tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130708113832839690.post7284943354204860163..comments2023-10-29T02:04:09.499-07:00Comments on Smart Money Tracker: 15 MONTH CHRISTMAS SPECIALGaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14556370683669428668noreply@blogger.comBlogger482125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130708113832839690.post-44977609672232718862010-12-25T10:48:39.973-08:002010-12-25T10:48:39.973-08:00Thanks for the detailed answer, Gary. I bet the ri...Thanks for the detailed answer, Gary. I bet the right person could "interview" you and get what was need rather than you having to dictate a finished newsletter from your head (a lot of people have trouble doing that, by the way.) YOu need someone who can type and edit...not a rare combination at all. As for the reports, you have a good sense of when you will be needed and when you won't be (like now we are all just waiting for the decline). Trips could be planned for those times and if something odd happens AND you are without cell access AND don't feel like making the trek to a reception area, then, in that 3rd order of probability, people will not get exactly timely advice. The goal shouldn't be perfection but something that works for you. If people are dissatisfied the subscription base under the new plan will drop, and it'll become obvious. Do what works for you and let the marketplace vote as to whether it has value. By compromising a little on your admirable standards, you can probably find a quite workable solution if you choose to. It would take some discipline (which you obviously have as an investor and weight lifter), but I bet you'd settle into a routine that you looked forward to without the feeling of being constrained and tied down.<br /><br />And now off to a Christmas banquet...have a great day!DGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15668568316531084679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130708113832839690.post-38152365792819817262010-12-25T10:45:58.340-08:002010-12-25T10:45:58.340-08:00I don't think so. I just cleaned up a couple o...I don't think so. I just cleaned up a couple of deleted comments is all.<br /><br /><br />New Post BTWGaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14556370683669428668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130708113832839690.post-19479347127354019772010-12-25T10:42:34.679-08:002010-12-25T10:42:34.679-08:00GARY,
Did you delete my post from last night abou...GARY,<br /><br />Did you delete my post from last night about me discussing you getting help from craigslist?<br /><br />Was going to repost, but not if you deleted cause it had something you didn't like<br /><br />??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130708113832839690.post-67658228579589462582010-12-25T10:26:12.409-08:002010-12-25T10:26:12.409-08:00Merry Christmas Gary,
Hope you find a happy medium...Merry Christmas Gary,<br />Hope you find a happy medium to do both. We all want you to be happy but the investing world would not be the same without you.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10940888740944629300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130708113832839690.post-55565338938352874952010-12-25T09:59:24.608-08:002010-12-25T09:59:24.608-08:00I thought the card pulled from a satellite, but I ...I thought the card pulled from a satellite, but I don't know that much about it.Driverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09669844990891398319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130708113832839690.post-25618171550970963142010-12-25T09:17:14.886-08:002010-12-25T09:17:14.886-08:00I have an aircard but a lot of the climbing areas ...I have an aircard but a lot of the climbing areas I go to are miles from any kind of cell reception.<br /><br />Several years ago I took a trip to the Northwest Territories of Canada. We drove for three days straight and then took a helicopter for 100 miles to get to the climbing area. <br /><br />That's the kind of places I go to to have fun :)Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14556370683669428668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130708113832839690.post-63502423985414401882010-12-25T09:11:28.789-08:002010-12-25T09:11:28.789-08:00Gary,
The use of an air card (used with laptop) sh...Gary,<br />The use of an air card (used with laptop) should solve your problem when being in the middle of nowhere.Driverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09669844990891398319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130708113832839690.post-59572075175126664012010-12-25T09:02:25.898-08:002010-12-25T09:02:25.898-08:00Most of the time I don't really mind writing t...Most of the time I don't really mind writing the newsletter. I would do the analysis anyway because I have my own money invested. <br /><br />But one of my pleasures in life is rockclimbing. Unfortunately many of the climbing areas are out in the middle of nowhere with no phone service and certainly no way to connect to the internet.<br /><br />I like to from time to time go on a three or four week climbing trip but it's virtually impossible for me to get out a nightly report from these areas. And even if I just go to a once a week report it still means I have to get to a town or area with decent cell reception. From many areas that means a drive of an hour or more or in somecases a multihour hike back out of the mountains.<br /><br />Another drawback is when I leave for a week the basic clerical work (filing new subscriptions and organizing renewals) gets backed up.<br /><br />I spent about 5 hours logging in all the new subs and renewals after returning from Hawaii. The thought of doing that after a three week climbing trip is to say the least daunting.<br /><br />I have contemplated hiring someone to type and publish the report for me. I'm a fairly slow typist and sitting in a chair for hours tends to make me really stiff and sore. (I'm starting to get some arthritis in my neck which flares up if I spend much time in front of my computer).