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Dividend Increases/Decreases for the Week Ending February 19

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Below we provide a list of firms that raised/lowered their dividends during the week ending February 19. 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 Analog Devices (ADI): now $0.42 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.40. Anthem (ANTM): now $0.65 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.625. Argo Group (AGII): now $0.22 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.20. Autoliv (ALV): now $0.58 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.56. B/E Aerospace (BEAV): now $0.21 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.19. Coca-Cola (KO): now $0.35 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.33. Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE): … Read more

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

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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

Dividend Increases/Decreases for the Week February 25

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Below we provide a list of firms that raised their dividends during the week ending February 25. 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 Aaron’s (AAN): now $0.1125 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.1000.           Agnico Eagle (AEM): now $0.40 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.35. Albemarle (ALB): now $0.395 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.390. Alexander & Baldwin (ALEX): now $0.19 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.18. Allison Transmission Holdings (ALSN): now $0.21 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.19. AMERISAFE (AMSF): now $0.31 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.29. Apple … Read more

Why Natural Gas Prices are So Low and Will Likely Remain So for Some Time

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Dividend Increases/Decreases for the Week Ending February 24

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Below we provide a list of firms that raised/lowered their dividends during the week ending February 24. 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 Albemarie (ALB): now $0.32 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.305. AllianceBernstein (AB): now $0.67 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.45. Ares Management (ARES): now $0.28 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.20. Argo Group (AGII): now $0.27 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.22. Assured Guaranty (AGO): now $0.1425 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.13. Autoliv (ALV): now $0.60 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.58. Bank of Hawaii … Read more

Surveying the Clean Energy Landscape for Ideas

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Image Source: American Electric Power Company Inc (AEP) – January 2021 IR Presentation By Callum Turcan There’s a lot of interest in clean energy these days! Though our favorite ideas within a portfolio context are always the ideas within the Best Ideas Newsletter portfolio, the Dividend Growth Newsletter portfolio, the High Yield Dividend Newsletter portfolio, and the Exclusive publication, we also highlight interesting ideas via our articles that we publish on our website. [For instance, we recently published work that covered the electric vehicle (‘EV’) industry; members can check out that article here.] In this article, let’s dig deep into the clean energy space. We’ll talk more about: 1) Ameresco (AMRC), one of the green energy ideas we highlighted in … Read more

Stock Market Outlook for 2021

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By Valuentum Analysts February 8, 2021 2020 was one for the history books. We covered our thoughts and reflections on the past year in our “2020 Won’t Soon Be Forgotten” article (link here), and now we are looking towards the future. Global health authorities should be able to bring an end to the ongoing coronavirus (‘COVID-19’) pandemic sooner than many had expected as several vaccines have already been improved for emergency use and several others appear increasingly likely to get approved. Global vaccine distribution activities are currently underway, and this should allow the world to slowly return to pre-pandemic activities. Before then, immense stimulus measures launched primarily in developed nations should support global economic activities until the public health crisis … Read more

Dividend Increases/Decreases for the Week Ending February 21

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Below we provide a list of firms that raised their dividends during the week ending February 21. 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 Advance Auto Parts (AAP): now $0.25 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.06. Allstate (ALL): now $0.54 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.50. AMERISAFE (AMSF): now $0.27 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.25. Analog Devices (ADI): now $0.62 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.54. Armada Hoffler Properties (AHH): now $0.22 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.21. BankUnited (BKU): now $0.23 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.21. Blackhawk … Read more

Dividend Increases/Decreases for the Week February 19

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Below we provide a list of firms that raised their dividends during the week ending February 19. 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 Analog Devices (ADI): now $0.69 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.62. Arbor Realty Trust (ABR): now $0.33 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.32. ARC Document Solutions (ARC): now $0.02 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.01. CAI International (CAI): now $0.30 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.25. Canadian General Investments (CGRIF): now CAD 0.22 per share quarterly dividend, was CAD 0.21. Cimarex Energy (XEC): now $0.27 per … Read more

Valuentum: Now Bearish, We’ve Been Here Every Step of the Way

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Valuentum Has Been Here Every Step of the Way   From the COVID-19 top in February 2020 to the COVID-19 bottom to the massive bull run through the end of 2021, we’ve been here for you.    2022 started out to be a rough year, catching many by surprise.   But Valuentum stayed positive. When the markets headed south in June, Valuentum stood its ground. On June 14, Valuentum said that “we still believe stocks could make a “huge rebound” in the near term.   We reiterated our views a few days later and on June 19, we said that “investors shouldn’t panic during this bear market” and that “stocks remain an attractive proposition at the moment and a very attractive consideration … Read more