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Bob Brinker Market Update plus Summary, Excerpts and editorial comments for Sunday's (January 22, 2012) edition of "Moneytalk hosted by Bob Brinker." Sunday Bob Brinker said the stock market is off to its best start in 15 years, up over 4%. The S&P 500 closed last year at 1257 right where it started, but is now standing at 1315, up over 4% in January. You can read a full review of the show

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Bob Brinker is not the only bull on Wall Street.  Elaine Garzarelli, president of Garzarelli Capital and a market timer that correctly called the 1987 bear market that Bob Brinker missed, is Bullish. Last night on the PBS show "Nightly Business Report" (NBR) Garzarelli said her indicators were at 80%.  On her April 2011 appearance on NBR when the indicators were at 76%,  Garzarelli said the S&

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From the article "Moneytalk's Bob Brinker's Market Outlook For 2012," Moneytalk host Bob Brinker says: “In our view, the S&P500 index has the potential to trade into the low-to-mid 1400s range in 2012. On a valuation basis, using our conservative operating earnings estimate of

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On December 11, 2011 at 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM EST Neale Godfrey, author of Money Doesn't Grow On Trees: A Parent's Guide to Raising Financially Responsible Children, will be the guest host for "MoneyTalk with Bob Brinker."  About Neale: Neale S. Godfrey is an acknowledged expert on family and children’s finances who has been in the financial field for more than 30 years. Early in her career,

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Update Dec 7:  Bob Brinker hosted his last show on 50 kilowatt KGO on Sunday Dec. 4, 2011.  He found a new home on 5 kilowatt (less powerful transmitter) KSFO (Detailed Story). December 2:  Today the San Francisco Examiner reported KGO dropped "Moneytalk with host Bob Brinker" and many of its other talk shows due to falling ratings.  On Friday, December 2, Owens told listeners that he had "

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Bob Brinker Moneytalk Show Review November 20, 2011 Our Bob Brinker Moneytalk Summary for November 20, 2011 is now available on our web site.  You can read it now at: Recap of Moneytalk with Bob Brinker Host show New Articles & Charts Nov 26 Gold Resistance and Support Lines NEW Nov. 11 Dow-Gold Ratio Rallies To Downtrending Resistance Line Nov. 11 PIIGS

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From the summary of the November 6, 2011 "Money Talk with Host Bob Brinker" radio show, Bob Brinker shared his Market Outlook. Moneytalk Summaries - November 6, 2011 Bob Brinker Market Outlook Post and Read Comments Bob was adamant that he is not predicting a recession, that these forecasters are wrong and they will owe him an apology! "My estimate is that we will see growth again in

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Stagflation is stagnant economic growth with inflation. With rates for safe investments in treasuries, CDs and GNMA near record lows, inflation is tough on savers as it erodes the value of their savings.  The Federal Reserve is trying to encourage savers to take more risk but they continue to pour money into safe investments.  As the returns at the bottom of the page show, TIPS (Treasury

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For a summary of this show, see: Moneytalk Summaries - September 11, 2011 MarketUpdate  Key Topics include a Market Update, 9/11 Memorial, Gold, GNMA, Iraqi Dinar as an investment, Social Security and the Moneytalk Guest

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Happy Labor Day Weekend! We have TWO special treats for you this weekend: Bob Brinker's Rules on Investing - Become Your Own Money Manger This is an article David Korn and I just finished that summarizes what we believe is the best of Brinker's advice on how to become your own personal finance manager. FREE August 2011 Retirement Advisor Newsletter. Visit our website and

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This weekend KGO radio in San Francisco played spliced together parts of past Moneytalk shows with Bob Brinker answering general questions. Reports say KGO did not announce it was a "best of Bob Brinker show" like they do for the other shows they produce themselves. This inspired us to write a New  article:Brinker's Rules on Investing - Become Your Own Money Manger  Feel free to add

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This weekend Bob Brinker said the markets were "volatile."  I summarized the market volatility below.  Other than that, Brinker didn't have much to say about the stock market nor his bragging just weeks ago when the S&P500 was at 1290 and he was buying.   See:August 6 Market Update and Bob Brinker's Recent Advice to not Sell Bob Brinker Buy Levels in graphical form All Time High Market Statistics

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Gold (chart and Quote) is going crazy! Gold made an all time new high today of $1,818.90 per ounce! If you want to buy gold for your portfolio as an investment or to trade , my recommendation has been to buy the exchange traded fund, GLD (chart and quote).  This is the same advice Bob Brinker gives.  Most other methods to buy gold involve high expenses. Note: I

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We are getting word that Bob Brinker sent out a "special bulletin" to subscribers of his "Marketimer" newsletter as well as those who don't subscribe.A subscriber tells us that when they logged in they were told "there is no bulletin."We got an email last night asking us "Does anyone know what Brinkers 8/9/11 bulletin said?" We assume this means news of the bulletin went out to non-subscribers

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July 31, 2011 Moneytalk Update:Bob Brinker remains fully invested. Last Sunday, July 31, 2011, Bob Brinker said it was amazing how the stock market had taken all of the debate over the debt ceiling in stride. He said the S&P 500 was "setting about 5% below its closing high for the year, which is truly amazing." Of course, the market is now at 1292, a couple of percent higher than when that

