Forum Archive Index - October 2000

["graham perkins" <f_uker@hotmail.com>]

Brian Jones,

I wondered about buying into the Rivken Report, but chose to do my own 
research and stock selection which has not been as successful as I would 
have liked it :(. Over the period you were a subscriber what percentage 
gains did you acheive anually?  I think the safest way to make money where 
you are exposed to international stocks is through a funds manager BT have 
returned 34.02 % on European Growth and 46.68 on their American growth fund 
till 30 june 2000.  The European Fund has an average of 25% growth over the 
past 5 years.

Cheers

>From: "Brian Jones" <ibbij@hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: sharechat@sharechat.co.nz
>To: sharechat@sharechat.co.nz
>Subject: [sharechat] Rivkin Report
>Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 21:43:27 NZDT
>
>I subscribed to this for 12 months and make the following comments:
>
>1.   Trudeau and Rivkin met at the "Masters of the Universe" seminar
>about 18 months ago and I believe are now friends and have other mutual
>business interests.
>
>2.   Kevin Trudeau is a very accomplished TV hard sell artist although I
>haven't seen his Rivkin effort.
>
>3.   Rene Rivkin is a very well known personality in Australia and was a
>stockbroker for many years with many and various contacts.He obviously has
>considerable experience.
>
>4.  Rivkin takes a very conservative approach mostly, but I was surprised
>that he didn't get it right more often.He did make some quite unimpressive
>recommendations.
>
>5.  His approach seems to be that as soon as a profit has been made, sell,
>even if that profit is only a percent or two over a short period and that 
>it
>is the annual equivalent percentage that is important.  A
>very keen brokerage rate would seem to be necessary.12 months seems to be
>about as far out as he is prepared to look and certainly doesn't recommend
>many long term stocks.
>
>6.  A couple of good recommendations which I wish I had taken were Seven
>Network and Mt Isa Mines.
>
>7.  He didn't get caught in the IT hype and expressed constant amazement 
>and
>dismay at the prices.  He did, however, recommend a company listed on the
>Nasdaq, ACRI, at about US$50, on the word of some
>"Zurich gnomes" as he called them.  It dropped shortly after to a low of
>US$13 and is now US$34.
>
>8.  I like the way he sees through every recommendation.ie he re-visits 
>each
>one frequently and doesn't have you in a large number of stocks at any one
>time.
>
>9.   Out of favour,neglected,undervalued "blue chips" seem to be his
>specialty.
>
>10. I like his laid-back conversational style and he has a raft of pithy
>homilies which he constantly stresses.
>
>11. Even though I am surprised at what seemed to be a fairly poor success
>rate, I am thinking about re-subscribing as I see Rivkin as someone who has
>their finger on the Australian pulse,  appears to be relatively independent
>and doesn't seem to be afraid to call it as they see it.
>
>Regards.
>
>Disc: My investment in ACRI alone, which I bought on the way down some time
>after his recommendation, has paid for quite a few Rivkin Reports.
>If I had bought immediately it would be a different story.
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