Brinker Fixed Income Advisor- 2009 Performance
Oddly, this return data for 2008 is not posted anywhere I can find on any of Bob Brinker's web sites. Probably not good for newsletter sales to post it.
Mark Hulbert says Brinker's "fixed income advisor" model portfolio #1 lost 21.7% last year, 2008.
Mark Hulbert says Brinker's "fixed income advisor" model portfolio #2 lost 11.5% last year, 2008.
Mark Hulbert says Brinker's "fixed income advisor" model portfolio #3 lost 5.2% last year, 2008.
==> The Total Bond Index Fund at Vanguard gained 5.1% last year, 2008.
Mark Hulbert says Brinker's "Fixed income only" portfolio in “Marketimer” lost 2.1% in 2008.
ALL FOUR of Brinker's fixed income ONLY portfolios lost money in an up year for fixed income, 2008.