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Sunday Bob Brinker started the show by saying "Our Toll Free Line 1-800-934-2221. That is our contact number."Brinker then summarized the debt ceiling issue. Brinker said there is an interest payment due on August 4 that is large enough to put the Federal Government beyond the debt ceiling unless the government can find a legal way to extend the debt ceiling. He said on a "technical basis" we

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This survey updated this weekend shows the highest savings account rates we can find with FDIC or NCUA (National Credit Union Administration) insurance.Savings Account Rate Survey Latest Survey - Last (June 2011) Survey Savings Account Rates (APY) as of July 16, 2011 1.15% at at CapitalOne through Costco 10% Interest Bonus on Interest earned & up to $60 if bought through Costco.com

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Today Bob Brinker started the show out by saying his Moneytalk program is "the longest running investment broadcast in America and for that to you we say thank-you very much."Debt Ceiling:Brinker's first topic of the day was declaring that the debt ceiling must be increased. He says we have 14.4 trillion dollars  in national debt with well over one trillion dollars in annual treasury sales. He

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In the July 2011 Marketimer, Bob Brinker projects US GDP will grow by two to three percent in 2011.  He says he is "slightly more conservative than the revised Federal Reserve forecast of 2.7% to 2.9% growth in 2011."Brinker seems to not understand what "central tendency" for GDP growth means.  "Central Tendency" is  2.7% to 2.9% but the full range of estimates that includes the three highest and

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Excerpts from Moneytalk Show Review for June 5, 2011: EMPLOYMENT REPORT Brinker Comment:  The big economic news this week was the employment report that came out on Friday morning.  Private payroll rose in May by 83,000 jobs.  However, government payrolls continue to shrink.  The number of government jobs lost in May was 29,000.  That means the total number of nonfarm payroll jobs net was 52,000

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This weekend Moneytalk host Bob Brinker was asked if the US could default on its debt.  He told the caller they won't default because they won't be able to issue more debt and it would be all over and  "I will say this, if the United States defaults on its debt, I can't give you any reason why anybody in the world should lend a penny to the United States Treasury.....If they actually do that, I

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A caller this weekend noted that in Bob's last Marketimer he made a change in the Income Portfolio going to the Double Line Total Return Fund. The caller questioned the reason for that particular fund while noting it had a higher expense ratio. He also questioned the duration.The new fund is the "DoubleLine Total Return Bond Fund" with a ticker DLTNX for investor shares and DBLTX for

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Useful charts and graphs of economic data discussed by Bob Brinker, host of Moneytalk.S&P500 PE (Price Earnings) Ratio Graph As a result of the recent surge in corporate earnings, the PE ratio has dropped to a level that has rarely existed over the past two decades.Near Record High Inflation Adjusted Gasoline Prices The only time when gasoline prices were higher than today was during a brief

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Excerpts from Moneytalk Summaries - April 24, 2011:STOCK MARKET STRENGTH   Brinker Comment: The stock market has shown a tremendous come-back over the last 25 months. It is rather remarkable when you consider everything that has happened. The all-time closing high in the S&P 500 of 1565 occurred back in 2007. At today¹s closing price of 1337, the S&P 500 Index is 14.5% below its all-time high.

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Elaine Garzarelli, president of Garzarelli Capital and a market timer that correctly called the 1987 bear market that Brinker missed, is Bullish. Garzarelli says the S&P500 could reach 1500. Below are excerpts from her appearance on the PBS show "Nightly Business Report."TOM HUDSON (NBR Host): What makes you so confident in higher stock prices with all the uncertainty that remains? GARZARELLI:

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"Moneytalk with Bob Brinker" is carried live by KGO Radio 810 AM in San Francisco, California from 1AM to 4PM, PST. You can listen to the show live here. You can also listen to Moneytalk any time you want FOR FREE up to a week after the show at the KGO Radio MP3 Archives for SundaySimply select the day and the hour you'd like to hear. A new window will open containing an upgraded player, and

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Some members of the Fed are quite worried about inflation and speaking their mind:Fed Should Consider Curtailing Stimulus Program, Bullard Says March 28 (Bloomberg) -- St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank President James Bullard said policy makers should review whether to curtail a plan to buy $600 billion in Treasury securities, noting that the U.S. recovery may not need that much stimulus. “The

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The NASDAQ just announced it was changing the trading symbol of QQQQ back to QQQ (QQQ charts and Quote) effective immediately.  Bob Brinker's long-term subscribers remember QQQ well.  In fact, if they followed his advice to the letter, then they are still holding a large percentage of their portfolios in this fund well below their purchase price over a decade ago! The last time Bob Brinker

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Bob Brinker came to work today and started off talking about the disaster in Japan.  Bob said, "In our lifetimes, we have rarely seen anything of this magnitude."Kirk Comment:   As earthquakes go, this magnitude 8.9 shaker was the biggest quake in Japan's history and rates as the fifth largest earthquake in the World since 1900.  See: World's Largest Earthquakes List Economic Impact: Brinker

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This weekend Moneytalk host Lynn Jimenez interviewed Lakshman Achuthan. Lakshman Achuthan is the Co-Founder and Chief Operations Officer of the Economic Cycle Research Institute, or ECRI, a New York-based independent forecasting group. He is also the co-author of  the book "Beating the Business Cycle."   Lakshman and I have been friends for over a decade.  We met after I wrote about how

