are many people who wish they were only down 17% in this market and i am one of them. so at least we can agree on that one thing, only down 17%, not too shabby, and down only 5% for conservative investors, well what's that! what's to complain about.. let's get real! most people are down big time and your numbers tell a remarkable story.