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

To: Kirk © who wrote (22595)	7/27/2006 8:21:35 PM
From: dijaexyahoo	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 42834

kirk said: <<So, how much did he sell of each model portfolio then tell people in a special bulletin to use this money to buy MSFT?>> --None. The point is, neither MSFT nor the QQQs was ever put into his model portfolios. I'm not defending brinker, I'm defending Hulbert. What would you have done if you had been Hulbert? Would you have just unilaterally assigned a specific amount to each portfolio. Would you have put 20% or 30% in P3? How much in P2? If Hulbert is going to arbitrarily assign percentages, some might say he should have arbitrarily assigned 4% to Microsoft. But then he would have to figure out what things to arbitrarily assign (and how big of a percentage) to ALL THE OTHER NEWSLETTERS HE COVERS. I'm just contending that it was a can of worms for Hulbert. If he started putting things into model portfolios that the newsletter writers didn't put in there, where would he draw the line? I just think he made a reasonable compromise by using a footnote, even thought he DIDN'T use a footnote for any other recommendations that weren't in the portfolios. dijaexyahoo asked: <<How can anyone who isn't blinded by hate possibly believe that is unfair?>> kirk responded: <<Indeed. If you didn't hate those of us who pointed out how foolish you look defending this cover-up, you would not be so blinded by your hatred for us.>> --I don't hate anyone here. It's true I don't like some of you, and that I have questions about your motives for dedicating so much time to bashing a fellow human being. But if I hated you (plural) I wouldn't be here. I enjoy debating with you (plural), even though they are very strange "debates," with one side answering all reasonable questions, and the other side avoiding most questions, and bobbing and weaving, and struggling to not weaken their case. I take comfort in knowing that most people are smart enough to recognize that the ones who duck questions are the ones who are losing the debate. And Brinker's continuing success would seem to justify my optimism.