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Strategies & Market Trends : Bob Brinker, Moneytalk and Marketimer -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: octavian who wrote (1602)	10/14/2007 9:08:40 PM
From: davidk555	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2121

Responding to your question about the DVY, Bob's advice that the DVY cannot be expected to keep up with the S&P 500 is fine advice. That wasn't what I was referring to. I was referring to the spin from Bob this weekend on gold, real estate and DVY. The spin on the DVY was when the DVY shares were hot, Bob was patting himself on the back for recommending them in his newsletter and even went so far as to recommend to callers on Moneytalk that an acceptable substitute for the equity portion of a portfolio would be the DVY shares. Now that the DVY shares have lagged the broader market, Bob has flip-flopped on that issue and said that you shouldn't compare the DVY shares to the total stock market index or S&P 500. This kind of flip flop for Brinker is not that unusual in my experience in reporting on him. But I think you are right -- some people are definitely more tolerance of that kind of behavior than others. I maintain that Bob doesn't need to do it to get new subscribers, but I also believe that he cannot help himself -- its almost ingrained in him I think. It happens every weekend! As far as the spin on gold is concerned, Bob took it to new level this weekend. Did you catch it? - David Korn