Value Investing During Inflation Chair Powell’s Resolve is Good for Value US stocks rallied in July and the first half of August, anticipating lower interest rates in 2023 from the Federal Reserve. The S&P 500 peaked around 4300 on August 16th, and then plummeted over 3% on August 26th when Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell […]
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Value Investing Explained A real-world example of value vs. growth The best way to explain value investing is with real securities. Theory is nice, but how does value work in practice? In this post we will show two companies, one a slow-growing “value” company, and the other a fast-growing technology stock. Why the value stock
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Frank Funds Youtube: Introduction to Renewable Diesel
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[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] Second Quarter 2022 The Frank Value Fund Institutional Class returned -4.30% YTD 2022 compared to a loss of -19.96% for the S&P 500 TR Index and -16.23% for the Russell Midcap Value Index. Please see the end of this letter for more
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Frank Funds Youtube: Adjusted EBITDA and the Stock Comp Trap
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Hoping for unprofitable growth companies to lead again is fighting yesterday’s war Unprofitable growth companies continue to grind lower in 2022. This brutal bear market for the once high-flying issues is a painful dose of cogitative dissonance to those used to easy gains on exciting companies. Rather than cutting edge technologies like artificial intelligence
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] There is a two-ton anvil of reality dropping on unprofitable companies. The first quarter of 2022 continued trends from late 2021 as well as establishing great new shifts in the investment world. All of Frank Capital’s separate account strategies had positive returns in Q1 22, far outpacing riskier, growth-at-any-price strategies, as well as the
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[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1655337147898{padding-top: 15px !important;padding-right: 50px !important;padding-left: 50px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text] Russia using energy as a weapon has changed the paradigm. War in Ukraine and subsequent sanctions have jarred the world into the realization that energy independence is necessary. In early March, the United States announced a ban on all Russian oil imports. Should the rest of the
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[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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[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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