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Realty Income Occupancy Highest in More Than a Decade
Image Source: Realty Income. Simulated Dividend Growth Newsletter portfolio idea Realty Income delivered a solid first quarter 2018 report that included impressive occupancy rates, steady adjusted funds from operations growth, and ongoing dividend expansion.

Apr 18, 2018

ICYMI: Valuentum’s Improved Stock and ETF Web Pages
Valuentum has rolled out improved stock and ETF web pages on its website www.valuentum.com. Now, subscribers can access key proprietary information on the stock and ETF web pages in addition to the customary stock and ETF reports.

Apr 13, 2018

Dividend Increases/Decreases for the Week Ending April 13
Let's take a look at companies that raised/lowered their dividend this week.

Apr 12, 2018

The Dividend Cushion Meets the Dividend Aristocrats
We showcase the Dividend Cushion ratios for the Dividend Aristocrats, a grouping of firms that have increased their dividends for more than 20 consecutive years. The Dividend Cushion's track record of quantifying excess cash-flow capacity that leads to outsize dividend growth and assessing cash shortfalls that lead to dividend cuts has been excellent.

Mar 12, 2018

The "Luck" and "Randomness" of Index Funds
If the year-to-year performance of active funds relative to index funds can be considered “random,” so then is the year-to-year performance of index funds relative to active funds, regardless of fees and expenses. Image shown: page 1 of 14.

Mar 9, 2018

Dividend Growth: The SPDR Dividend ETF Is One of Many Ideas
The dividend is a symptom of a company’s free cash flow, and therefore not a driver behind an estimate of a company’s intrinsic value. Dividend-paying and dividend-growing stocks have done very well in the past, but it may be equally important to pay attention to the underlying valuations of ideas, too. You just can’t stop at analyzing the dividend payment. Don’t let the “yield” tail wag the “value” dog.

Feb 18, 2018

Subscribe: The Nelson Exclusive Is Simply One of a Kind
“I think the Nelson Exclusive publication is worth far more than what we charge for it, and we’re making it even better.”

Jan 5, 2018

Admit It: You Know Nothing About the Dividend
President of Investment Research Brian Nelson talks about how the concept of a dividend is completely miscontrued due to societal and cultural reasons, but he also explains why he likes dividends. Warning: He's going to bust out Monopoly pieces. You don't want to miss this! Running time: ~15 minutes.

Dec 24, 2017

I Love Dividends But the Dividend Discount Model is DEAD!
President of Investment Research Brian Nelson gives a plethora of reasons why the dividend discount model is dead and expresses his worries about how it continues to be used academically and professionally. Also included is a discussion about why the weighted average cost of capital, or the WACC, is used in the enterprise free cash flow valuation process, or the free cash flow to the firm process. Running time: ~13 minutes.

Dec 19, 2017

Video: Quants! You're NOT Measuring VALUE and Nelson's Theory of Universal Value
President of Investment Research Brian Nelson defines the concept of universal value and shows how quantitative statistical methods are inextricably linked to those of fundamental, financial, business-model related analysis. Value does not exist in respective process vacuums! Value is universal. Find out why. Running time: ~10 minutes.

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