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

To: octavian who wrote (40239)	11/11/2008 9:02:19 AM
From: Kirk ©	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 42834

As has been demonstrated many times here, you are either lying or too stupid to understand what we've explained to you many times over the years. I'm probably insane to keep tying to explain it to you. honey said: <<I am getting lots of personal emails from people telling me they have lost "tons of money" and "fortunes" following Brinker's advice.>> --As has been demonstrated many times, either they are lying, or you are. If they aren't lying, please explain how they claim to have lost "tons of money" and "fortunes." Of course, you won't, because they didn't tell you. Here is just one of many stories I get via email. Just the past week I got note from a named partner of a law firm in a major US city saying he "lost over a million dollars following Brinker" along with a check to renew my newsletter. He said he was keeping some newsletters, including mine, but not Brinker's. Given you told us you live in a rental in a city full of rentals for low paid hospitality workers who often spend all they make gambling, (ie rent is cheap where you live,) I doubt you can say a million dollars is not a fortune to you. He didn't blame Brinker for his loss but I got the impression he subscribed to my newsletter for individual stock advice and my commentary and to others for what they offer. I'm guessing but he may have used Brinker's newsletter to decide how bullish a core portfolio he wanted to use... Brinker's newsletter is only useful for overall market timing advice which has been a bust riding a bear market down 47% from the top fully invested. Brinker's conservative portfolio #3 was more bullish at the top (66% equities at 1565) than at the bottom (808 in 2003) when it was 50% equities. For all we know, he may have taken Brinker's advice for P2 which is 100% equities.... not something I ever recommend but that is how Brinker gets the decent ratings.... loads of risk with high equity percentage for anyone not retired.

To: octavian who wrote (40239)	11/11/2008 9:47:52 AM
From: Honey_Bee	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 42834

Octavian, You are evidently in denial and simply calling me and/or people who write to me "liars," shows that you are here to defend Brinker, at any cost to your own conscience. I can assure you that I am not lying. And it defies logic to think that anyone would go to the trouble of looking up my email address on my Blog and writing "lies" to me. Could it happen? Sure, but not likely and not often. Most of them seem very sincere and NONE of them have anything to gain by lying to me. . .

To: octavian who wrote (40239)	11/11/2008 10:45:25 AM
From: EQ	3 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42834

Octavian, You may be a bit hasty here. I have a theory I wish to share with you. Institutionalized Investor (weekend poster at the sewer) seems to be a decent chap. I think he looks at honeys internet properties and sees a vast sea of non-information, devoid of any benefit (and possibly harmful.) He likely feels sorrow and compassion for honey. I think that he has made up an email template telling honey that that he has lost "tons of money" and "a fortune" following Brinker's advice, because he thinks that will cheer her up. Then, he gets all of his chaps and chapettes at the institution to send the same letter to honey. Cheerio! Elan ______________________________ ^^ A Yellow Journalist Buzzily at Work ^^