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Apr 27, 2015
     
        
      Dividend Increases/Decreases for the Week Ending April 24 
  Included please find a list of firms raising/lowering their dividends during the week ending April 24. Jan 16, 2015
     
        
      We Need To Bring Back Respect To This Industry 
  The financial industry has been mired in avoidable embarassments from glorified commercials to encouraging overleveraged risk-taking. Valuentum's President Brian Nelson talks about how investors have lost respect for investment professionals during the past decade, and why the industry must reinvent itself to properly serve its core customer. Jun 22, 2014
     
        
      Valuentum Economic Castle™ Rating Update 
  Members should expect the initial Economic Castle™ ratings. Apr 20, 2014
     
        
      Dividend Increases for the Week Ending April 18 
  Let's take a look at dividend increases for the week ending April 18. Mar 23, 2014
     
        
      Only One Bank Fails Fed's Stress Test 
  All major lenders passed the Fed's stress test except one. Jan 15, 2014
     
        
      Surveying Fourth Quarter Performance at the Money Center Banks 
  Let’s examine a number of reasons why we don’t prefer banking entities and take a look at recent performance from industry constituents. A challenging rate environment and declining mortgage originations offer key headwinds. Oct 8, 2013
     
        
      Banks Pass Self-Administered Stress Tests 
  Not surprisingly, the “too big to fail” banks passed internal stress tests. Sep 12, 2013
     
        
      The Mortgage Refinancing Boom Could Be Ending 
  The bull market in mortgage refinancing activity appears to be over, but that doesn’t mean it will materially damage the economy. Sep 4, 2013
     
        
      Why We Don’t Like Dividends of Banking Firms: 4 Very Good Reasons 
  It’s sometimes easy to lose sight of the fragility of a banking firm’s business model. Let’s examine the reasons why we don’t like banking firms’ dividends. Reason #1: A Bank Run Is Always Possible. Reason #2: Our Competitors Have Tried to Invest in Bank Dividends and Have Failed Miserably. Reason #3: Cash Flow Is Not Meaningful at Banks. Reason #4: There Are Plenty of Other Options. Latest News and Media The High Yield Dividend Newsletter, Best Ideas
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Image Source: Berit Watkin. We’re hearing about run-on-the-bank dynamics in the UK. We think a market disruption may be nigh, but then again, it might not. “Things” are still developing.