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

To: Wren who wrote (7079)	8/23/1998 9:13:00 AM
From: Boca_PETE	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 42834

Wren: re:< Princeton Economic Institute research > "Princeton" Economic Institute Research sounds reputable because they deliberately chose the name of a reputable and famous university. The only problem is, Princeton Economics Research HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH Princeton University and it's employees. This material appears to me to be typical "BAD NEWS BEAR" junk designed to scare the hell out of those who chose to read it. Hey, it's not the end of the world and this is the greatest time ever to be alive and be an investor. The US dollar is the world's strongest currency. The US economy is the world's best economy - low inflation, low interest rates, and slow growth. We have the best central banker chairman in the world. We have the best stock market in the world. We have the best technology in the world. Our government's fiscal policy is currently on the right track for sustainable growth. People from all of over the world are sending their money here to invest in our markets, our great companies, our emerging technologies. I've been following Brinker since October 1981. If you follow Brinker, he will make you rich, or enable you to stay rich. He is the ONLY person I know of who does LONG-TERM market timing successfully. If you follow that Princeton "BS", Imho you will end up regretting it. Good luck, Wren. P

To: Wren who wrote (7079)	8/23/1998 3:51:00 PM
From: wooden ships	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42834

Wren- In re: "The F.C.X. Newsletter, which is conservative (and not a market timing service). In June, FXC called for selling one- half of the big cap positions to prepare for a great buying op- portunity in the next several months." Is this selfsame F.X.C. newsletter written and published by Francis Xavier Curzio? Mr. Curzio is on record as having predicted the market crash of October 1987. He is often featured in the Wall Street Journal as a participating stock picker in its famed "darts vs. professional stock pickers" contest. However, my understanding is that, contrasted to Brinker, this man leaves investors craving impressive returns and superbly timed buying opportunities wanting. Indeed, Mr. Curzio, the hero of 1987, lost considerable face, if not followers, when he joined the panicked chorus on 27 October 1997, when the DJIA dropped 554.26 points, losing 7.19% of its value that day. On the instance of that decline, a grim-faced Curzio, speaking on CNBC-TV, declared the end of the bull market, if memory serves. As an aside, is Frank Curzio still advocating Coastal Caribbean Oils and Minerals as the "buy of the century" or exhorting his subscribers to buy Magellan Petroleum and Canada Southern?

To: Wren who wrote (7079)	9/5/1998 3:26:00 PM
From: Wren	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42834

Economist article on World Economy. On 8/23 I posted a reply (#7079) about the Princeton Economic Institute (not part of the university) and the F.X.C. Newsletter and was dressed down very politely by a couple of regulars, who seemed to be "true believers". I believe that it is important to get a larger view when making investment decisions, especially about allocations. Fortunately, I lowered my exposure to equities the next day, especially European equities. There is a good article in the current Economist (www.economist.com) in The World Economy section titled On the Edge. It is good material for those who believe we are all effected by the global economy, and that the US cannot stand high when all around us others are having problems.