"A chicken has to know his limitations."
- Clint Eastwood as Inspector Callahan.
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| Chicken Little fears the Wolf |
8/3/21
July 2021, Chicken Little Portfolio Performance
Financial markets go up every day. Stocks, bonds, real estate all levitated by government deficit spending paid for with money created by central banks. One question is paramount: does the piper need to be paid?
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| The Piper has not been paid |
7/19/21
Crypto & Chicken Little: Three Lessons and the Reality of Investing
Chicken Little has closed all crypto positions. This post looks back at the last 12 months, identifying three lessons, summarizes the messy reality of investing, and looks forward to a return to crypto. (All positions and changes were made public in real time.)
7/14/21
June 2021, Chicken Little Portfolio Performance
The Bull market continues without pause. Chicken Little remains in cash. Risk-takers make money, chickens make nothing.
A Lot of Bull
6/29/21
Chicken Little is back into Crypto
Correction in Crypto or end of the Bull Market?
Chicken Little is back buying Crypto. Was the recent sell off the end of the bull market or a correction? Chicken Little is betting it was a correction - the harshest in recent months, but small compared to some corrections in prior cycles.
The conditions favoring crypto remain in place. Mainly the Fed doing its best to end civilization. To restate the obvious, why is the Fed goosing the housing market by buying mortgages when housing is at an all time high, and housing prices are rising at historic rates?
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| The Fed pours gas on the housing fire |
6/12/21
May 2021, Chicken Little Portfolio Performance
Chicken Little remains terrified. Financial markets show no overt signs of trouble. The economy is growing rapidly. The party continues without Chicken Little who shuns risk, makes no money, and frets about the end of civilization.
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| Chicken Little worries about his offspring |
5/21/21
Chicken Little has Chicken Hands
Chicken Little has the opposite of Diamond Hands. Investors with Diamond hands hold during declines. At the first sign of adversity, Chicken Little runs away. As of May 1, 2021, Chicken Little had taken on a lot of risk - almost 6% of the portfolio in stocks and crypto combined (see post). That risk has been reduced to zero. Run away today to live to be terrified another day.
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| Chicken Little has run away from crypto |
5/19/21
Chicken Little's lessons from the Crypto Crash of May 2021
Bitcoin dropped from $65,000 to $30,000 in recent weeks. What did I learn from this drop?
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| A teachable moment |
5/13/21
April 2021, Chicken Little Portfolio Performance
Chicken Little stays true to form. Asset markets continue to climb. Chicken Little continues to fear the sky falling in the form of higher interest rates ahead.
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| Chicken Little sees nothing but clouds |
4/23/21
Buying a little Crypto - still for Defense
Chicken Little is buying crypto today at Bitcoin $48,000 and Ethereum $2,200. Chicken Little's crypto position is mainly a defense against central bank printing - not a speculation to make US dollars. Modest purchases today after selling the position down by about 75% in recent months - see previous posts on selling - Feb 18 sell crypto, March - 'temporarily pulled back on crypto'.
4/14/21
March 2021, Chicken Little Portfolio Performance
The Bull Market rolls forward crushing naysayers. US stocks soared in March of 2021, continuing a winning streak that dates back to March 23, 2020, March 9, 2009, and all the way back to 1800. Stocks for short run and stocks for the long run has been the way to make cash in America.
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| It's a Bull Market |
3/4/21
February 2021, Chicken Little Portfolio Performance
Question: What do you call a scared chicken? Answer: A chicken. The risks in financial markets seem even larger as the great white shark of higher interest rates appears (see last month's prediction).
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| All debt crises end with higher interest rates |