<br /><br />The problem is I'm not sure I could dictate what I want to say to someone. For some reason I know what I want to say in my head and I can convert that into sentences on paper. But when I try to verbalize it it becomes a hopeless mess. I know weird huh?<br /><br />I actually went to a pain clinic on Thursday and got the first in a series of cortizone injections that hopefully will help my neck problem. <br /><br />For now I will just keep doing what I'm doing and if I can figure out a way to incorporate a climbing trip from time to time I will. It may entail going to a weekly report when I'm on vacation and hiring someone to automate the subscription process. Something I'm going to look into on Monday.Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14556370683669428668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130708113832839690.post-43974406262651300572010-12-25T08:38:05.427-08:002010-12-25T08:38:05.427-08:00Gary: There must be some way to share your experti...Gary: There must be some way to share your expertise, help others, and still do what you want. How about a newsletter that is published, only when there is something to say? You don't need a nightly report., You may lose some of the hand-holding quality and it may be less help for newbies, but the goal would not be to be everything to all people. How about starting with what works for you, and seeing if what results is a viable newsletter. If you don't need the money (which, if you may quit altogether clearly you don't), then if this plan drops you to 400 subscribers, so what? It's 400 serious investors who are better off than if you closed down. Your can do the labeled charts, etc. when you feel like it. A ten sentence posting with key levels and your thinking would suffice and take ten minutes. If something odd happens that needs explanation, an alert can go out. Start with what feel right seems to me that to you and see what happens from there. You have a picture in your head of what a "newsletter" entails and are feeling pressured to match it. I, for one (of many I am sure) would be very sorry to see you close shop, but I am also not happy that it feels more like a constraint than a pleasure, If you love the markets like I do, you'll also miss it over time. Last thought: Find a partner (current subscriber or someone else) you can blab to for ten minutes who can do all the legwork. If money is no big deal that ought to be easy (hell, I might be up for it myself) Anyway, just some thoughts...DGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15668568316531084679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130708113832839690.post-35647955631714616022010-12-25T06:42:18.738-08:002010-12-25T06:42:18.738-08:00Gary
Heres an idea...
When the d-waves approach ...Gary<br /><br />Heres an idea...<br /><br />When the d-waves approach (and theres not much to do) just tell your subs that you will be taking a month off , and they will get an extra month at the end. <br /><br />It is then safe to go away , camping, climbing , and traveling...then its a bonus that you come back refreshed and ready.<br /><br />Sometimes I have to stop playing guitar for a week or two ...JUST TO GET FRESH. Playing all the time is great, but you get stale...monotonous. Take your breaks.<br /><br />You will live this life ONE TIME...dont hit 80 yrs old wishing you had used your free time better :)ALEXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04085157354083302362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130708113832839690.post-24014945846644474772010-12-25T06:39:07.520-08:002010-12-25T06:39:07.520-08:00Gold is due to make a dip down into an intermediat...Gold is due to make a dip down into an intermediate cycle low. The odds are high it's already started that move and it will finish it regardless of what China does or doesn't do.<br /><br />This is a profit taking event and has nothing to do with fundamentals.Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14556370683669428668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130708113832839690.post-25914674991168626082010-12-25T06:35:52.541-08:002010-12-25T06:35:52.541-08:00What are people's thoughts on the effect this ...What are people's thoughts on the effect this will have on PMs on Monday? Was this already discounted or will they get hit (or go up)?Stevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04087690444538654869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130708113832839690.post-55059995175269797012010-12-25T04:36:55.087-08:002010-12-25T04:36:55.087-08:00China hikes rates:
http://imarketnews.com/?q=node...China hikes rates:<br /><br />http://imarketnews.com/?q=node/24329<br /><br />MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!Shalom Bernankehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16590351870092138098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130708113832839690.post-21707474883757002092010-12-25T02:06:11.878-08:002010-12-25T02:06:11.878-08:00TZ,
I'm really not unhappy with the way things...TZ,<br />I'm really not unhappy with the way things are other than I'm tied to a nightly report. <br /><br />I can't go sit down in the canyonlands and go climbing for 4 weeks because I can't get the report out.<br /><br />Hawaii was a great time except I had to be back early in the evening and spend an hour or so trying to get the report out. Usually while fighting with a connectivity problem.<br /><br />I have to wonder if I could even get the report out while climbing in a remote corner of western Austrialia or New Zealand.<br /><br />Most of the time it's no big deal because I'm usually here in Vegas and I enjoy analyzing the markets and would do it anyway because I have my own money invested. But the newsletter has definitely limited my vacation options.Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14556370683669428668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130708113832839690.post-89941304409094616772010-12-25T01:09:13.309-08:002010-12-25T01:09:13.309-08:00Well..I THINK paypal has a subscription option. I...Well..I THINK paypal has a subscription option. If not check out whatever service other newsletter writers like Saville use. Should be able to find a monthly payment processor in a few minutes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130708113832839690.post-55728818493956534892010-12-25T01:07:26.250-08:002010-12-25T01:07:26.250-08:00GARY,
