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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 (3516)	2/19/1998 4:03:00 PM
From: J. M. Blackburn	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 42834

jm, has bobo ever suggested selling one's portfolio? With the possible exception of 1987 there hasn't been a reason to sell one's portfolio and the risk has been in not being in equities. He has steered a steady course and I still own some funds he recommended in the eighties, which means that they have compounded without a tax interruption. In addition, after 1987 he revised his model to hopefully better predict a bear. If my memory serves me correct he was big in bonds at this time and I was the recipient of some of this good advise which brought me annualized double digit gains with little capital risk. Only time will tell if he will help us avoid the next bear, but as far as I'm concerned he has a very good (near perfect) record. He often states that nothing is for sure in investing. One last point. I hope your use of "bobo" wasn't meant to be derogatory towards him. A lot of us owe him quite a bit for his excellent advise.

To: Skeeter Bug who wrote (3516)	2/19/1998 10:53:00 PM
From: mister topes	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 42834

Hey Skeetermeister, tell us just when you would have liked to see The Brink issue a bear market sell signal this decade. Would you have liked one at Dow 3000? How about Dow 4000? Or Dow 5000? Maybe Dow 6000? How about Dow 7000? You really must be kidding if you would have been glad to see Brinker issue a bear sell signal at any of these lower levels. Seems to me the Dow in the eight thousands is continuing the greatest bull run of all time. And Brinker has been with it every step of the way for his subscribers. And he must contend with thread posters who wish he had issued a sell signal at lower levels? Unbelievable!