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This weekend a 25-year old caller with $200 per month to invest asked Bob Brinker how to get started with an investment program.  Bob Brinker suggested the caller contact "Fidelity" and ask about dollar cost averaging into the "Total Stock Market." This is great advice from Brinker.  I just checked with Fidelity and they said if a new investor sets up the investment into a ROTH or regular IRA

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This weekend Bob Brinker started out talking about the mess many of the states of the US are in. He called the politicians in Sacramento, California's capital, dysfunctional.  I agree.  To get elected, the politicians in California gave outrageously excessive pension promises to public unions in exchange for endorsements. Brinker named the eleven states with triple A  (AAA) credit ratings for

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In Honeybee's excellent summary of Sunday's Moneytalk, she quoted Bob Brinker as saying:"That means if rates go up then you can expect the net-asset-value of that security to go down......For that reason, especially given the fact that the rates are near zero, I am not, I am not recommending TIPS." The base rates for 10, 20 and 30-YR TIPS are currently 0.93%, 1.64% and 1.89%, respectively. TIPS

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The top CD annal percentage yield (APY) this week is at Discover Bank for a 10-year certificate of deposit currently paying 3.00%.  With the 10-year US Treasury paying 3.31%, there is little incentive to lock up money for 10 years at banks.   For shorter periods, like one to five years, you do better with bank CDs.  For example, Melrose CU &  Bank of Internet are paying 1.41% for their 1-yr

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What does Bob Brinker have in common with David Kostin, Barry Knapp, Dan Chung, Richard Bernstein, David Bianco, Abby Joseph Cohen, and Bob Doll? The answer is they are all bullish as 2010 ends and we enter 2011 but Bob Brinker is the least bullish of these experts. Honeybee reported on Sunday (Dec. 26, 2010) Bob Brinker's current market outlook:Bob Brinker's latest stock market views: Brinker is

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Bob Brinker's "One Book to read over the holidays"This weekend Bob Brinker said that if he had to pick one book to recommend reading from all the guests he had on the show this year it would be Andrew Sorkin's book Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the FinancialSystem--and Themselves Brinker said Sorkin's book provides a comprehensive view of what

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Vanguard GNMA + Cash Reserves AdviceVanguard's web site says their GNMA fund (VFIIX quote & Charts) will go "ex dividend" on Dec. 29 with a 23¢ payout. If you are using "Bob Brinker's GNMA Advice to use a Stop Loss" to protect yourself from high net asset value loss, then you should reduce your stop price to account for this distribution. Current Quote for VFIIX As many regular readers if this

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For anyone still holding TEFQX or QQQ per Bob Brinker's advice to purchase these securities in 2000 before the market melted down, this one is for you. Personalize funny videos and birthday eCards at JibJab! Bob Brinker's dancing is similar to his advice. He gave aggressive "off the books" advice to buy QQQQ and TEFQX back in 2000 that worked out poorly. Clients in his money management company

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December Reading:My 13 Favorite Investment Books - Holiday Gift Ideas ECRI Calls for Revival of US Economic Growth State Street Investor Confidence at 97.5 finally moved up in a big way. It has not been this high since April 30 when it was 99.4 Bob Brinker's Moneytalk Show Summaries for November 28, 2010 Lynn Jimenez Fill-in Host November 21, 2010 Show Summary, Excerpts and Commentary

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Cost of Fannie, Freddie bailout might hit $685B.Initially projected two years ago to cost taxpayers $200B, the bailout of Fannie Mae (FNMA.OB) and Freddie Mac (FMCC.OB) could reach $685B, according to a new S&P estimate.Fannie and Freddie have already cost taxpayers nearly $134 billion, but S&P analysts said Thursday that the government could ultimately be forced to inject $280 billion into the

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The Social Security Administration announced "There will be no increase in Social Security benefits payable in January 2011, nor will there be an increase in SSI payments."  Press Release COLA ComputationThe last year in which a COLA became effective was 2008. Therefore the law requires that we use the average CPI-W for the third quarter of 2008 as the base from which we measure the

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Here is a good article from Vanguard titled Risk lurks in the search for current income.Key Points:If someone moves from a money market fund yielding 0.11% into a bond fund yielding 2.52%, he or she would pick up 2.41 percentage points in current yield. On a $10,000 investment, that equates to $241 a year, assuming interest rates remain steady. But.... If rates were to increase by, say, 4

Kirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08907286927383718834noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9920323.post-83652652318055089172010-09-18T21:23:00.000-07:002010-09-18T21:29:45.849-07:00

Elaine Garzarelli, President, Garzarelli Capital was the Friday Market Monitor guest on "Nightly Business Report." Elaine was quite bullish with an S&P500 target of 1300 based on 2011 earnings. Below are excerpts from her interview with PBS host Tom Hudson. HUDSON: In February, you were saying the winter swoon was over and we did see prices climb through April and since then we`ve seen some

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Many callers have asked Bob Brinker about the potential to lose money in bond funds when interest rates "normalize" from historically low rates. For example, on April 5, 2010 the 10-year US Treasury Bond had a yield of 3.99%. (move the cursor over the chart here for TNX to April 5 to see the rate quoted as a "price").   Much of this year's gains in bonds are due to the yield falling to 2.70%

Kirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08907286927383718834noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9920323.post-77764868385600421172010-08-24T15:40:00.000-07:002010-08-25T07:59:35.350-07:00

