Money Talks Expert - Bob Brinker

Bob Brinker has more than twenty five years of investment management experience. He is a longtime member of the New York Society of Security Analysts and the Financial Analysts Federation. He served as Vice-President Investment Counsel at the Bank of New York, and on Wall Street as Chief Investment Officer for the U.S. division of Guardian Royal Exchange, London. Bob is the co-founder of the BJ Group, an investment management firm that he sold in the summer of 2000. Brinker continued to provide asset allocation guidance for the firm after the sale.

Bob Brinker is the host of the weekend financial talk program MoneyTalk on ABC Talk Radio. The program is nationally broadcast live from 4pm to 7pm Eastern time on Saturdays and Sundays. If you would like to call the program, dial (800) 934-2221.

Bob answers investment questions from around the country and discusses current issues on the radio program. If you would like to listen to the program, consult your local listings for broadcast times.

In addition to hosting Moneytalk, Bob Brinker publishes Marketimer, his monthly investment newsletter. Marketimer covers stock market timing, federal reserve policy, specific mutual fund recommendations, and model portfolios for various objectives. Model Portfolio I is designed for investors with aggressive growth investment objectives. Model Portfolio II is designed for investors with long-term growth objectives. Model Portfolio III is designed as a balanced portfolio for current investment income along with capital preservation and modest growth.

Comments on the performance of his newsletter recommendations:

From Steven Goldberg in Kiplinger's (4/10/03): "Data compiled over the 1980s and 1990s by the Hulbert Financial Digest show most timers badly lagged the market averages. According to Hulbert, however, Brinker's average portfolio is ahead of the broad-based Wilshire 5000 stock index over the last one, three, five, eight and ten years. But Brinker trails the Wilshire over the full 16 years Hulbert has tracked him because of a money-losing sell signal after the 1987 crash. Hulbert's most recent results are through the end of January of this year."

From Steven Goldberg in Kiplinger's (2/22/05): "[Among] the top newsletter[s] of the past ten years (through the end of 2004), Bob Brinker's Marketimer is in fourth place. Although Brinker's fund picks have slightly lagged the market on average, his timing moves have put him ahead of the market. Over the past ten years, he's gained an annualized 13.2%, with 19% less volatility than the market."

From Mark Hulbert in MarketWatch (3/3/05): "Which newsletters have done the best according to the HFD's tracking over the last 10 years? The table below lists the top five performers on a risk-adjusted basis over the 10 years through Feb. 28. Bob Brinker's Marketimer: [annual return] 13% [with lower than market risk]."

Bob Brinker even has a fan club!

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Bob Brinker has a blog at the Fixed Income Invester website, which lists market information, rates of return, and important news items. You can buy a range of Marketimer merchandise from CafePress. http://www.cafepress.com/marketimer