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

To: Ken Brown who wrote (3848)	3/7/1998 1:31:00 AM
From: wooden ships	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 42834

Ken: Certain I speak for the many here by assuring you that the surfacing of lurkers here is as welcome as swallows to Capistrano, especially those bearing posts as artful, well-considered, and poignant as your most recent missive. As an added bonus, it was remarkably free from ad hominem attacks or snide, broad brush judgements. To be sure, it provided a breath of fresh air to a board lately cluttered with vituperation. My earnest wish is that more of us can take a cue from posts such as yours. Though Voltaire coun- seled that "the earth is the insane asylum of the universe," it does not follow that our collective behavior here need bear out his expressed cynicism. Meanwhile, I am sure you share the heightened sense of anticipation many of us doubtless feel as we await Brinker's verdict on the market this weekend. To wit, will Brinker declare surcease to his precisely timed prediction of a "short term correction" and the resumption of the bull run (as hinted by the markets Friday), or must we steel our- selves for additional bloodletting?

To: Ken Brown who wrote (3848)	3/7/1998 9:19:00 AM
From: Justa Werkenstiff	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42834

Ken: Re: "I am bothered by the fact that he keeps saying "I have nothing to sell". Compared with brokers and bankers and insurance agents who push loaded mutual funds without disclosing the load - damn straight. But, c'mon. In some ways, Money Talk is a 6 hr commercial for Marketimer. (Much more so nowadays than in the "old days".) Bob has reached critical mass (many times over, I'd think) due in part, at least, to his radio show. But I don't begrudge him one bit for it - I just wish he would stop saying he has nothing to sell. (Come to think of it, I'm not sure I've heard him say that anytime recently ....)" Bob makes an excellent effort to make sure he does not talk about MarketTimer on the show unless someone asks. In response to such questions, he never pushes the newsletter. Listen. Every commercial he runs starts out with something like -- "this is a paid commercial." Very important. He is paying for this time. I will even go on to say that there is the possibility that Bob is funding unsold commercial time with his own money for a number of reasons. I would not put it past him to do this. So in this way or any other way for that matter, MarketTimer subscribers are funding the radio program. No matter how you look at it, without the subscribers, MoneyTalk would have less of a chance of making it on the air as a profitable enterprise for Mickey (ABC) without those paid MarketTimer commercials. So all the listeners here on this thread better thank the subscribers every day because without them there might be no MoneyTalk. Maybe there is some truth to the freeloader listener comments <g>. BTW, when he made his appearance in Rochester Bob Brinker never tried to sell MarketTimer once. He does not need the money. In fact, all the proceeds of that paid event went to charity. Doesn't sound like the actions of a criminal to me <g>.

To: Ken Brown who wrote (3848)	3/7/1998 1:10:00 PM
From: Investor2	Respond to of 42834

RE: "I hope I haven't upset too many regulars here, who think that a lurker such as I shouldn't be seen or heard." All contributions are welcome, in my view. This also applies to rillinios and other lurkers and regulars. Best wishes, I2

To: Ken Brown who wrote (3848)	3/7/1998 7:18:00 PM
From: Rillinois	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42834

Ken, Real briefly, I agree with you. I don't believe you agree with 100% of what I have to say, but that's O.K. What's more important, in my opinion, is that when you disagree with me, you don't rush to challenge the level of my brain activity. You simply say what you agree and disagree with and support your arguments with facts. I just don't see the point when dissenters want to have a pissing match to see who can slam the other quicker and harder with ad hominem attacks and generalizations. I'd much rather leave that to the politicians. (<----I'm sorry if that was a generalization of politicians. If it is, that's unfair to them <g>.) Rillinois