Bob Brinker remains bullish.  Honeybee reported Sunday:Brinker has been forecasting sizable gains in the S&P for 2010 and the winter of 2011. Back in the March, 2010 issue, Brinker said: "Our 2010 target range for the S&P 500 Index remains in the 1200 to 1260 zone." In May, Brinker raised that to "upper-1200's to low-1300's." He nailed the numbers down a bit more in June and July, forecasting

Kirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08907286927383718834noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9920323.post-59171106758261027872010-08-09T09:01:00.000-07:002010-12-09T09:07:43.603-08:00

Yesterday on Moneytalk a caller asked Bob Brinker if he should move his money (about $40,000) out of the Ginnie Mae (GNMA) fund Brinker recommends into something else. The caller was worried that interest rates could suddenly surge and cause the net asset value (NAV) of the fund to fall.For many years, Bob Brinker has recommended Vanguard's GNMA fund (VFIIX charts and more info) on Moneytalk. 

Kirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08907286927383718834noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9920323.post-21663216016090093382010-08-08T13:42:00.000-07:002010-08-09T08:43:29.303-07:00

On today's Moneytalk, in response to a caller asking Bob Brinker about his discussion of "rapid growth" as one of the five root causes of a bear market, Brinker said:"I do not believe we are entering a new bear market at this time."Brinker elaborated by saying rapid economic growth has many fallout factors that can lead to a bear market such as: Inflation pressure. Certainly not a problem now!

Kirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08907286927383718834noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9920323.post-25818303643397377202010-07-18T16:13:00.000-07:002010-07-18T16:22:59.658-07:00

Today Bob Brinker gave his advice to president Obama and the congress about how to help the economy. His advice was #1 Cut corporate tax rate from 35% to 25% so US corporations are paying the same taxes as most other industrialized nations. #2 Allow same year expensing of business investment. #3 Postpone plan to increase taxes in January.  He got pretty worked up over this:  "This is no

Kirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08907286927383718834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9920323.post-9360722319820342212010-07-11T15:05:00.000-07:002010-07-12T08:48:17.767-07:00

Bob Brinker just now said on the radio that he thinks the market is in a correction. He also said he thinks the market is "attractive for purchase" in the neighborhood of the June 30th low which he said was SnP500 1030.Here is a list of Bob Brinker's other "attractive for purchase" levels with dates. Note that he has not identified an "attractive to sell" or "attractive to take profits" since

Kirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08907286927383718834noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9920323.post-84336340128085562722010-07-09T10:00:00.000-07:002010-07-09T10:25:56.413-07:00

The top CD annal percentage yield (APY) this week is at Pentagon Federal Credit Union for a 7-year certificate of deposit currently paying 3.51%.   From my survey of six months ago, this same certificate was paying 4.5%!  With rates so low, banks will try to sell you their annuity products. Make sure you read my article: Beware of Annuities.  The table below shows the best CD rates for

Kirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08907286927383718834noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9920323.post-13447278142700391962010-06-28T07:31:00.000-07:002010-06-28T12:43:49.672-07:00

Bob Brinker remains bullish on the stock market and views any short-term weakness as a health-restoring event. Brinker's advice for new stock market money is to dollar cost average into the market and, if possible, to take advantage of the volatility that brings lower prices.Brinker says none of his "five root causes of a bear Market" are present at this time. He elaborated on his "five root

Kirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08907286927383718834noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9920323.post-27371520057109677282010-05-25T11:10:00.000-07:002010-08-04T11:30:19.440-07:00

Bob Brinker and 15 others made the 2010 National Radio Hall of Fame (NRHOF) nomination list.   Bob Brinker joins Carl Kasell, Bob Kingsley and Howard Stern (Howard Stern Fan Club) on the 2010 list of nominees in the "National Active" category. One of my radio favorites, Ron Ownes of KGO was also nominated in the "Local or Regional - Active" category. Bob Brinker was nominated last year too. 

Kirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08907286927383718834noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9920323.post-72818007476069538952010-05-24T09:41:00.000-07:002010-05-24T10:02:20.576-07:00

TIPS vs GNMA Performance update with 2.2% CPI-U Inflation Rate.  Both securities are backed by the U.S. government. Bob Brinker continues to recommend Vanguard's GNMA Fund, VFIIX, on his radio show. Over the course of last year, I sold out of my "explore portfolio" position in Vanguard's GNMA fund and replaced it with individual TIPS.  A good, recommended alternative is Vanguard's TIPS fund,

Kirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08907286927383718834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9920323.post-8886942325062194882010-05-19T08:02:00.000-07:002010-05-19T08:18:40.113-07:00

Author and stock and commodities veteran Phil Storer will share his trading tips with listeners on Bob Brinker's Moneytalk radio show in a May 30 interview that will be conducted by guest host and business journalist Lynn Jimenez .Storer is the author of a new book Chalk Talks for Traders – Easy Xs and Os from a Proven Market Pro, intended to help investors master technical techniques used by

Kirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08907286927383718834noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9920323.post-30895252583869053612010-05-16T16:01:00.000-07:002010-05-16T16:04:17.460-07:00

Neale Godfrey was the guest hostess of "Money Talk with Bob Brinker" on Saturday May 15, 2010.  Neal has written many books to help teach children about investing.  Her latest is Money Doesn't Grow On Trees: A Parent's Guide to Raising Financially Responsible Children Lynn Jimenez, author of the book ¿Se Habla Dinero? The Everyday Guide to Financial Success (English and Spanish Edition) and

Kirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08907286927383718834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9920323.post-23575862812225172562010-05-09T21:12:00.000-07:002010-09-06T08:15:18.991-07:00

Bob Brinker To Cut Time In Half We have learned that beginning June 6th, Citadel Media's syndicated financial talk show "Moneytalk with Bob Brinker" will move to a Sunday-only schedule in the same time slot. According to Bob Brinker's biography at Citadel "Bob Brinker has nearly thirty years of investment management experience. He is the host of the weekend financial talk program MoneyTalk on

Kirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08907286927383718834noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9920323.post-21758523443809608042010-05-09T13:24:00.000-07:002010-05-10T13:33:18.435-07:00

Bob Brinker made it quite clear this weekend that he believes the current market weakness is a correction in an ongoing bull market.  See  below for a table, chart and market correction statistics. Brinker cited the troubles in Greece as a catalyst and pointed out that sometimes we get corrections that we don't see any reason for but this time we do have a reason. Market Statistics: May 8 2008

Kirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08907286927383718834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9920323.post-31638069005175199132010-05-02T15:23:00.000-07:002010-05-09T15:33:38.359-07:00

Bob Brinker's guest Sunday May 9, 2010 was Roger Farmer, author of the book "How the Economy Works: Confidence, Crashes and Self-Fulfilling Prophecies" Bob Brinker's guest Sunday May 2, 2010 was Gregory Zuckerman, author of the book "The Greatest Trade Ever: The Behind-the-Scenes Story of How John Paulson Defied Wall Street and Made Financial History" Bob Brinker's guest Saturday May 1, 2010

Kirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08907286927383718834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9920323.post-61296169901540641792010-05-01T11:29:00.000-07:002010-05-09T13:27:02.256-07:00

We get a lot of questions from people asking why Moneytalk with Bob Brinker was removed from their local radio station, when will it return or what station can they listen to on the internet that has Moneytalk.  We've found the easiest way to listen is to buy the software package "Replay AV" then record the show automatically each Saturday and Sunday to our PCs.  I've been using ReplayAV to

Kirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08907286927383718834noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9920323.post-52505148366915174022010-04-27T07:36:00.000-07:002010-04-27T08:21:43.612-07:00

Like Bob Brinker, market timer Elaine Garzarelli remains Bullish according to Dan Dorfman in his article "It's Still a Go-Go Market!" She remains bullish but sentiment suggests we could have a correction at any time.Her overall view, as exemplified in a commentary she just fired off to clients: it's still a go-go market.The chart below shows the S&P500 is currently at 1208.64 so reaching Elaine

Kirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08907286927383718834noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9920323.post-41169099360204651342010-04-26T10:12:00.001-07:002010-04-26T10:23:45.872-07:00

Bob Brinker's Moneytalk guests this weekend were:Saturday:Vickie Ward, author of the book The Devil's Casino: Friendship, Betrayal, and the High Stakes Games Played Inside Lehman BrothersSunday:Marc Chandler, author of the book Making Sense of the Dollar: Exposing Dangerous Myths about Trade and Foreign Exchange (Bloomberg) - Both eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping

Kirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08907286927383718834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9920323.post-53653409434662883162010-04-12T12:25:00.000-07:002010-04-12T12:39:52.196-07:00

Bob Brinker loves to use catch phrases to help him sell the idea he can time the stock market. Don't let them fool you.Honeybee reported yesterday in her April 10, 2010, Bob Brinker's Moneytalk: Summary that Bob Brinker is talking about "cyclical bull markets" again on his radio show. She repored:* Bob Brinker said: "The Dow Jones Industrial Average closing out the week at 10, 997. That is a

Kirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08907286927383718834noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9920323.post-71184085424754264252010-04-09T10:55:00.000-07:002010-04-09T10:56:26.798-07:00

Savings Account Rate Survey Best Rates for Savings AccountsSavings Account Rates as of April 9, 20101.30% at American Express Bank, FSB Online Savings Account -No Monthly Fees, No Minimum Balance1.29% at Ally Bank Online Savings Account - No minimum, no monthly fees.1.25% at at CapitalOne InterstPlus Online Savings - $2,500 Minimum Balance for this Rate1.25% at FNBO DirectOnline Savings

Noodlesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9920323.post-28038256802440088782010-03-22T06:41:00.000-07:002010-03-22T06:58:59.774-07:00

Below is David Korns "interpretation" of the March 20 & 21, 2010 Moneytalk (Bob Brinker Host) shows. You can read more about David Korn here.************************************************MARKET NUMBERS AS OF FRIDAY MARCH 19, 2010Dow: 10,741.98Nasdaq: 2,374.41S&P 500: 1,159.9010-Yr. Bond: 3.687%************************************************HEALTH CARE LEGISLATION Brinker Comment: Bob

Kirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08907286927383718834noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9920323.post-529371671909746192010-03-18T07:49:00.000-07:002010-03-18T08:22:38.759-07:00

Bob Brinker continues to recommend Vanguard's GNMA Fund, VFIIX, on his radio show. Over the course of last year, I sold out of my "explore portfolio" position in Vanguard's GNMA fund and replaced it with individual TIPS.Today's CPI Press Release says Year-over-year CPI rose at a 2.1% rateOn a seasonally adjusted basis, the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) was unchanged in

Kirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08907286927383718834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9920323.post-11090078632864506942010-03-05T11:28:00.000-08:002010-03-05T12:07:29.953-08:00

This weekend Bob Brinker said there a great deal of misinformation being spread around the country right now. Brinker said people have been complaining this year that their taxes were just raised. Brinker said the reality for the 2009 to 2010 tax year is 95% of Americans have received a tax cut but when they take surveys, they get the opposite answer. Bob singled out the "tea baggers" (Tea

Kirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08907286927383718834noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9920323.post-40768150841286558652010-02-21T16:43:00.000-08:002010-02-22T08:12:37.087-08:00

Bob Brinker spent a good part of this weekend discussing government's efforts to "encourage" savers to buy annuities. Many message boards are abuzz claiming the government wants to confiscate your 401(k) and IRA savings accounts. With ratings for Brinker's Moneytalk in the tank, it appears Brinker has used this issue to get his listeners riled up.First some background information. Here is the

Kirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08907286927383718834noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9920323.post-34333139323234710972010-02-07T14:15:00.000-08:002010-02-21T17:32:16.792-08:00

Bob Brinker spent the first hour of today's program talking about Bernie Madoff's ponzi scheme and how the trustee is trying to get what little money is left to distribute to victims. Bob highly recommended The Madoff Chronicles: Inside the Secret World of Bernie and RuthBrinker said:"I would like as many Moneytalk listeners as possible to read The Madoff Chronicles: and I'll tell you why.

Kirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08907286927383718834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9920323.post-16459145052777252292010-02-04T07:25:00.000-08:002010-02-04T09:19:36.611-08:00

We get a lot of emails asking what happened to "Moneytalk" hosted by Bob Brinker on WABC in New York and why was KGO-AM in San Francisco's business reporter Lynn Jimenez chosen as a permanent guest host for Moneytalk. I believe the answers to both questions are very much related.On July 27, 2009 we reportedWABC Radio NY Drops Moneytalk Hosted by Bob Brinker.Then on August 16, 2009 we reported

Kirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08907286927383718834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9920323.post-61566828940681255212010-02-03T13:33:00.000-08:002010-02-03T16:52:57.891-08:00

It appears Bob Brinker wisely ended his relationship with Genworth Financial shortly before this class action was filed.GENWORTH FINANCIAL WEALTH MANAGEMENT (BJ GROUP SERVICES)Class Period: Dec 22, 2003 to Dec 22, 2009Lead Plaintiff Deadline: Mar 8, 2010Summary of Case:A securities class action has been filed against Genworth Financial Wealth Management (BJ Group Services Portfolios) ("Genworth

Noodlesnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9920323.post-20824344988914183972010-01-30T17:37:00.000-08:002010-01-30T17:46:12.597-08:00

Bob Brinker's guest today was Peter Navarro. Peter Navarro is a business professor at the University of California, Irvine. His latest book is "The Well-Timed Strategy: Managing the Business Cycle for Competitive Advantage." For a list of all his books, see "More about Peter Navarro."Permabear wrote a short summary of this interview and posted it in our "Bob Brinker" discussion forum at "

Kirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08907286927383718834noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9920323.post-28231863418007442822010-01-18T07:19:00.000-08:002010-02-01T10:01:28.802-08:00

In the recent article "Top Market Timers Give Their 2010 Outlooks" editor Mark Hulbert says only five market timers are still in business whom he considers worth consulting for advice."For guidance, I decided -- as I often do -- to turn to those investment newsletters with the best market timing records in the Hulbert Financial Digest's ranking system."The editors Hulbert turned to are in

Kirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08907286927383718834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9920323.post-71946955627048905082010-01-16T08:26:00.000-08:002010-01-16T14:13:38.046-08:00

Please Support the Earthquake Recovery in Haiti through the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund. www.clintonbushhaitifund.orgI verified this web site is recommended by official website such as whitehouse.gov so I used it to give.On January 12, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti just outside the capital city of Port-au-Prince. The devastation – in lives lost, property destroyed, and families displaced –

Kirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08907286927383718834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9920323.post-58432886392359229942010-01-11T08:29:00.000-08:002010-01-11T08:45:30.121-08:00

"Moneytalk Hosted by Bob Brinker" Guests and Books For January 2009Bob Brinker, host of Moneytalk, usually interviews a guest in the final hour of his three hour weekend radio show. These guests usually have a new book to promote. Bob has become good at interviewing his guests to let them express their opinions. This has become the favorite segment of the show for many of us. Below is a list of

Kirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08907286927383718834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9920323.post-3573368357665341582010-01-05T07:28:00.000-08:002010-01-05T08:57:43.355-08:00

Below is David Korns "interpretation" of the January 2 and 3, 2010 Moneytalk (Bob Brinker Host) shows. You can read more about David Korn here.Background: David Korn and I have been writing about Bob Brinker since the 1990s. I also write about other financial pundits such as Jim Cramer, Bill Flanagan, Sy Harding, Lynn Jimenez and Suze Orman.It became clear to us that many of the popular TV,

Kirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08907286927383718834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9920323.post-29932056952035478652009-12-26T14:52:00.000-08:002010-01-22T09:55:17.381-08:00

