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Latest Valuentum Commentary

Mar 5, 2019
Target and Kohl’s Report Comps Growth; GNC’s Struggles Continue
Image Source: Kevin Dooley.  Target turned in strong comparable sales growth in its 2018 holiday quarter, thanks in part to solid digital sales growth, and department store operator Kohl’s was able to deliver positive comparable sales growth in the final quarter of its fiscal 2018, which led to an impressive two-year stack. Health and wellness retailer GNC continues to struggle.
Feb 22, 2019
Kraft-Heinz Blows Up, More Updates!
Image shown: The rating history of Kraft-Heinz (KHC). Valuentum members were warned in advance of this pricey equity in 2016/2017, and the VBI rating never advanced past 5 since then after registering a 1, the worst rating, on two separate occasions.
Jan 23, 2019
Consider Selling Discipline = Systematic, Forward-looking, Repeatable
Image shown: An illustration of Valuentum's call on Kinder Morgan during 2015. You can read about this in more detail in the Preface of Value Trap: Theory of Universal Valuation. For a consider-selling discipline to be successful, it must be systematic, forward-looking and repeatable. The Valuentum process worked equally well with General Electric during 2017 (image later in note).  No changes to simulated newsletter portfolios.
Jan 20, 2019
Conference Call Coming Soon, Catch Up This Weekend
Image shown: The markets continue to rally significantly since the near-term bottom in December. Here's the email we sent to members December 26. No changes to simulated Best Ideas Newsletter portfolio and simulated Dividend Growth Newsletter portfolio (contact us if you missed the latest notification regarding the simulated High Yield Dividend Newsletter portfolio).
Jan 18, 2019
Our Reports on Stocks in the Multiline Retail Industry -- archive
Image Source: Troy Tolley. Several companies previously in this group have been reassigned to a new consolidated Multiline Retail industry.
Jan 16, 2019
Markets Still Bouncing Nicely
Image shown: This holiday season was mighty hectic, and not many were anticipating the volatility we experienced. Here's where the simulated Best Ideas Newsletter and simulated Dividend Growth Newsletter portfolios went to "fully invested," reducing a 30% and 20% cash "weighting" at the high end of their respective ranges for each portfolio, respectively.  No Changes to Simulated Newsletter portfolios
Jan 16, 2019
Disappointing Department Store Updates
Image Source: Troy Tolley. Traditional retail continues to face pressure via the shift of consumer shopping habits to online retailers, and the 2018 holiday season was indicative of this trend. Let’s take a look at the holiday updates of a number of key players.
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.


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