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

To: Kirk © who wrote (34350)	2/4/2008 3:47:38 PM
From: TREND1	Respond to of 42834

Kirk So you imply that you are UP YTD !!!!

To: Kirk © who wrote (34350)	2/4/2008 3:58:09 PM
From: Math Junkie	Respond to of 42834

"Please check my math (Why do I have to ask you to check my math when Brinker should publish this monthly when he publishes his newsletter totals for each portfolio???)" What am I, your secretary? I'm not on your payroll (or anyone else's), and I don't have much interest in checking numbers that are probably correct anyway. "BTW, I'd be happy to tell you how I am doing... but I am not the subject here... 8)" I don't think it matters where you publish your numbers, as long as you make them public. I do think it is valid, though, to make comparisons here between Brinker and his competitors.

To: Kirk © who wrote (34350)	2/4/2008 6:04:10 PM
From: rammdexter	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 42834

"BTW, I'd be happy to tell you how I am doing... but I am not the subject here... 8)" So Kirk refuses to divulge his performance results. David Korn refuses again today to divulge his performance results. And yet they both publish "newsletters" they claim are a better alternative to Brinker's Marketimer. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out who the rank amateurs are in this game!!

To: Kirk © who wrote (34350)	2/4/2008 10:29:28 PM
From: Midwest_Investor	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42834

Kirk (c) said: >>>>Brinker should publish this monthly when he publishes his newsletter totals for each portfolio I respectfully disagree. Equity investing is a long term affair, and monthly returns don't have much meaning. Short term folks really shouldn't be in the game. On the other hand, Mutual Funds seem to track quarterly and annual returns, so I think this is a little more reasonable. And I don't think such information should be contained in the Newsletter itself, but rather on a website which is available to everyone. Check out how Vanguard lists their returns on their site. They do a bang up job. Of course, they are a MF company and not a newsletter outfit, so it's a little apples to oranges.