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Benjamin Franklin

 

SuperVision Provides Future Vision for Mobileye

• Strong growth in advanced driver assistance systems, despite making up under 1% of volume, SuperVision makes up 33% of revenue growth.
• $17 billion in contracted sales cumulatively through 2030, with an average system price of $105 expected compared to the current $56.2.
• Robust real-world implementation of SuperVision, with 96,000 units deployed in FY22. Expecting >100% growth in units shipped for FY23.
• Backed by strong consumer demand for more safety features and more fatigue-reducing driver features.

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Video: Global Payments (GPN) Unloved and Undervalued. Strong Growth and Low Valuation. Best of Both Worlds

• Strong Auto Brands include Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge, Peugeot, Fiat.
• 7.7% Dividend Yield is the highest among peers.
• Compelling valuation with a 4.3x P/E compared to sector median of 15.0x.
• 2030 Strategic plan emphasizes global EV (Electrical Vehicles) capacity huge global base to pull from.
• Realizing consumer gains from IRA (Inflation Reduction Act) in North America, focusing on larger utility vehicles in the United States.

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Video: Big 7.7% Dividend Yield for Undervalued Stellantis

• Strong Auto Brands include Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge, Peugeot, Fiat.
• 7.7% Dividend Yield is the highest among peers.
• Compelling valuation with a 4.3x P/E compared to sector median of 15.0x.
• 2030 Strategic plan emphasizes global EV (Electrical Vehicles) capacity huge global base to pull from.
• Realizing consumer gains from IRA (Inflation Reduction Act) in North America, focusing on larger utility vehicles in the United States.

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3.25% Yield and Healthcare Repositioning for CVS Health

• 3.25% dividend yield, strong free cash generation.
• Oak Street acquisition projected to add $2 billion in EBITDA by 2026.
• Expects significant volume growth at pharmacies with the introduction of several biosimilar and generic drugs in FY23.
• Modest FY23 guidance targeting 7% EPS growth despite some sustained headwinds in retail.

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Big 7.7% Dividend Yield for Undervalued Stellantis

• Strong Auto Brands include Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge, Peugeot, Fiat.
• 7.7% Dividend Yield is the highest among peers.
• Compelling valuation with a 4.3x P/E compared to sector median of 15.0x.
• 2030 Strategic plan emphasizes global EV (Electrical Vehicles) capacity huge global base to pull from.
• Realizing consumer gains from IRA (Inflation Reduction Act) in North America, focusing on larger utility vehicles in the United States.

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[Ben Speaks at 35:30] Money Life with Chuck Jaffe: It’s ‘The biggest inflection point for most investors in their lifetime’

Benjamin Halliburton, founder and chief investment officer at the Building Benjamins investment newsletter, says that inflation and interest rates bottoming out last year after a decline/trend that lasted for 40 years has now put investors into a new territory, forcing them to consider areas and industries that benefitted from decades of disinflation. It’s the biggest inflection point of most investors’ lifetimes, he says, but it’s an adjustment that people will need to make to keep the profits rolling in the changed conditions they’ll see for years to come.

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Building Benjamins

US News and World reports talks to Benjamin C. Halliburton, CFA about Civitas (CIVI), Ovintiv (OVV) and Chesapeake Energy (CHK)

Benjamin Halliburton, chief investment officer at Building Benjamins, says the high price environment for oil and gas will last at least a couple of years. “Sanctions on Russia are not going away even when the war ends,” he says. “It takes years to plan and develop fields. The adverse regulatory environment on both drilling and pipelines is a deterrent to drilling and adds costs.”

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Banks will lag the market in an inflationary environment. Financial assets go down in real value.

• Banks will lag the market in an inflationary environment.
• Banks lagged the market in the inflationary 1970s.
• The reason for this is financial assets go down in real value during inflation.
• Bank Financial assets are just dollars or promises for dollars in the future.
• Most of bank assets are fixed income or dollar themselves.
• Inflation lowers the real value of dollars and fixed income assets.

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