ETF Trading Portfolio Update -- February 8, 2016

Added on February 7, 2016 by C. Maoxian.

No changes this week. Getting long gold last week was a good move. More impressive were shorts taken in the second and third weeks of December: Energy, S&P 500 and Small Caps. Everything on my website is time-stamped and for real, this isn't Fantasy Football.

Tweets for February 6, 2016

Added on February 7, 2016 by C. Maoxian.

Rare photo of all of the management committee members at Bridgewater Associates: pic.twitter.com/1WdRAhtzuu
— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) February 6, 2016

“As a proper Southern girl, I was bred to be good at men,” she wrote. “I was, too.” https://t.co/V09BJWGJZG | Men are easy.
— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) February 6, 2016

Peter Yu, who preceded Barry as president of the Harvard Law Review, went into private equity, not politics: https://t.co/6bS5lsbGjX
— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) February 6, 2016

MT @ghshephard We have these in Singapore, and they are awesome. pic.twitter.com/TR5PllUR4Z | Labor shortage a huge problem there.
— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) February 6, 2016

“First Black Elected to Head Harvard’s Law Review” https://t.co/2hEBStGwSN | Fox Butterfield story from 1990. via @hofrench
— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) February 6, 2016

Tweets for February 5, 2016

Added on February 5, 2016 by C. Maoxian.

My most viewed picture on Flickr: https://t.co/K25CxZZP0e | I am astounded to learn that porn-hounds do keyword searches on Flickr!
— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) February 6, 2016

Do not despair fellow Chipotle shareholders, here's my local branch at 6 PM tonight (yes, it's a college town) https://t.co/S0kUuviA39 $CMG
— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) February 6, 2016

I was wrong, there was plenty left on the bone in $LNKD to short (assuming you could find shares), opened $125.34 pic.twitter.com/OuE2OmTgjX
— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) February 5, 2016

Can't be considered a "deep value" when you cut the dividend like $COP did or (dilute) sell another billion dollars of stock like $HES will.
— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) February 5, 2016

Two more viral tweets that give reasons to stay short Twitter $TWTR: pic.twitter.com/gFLppfbkTy https://t.co/8yzFYvoAJ8 | Yes, I get the irony.
— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) February 5, 2016

Barbi's list grows ever longer but still doesn't include the terrible Taleb: https://t.co/kYsnPDgBfL
— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) February 5, 2016

MT @skycita Excited for @supchinanews launch. Subscribe and download the apps here: https://t.co/wzOzG7jCtk pic.twitter.com/ZbIatu62z4
— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) February 5, 2016

MT @david__moser Women’s and men’s restrooms at Pak Pak restaurant in Beijing. Two characters 凹 and 凸 pic.twitter.com/BVmCfS5DFW | Cute.
— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) February 5, 2016

RT @JeffMacke Jose Canseco just killed the fin TV biz model… pic.twitter.com/KLrQU2POGf | Jose is no fool.
— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) February 5, 2016

RT @zerobeta Kind of messed up for Bernie to hate on such a good movie. Now Wall Street 2… | Feeling the Bern for wretched sequels?
— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) February 5, 2016

RT @jaredwoodard lol everybody sees you, HR pic.twitter.com/A5qoSR2L9C | Glassdoor invaluable … flacks and fakes try to counter veil-lifting.
— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) February 5, 2016

Once Poor Always Poor

Added on February 4, 2016 by C. Maoxian.

No good live video of this so I'm forced to embed the old goofy video:

Tweets for February 4, 2016

Added on February 4, 2016 by C. Maoxian.

Nothing left on the bone for retail as LinkedIn $LNKD drops 30% after hours: pic.twitter.com/wZBEf8rS4Q
— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) February 5, 2016

"Comparing 2015 to 2014, print advertising revenue fell by ~$38MM while digital advtsg revenue rose ~$15MM at the NY Times." | Sinking ship
— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) February 4, 2016

Tweets for February 3, 2016

Added on February 3, 2016 by C. Maoxian.

$NOV $MPC $VLO all punishing bottom fishers and dividend yield chasers: https://t.co/eONTCs35Ku
— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) February 4, 2016

MT @LananhTNguyen Dollar Suffers Worst Day in 7 Years as Traders Face Fed Reality pic.twitter.com/FHz6J14QvX | Another "crowded trade."
— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) February 3, 2016

MT @PageSix Ruth Madoff turned to pot, Funyuns & expensive wine to cope with life after Bernie. https://t.co/pJGdTW8HuT | Not in that order.
— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) February 3, 2016

MT @business Ducati's XDiavel is an American-style cruiser for middle-aged men with creeping erectile dysfunction. pic.twitter.com/p9dM8MxR5m
— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) February 3, 2016

