The Transaction Log of the Best Ideas Portfolio

Image Source: GotCredit As a subscriber to Valuentum’s Best Ideas Newsletter, you receive email updates if we plan to make any changes to the portfolio before the release of the next edition of our newsletter. If you are not receiving these alerts by email, please contact us. << About Our Best Ideas Newsletter View excerpts from the email transaction alerts previously delivered to subscribers in this article: December 27, 2024 Summary of the Changes Pepsi (PEP): 4%-6% à 0% McDonald’s (MCD): 4%-6% à 0% Amazon (AMZN): 0% à 4%-6% Nvidia (NVDA): 0% à 4%-6% Alert: Changes to the Newsletter Portfolios June 5, 2023 Summary of the Changes UnitedHealth Group (UNH): 0% –> 4%-6% Booking Holding (BKNG): 0% –> 4%-6% Chipotle (CMG): 1%-2% –> 6%-8% Technology Select Sector SPDR (XLK): 0% … Read more

US Oil Majors

The supply and demand imbalance of crude oil has been one of the most talked about market factors in 2015 as prices continue their downward trajectory. Unfortunately, the predictability of crude oil prices continues to fall as well. One of the the most important factors in the global supply of crude oil looking to 2016 is the developing situation in Iran. The country had indicated that it would increase its production of oil immediately following the lifting of economic sanctions from the US and EU by 500,000 barrels a day, and then potentially double that increase in the following months. While this still may be the most likely scenario, there could still be challenges to do the deal’s implementation. Some … Read more

Dividend Increases/Decreases for the Week Ending October 30

Below we provide a list of firms that raised/lowered their dividends during the week ending October 30. The dividend reports of covered firms on this list will be updated shortly with the new information. To access our dividend reports use the ‘Symbol’ search box in our website header. Firms Raising Their Dividends This Week AFLAC (AFL): now $0.41 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.39. Aptar Group, Inc. (ATR): now $0.30 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.28. Arc Logistics Partners (ARCX): now $0.44 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.425. Central Pacific Financial (CPF): now $0.14 per share quarterly dividend, was 0.12. Colombia Sportswear Company (COLM): now $0.17 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.15. CorEnergy (CORR): now $0.15 per share quarterly dividend, … Read more

Dividend Increases/Decreases for the Week Ending December 16

Below we provide a list of firms that raised/lowered their dividends during the week ending December 16. The dividend reports of covered firms on this list will be updated shortly with the new information. To access our dividend reports use the ‘Symbol’ search box in our website header. Firms Raising Their Dividends This Week ABM Industries (ABM): now $0.17 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.165. AES (AES): now $0.12 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.11. American Tower (AMT): now $0.58 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.55. Andersons (ANDE): now $0.16 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.155. Avianca (AVH): now $0.032 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.03. Balchem (BCPC): now $0.38 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.34. Boeing (BA): now $1.42 … Read more

Dividend Increases/Decreases for the Week Ending January 20

Below we provide a list of firms that raised their dividends during the week ending January 20. The dividend reports of covered firms on this list will be updated shortly with the new information. To access our dividend reports use the ‘Symbol’ search box in our website header. Firms Raising Their Dividends This Week Alexanders (ALX): now $4.25 per share quarterly dividend, was $4.00. Algonquin Power & Utilities (AQN): now $0.1165 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.1059. Bear State Financial (BSF): now $0.03 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.025 Capital Product Partners (CPLP): now $0.08 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.075. CMS Energy (CMS): now $0.3325 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.31. CONE Midstream Partners (CNNX): now $0.2724 per share … Read more

Dividend Increases/Decreases for the Week Ending February 17

Below we provide a list of firms that raised/lowered their dividends during the week ending February 17. The dividend reports of covered firms on this list will be updated shortly with the new information. To access our dividend reports use the ‘Symbol’ search box in our website header. Firms Raising Their Dividends This Week AdvancePierre Foods (APFH): now $0.16 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.14. Aetna (AET): now $0.50 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.25. Analog Devices (ADI): now $0.45 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.42. Auburn National Bancorporation, Inc. (AUBN): now $0.23 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.225. Barrick Gold (ABX): now $0.03 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.02. Buckeye Partners (BPL): now $1.2375 per share quarterly dividend, was … Read more

Dividend Increases/Decreases for the Week Ending February 15

Below we provide a list of firms that raised their dividends during the week ending February 15. The dividend reports of covered firms on this list will be updated shortly with the new information. To access our dividend reports use the ‘Symbol’ search box in our website header. Firms Raising Their Dividends This Week Acadian Timber (ACAZF): now CAD 0.29 per share quarterly dividend, was CAD 0.2825. Activision Blizzard (ATVI): now $0.37 per share annual dividend, was $0.34. Agnico Eagle (AEM): now $0.125 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.11. ALPS Alerian Energy Infrastructure ETF (ENFR): now $0.2589 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.1863. ALPS Alerian MLP ETF (AMLP): now $0.195 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.1913. Ares Capital (ARCC): now … Read more

The “Hierarchy” of Valuentum Idea Generation

Let’s talk about this hierarchy of idea generation in this note. —  A version of this article was sent to members previously. New content has been added.  — Note: We continue to work to optimize the signal-to-noise ratio in our work, and we are evaluating expanding our update cycle to half-year periods to better bolster the signaling aspects of the Valuentum Buying Index (VBI). In our widely-read case study (see here), the VBI showed its ability to rank equity returns over a forward 12-month period, and we think a migration to less-frequent updating may make the most sense to better capture the forward-looking dynamics of the system. We think this will help weed out false breakouts and other noise that could be harmful. You shouldn’t think of … Read more

Valuentum Exclusive Yearly Round Up

Select the following link to access the Annual Exclusive Call. Select HERE to Access the Exclusive Call Recording ———- Transcript Provided Below. President of Investment Research Brian Nelson: Ladies and Gentlemen, Thank you for your attendance. Today marks three years since we first launched the Exclusive publication. The Exclusive is our premiere offering for sophisticated investors and builds upon our successes of the past, not only in establishing one of the first methodologies that successfully blends enterprise valuation with behavioral valuation and technical and momentum indicators, but also in making such a process available to individuals, financial advisors and institutional investors in full transparency. The Exclusive publication is in many ways an extension of the strong performance of both the … Read more