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Fed Might Slow After All, Bank Reports Just Okay
Image shown: The yield curve is flattening. Source: Federal Reserve Bank, St. Louis. The biggest question with Fed policy is whether the FOMC will purposefully cause an inversion in the yield curve. If it thinks the market is manipulating long rates to influence its policy, it may very well go forward with rate hikes. If it doesn't, it may very well slow the pace of rate hikes or even pause them. The behavioral implications of a yield-curve inversion may be more significant than the inversion, itself, however. No Changes to Simulated Newsletter portfolios

Jan 14, 2019

Value Trap, More Volatility; We're Waiting and Watching
Image shown: The decision to remove GE from the simulated newsletter portfolios when we did may have been our best call yet. In this note, let's talk about the importance of reading Value Trap, learn why we've gone "fully invested," talk a little bit about put options, learn some of the intricacies of the Valuentum process, find out where to find VBI rankings to download and sort, and talk about some of our recently-highlighted ideas in the simulated newsletter portfolios. No Changes to Simulated Newsletter portfolios.

Jan 9, 2019

The Intricacies of the Valuentum Process
Let’s take a quick overview of the Valuentum processes for capital appreciation and dividend growth with a discussion of how we use the Valuentum Buying Index and the Dividend Cushion ratio.

Jan 9, 2019

Catching the Bottom?
Image shown: The depths of how far the S&P 500 (SPY) has fallen more recently, and the timing of the decision to move to being "fully invested" in simulated Best Ideas Newsletter portfolio and simulated Dividend Growth Newsletter portfolio. No Changes to Simulated Newsletter portfolios. This article was sent to members via email January 9.

Jan 4, 2019

Markets Up Big; Upside Volatility
Image shown: The S&P 500 ETF (SPY) since August 2017. The index has broken through support and is now bouncing back to resistance.

Jan 3, 2019

Brace for More Volatility
Image shown: The S&P 500 ETF (SPY) since August of last year. The markets have broken through key support levels, and now support has become resistance. Volatility remains heightened since the low-vol ETN blew up in February.This article is the introduction to both the Dividend Growth Newsletter and High Yield Dividend Newsletter, both of which will be released today due to the holiday January 1.

Nov 19, 2018

Dropping Coverage of the Securities Research Industry
Image Source: Andreas Poike. Valuentum is dropping coverage of the securities research industry to allocate resources elsewhere.

Oct 19, 2018

Earnings Roundup: Past, Present, and Potential Dividend Growth Ideas
Image Source: Mike Cohen.Let’s take a look at the earnings reports of some past, present, and potential simulated Dividend Growth Newsletter portfolio ideas, including that of Novartis, Procter & Gamble, Honeywell, and Kinder Morgan.

Sep 5, 2018

There Is Milk At The Store
"Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." -- Winston Churchill

Aug 6, 2018

Valuentum’s Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) Distribution
The weighted average cost of capital is one of the most subjective measures in corporate finance, but it is also one of the most important ones.

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