Dividend Increases/Decreases for the Week October 29

Below we provide a list of firms that raised their dividends during the week ending October 29. 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 A10 Networks (ATEN): now $0.05 per share quarterly dividend. AbbVie (ABBV): now $1.41 per share quarterly dividend, was $1.30. Alliance Resource Partners (ARLP): now $0.20 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.10. Amphenol (APH): now $0.20 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.14. Arbor Realty Trust (ABR): now $0.36 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.35. Armada Hoffler Properties (AHH): now $0.17 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.16. B. … Read more

Dividend Increases/Decreases for the Week of October 28

Below we provide a list of firms that raised their dividends during the week ending October 28. 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                AbbVie (ABBV): now $1.48 per share quarterly dividend, was $1.41. ACNB (ACNB): now $0.28 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.26. Alliance Resource Partners (ARLP): now $0.50 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.40. American Electric Power (AEP): now $0.83 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.78. Amphenol (APH): now $0.21 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.20. Associated Banc-Corp (ASB): now $0.21 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.20. … Read more

Historic Oil Deal Reached

Image Source: Chevron Corporation (CVX) – March 2020 Security Analyst Meeting Presentation By Callum Turcan Over the Easter holiday weekend, members from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (‘OPEC’), non-OPEC members that are part of the OPEC+ group (countries that in the recent past have joined forces with OPEC to curtail global oil supplies in a formal manner), and non-OPEC members outside of the OPEC+ group such as Brazil (EWZ), Canada (EWC), and the United States (SPY) came to an agreement to cut their collective oil output by north of 10 million barrels per day. Global oil and other raw energy resource prices (USO, BNO) have been simply demolished year-to-date due to a combination of demand destruction from the ongoing … Read more

VIDEO/TRANSCRIPT: 2021 Valuentum Exclusive Call: Inflation Is Good

Valuentum’s President Brian Michael Nelson, CFA, explains why investors should not fear inflation, why government agencies such as the Fed and Treasury are prioritizing something other than price discovery, why the 10-year Treasury rate is a must-watch metric, and why Valuentum prefers the moaty constituents in large cap growth due to their net cash rich balance sheets, tremendous free cash flow generating potential, and secular growth tailwinds. Transcript: << Valuentum’s Best Ideas On behalf of the Valuentum team, I’d like to present to you our prepared remarks for the Valuentum Exclusive conference call for 2021. It is both an honor and a privilege to share our team’s work with you, and I personally am very grateful for your continued interest … Read more

ICYMI — Video: Will Hasty Policy Facilitate the Next Leg Down, or Do We Have It Coming Anyway?

President of Investment Research and award-winning author of Value Trap: Theory of Universal Valuation Brian Nelson explains how US policymakers are stuck between a rock and a hard place, and how the market may be factoring in too high of a probability of a return to normalcy before 2021. This and more in the latest video report. Summary Make sure you review Value Trap on Amazon. Do so here. We think those that bought equities near the bottom of this swoon may be looking to take profits at present levels. The market is currently reflecting an 80%-85% probability of a return to normalcy before 2021, which we believe is too high at this time. Our main concern is that government … Read more

How to Think About Corporate Tax Reform

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

Dividend Increases/Decreases for the Week January 28

Below we provide a list of firms that raised their dividends during the week ending January 28. 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 Accord Financial (ACCFF): now CAD 0.075 per share quarterly dividend, was CAD 0.050. Alliance Resource Partners (ARLP): now $0.25 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.20. Anthem (ANTM): now $1.28 per share quarterly dividend, was $1.13. Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT): now $0.34 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.33. Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM): now $0.40 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.37. Arrow Financial (AROW): now $0.27 per share quarterly dividend, … Read more

Dividend Increases/Decreases for the Week of January 27

Below we provide a list of firms that raised their dividends during the week ending January 27. 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                Air Products and Chemicals (APD): now $1.75 per share quarterly dividend, was $1.62. Alliant Energy (LNT): now $0.4525 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.4275. American Express (AXP): now $0.60 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.52. Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT): now $0.35 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.34. Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM): now $0.45 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.40. Archrock (AROC): now $0.15 per share quarterly dividend, … Read more

January 5-9: The Week That Was – Drowning in Crude

By Brian Nelson, CFA The first full week of 2015 was a wild one! Monday and Tuesday brought some hefty losses to the indices, but the middle of the week helped recover most of the ground, only to give some of it back Friday. When all was said and done, however, the S&P 500 still closed comfortably above 2040, a huge leap from just 5-6 years ago. We’re still enjoying the good times, with economic data still coming in relatively sanguine. Like a frog in water, the markets are just waiting for the next shoe to drop, and the Federal Reserve is doing all that it can to assure investors that the Yellen-put is there to prop up the markets should … Read more