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  • Three Reasons to be Bullish About Genworth Financial

    By Anh HOANG - May 22, 2013 | Tickers: GNW, MET, PRU

    I have been bullish about Genworth Financial (NYSE: GNW) since the end of 2012. For the past five months, Genworth has experienced a significant rise of more than 45.6% on the market. Interestingly, this insurance company is in the portfolios of many successful investors, including John Paulson, Bruce Berkowitz, Ray Dalio and Jeremy Gratham. There are three reasons that I still like this insurance company even after its recent more »

  • Is This Newly Traded Insurance Company a Good Buy?

    By Anh HOANG - May 21, 2013 | Tickers: VOYA, MET, PRU

    Recently, I have come across the newly traded life insurer, ING U.S. (NYSE: VOYA), which was spun off from ING Groep. What makes this spinoff interesting is the fact that ING has to gradually sell ING U.S. even it does not want to do so. In order to receive the capital injection from the Dutch government in 2008, ING Groep was forced to restructure itself, including the sale more »

  • Investment Ideas from Appaloosa Management’s 13F Filing

    By Aubrey Tabuga - May 19, 2013 | Tickers: CMCSA, MET, PRU, RIG

    The biggest items in Appaloosa Management’s shopping cart in the latest quarter are Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA), Transocean (NYSE: RIG), Prudential Financial (NYSE: PRU), and MetLife (NYSE: MET). The portfolio of this one-time Hedge Fund Firm of the Year based on the latest 13F filing may not necessarily be reflective of its most recent position. By the time the filings reach the SEC, the hedge fund may have already shorted more »

  • These Insurers Are Rewarding Shareholders Handsomely

    By Robert Ciura - May 9, 2013 | Tickers: MET, RLI, TRV

    Insurance companies enjoy a two-sided business model: they earn cash from premiums paid on the policies they write and then again through investing the large pools of their accumulated capital. In recent years, insurers have been a great place to look for investors interested in both diversifying into the financial industry as well as producing yield from their stock investments.

    This trend has continued in recent weeks, as several of more »

  • Exciting Investment Ideas in "Stodgy” Industries

    By Jeff Stouffer - May 9, 2013 | Tickers: MET, KBWI, CB, TRV

    When turnaround trends take place in industries that have been considered boring or unappealing for extended periods of time, such events can be rather explosive. A good example of this is the PowerShares KBW Insurance Portfolio (NYSEMKT: KBWI)), an ETF that holds only insurance-company stocks. The inception date is Nov. 1, 2011 and the posted one-year return is approximately 28.9%.

    The release of the PowerShares KBW Insurance Portfolio appears more »

  • 3 Stocks In The Insurance And Financial Sector

    By Victor Selva - May 2, 2013 | Tickers: AIG, HIG, MET

    After the last economic crisis, investors have found it hard to trust insurance companies. Some said they were too big to fail, while others, too big to ignore. Either way, we will look into some of the main firms in the industry, American Insurance Group (NYSE: AIG), MetLife (NYSE: MET), and Hartford (NYSE: HIG), and analyze the main pros and cons that they offer for investors.

    A stock in recovery more »

  • Four Companies Making Headlines You Should Be Aware Of

    By Jayson Derrick - April 24, 2013 | Tickers: GLW, GIGM, LULU, MET, SCHN, SODA

    Given the sheer number of companies to follow, and the TV networks non stop coverage of only the most popular stocks, it is often difficult for investors to find news that is relevant to all holdings in their portfolio.

    Soda Stream (NASDAQ: SODA)

    Who are they?

    SodaStream is an up and coming but relatively unknown company that sells a do it yourself kit for consumers to make their own carbonated more »

  • Why These Insurance Stocks Are the Best Bets

    By Shweta Dubey - April 15, 2013 | Tickers: MET, PRU, SLF

    The various economic pressures in recent times marked a tough period for the insurance companies to generate profits organically. The companies were challenged to increase their market share, and were forced to resort to mergers and acquisitions to tap international growth.

    These opportunities should help them grow globally in terms of earnings and market share. Discussed below are three insurance stocks which are heavily focusing on expansion via mergers and more »

  • Will the Insurance Giants Survive the Japanese Tsunami?

    By Adnan Khan - April 14, 2013 | Tickers: AFL, AIG, GNW, MET, PRU

    The first quarter of the current year saw a few events that had significant impact on the operating performances of the US life insurance giants. In this article you will see how the events impacted different insurers and what analysts are expecting the insurers will report at the end of the first quarter of the current year.

    What Happened During 1Q13?

    Some of the events include the negative impact from more »

  • Long-Term Care Insurers off to Fast Start in 2013

    By Jesse Slome - March 22, 2013 | Tickers: AEG, GNW, MFC, MET, PRU, UNM

    Compared to 2012, leading long-term care insurance companies recorded increases of 30%-55% in applications submitted during the first two months of the year.

