9/4/15

Chicken Little Portfolio Performance August 2015

August 2015 monthly update for the Chicken Little Portfolio.
In August 2015, the Chicken Little Portfolio lost 0.36%. Chicken Little worries that the sky is falling, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost over 6% in the month.

You can view the portfolio performance in real time by clicking here.

Chicken Little has increased the short position in both US stocks and Non-US stocks.
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Chicken Little is Shorting Stocks



August 2015 performance


August 2015Since 3/31/15
Chicken Little-0.36%-2.32%
Dow Jones-6.20%-6.01%

The Chicken Little Portfolio lost 0.36% in August. This loss was caused by losses on US Long-Term Bonds, and a small loss on the short position in gold. Importantly, the portfolio did not lose any money in the stock market declines around the world.


AssetSymbolAugust 20152015 YTD
Dow JonesDIA-6.20%-5.64%
Non-US StocksEFA-7.43%0.40%
Emerging Market StocksEEM-8.84%-13.10%
US Long-Term BondsTLT-0.69%-2.10%
GoldGLD3.71%-4.19%

  

September 2015 portfolio positions

As of September 1st, the Chicken Little Portfolio remains ready for a deflationary depression. Chicken Little has increased the short position in both US stocks and Non-US stocks, and added fractionally to the long position in US Treasury Notes.






  






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