Defend Against Inflation With Real Assets
Inflation has risen to record heights, with little to no indication that this spike in prices is temporary. But enduring inflation could create a favorable environment for real assets. As inflation persists, investors may want to consider real assets, which can often he...
Redefine What It Means to Be a Quality Company Through Free Cash Flow
Accounting practices can present a distorted picture of a publicly traded company’s profitability. Plus, earnings reports tend to be historically backward-looking. Therefore, free cash flow can be a more reliable metric than earnings to determine how profitable a comp...
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As Fed Fights Inflation, Free Cash Flow Surfaces As Valuable Metric
One of the three newest members of the Federal Reserve board of governors said that high inflation was his biggest concern and that the Federal Open Market Committee is determined to bring inflation back down to 2%.
In a speech a conference organized by...
TTAC vs QUAL: Dawn of Quality
Although often compared with one another, the FCF US Quality ETF (TTAC) and the iShares Edge MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (QUAL) have some fundamentally different approaches to how they construct their portfolios. And as a result, have quite different returns.
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Seek Free Cash Flow While Inflation Persists
While several economists had hoped that falling gas prices would curb inflation, the latest figures from the Consumer Price Index (CPI) revealed that record-high inflation hadn’t gone away. The CPI showed that prices were up 8.3% in August compared to 12 months earlie...
Why Free Cash Flow Better Determines Profitability Than Earnings
While earnings have long been the yardstick for determining a company’s profitability, they can also be misleading. After all, the bankruptcies of Enron and WorldCom in the early 2000s demonstrated that strong GAAP earnings don’t necessarily mean a company is sustai...
To Survive Flailing Global Markets, Seek Free Cash Flow
2022 has been a wild year for the markets. The global economy is contending with widespread high inflation, rate hikes, and a challenging geopolitical landscape with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the rise of fascism. A model run by Ned Davis Research predicts a 98....
TTAC Is Overweight Tech & Energy, Underweight Industrials & Communication
Free cash flow is the cash a company generates after its cash outflows to pay expenses or support operations. FCF Advisors specializes in free cash flow investment strategies, primarily through its Free Cash Flow Quality Model.
The FCF US Quality ETF (TTAC)...
This Real Assets ETF Has Gone Strong During a Volatile Year
Investors are currently challenged with the threat of persistent inflationary pressure. Additionally, traditional asset classes are not cheap. So, given that valuations for large-cap stocks are elevated and credit spreads are tight, real assets have become a core allocati...