Warning. Today's "Moneytalk with Bob Brinker" is a replay of one or many past shows. Note that they don't give a phone number to call into the program like they usually do when the show is live.I have not heard any announcements that the show is repeat on KGO810 in San Francisco. This is unusual because KGO usually announces their locally produced shows are "best of" programs to their

Kirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08907286927383718834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9920323.post-18316144204754596452009-12-22T07:44:00.000-08:002010-01-14T14:49:16.038-08:00

Today Mark Hulbert, editor of "Hulbert's Financial Digest," reports in the Marketwatch article "Upbeat for 2010" that Bob Brinker is bullish for 2010.I normally don't put too much weight in the year-ahead forecasts that investment advisers circulate every December.But I make an exception when it comes to the newsletters on the Hulbert Financial Digest's Newsletter Honor Roll for 2010. Making it

Kirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08907286927383718834noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9920323.post-30761357867654610812009-12-15T15:19:00.000-08:002009-12-15T15:30:25.205-08:00

The top rate for a certificate of deposit (CD) this week is at Pentagon Federal Credit Union (fondly known as PenFed CU) where you can get a 7-year certificate that currently pays 4.00% APY.For shorter terms, ING Direct has a 1-year CD with a 2.00% annual percentage rate. I bought one yesterday.The one year US Treasury rate is currently 0.35%.With rates so low, banks will try to sell you their

Kirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08907286927383718834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9920323.post-92169174970274427312009-12-11T08:31:00.000-08:002009-12-11T09:30:34.649-08:00

Bob Brinker constantly bashes congress and "the White House" for massive deficit spending. He says they are spending like "drunken sailors." Other than I think this is a slam on many of our sober men and women in service of our country, this is one area I am in complete agreement with him.Check out The National Debt Clock for a sobering set of statistics.As I type, the total nation debt is over

Kirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08907286927383718834noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9920323.post-6570187878251707482009-12-06T07:00:00.000-08:002009-12-06T08:27:43.562-08:00

The Bob Brinkers are advertising very impressive returns for the "Brinker Fixed Income Advisor" on their web site. (Click the image to see advertised returns.)What they don't tell you is how poorly they did last year and how they have greatly under performed my advice until very recently to hold Vanguard's Total Bond fund (VBMFX) for your fixed income. (I recently sold ALL my bonds and bond

Kirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08907286927383718834noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9920323.post-54823721927627235632009-12-05T17:36:00.000-08:002009-12-06T08:18:46.056-08:00

Bob Brinker, host of Moneytalk, usually interviews a guest in the final hour of his three hour weekend radio show. These guests usually have a new book to promote. Bob has become good at interviewing his guests to let them express their opinions. This has become the favorite segment of the show for many of us. Below is a list of the guests for this month with links to buy their books to support

Kirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08907286927383718834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9920323.post-41405268071069547652009-11-15T19:36:00.000-08:002009-11-28T09:47:19.509-08:00

These are my observations of what Bob Brinker said of note during "Moneytalk" on Saturday November 11, 2009.Bob quoted statistics on how well the market has done this year. He didn't say it remains down considerably from its 2007 highs. Here are the returns without dividends:IndexYTD %DJIA17.0Nasdaq37.5S&P 50021.1Russell 200017.4With dividends included, the S&P500 fund at Vanguard, VFINX, is up

Kirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08907286927383718834noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9920323.post-5004601909595899312009-11-15T10:06:00.000-08:002009-12-08T17:20:51.059-08:00

There may be some confusion because I write two different, but related, newsletters.#1 "Kirk Lindstrom's Investment Letter" is $155 a year and uses the "core and explore" method to invest. It has two core portfolios plus an explore portfolio of individual stocks. My aggressive core portfolio has 80% equities while my "conservative" core portfolio has 50% in equities. My core portfolios are made

Kirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08907286927383718834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9920323.post-86700199990956955482009-11-06T09:29:00.000-08:002009-11-07T14:23:51.736-08:00

US Treasury Auction Schedule - Upcoming OfferingsCharts of Historical CD Rate Data (click charts for full sized graphs) 1-Month CD Daily Chart 3-Month CD Daily Chart 6-Month CD Daily Chart

Kirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08907286927383718834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9920323.post-60057524592964031212009-11-03T08:38:00.000-08:002009-11-03T12:27:32.684-08:00

The Bureau of the Public Debt today announced an earnings rate of 3.36% for Series I Savings Bonds issued from October 2, 2009 through April 30, 2010.The 3.36% earnings rate for I bonds bought from November 2, 2009 through April 30, 2010 will apply for their first six months after issue. The earnings rate combines a 0.30% fixed rate of return with the 3.06% annualized rate of inflation as

Kirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08907286927383718834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9920323.post-16516270489491079092009-11-01T17:25:00.000-08:002009-12-06T07:40:34.893-08:00

Bob Brinker, host of Moneytalk, usually interviews a guest in the final hour of his three hour weekend radio show. These guests usually have a new book to promote. Bob has become good at interviewing his guests to let them express their opinions. This has become the favorite segment of the show for many of us. Below is a list of the guests for this month with links to buy their books to support

Kirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08907286927383718834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9920323.post-4470584078524774452009-10-31T11:05:00.000-07:002009-11-03T06:26:40.923-08:00

