Valuentum Exclusive Analysis for the Discerning Investor

Symbol Keyword

May 3, 2024

Dividend Increases/Decreases for the Week of May 3
Let's take a look at firms raising/lowering their dividends this week.

Mar 1, 2024

Dividend Increases/Decreases for the Week of March 1
Let's take a look at firms raising/lowering their dividends this week.

Nov 3, 2023

Dividend Increases/Decreases for the Week of November 3
Let's take a look at firms raising/lowering their dividends this week.

Aug 4, 2023

Dividend Increases/Decreases for the Week of August 4
Let's take a look at firms raising/lowering their dividends this week.

May 10, 2023

The Fall of an Icahn?
Image Source: danor shtruzman. Hindenburg Research put together a compelling short report on Icahn Enterprises (IEP). We think it is worth a read.

Mar 3, 2023

Dividend Increases/Decreases for the Week of March 3
Let's take a look at firms raising/lowering their dividends this week.

Nov 4, 2022

Dividend Increases/Decreases for the Week of November 4
Let's take a look at firms raising/lowering their dividends this week.

Aug 5, 2022

Dividend Increases/Decreases for the Week of August 5
Let's take a look at firms raising/lowering their dividends this week.

May 13, 2022

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

Mar 7, 2022

Valuentum Weekly: Outsized Energy Exposure Continues to Buoy Newsletter Portfolios
Image: Light crude oil futures once traded for roughly -$40 (negative $40) during the COVID-19 crisis, but have now rocketed to more than $120 in recent trading. Image Source: TradingView. The S&P 500, as measured by the SPY, is down 9% year-to-date, a modest pullback, in our view, particularly in light of the fantastic performance the past few years. Though not necessarily welcome, a down year every now and then for the broader market indexes and a modest bear market can only be expected, at times. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, as measured by the DIA, is down more than 7% year-to-date (not too bad), while the Nasdaq--as measured by the QQQ--and 'disruptive innovation' stocks--as measured by the Ark Innovation ETF--have fallen more than 15% and 36%, respectively, so far this year (data from Seeking Alpha). We like how the simulated newsletter portfolios are positioned. Energy resource prices continue to surge (with WTI crude oil prices skyrocketing north of $120 per barrel at last check), and they are bringing energy equities higher along with them. The simulated Best Ideas Newsletter portfolio, simulated Dividend Growth Newsletter portfolio, and simulated High Yield Dividend Newsletter portfolio are all materially overweight energy equities relative to the energy sector’s weighting in the S&P 500, and we expect to maintain such high tactical "exposure." Both the Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF and the Vanguard Energy ETF soared to 13-year highs last week. Our favorite energy ideas are the largest two energy majors, Exxon Mobil and Chevron, and both have hefty 'weightings' in each of the three aforementioned simulated newsletter portfolios. Russian equities, as measured by the RSX, are down nearly 80% so far this year, and we're pleased to say that we've largely avoided the fall out. We continue to like the broader areas of U.S.-heavy, large cap growth and big cap tech when it comes to long-term secular exposure, and we continue to like energy as a tactical overweight for the foreseeable future across the simulated newsletter portfolios, as much as we did even prior to the huge advance in energy resource prices and the invasion of Ukraine by Russia.