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

To: Investor2 who wrote (5944)	7/14/1998 9:11:00 PM
From: sea_biscuit	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 42834

Good move, especially since Brinker was unable to foresee the 1987 crash and warn his readers/listeners in advance. Dipy.

To: Investor2 who wrote (5944)	9/4/1998 3:49:00 PM
From: wooden ships	Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 42834

I2: Let me congratulate you for your prudence and foresight. In July 1998, and afterwards, you quietly stated that you were reducing your allocation to stocks, both US and European, within your portfolio. In August following, you again quietly enunciated your intention not to participate in Brinker's vaunted and twice-told "buying opportun- ity" below 8650 on the DJIA and 1090 on the S&P 500. Both stated actions smack of pure prescience now. In another vein, as the market continues to defy Brinker's imputed Marketimer model, it becomes more than obvious that we Money- Talk and Marketimer adherents have lost Brinker as our commander and our guide through these rough seas. His flawed advice of late has cost many of us dearly, not merely for the paper losses but, even more, for the opportunity costs attendant upon his recent recom- mendations. Mr. GreenJeans has it right, "Be objective, be rational, be true to yourself as an investor, evaluate the situation, and act accordingly, be it by buying or selling." We, as individual investors, must act by ourselves, for ourselves. It's every man for himself.