    According to the findings of a study released this week by the American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance, January and February were busy months for insurers. The organization based their report on data representing nearly 30,000 individual long-term care insurance policies submitted during the first more »

  • Billionaire David Tepper Thinks Stocks Can Gain 20% in 2013—Here’s How to Play It

    By Meena Krishnamsetty - March 20, 2013 | Tickers: ESV, FCX, IP, M, MET

    Billionaire hedge fund manager David Tepper runs Appaloosa Management, the $15-billion multi-strategy hedge fund. CNBC reports that Tepper is currently “extremely bullish” on the U.S. stock market and predicts the S&P 500 may rise “20% or more by the end of this year.”

    Tepper is also particularly bullish about Apple; last quarter, he raised Appaloosa’s stake in the tech giant significantly, making it his hedge fund’s more »

  • This Insurer is a Long Term Buy

    By Anh HOANG - March 12, 2013 | Tickers: AFL, LFC, MET

    Aflac (NYSE: AFL) was featured in Today’s 3 Worst Stocks of The Motley Fool when it dropped by nearly 2.8% in one trading day. However, since the bottom of 2009, Aflac has gained more than 270%, from $13.50 per share in Mar 09 to $50.15 per share currently. Interestingly, the company has been known as a consistent and increasing dividend payer for the past ten years more »

  • Billionaire David Tepper's Top Moves

    By Marshall Hargrave - March 8, 2013 | Tickers: AIG, AAPL, IP, MRVL, MET

    Billionaire David Tepper, founder of Appaloosa Management, was the top earning hedge fund manager for 2012, raking in $2.2 billion, after helping his hedge fund return 30% for the year. That should be reason enough to check up on Tepper's fourth quarter 2012 buys and sells, so let's see which stocks Tepper and Appaloosa are gearing up for 2013 with (see all of Tepper's stocks more »

  • Buy These 4 Stocks Before They Start Rising

    By Laura Paur - March 1, 2013 | Tickers: HIG, MET, RIG, WFT

    I like to analyze what prominent investors buy or sell in the last reported quarter. In this article I detail what Appaloosa Management bought in the past months. Appaloosa was founded by David Tepper, who made $4 billion in 2009 and currently ranks as the 258th richest person in the world. Tepper has earned an international reputation for producing some of the highest returns amongst fund managers on Wall Street more »

  • Dominance For One Financial Firm

    By Tyler Wofford - March 1, 2013 | Tickers: IVZ, LM, MET, PRI, PRU

    Primerica Financial Services (NYSE: PRI) distributes financial products (life insurance, mutual funds, debt elimination) to the underserved middle class in the U.S., Canada, Puerto Rico, and Spain. Yes, the company only has a market cap of $1.8 billion, but recently joined the Standard & Poor's Mid Cap 400 index. Primerica has partnered with many companies from the time it was founded in 1977, but is its future as more »

  • Insure Your Portfolio With This Stock

    By Robert Ciura - February 28, 2013 | Tickers: AFL, MET, TRV

    Insurance companies enjoy a two-sided business model: they earn cash from premiums paid on the policies they write and then again through investing the large pools of their accumulated capital. Many insurance companies are trading at attractive price-to-earnings and price-to-book valuations and also pay dividends to shareholders.  Unfortunately, the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy of historically low interest rates has kept a lid on the returns on capital most more »

  • This Insurance Giant Beats Analyst Expectations

    By Adnan Khan - February 15, 2013 | Tickers: MET, PRU

    Metlife (NYSE: MET), with a history of over 140-years has grown to become a leading global insurance provider to over 90 million customers in over 50 countries. Besides holding leading market positions in the US, it has large presence in Japan, Latin America, Asia Pacific, Europe and Middle East. For the purpose of reporting, the company is divided into six segments; Insurance Products, Retirement Products, Corporate Benefit Funding and Auto more »

  • 2 Stocks From Lombardia You Must Buy

    By Shweta Dubey - February 13, 2013 | Tickers: COH, DUK, MET

    The first thing that pops up in my mind whenever I read about Lombardia Capital Partners is that it is a successful 100% employee-owned investment firm. The firm mostly capitalizes on stocks that are undervalued because of the speculative investors. It maintains a well diversified portfolio with a focus on Financial and Service sector stocks, which represent ~50% of the firm’s assets. Analyzing the decline in its positions in more »

  • Is the Life Insurance Industry Dying?

    By Greg Gambone - February 10, 2013 | Tickers: GNW, MET

    The writing is on the wall, and has been for quite some time now. Insurance companies have realized they can no longer be everything to everyone. They’ve dropped the Jack-of-All-Trades perspective and begun the shift back to singularity. Focus seems now to be on shedding less profitable divisions and returning to core strengths.

  • 5 Insurance Companies With Attractive Dividends

    By Robert Ciura - January 25, 2013 | Tickers: AFL, MCY, MET, PRU, TRV

    Editor's Note: The original article references Prudential's annual dividend payment. As of Nov. 7, Prudential resumed their quarterly dividend payment schedule. This article has been updated.

    Insurance companies enjoy a two-sided business model:  they earn cash from premiums paid on the policies they write and then again through investing the large pools of their accumulated capital.  Many insurance companies are trading at attractive price-to-earnings and price-to-book valuations that more »

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