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

To: Math Junkie who wrote (1781)	11/5/2007 7:37:05 PM
From: Honey_Bee	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2121

Math said: "As for where people got the cash, that is irrelevant. (Notice that Brinker's detractors NEVER raise the issue of where subscribers got the cash when they want to criticize any of Brinker's other off-the-books recommendations!)" While it is true that it is irrelevant where people got the cash--generally speaking, what is not irrelevant is that Brinker recommended using 20-50% of cash reserves that were raised from his model portfolios. He recommended that subscribers (who were actually following the advice that they were paying Brinker for) use those specific cash reserves raised in January/August 2000. If subscribers or listeners did more or less that is completely irrelevant to what Brinker recommended. .

To: Math Junkie who wrote (1781)	11/5/2007 9:28:44 PM
From: Kirk ©	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2121

"Notice that Brinker's detractors NEVER raise the issue of where subscribers got the cash when they want to criticize any of Brinker's other off-the-books recommendations!" I sure have. I guess you consider me neutral these days since I'd be happy to do the calculations for when Brinker said to raise cash by selling say 65% of equities then wait for a bulletin or special mailing to tell his subscribers what to do with it. Show me one example of when he raised cash then gave buy instructions where he didn't use the cash raised to buy it and I'll be happy to do the numbers for you. You make it too easy.

To: Math Junkie who wrote (1781)	11/5/2007 11:37:36 PM
From: davidk555	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 2121

Richard, you are funny sometimes, I never really could understand your angle. My objective has always been to be honest about Brinker. I am sure I could attract many more new subscribers if I only posted flattering stuff about him but truth matters more to me than money. As for the rest of your post, you lost me. In my newsletter I include how the market has done since Bob issued his last buy signal (March 2003) and the various QQQQ recommendations which, as far as I can tell, are still on the books (although even that is in dispute by some!). Bob should reference their performance in his newsletter advertising, plain and simple. I think it is a testament to his character that he does not, don't you? - David Korn

To: Math Junkie who wrote (1781)	11/6/2007 8:09:38 AM
From: sea_biscuit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2121

Is Brinker still using his phony 2008 earnings numbers to say that the market is undervalued? About 45% of the S&P 500 earnings are from financials, and a lot of it is going to "POOF!" in the coming months... If he is honest, he would say that he is bullish because this is not a "prosperity bull-market" but instead a "hyperinflationary bull-market" brought about by cheap credit and money supply leading to huge inflation in the coming years. But then, Brinker and honesty are polar opposites.