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

To: Skeeter Bug who wrote (42170)	1/15/2009 10:03:57 AM
From: Kirk ©	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42834

Murray says trying to time the market becomes the ultimate fool's errand: It is the formula for weak long-term returns. From Yes, the economy is bad, but it could be worse Still, media loves those who correctly called the direction of the market this time — making them heroes. Bob Brinker's Marketimer investment letter was ranked by Timers Digest as the number one stock market timing investment letter for the 10-year period ending December 31, 2007. Hulbert Digest ranked Marketimer number one for model performance for the 10-year period ending August 31, 2008. Brinker was bullish in September. In October, although conceding this has been a very difficult market to analyze, the Marketimer Sentiment Index remained bullish with a rating of 136, which is well above the neutral level of 100. He and many other highly respected professionals with decades of experience have been proven wrong. Does anybody really know? This guy didn't seem to know Brinker had a GIFT HORSE BUY in the mid 1400s and was 100% invested in stocks at the very top of the bear market that fell over 50% to the 700s! Brinker has a pretty good formula of ignoring past advice he gives unless it works out well. For example, his advertising highlights his sale of SOME equities in 2000 but makes zero mention of putting up to half back into the QQQs in late 2000 while the QQQ was in the $80s.