Life & Health Insurance

TruthisTreason.net – Kevin Hayden Sources: Wiki, YouTube, G. Edward Griffin, C. Iserbyt and Reece Committee Charlotte Thomson Iserbyt is an American freelance writer, former Senior Policy Advisor in the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI), U.S. Department of Education during the...

TruthisTreason.net – Kevin Hayden Sources: Wiki, YouTube, G. Edward Griffin, C. Iserbyt and Reece Committee Charlotte Thomson Iserbyt is an American freelance writer, former Senior Policy Advisor in the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI), U.S. Department of Education during the...

The Financial Sector is the weakest area of today's market, currently down 2% on the session. The weakest stocks currently in the S&P Financial Sector are: 1) Hartford Financial Services (NYSE: HIG): Shares of Hartford Financial Services are currently trading down 4.8% from yesterday's close...

Morgan Stanley is out with its report today on Prudential Financial (NYSE: PRU), reiterating Overweight. In a note to clients, Morgan Stanley writes, "While there were no major surprises at Prudential's investor day, management provided what we considered to be a bullish assessment of growth and...

Below are the top small-cap life insurance stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of operating margin. The trailing-twelve-month operating margin at Life Partners Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: LPHI) is 46.85%. LPHI's ROE for the same period is 45.91%. The trailing-twelve-month operating margin at...

Shares of Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU) are trading lower on the session by 0.27%, at $59.40. With the recent slide in shares, you have to wonder where the could head next… Bulls: Bulls will note that Prudential Financial, Inc. is nearing a key support level, at $59.46 (in fact it hit...

J.P. Morgan is out with its report today on Prudential Financial (NYSE: PRU), maintaining Overweight. In a note to clients, J.P. Morgan writes, "PRU remains our top pick, and we reiterate our Overweight rating. The stock is currently trading at 1.0x BV ex. AOCI and 7.7x our 2012 EPS estimate,...

US stock futures are lower this morning after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's speech. Investors are awaiting the Fed's recent summary of regional conditions. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 32 points to 12,040.00 and futures on the S&P 500 stock index fell 3.90...

Some of the stocks that may grab investor focus today are: Wall Street expects Men's Wearhouse Inc (NYSE: MW) to report its Q1 EPS at $0.49 on revenue of $577.28 million. MW shares gained 0.13% to $30.85 in after-hours trading. Hovnanian Enterprises Inc (NYSE: HOV) reported its second-quarter...

Prudential Financial (NYSE: PRU) shares are up less than 1% in after-hours trading after the company announced it would be buying back $1.5 billion worth of stock. The buyback is equal to 5.2% of its market cap, and this is the first buyback the company has had since October 2008. At last check,...

Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU) today announced that it is instituting a share repurchase program and has authorized the repurchase of up to $1.5 billion of its outstanding Common Stock through June 30, 2012 under the program.

Shares of Manulife Financial Corporation (NYSE: MFC) are lower on the session by 1.91%, currently trading at $16.46. The stock has been moving largely lower over the past four weeks and is currently trading below the 50-day and 200-day moving averages. Options traders are buying calls on the name...

Shares of MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET) are lower on the session by 0.05%, trading at $42.61. Overall put volume is now running at 2.13x the daily average, with 48% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 9,131 contracts have traded on the session so far. MetLife, Inc. is a provider of...

Bank of America Merrill Lynch commented on Aflac (NYSE: AFL) in a report released today. In the report, Bank of America Merrill Lynch was positive in its assessment of the company. Bank of America Merrill Lynch writes, "We believe that Aflac will return to double digit EPS growth beyond 2012....

Wunderlich Securities provided color on StanCorp Financial Group (NYSE: SFG) after a meeting with its senior management. In a research report published today, Wunderlich stressed it believes the company is more than capable and willing to resolve its current problems. In the report, Wunderlich...