Bob Brinker, host of Moneytalk, usually interviews a guest in the final hour of his three hour weekend radio show. These guests usually have a new book to promote. Bob has become good at interviewing his guests to let them express their opinions. This has become the favorite segment of the show for many of us. Below is a list of the guests for this month with links to buy their books to support

Kirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08907286927383718834noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9920323.post-24514856236076601842009-10-31T07:28:00.000-07:002009-10-31T08:17:14.099-07:00

Lynn Jimenez was named as the permanent guest host of the nationally syndicated radio show "MoneyTalk with Bob Brinker."Lynn Jimenez continues as the weekday morning business reporter for KGO Radio (AM 810 in San Francisco, CA) with a segment titled "Your Money."Lynn Jimenez will celebrate 20 years at San Francisco's number one radio station in January 2010. Prior to joining KGO, Jimenez was a

Kirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08907286927383718834noreply@blogger.com33tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9920323.post-3880348130788422002009-10-25T08:00:00.000-07:002009-12-30T13:14:12.136-08:00

Saturday (Oct 24, 2009) a caller named John from Parsippany, NJ asked Bob Brinker for his opinion on market timing bond funds. John wanted to sell his bond fund and put the proceeds into low yielding money market funds.Brinker defended his advice to stay in GNMA funds. Brinker said the net asset value (NAV) of his favorite GNMA fund from Vanguard, VFIIX, would have to fall to $10.40 in a year

Kirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08907286927383718834noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9920323.post-59789988624567538362009-10-17T14:25:00.000-07:002009-10-17T14:31:35.429-07:00

Bob Brinker often talks about expected inflation on his radio show Moneytalk. This article explains how to do the calculation.From Calculating Expected Inflation using the TIPS SpreadExpected Inflation or TIPS Spread is the difference between nominal US Treasury bond rates and rates on US Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities. This spread is an indicator of expected inflation. The current

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Below is a list of links to stations that carry "Moneytalk Hosted by Bob Brinker" with links to live radio streams, if available. This list should help you find a station that has the show live so you can listen to Moneytalk from anywhere there is an internet connection.Note: Many stations preempt Moneytalk for local sports events. For example, KGO 810AM in San Francisco preempts Moneytalk when

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Bob Brinker is not the only stock market bull on Wall Street. Mark Leibovit, chief market strategist for vrtrader.com, was on Nightly Business Report last night for an interview with Paul Kangas where he discussed his bullish outlook for stocks. Leibovit is also bullish on Gold and Silver.Excerpts:KANGAS: You have been correctly bullish on the stock market in general and gold in particular.

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Bob Brinker had a lot to say about gold (Quote and Charts) and inflation this weekend on "Moneytalk." Below is David Korns "interpretation" of the September 19 and 20, 2009 Moneytalk (Bob Brinker Host) shows. You can read more about David Korn with links to his two newsletters at the end of this article.Caller: This caller read in Marketimer that Bob believes we can expect improvement in the

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Bob Brinker has taken a lot of calls from his listeners worried about inflation leading to net asset value (NAV) losses for his favorite GNMA fund (VFIIX at Vanguard) when rates soar after inflation returns to a normal level.Bob's standard answer is you should be willing to accept NAV fluctuation for VFIIX between $9.50 and $10.50.I think the callers have a valid concern and I am not happy

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Bob Brinker had a lot to say about GNMAs and his favorite GNMA fund from Vanguard (VFIIX Charts) this weekend.Here is David Korns "interpretation" of the September 12 and 13, 2009 Moneytalk (Bob Brinker Host) shows. You can read more about David Korn at the end of this article.GNMA QUESTIONSCaller: This caller read an article in the WSJ about banks selling Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and buying

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Mark Hulbert published an article yesterday called "Let's do the time warp again" summarizing what many of the newsletters he follows were saying about the market a year ago. Here is what he quoted from Bob Brinker's November 2008 Marketimer:"We expect the S&P 500 index (S&P500 Quote + Charts) to challenge its previous record closing high of 1565 next year as investors move beyond the current

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The top rate for a certificate of deposit (CD) this week is at Pentagon Federal Credit Union (fondly known as PenFed CU) where you can get a 7-year certificate that currently pays 4.00% APY.For shorter terms, UmbrellaBank.com has a 1-year CD with a 2.15% annual percentage rate.Last month (8/6/09), NewDominionDIRECT had the best 1-year CD rate at 2.05%The one year US Treasury rate is currently

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This weekend a caller asked Bob Brinker about a practice called "pension spiking." According to Wikipedia, Pension spiking is the process whereby public sector employees grant themselves large raises or otherwise artificially inflate their compensation in the years immediately preceding retirement in order to receive larger pensions than they otherwise would be entitled to receive. This

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Bob Brinker loves to bash California politicians for "out-of-control" spending and a "totally dysfunctional government." I agree 100% with Brinker on this.At $117.4 billion, last year California collected 80% more taxes than the next highest taxed state, New York. New York "only" collected a total of $65.4 billion from its citizens. (Source 2008 tax collections)On Saturday, August 1, 2009,

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Gil Gross' show replaced Bob Brinker on New York's WABC radio. KGO's general manager, Mickey Luckoff, says he carries Moneytalk because the station owner, Citadel, requires it. Citadel dropped Moneytalk from WABC s othat "requirement" may have changed. Who will be next to cancel Moneytalk? Could it be KGO?It could be too late, but you need to write KGO and let them know you like the show if

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