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

To: Math Junkie who wrote (17516)	2/28/2003 10:45:42 AM
From: Kirk ©	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 42834

BOWG is down even more than 75%. Does that mean Kirk is wrong to tell people to take into account the percentage of his overall portfolio that it represented? Think carefully now. Yeah, but my newsletter portfolio and my personal accounts are in the black on that stock. Funny how buying some when low and selling some when high works. I think people with a clue call it "asset allocation." The REAL issue is why do people like you point to others and how they do as a "defense" for Brinker? Judge his advice on its own merits. Do you think he is honest? Would you trust him to manage your mother's retirement account? -I sure as heck wouldn't as he day traded QQQs... broke a fundamental rule of investing by buying something he thought was a bad long term investment then kept it as it fell, proving he was right. Why attack me all these years in an attempt to make Bob look better? It seems that is the type of following he cultivates. I find it rather pathetic.

To: Math Junkie who wrote (17516)	2/28/2003 5:31:43 PM
From: geode00	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42834

Richard, are you trying to misunderstand my point? Brinker got on the radio and blasted this poor woman for making a big deal out of her 75% loss on the QQQs. He noted that it was a tiny percentage of her overall portfolio. My point is: - Brinker says the 75% loss is no big deal on this trade due to the tiny effect on the overall portfolio. - Brinker sent out an unheard of special mailing touting a 20% gain. How now does he laugh off a 75% loss when he made such a big deal of a 20% gain?