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Valuentum Weekly: Outsized Energy Exposure Continues to Buoy Newsletter Portfolios

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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. This note was emailed to members Sunday, March 6, 2022. Markets   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 … Read more

BHP Group Shakes Up Long-Term Strategy

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Image Source: BHP Group Ltd – Full Fiscal Year 2020 IR Earnings Presentation By Callum Turcan Though the ongoing coronavirus (‘COVID-19) pandemic has stymied economic activity in about every country worldwide, the stimulus-driven rebound in China (with an eye towards its resurgent construction activity) combined with supply disruptions in key commodity producing regions has seen the price of several metals bounce higher over the past few months. For instance, copper prices on the London Metal Exchange (‘LME’) recently hit a two-year high and COMEX silver prices have been surging higher (I, II) this year. Background A lot of global copper consumption comes from construction related activities and building power grids (distribution and transmission systems), with about half of the world’s … Read more

Valuentum Weekly: Yields on New Series I Savings Bonds Have Soared!

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The Valuentum Weekly is a brand-new weekly market commentary from Valuentum Securities, released each weekend in digital form. The Valuentum Weekly offers members a weekly synopsis of the markets and major events. It will be straight and to-the-point. Our goal is to deliver to you the latest information and insights. We welcome your feedback on how we can make the Valuentum Weekly as useful and as relevant for you as ever! — —– — Markets  — The Dow Jones, S&P 500 and NASDAQ futures are all indicated up Sunday night (March 13), but that may not mean much when trading kicks off tomorrow. The start to 2022 has been one of the worst stretches during the past decade, but broader … Read more