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Strategies & Market Trends : Stock and Bond Market-Timing: Can it be Done? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: ETF1 who wrote (2788)	8/14/2014 8:39:47 AM
From: Boca_PETE	2 Recommendations Recommended By Honey_Bee Kirk © Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3605

ETF1 Robert, When you reflect upon it, the advice "We continue to rate the stock market attractive for purchase during periods of WEAKNESS" is rather generic. He would not be perceived well and would not sell many newsletter subscriptions if his advice were "We continue to rate the stock market attractive for purchase during periods of STRENGTH". With this message, he's placing the responsibility of pulling the trigger on any purchases of stock with the listener and advising the listener / subscriber to do their own individual work necessary to satisfy them personally that they perceive the market is weak. That work could involve looking at graphs of market history and trends and making their own conclusion, and/or, it could simply mean placing a buy order at some buyer determined percentage below current price levels and hoping it gets executed at that lower level. As for the "MarkeTIMER" title of his newsletter, it sort of implies your getting Bob's brilliant calls on when to buy & sell stock/mutual funds. It takes a while to come to the conclusion that the title could be a tool to generate subscriptions. Who was it who said "You've gotta have a gimmick" :-) JMHO. P

To: ETF1 who wrote (2788)	8/14/2014 10:51:30 AM
From: Kirk ©	Respond to of 3605

Well said. Does anybody pony up $185 for an annual subscription to Marketimer because they want to learn about GDP, the Personal Consumption Expenditures Index, price to earnings ratios, and the difference between operating earnings and as reported earnings? I've had several friends who subscribed to Marketimer and told me they didn't understand all these things and weren't even interested in all these things. If I want to buy a house, I want to know it is in a good neighborhood with good schools, safe from crime, etc. There is more to it than just buying a nice structure on a certain sized lot. Likewise, if you are trying to tell a novice investor to invest in the stock market who might only hold CDs, then you need to convince them WHY. Marketimer subscribers just want to know how to invest their money. That's it. They don't know that much about investing and are willing to pay $185/year for professional advice from Bob Brinker, so they can invest wisely and do well. True. Brinker should CLEARLY state that the returns he advertises, especially for his "balanced portfolio" going forward assume you lump sum to the total dollar levels shown, not the percentages that are at this time purely fiction. All the arm waving about economics and the "individual issues" are something that don't affect his advertised returns and are there more for advertising than to help you invest.