Brian Michael Nelson CFA

• Founder of Valuentum Securites, Inc, and President of Equity Research and ETF Analysis at the company. • Manager of Valuentum’s Best Ideas Newsletter portfolio and simulated Dividend Growth Newsletter portfolio and editor-in-chief of both newsletters since inception. Valuentum has been highlighted in Barron’s as one of the best websites for dividend stock ideas. • Architect of the company’s research methodology and processes, developing the Dividend Cushion ratio, a forward-looking free-cash-flow-based measure of the health of a company's dividend payment. The Dividend Cushion ratio's efficacy in predicting dividend cuts is approximate 90%. • Train and manage a team of analysts and independent contributors that serve over one thousand paying subscribers across the globe, including financial advisors, individual investors and money managers. Key content contributor to Valuentum's High Yield Dividend Newsletter and Exclusive publications. • Dividend-related research and analysis has been highlighted frequently in Barron’s and in other financial publications, particularly with respect to high-yield equities and master limited partnerships (MLPs). Valuentum has been highlighted as a survivor guide for oil investors in Barron's. • Expert consultant, author, and developer of dividend growth studies for financial advisor clients and enterprise discounted cash-flow methods for institutional money managers. Experienced author of numerous white papers covering a variety of topics. • Developed an enterprise discounted cash-flow quantitative factor-based method that blends relative valuation measures and technical/momentum indicators into a stock-selection system, the Valuentum Buying Index (VBI), which has a demonstrated track record of sorting outperforming stocks from underperforming stocks.