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

To: Honey_Bee who wrote (41476)	12/21/2008 9:20:03 PM
From: octavian	4 Recommendations Respond to of 42834

honeybee said: <<I am sorry for those who have no way of recognizing a real shark. Maybe they are not on the internet, or simply don't look any deeper than Hulbert's or bb.com for information.>> --He doesn't really fit the definition of shark. A shark looks for individuals to rip off. He simply uses spin and even a little worse to sell his newsletter. When people pay $185 for his newsletter, and he actually sends them the product, that is not "ripping them off!" People who have "no way of recognizing a real shark," or who don't understand that newsletter writers are salesmen, should not be depending upon ANYBODY for financial advice. If they don't even understand that people who are selling a financial product will say things to benefit themselves, then they basically deserve whatever they get. Geez, I'm no genius (I'm sure you will agree), but I recognized after about 3 programs that Brinker was a salesman, first and foremost. That didn't mean that I couldn't benefit from his advice and his knowledge, it just meant that I had to keep it all in the proper context--that this was a salesman talking to me. It's hard for me to believe that so many people are so shocked when they finally understand the simple fact that Brinker is a salesman and is interested in selling his product.