Besides the idea of pulling your email blat...GARY,<br /><br />Besides the idea of pulling your email blatently from the front page and a FAQ, with 1300 subs you are clearly killing yourself by having people renew specifically at 6mo and 1yr boundaries.<br /><br />Almost any successful marketer knows you want to get people on a monthly payment plan and just let it ride. They usually keep it going much longer than having them alert to and decide on a $200 lump sum. And repeated subscriptions handled monthly cut you out of having to handle almost 100 renewals on average every month. That's crazy bro.<br /><br />Paypal has a monthly sub option. Why not just turn it on and get people on that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130708113832839690.post-48855154043607105182010-12-25T01:04:18.410-08:002010-12-25T01:04:18.410-08:00GARY,
>Hawaii was the first vacation I've ...GARY,<br /><br />>Hawaii was the first vacation I've had in over a year. Originally I had planned on lots and lots of vacations.<br /><br />Seems to me with 1300 subs you've got almost every city and country in the world covered to go have some possibly tax deductable financial consutations :-)<br /><br />Any subscribers in Bangkok? Gary needs to come over there and discuss some head and shoulders patterns.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130708113832839690.post-67753883538703164882010-12-25T00:55:21.447-08:002010-12-25T00:55:21.447-08:00GARY,
>The newsletter has already put a severe...GARY,<br /><br />>The newsletter has already put a severe dent in what I'd originally planned on. <br /><br />I continue to be concerned when you keep bring up statements like this. Can you voice your frustration level vs. whatever monetary or financial reward you get from the newsletter and this site?<br /><br />Are you just mildly annoyed sometimes, but otherwise like things? Or are you close to saying it isn't worth the time and you'd just rather go off and climb?<br /><br />I've made comment before, of course, to suggesting modifications that might clear up issues. You never really replied or made changes, yet you also continue to make comments here and there seemingly unhappy.<br /><br />Just a bit concerned, that's all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130708113832839690.post-12557854053146634722010-12-24T23:13:09.116-08:002010-12-24T23:13:09.116-08:00Gary,
You do realize there's going to be anot...Gary,<br /><br />You do realize there's going to be another bull market after this one, don't you?<br /><br />And by the time this bull market reaches it's peak, the opportunities for you (books, seminars) will be hard to walk away from. <br /><br />You will also have a lot more subscribers.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03084833038198767100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130708113832839690.post-51598435999025482402010-12-24T22:32:17.061-08:002010-12-24T22:32:17.061-08:00Gary, thank you for sharing all insights on a dail...Gary, thank you for sharing all insights on a daily basis. Like many of your subscribers, I really appreciate all that you do. Happy holidays to you and your loved ones.Otishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08296275745222322616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130708113832839690.post-64857387088278187732010-12-24T19:59:55.021-08:002010-12-24T19:59:55.021-08:00Just want to wish everyone a great Christmas or Ho...Just want to wish everyone a great Christmas or Holiday season. Hope you get what your all wanted. e.g retire early : )BlueHawaiiFan2025https://www.blogger.com/profile/09328383118787422772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130708113832839690.post-791636291779605562010-12-24T17:36:52.372-08:002010-12-24T17:36:52.372-08:00Sounds good, now go and have some Christmas Eve di...Sounds good, now go and have some Christmas Eve dinner!<br /><br />God bless Gary.Time to Diehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17583348503374474187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130708113832839690.post-55933496517166856782010-12-24T17:27:56.930-08:002010-12-24T17:27:56.930-08:00CB,
Well I don't actually make 400K from the S...CB,<br />Well I don't actually make 400K from the SMT. I only have 1300 subs and I make a lot more from my investments than I do writing the newsletter.<br /><br />Hawaii was the first vacation I've had in over a year. Originally I had planned on lots and lots of vacations. <br /><br />Oh well, I started this and I'll finish it. I'll at least get everyone through the duration of the bull market before I retire again...for good :)Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14556370683669428668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130708113832839690.post-70637185017863276222010-12-24T17:20:08.324-08:002010-12-24T17:20:08.324-08:00So making 400 to 600K a year by having 2-3K subs h...So making 400 to 600K a year by having 2-3K subs has put a dent in your retirement plans? Mmmmmkay.Time to Diehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17583348503374474187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130708113832839690.post-34185755792120541892010-12-24T16:02:20.767-08:002010-12-24T16:02:20.767-08:00Carlos,
Not sure of your meaning.Carlos,<br />Not sure of your meaning.fubsy_cooterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03468090772088504646noreply@blogger.com