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To: Math Junkie who wrote (193)	1/26/2009 12:59:11 PM
From: Kirk ©	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 3605

"Well they certainly didn't learn it from reading Bob Brinkers website. His one year performance is not listed." Right. Although he reports it in his latest newsletter, it has been noted before that newsletter writers have a tendency to change the reporting periods in their advertising to make themselves look better. Yeah, soon you will be griping that GM doesn't advertise the low MPG for their trucks when they are advertising how much they can pull up a hill. The fact is Brinker doesn't show his returns by year ANYWHERE and there is no way to find them. If you are a new subscriber who wants to research his actual record and compare it to the year by year returns of the Wilshire5000 which is published on Vanguard's web site, you are out of luck. There is a difference between advertising your strengths and hiding material information.

To: Math Junkie who wrote (193)	1/26/2009 1:05:42 PM
From: Kirk ©	Respond to of 3605

"Well they certainly didn't learn it from reading Bob Brinkers website. His one year performance is not listed." Right. Although he reports it in his latest newsletter, it has been noted before that newsletter writers have a tendency to change the reporting periods in their advertising to make themselves look better. I went to Fidelity late last year and they were advertising how well some of their fixed income funds were doing. I went to Fidelity in 2000 when HP was in the $60's to deliver certificates I wanted to sell. All over the office were advertisements for their hot mutual funds that were up huge. The difference between Fidelity and Brinker is you can find out on the Fidelity web site how poorly their worst performing funds did in past years any time you want. Brinker will only tell you information that makes him look good or is absolutely necessary to show, such as posting in his recent newsletter he lost more then the appropriate benchmarks for his portfolios last year.