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To: Investor2 who wrote (2131)	11/15/1998 7:26:00 PM
From: marc ultra	Respond to of 15132

I2, I guess the issue would be how did the index do against let's say Magellan etc. over the 16 year flat period from ? 1966-1982. I think if Bob was just a blind indexer he may have never bothered with model portfolios other than passive/active. It's in the last several years the underperformance of the managed funds has become so pronounced. Peter Lynch didn't get his reputation by running an index fund. Perhaps more important is that load funds will be sold on such a ludicrous idea of pulling out some rare anomaly of market history to discourage people from indexing. Marc

To: Investor2 who wrote (2131)	11/15/1998 8:06:00 PM
From: mister topes	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 15132

Get a grip. Brinker never said 1973-74 was a period of flat market performance. He said the 16 year period of 1966-1982 the Dow ranged 250 points plus or minus around Dow 800 just about anytime you checked it over the 16 year period. He has often talked of the greatest recent bear market of 1973-74 which saw the Dow tank 45% and S & P tank 41% over the 24 month period. He has always told investors to be risk averse whenever possible in such a bear market environment. Many managed funds did better than the market during 1966-82 if they had great stock pickers. During the 1973-74 bloodbath the only thing that worked well was cash & shorts.