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January 2022 – How About a Seat Belt?

Finance, Insight, Passive, Retirement, US Equities

[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1655337247612{padding-top: 15px !important;padding-right: 60px !important;padding-left: 60px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text] For a historically informed investors this is the equivalent to driving 100mph, blindfolded, on an icy mountain trail Slight declines greet investors in the opening month of 2022, and judging from stories in the press and responses on social media, a 3% decline in equities is more […]

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Value investing by Frank Capital Partners LLC

Q4 21

Insight, Uncategorized

[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1607512817633{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_tweetmeme share_via=”frankfunds” share_recommend=”bfrankvalue”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1607580862530{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text] Fourth Quarter 2021 The Frank Value Fund Institutional Class returned 1.39% in Q4 2021 compared to 11.03% for the S&P 500 TR Index and 8.37% for the Russell Midcap Value Index. Please see the end of this letter for more performance information.

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Opinion: In the stock market, the new year may start with a bang

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[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1655659278152{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 60px !important;padding-left: 60px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text] Opinion: In the stock market, the new year may start with a bang By Brian Frank Higher volatility and falling stock prices into the end of 2021 may create opportunities Investors have had to contend with large swings in sentiment this month, capping a year of seesawing

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December 2021 – Embrace the Dystopia

Finance, Passive, Retirement, US Equities

[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1655338104933{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 60px !important;padding-left: 60px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text] Does this mean US stocks will end 2022 in the red? Probably not. The Fed has a backbone made of wet spaghetti. Investors had to contend with large swings in sentiment early this December. After some serious drops in high-growth companies with some prices being cut in

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Frank Funds Q3 Shareholder Q&A

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[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1655659278152{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 60px !important;padding-left: 60px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text] Frank Funds Q3 Shareholder Q&A Nov 30, 2021 Frank Value Fund portfolio manager answers shareholder questions. Topics covered are: inflation, with the CPI increasing costs for everyone. Energy companies, renewable energy, oil and gas. Passive investing, indexation, the S&P 500 and value stock picking. WATCH NOW [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

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November 2021 – If I Sold a Business Today

Bitcoin, Business Market, Finance, Insight, Passive, Retirement, US Equities

[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1655338159367{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 60px !important;padding-left: 60px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text] Multiples are high, money is cheap, SPACs and IPOs are hot, and it is a spectacular time to sell a business. If you are lucky enough to sell at a great price, what should you do with the money? With seemingly every asset class making new highs,

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Q3 21

Insight, Uncategorized

[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1607512817633{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column][heading text=”Q3 21 Letter to Shareholders” tag=”h2″ align=”left” bot=”0px”][vc_tweetmeme share_via=”frankfunds” share_recommend=”bfrankvalue”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1607580862530{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text] Third Quarter 2021 The Frank Value Fund Institutional Class returned (-3.77%) in Q3 2021 compared to 0.58% for the S&P 500 TR Index and (-1.01%) for the Russell Midcap Value Index. Please see the

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September 2021 – Both Kinds of Volatility

Finance, Insight, Passive, Retirement, US Equities

[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1655389395144{padding-top: 15px !important;padding-right: 60px !important;padding-left: 60px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text] When investors talk about volatility, they are usually referring to losses in markets. Volatility, however, can also be defined as disorderly moves upwards in stocks as well. Below is our new video on passive investing, where we explain why passive is increasing volatility and we may be

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August 2021 – FTS International

Insight, Uncategorized

[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1655389612881{padding-top: 15px !important;padding-right: 60px !important;padding-left: 60px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text] FTS International (AMEX: FTSI) is one of the largest providers of hydraulic fracturing services in North America. With US investment in shale oil drilling and US rig counts still near their lows, energy stocks have been ignored. FTSI is currently cash flow positive, and having reemerged from

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Q2 21

Insight, Uncategorized

[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1607512817633{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column][heading text=”Q2 21 Letter to Shareholders” tag=”h2″ align=”left” bot=”0px”][vc_tweetmeme share_via=”frankfunds” share_recommend=”bfrankvalue”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1607580862530{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text] Second Quarter 2021 The Frank Value Fund Institutional Class returned 3.57% in Q2 2021 compared to 8.55% for the S&P 500 TR Index and 5.66% for the Russell Midcap Value Index. Please see the

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