In June 2016, the Chicken Little Portfolio gained 4.05% while the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 1.00%.
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| Central Banks Print Money at Historic Pace |
6/28/16
Brexit and Chicken Little
What is the impact of Brexit on Chicken Little's view of the financial world?
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| Kiss Goodbye? |
The answer is Brexit changes nothing for Chicken Little.
When you are terrified, it is hard to get more terrified. Here is a summary of Chicken Little's current thinking.
6/13/16
Stockholm Syndrome revisited
My first article on printing money was published in 2013 on the PBS making Sen$e page. Apparently, I have learned nothing in three years as this article still summarizes my current views.
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| The Original Stockholm Syndrome |
6/1/16
Chicken Little Portfolio Performance May 2016
In May 2016, the Chicken Little Portfolio gained 0.25% while the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.38%.
You can view the portfolio performance in real time by clicking here (you need a free simvest.com account).
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| Chicken Little continues to predict stormy markets |
5/18/16
Chicken Little's Criteria for becoming Bullish
In his 1963 essay, Sir Karl Popper writes, "the scientific status of a theory is its falsifiability, or refutability, or testability."
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| Sir Karl Popper |
Chicken Little's ramblings are not a scientific theory. However, in a Popperian spirit, I examine five criteria, which would make Chicken Little bullish.
5/4/16
Chicken Little Portfolio Performance April 2016
In April 2016, the Chicken Little Portfolio lost 0.97% while the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.61%.
You can view the portfolio performance in real time by clicking here (you need a free simvest.com account).
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| Chicken Little continues to predict stormy markets |
4/27/16
Federal Reserve Fools Chicken Little Again!
Can US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen Fool the Markets yet again? My guess is no, but that just shows that I am as gullible as Charlie Brown.
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| Janet Yellen is the Lucy of Central Bankers. |
4/13/16
Chicken Little is Sick from Volatility; remaining Vigilant
Today the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 17,908. This is just fractionally lower than where it closed a year ago.
As with the proverbial duck that is calm above water while paddling furiously below, the year-over-year comparison hides incredible swings.
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| Stock Market has had wild swings on the way to nowhere |
4/2/16
Chicken Little Portfolio Performance March 2016
In March 2016, the Chicken Little Portfolio lost 0.47% while the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 7.31%.
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| Loose money on a global scale |
3/30/16
Chicken Little's Investment Advice
On March 31, 2015, Chicken Little revealed his investment positions (click for Where Does Chicken Little Invest?) On March 31, 2015 the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 17,776. As I write this, the Dow is at 17,761. So the US stock market, as measured by the Dow, has not changed in a year. While nothing has happened in overall price, there has been a big change from a momentum investor's perspective.
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| Chicken Little aims to invest like Rocky fights |
What would Rocky do now? Chicken Little says keep it simple.
3/18/16
Chicken Little Gone Crazy?
We know that Chicken Little is a coward. Now we seem to have proof that he has gone crazy. Not only does he own Treasury bonds yielding under 2%, he has recently purchased more.
Matthew 19:24 says, "It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God."
Similarly, it is easier to win the Powerball than it is to make money buying US Treasuries at current low rates. Has Chicken Little lost what remained of his terrified, cortisol-filled mind?
Matthew 19:24 says, "It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God."
Similarly, it is easier to win the Powerball than it is to make money buying US Treasuries at current low rates. Has Chicken Little lost what remained of his terrified, cortisol-filled mind?
3/4/16
Chicken Little portfolio performance February 2016
February 2016 monthly update for the Chicken Little Portfolio.
In February 2016, the Chicken Little Portfolio gained 1.03% while the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.69%.
You can view the portfolio performance in real time by clicking here.
Chicken Little made two changes in the month of February. First, the long-standing short gold position was closed, and, second, Chicken little added to the 30-year Treasury position. You can read the logic covering the gold short here, and here on buying more low yielding Treasury bonds. The portfolio remains heavily invested in US Treasuries, and modestly short US and international stocks.
You can view the portfolio performance in real time by clicking here.
Chicken Little made two changes in the month of February. First, the long-standing short gold position was closed, and, second, Chicken little added to the 30-year Treasury position. You can read the logic covering the gold short here, and here on buying more low yielding Treasury bonds. The portfolio remains heavily invested in US Treasuries, and modestly short US and international stocks.
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| A Bit of the Sky has fallen in the start of 2016 |