Valuentum Exclusive Analysis for the Discerning Investor

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Apr 13, 2015

You Have to Want to Serve
One of the largest holdings in the Best Ideas portfolio and Dividend Growth portfolio was up 10% Friday, but that is still not good enough for the investor. What gives?

Jan 3, 2015

Fantasy Yields Are For Fools
Don’t be fooled into thinking 10%+ dividend yields are sustainable, especially in an interest rate environment that is a fraction of such an abnormal return. In the cases of most double-digit dividend yields, it is highly probable that the dividend will eventually be cut, and your capital invested in the company may become permanently impaired.

Dec 22, 2014

Dividend Increases for the Week Ending December 19
Let's take a look at dividend increases for the week ending December 19.

Sep 22, 2014

Dividend Increases/Decreases for the Week Ending September 19
Let's take a look at dividend increases/decreases for the week ending September 19.

Jul 28, 2014

Dividend Increases/Decreases for the Week Ending July 25
Let's take a look at dividend increases/decreases for the week ending July 25.

Aug 30, 2013

Firms Raising Their Dividends in the Week Ending August 30
Let's take a look at some dividend increases that happened during the week.

Dec 23, 2011

Yahoo Mulls Asian Asset Swap; Risk Remains to the Downside
Yahoo reportedly has plans to engage in a tax-free asset swap with its Asian assets. We think the move, if completed, will shore up the firm's finances. However, long-term investors can find better firms in the Internet sector than the beleaguered search-engine company.

May 19, 2025

3 Undervalued Stocks to Consider Buying Now
All told, we think these three names are ripe for the picking. UnitedHealth Group has clearly plummeted on bad headline news, while the market is not giving Nvidia enough credit for the sustainability of its technology. Alphabet is being weighed down by antitrust issues and the concern that artificial intelligence will permanently alter its business model, which we believe will not happen anytime soon, if at all. All three ideas are included in the Best Ideas Newsletter portfolio, where we include a diversified portfolio of ideas for members to consider. Happy investing!

Jul 3, 2024

High Yield Dividend Income Investing Is Not as Easy as Chasing the Highest Yield
Image: EpicTop10.com. The skills to successfully invest for long-term capital gains or long-term dividend growth are much different than those required for generating high yield dividend income. Income investing is a much different proposition. However, the skills do center on a similar equity evaluation process, but one that requires an acknowledgement and heightened awareness of considerably greater downside risks. Income investing, or high yield dividend income investing, should at times be considered among the riskiest forms of investing, as many high dividend-yielding securities tend to trade closer to the characteristics of junk-rated bonds than they do most net cash rich and free cash flow generating powerhouses that we like so much in the Best Ideas Newsletter portfolio and Dividend Growth Newsletter portfolio.

Mar 11, 2024

How Some Members Use Valuentum’s Investment Services
We serve a wide variety of investors, including dividend growth investors, value investors, and pure Valuentum investors, among others. Many different types of investors and professionals use our research and financial analysis in a whole host of applications from individual stock-selection to the evaluation of closed-end funds to an overlay in a money-management setting and beyond. The Best Ideas Newsletter portfolio seeks to find stocks that have good value and good momentum characteristics and typically targets capital appreciation potential over a longer-term horizon. The Dividend Growth Newsletter portfolio seeks to find underpriced dividend growth gems that generate strong levels of free cash flow and have pristine, fortress balance sheets, translating into excellent Valuentum Dividend Cushion ratios. The High Yield Dividend Newsletter portfolio seeks to find some of the highest-yielding stocks supported by strong credit profiles and solid business models, but not always robust traditional free cash flow. Ideas in this newsletter offer higher-yielding opportunities, but also much higher capital and income risk. We also offer a full suite of products to financial advisers (gold level) that range from a more extensive Excel-based screening tool (the DataScreener) to 'Ideas' and 'Dividend' publications that are released on a quarterly basis. Our research product includes hundreds of stock reports, fair values, fair value ranges, associated commentary, as well as dividend reports with Valuentum Dividend Cushion ratios and expected dividend growth rates. Silver and gold-level members can add the Valuentum Exclusive or additional options commentary/ideas to their plans. The Exclusive publication is a part of the institutional (platinum) level membership.