"$TWTR well-known for providing three catered meals a day, but some lesser-known benefits include on-site acupuncture and improv classes."
— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) February 3, 2016

Amusing spacebar mishap: pic.twitter.com/cCTeuIl98A | via @chrisckmedia
— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) February 3, 2016

All-time highs: American Water Works, Aqua America, American States Water Company, The York Water Company ... sensing a defensive theme?
— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) February 3, 2016

Plenty of meat left on the bone in $NOV for those who didn't sell pre-open: pic.twitter.com/1w7sjndPWb
— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) February 3, 2016

Dad: "Kids, your mother bought you a giant TV months ago, use it." Kids ignore Dad, continue watching Netflix on the iPad.
— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) February 3, 2016

"System: You are next in queue... Estimated wait time is 0 hours 5 minutes 2 seconds"
— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) February 3, 2016

MT @conradhackett If I could only follow three, at the moment I would choose @nxthompson, @ianbremmer & @ProfJeffJarvis | Heavy tweeters all
— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) February 3, 2016

MT @jaketapper From Iowa Dem vote:

Among women under age 30:
Sanders 84%, Clinton 14%

| The kids really hate Hillary.
— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) February 3, 2016

Klarman Hall Opens at Cornell: https://t.co/fxpIeRfTlP | Seth is class of ‘79.
— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) February 3, 2016

MT @footnoted Wow! $4.4 B goodwill charge for $YHOO. | Honey badger: https://t.co/zB40jopgjG
— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) February 3, 2016

MT @BarbarianCap $TWTR continues to work on ruining the product. Horrible pop-ups in the browser vs. old extend in the stream. | Stay short.
— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) February 3, 2016

MT @stegersaurus singaporean gov site trying to shame women to have children before its too late? https://t.co/iV8Ak7DEHL | Shame? Men too.
— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) February 3, 2016

Tweets for February 2, 2016

Added on February 2, 2016 by C. Maoxian.

Plenty of time to sell Royal Caribbean Cruises $RCL on poor "guidance" (assuming you were paying attention): pic.twitter.com/UQNrIjba4N
— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) February 2, 2016

Lunch at Moosewood, pair of aged hippies talking loudly about astrology at the next table ... it's easy to see why people hate Ithaca.
— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) February 2, 2016

MT @BarbarianCap Even Chipotle is tweeting pics of empty $CMG stores https://t.co/WoEfRfka86
— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) February 2, 2016

I'm Stuck Under Your Thumb

Added on February 2, 2016 by C. Maoxian.

I like a couple songs from these sisters, Lily & Madeleine, including this one, Back to the River:

Tweets for February 1, 2016

Added on February 1, 2016 by C. Maoxian.

Experiment with embedding tweets ....

High on the spike in $GOOGL was $843....
— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) February 1, 2016

"I started this page due to readers asking me where 2 find craft beer in Beijing" https://t.co/8Gytmm7FHU | Fan of Slow Boat's Vanilla Stout
— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) February 1, 2016

MT @markminervini Top Ten Signs You're Trading Too Large: https://t.co/vvLQP1WWsC | #6 a classic "shaken confidence" thing.
— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) February 1, 2016

Was the same true of Weisenthal and Carney at Business Insider, they "had no stake in the enterprise they created," were just salarymen?
— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) February 1, 2016

"VandeHei and Harris had no stake in the enterprise they created and were compensated only through salary & bonuses" https://t.co/vEB9jcTPbj
— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) February 1, 2016

RT @NickatFP Awesome photo, someone found dinner pic.twitter.com/QArKZ4VTbP | Owl or hawk?
— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) February 1, 2016

Tweet storm from @AlexRubalcava on 60 Minutes and hidden camera footage: https://t.co/e633PeDYsN
— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) February 1, 2016

MT @vb2b The rise of the hipster columnist pic.twitter.com/fvkK8m8oCx | Queer eye for the straight guy? via @PaulCarsten
— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) February 1, 2016

Movies Watched -- Bone Tomahawk

Added on January 31, 2016 by C. Maoxian.

Recommended by my buddy at uglychart.com, but I wasn't thrilled. Fast forwarded after 20 minutes ... has the hot girl from Banshee in it (a fomer Ford model) ... two hours and 13 minutes means at least 35 to 45 minutes too long ... too talky at first (and throughout), story wasn't well-paced and was too contrived ... Kurt Russell looks pretty good for a 64-year old ... Indian savages absurd and offensive (and I'm not a PC guy, as my dozen readers know) ... gross-out horror porn in the end. Red rating, avoid.

Steven Rea got it right: "There's a difference between velocity and momentum, and while the chases, shootouts and close quarters combat rarely flag, our interest does."