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

To: marc ultra who wrote (2224)	11/30/1997 2:13:00 PM
From: Boca_PETE	Respond to of 42834

Marc: Your observations are right on in my opinion. While THE FOOLS were entertaining, their answers to questions were often flip ("we don't pay attention to interest rates and inflation - we invest for the long term -20/30 years) and displayed their shallow background when compared to the market savant himself, BOB BRINKER. The FOOLs struck me as two pleasant young sprouts who were lucky enough to have a sucessful book. The subtle message I received was "why bother learning all this complicated investment stuff when you can just invest in the Dow Dogs or an Index Fund". Personnaly, I'd rather aim high and try to beat the market. That means learning as much as I can from listening to MONEYTALK each weekend, reading quality investment books, Barrons, and the Marketimer Newsletter, surfing the net for qualifty investment information, and monitoring my investments each week. At least The FOOLS didn't try to hawk their book at every opportunity like The Goddass. Given Bob's continued statements about his love for the golf tour, I too just hope that there is a $ amount that ABC could and would offer him that he would not refuse. It will definately be a challange for me to successfully navigate the equity markets in a post Brinker era. P

To: marc ultra who wrote (2224)	11/30/1997 6:57:00 PM
From: Kirk ©	Respond to of 42834

Since Bob once played some baseball maybe ABC can give him a $20 million dollar contract in line with other players. ============== Madden gets a big bus to drive him to his broadcasts. Maybe ABC should give Bob that "Personal Lear Jet" to take him where ever he wants to golf as long as he keeps doing his shows? I too don't agree 100%, but his message is unmatched and his timing model seems to work well too. I did like the contrast of how "The Fools" like Iomega and don't hold Barrons in quite as high of reguard as Bob does (big part of what makes "The Fools" special is their irreverance). Overall, from the hr I've heard, I liked what they said but hope to hear more from Bob in the yrs to come. Hope all had a great Thanksgiving....I got in 2 great days of skiing and ate well at the Silver Legacy in Reno and didn't lose a nickle in Reno as the returns are so poor I didn't gamble. Great to hear the Fools address gambling and how the 50% payout is like a personal bear market with every lotto purchase. Kirk out