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Loving Stocks Here! Meta and Alphabet Setting Up Nicely for Long Term Investors!

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  Image: Nelson still remains bullish. We wouldn’t be surprised to see the markets make new highs as they have done time and time again over the stock market’s storied history of bull and bear markets, crashes and rip-your-face off rallies, and economic booms and recessions! There are myriad risks, but we’re not overthinking this market. We like stocks for the long haul. “The active versus passive over-benchmarking plague is hurting investor returns, and flawed measures of risk are disguising the underperformance.” — Brian Nelson, CFA Dear members: Latest thoughts on Meta Platforms >> Latest thoughts on Alphabet >>  One of the hardest parts of investing is keeping your head when others around you are running for the exits. That’s … Read more

Admit It: You Know Nothing About the Dividend

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President of Investment Research Brian Nelson talks about how the concept of a dividend is completely miscontrued due to societal and cultural reasons, but he also explains why he likes dividends. Warning: He’s going to bust out Monopoly pieces. You don’t want to miss this! Running time: ~15 minutes.

The Fed’s Dislocation and Too Few Stocks?

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President of Investment Research Brian Nelson talks about how central banks may be pushing savers into riskier assets than what might otherwise be warranted by their risk profiles, how interest rates should be viewed within the valuation context, and whether too few stocks to invest in is driving a ‘rising tide lifts all boats’ dynamic. A discussion about the severe limitations of the price-to-earnings ratio is included. Running time: ~14 minutes.

Podcast: Markets In Motion

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The Valuentum analyst team covers market moving information that is top of mind from consumer staples valuations, the political election cycle, utility valuations, energy resource pricing, biotech considerations, Brexit uncertainty and beyond. ~8 minutes. Tickerized for several consumer staples entities and ETFs, several companies in the energy sector, emerging market vehicles and more.