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Caterpillar Crushed by Expectations for No Growth in China
Image Source: Mining.com. Heavy equipment giant Caterpillar saw its share price drop significantly following its fourth quarter report January 28 as it reported disappointing bottom-line results for the quarter and announced expectations for softness in China.

Dec 31, 2018

Valuentum Stock Screeners
Brian Nelson provides members with an update on Valuentum's stock screeners and the significant number of forward-looking data we provide. This article was sent to members via email December 29.

Dec 20, 2018

Market Mayhem -- Alerts for Members
Dear members -- we released a number of emails today. Please read and let us know if you have any questions. We're here for you.

Nov 23, 2018

Deere Expects Replacement Cycle to Continue Despite Trade Tensions
Image Source: David Wright. Deere & Co’s fiscal 2018 fourth quarter report included expectations for the replacement cycle for farm machinery to continue despite global trade tensions and other geopolitical uncertainty. Its equipment operations have performed well of late as it continues to ride a wave of solid demand.

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 31, 2018

Near-term Optimism at Caterpillar and Deere
Caterpillar and Deere serve notoriously cyclical end markets, but both companies appear to be quite optimistic with their near-term outlooks, even as trade issues weigh on their international operations. Shares of Cat yield ~2.4%, while shares of Deere yield ~1.9%.

Aug 10, 2018

Dividend Increases/Decreases for the Week Ending August 10
Let's take a look at companies that raised/lowered their dividend this week.

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.

May 30, 2018

Study: Valuentum's Best Ideas Newsletter Portfolio
"Though we largely achieved the Best Ideas Newsletter portfolio’s goals in advancing the newsletter portfolio each publication year (ends December 15) and achieving relative outperformance and risk-adjusted superiority to the benchmark, we may have done even better had our equity allocation been full during the measurement period." -- Brian Nelson, CFA

Apr 25, 2018

Demand Bouncing Off Multi-Year Bottom at Caterpillar
Improvement in Caterpillar’s underlying end markets is driving its performance, and management took the opportunity following a solid showing in the first quarter of 2018 to raise its bottom-line guidance for the full year. The market, however, did not look favorably on management’s comments that the first quarter should be expected to be the “high-water mark” for the year in terms of margin performance. We’ve updated our fair value estimate of shares.

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