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

To: Jeffrey D who wrote (19418)	9/26/2003 1:50:12 PM
From: geode00	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42834

Gee JD, how's this for Bob Brinker behavior? 1. Brinker puts out a super duper riskfree bulletin that touts his 'skill' as a trader. That 'skill' has never been proven and it is only by twisting and lying about the results of his first trade that he had puffed himself up to believe that he should do this high risk proposition with OPM. 2. When the trade begins to go sour, Brinker ignores the questions from his own customers. 3. When the trade begins to go really sour, Brinker begins the process of closing his website to the general public. 4. When even his paying customers note THE FACT that the trade has gone dreadfully wrong and that they have lost hundreds and thousands of dollars, Brinker doesn't offer them apologizes or advice to mitigate the damage. BOB BRINKER CUTS OFF HIS OWN PAID UP CUSTOMERS TO HIDE HIS HUGE MISTAKE CAUSED BY HIS OWN ARROGANCE AND GREED! He actually deletes select messages, in real time, from his own message boards, then deletes users and then deletes the message boards entirely WITHOUT EXPLANATION. 5. In the three years since, Bob Brinker has continued to hide and lie about his actual record. Hulbert, Brimelow and Task all note this egregious behavior. Sociopath.

To: Jeffrey D who wrote (19418)	9/26/2003 2:13:55 PM
From: Tim Bagwell	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42834

JD, you yourself admitted that Brinker has too big an ego which by definition means that he places more emphasis on his own interests than those of others. It's also apparent in everything he does especially since Oct. 2000. Since then he's been engaged in various attempts to stifle discussion of the QQQ debacle. If he could shut down SI or Suite 101 I have no doubt he would do so to bolster his sagging image as an oracle. And that is what Brinker is trying to accomplish, IMHO. He wants to be regarded as an oracle and helping others is not his primary concern. I do think Brinker started out with the goal of teaching sound investment principles and empowering people to control their finances but I don't think that is still his goal today. Another example is his vain attempt to profit from the OnDemand service which records his programs for playback. The problem is his programs have less and less relevant content as time goes on. He's not giving customers more information, he's giving them less and trying to charge for it. You talk about Brinker being responsible for taking many people to critical mass. Well, I know no one outside of these message boards that even listen to Brinker despite his longevity on the radio. Most people don't trust a talking head for their investments. They want professional advice. It's actually rare to find someone who listens to Brinker and even more rare to find someone who has actually profited from Brinker's advice. I doubt that you know anyone who has reached critical mass from simply following Brinker. Despite all the testimonials on the program I think those are plants who call in with a written script. You will never find one of them to talk to. I do know several people, though, that have achieved critical mass without even knowing Brinker. The odds favor ignoring Brinker.