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

To: paulnewmanhero who wrote (41447)	12/21/2008 1:07:42 PM
From: joefromspringfield	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 42834

paulnewmanhero said "I haven't heard him mention March 2003 buy signal for many months. But I haven't heard him mention QQQQ in many years!" First of all Bob has only hosted moneytalk in 2 out of the last 4 weeks. You must have missed the show on 7 December when Kent called in. Kent was probably a basher because he ask Brinker when he issued his sell signal this year. Honey has that call documented at the Beehive and here is what took place. Summary: Bob Brinker's Moneytalk December 6-7, 2008 Bob Brinker's Moneytalk: Excerpts, Summary and Commentary, December 6-7, 2008. SUNDAY UPDATE Caller Kent asked: “At what date did you recommend that those in your fund sell out. I remember the date, I think it was in March, when you said go for it, get fully invested…….” Brinker interrupted and said: “What we recommended, Kent, was, we recommended in January of 2000 that people take most of their money out of the stock market, and on March 11th of 2003, we reversed that and we reinvested all of our model portfolio cash reserves at that time. 1-800-xxx-xxxx” Honeybee EC: Brinker did not answer Kent's question. The truthful and honest answer to Kent's question is that since the March 11, 2003 "get fully invested" buy signal, Brinker has NOT ISSUED ANY SELL SIGNALS! Brinker's "fund" did a five-year ROUND TRIP from 807 to a low (so far) of 752 on November 20, 2008. In his response to Kent, Brinker walked as close as one can get between lying and telling the truth. Where it comes down is probably a matter of personal interpretation. Can one be technically correct, but still not have enough integrity to be honest? Brinker told Kent that he had people "take most of their money out of the stock market" in January, 2000. The truth is, he told people to take 60% of their money out of the stock market. Is that most? Well, it's more than half, but why not say 60%, rather than "most." I think "most" people would assume he meant more than 60%. January 8, 2000 Marketimer, Bob Brinker said: The Marketimer stock market timing model has turned unfavorable.....We recommend raising a 60% cash reserve at this time......This leaves us with a 25% U.S. equity weighting and a 15% non-U.S. equity weighting."