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Earnings Preview: Aflac Incorporated (AFL)
Tuesday, October 26, 2010 - 1:48pm | 319Aflac Incorporated (NYSE: AFL) is currently lower on the session by 0.47%, trading at $54.99. The company is scheduled to report earnings today, after the closing bell. • Estimates The Street is looking for Q3 earnings per share of $1.39 on revenue of $5.27 billion. These estimates have risen by $...
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Earnings Scheduled For October 26 (DD, DV, BMY, COH, MCK, AFL, DWA, FIS, X, F, NBR, VLO, MHP, SHW, LXK, BRCM, KMB, WU, UA)
Tuesday, October 26, 2010 - 4:39am | 412DuPont (NYSE: DD) is expected to post its Q3 EPS at $0.33. DeVry (NYSE: DV) is likely to report its FQ1 earnings of $0.95 per share. Bristol-Myers Squibb & Co (NYSE: BMY) may post its Q3 earnings at $0.53 per share. Coach Inc (NYSE: COH) is estimated to post its fiscal first-quarter earnings at...
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Zacks #1 Rank Additions for Monday - Tale of the Tape
Monday, October 25, 2010 - 8:33am | 304Here are 5 stocks added to the Zacks #1 Rank ("strong buy") List today: Advance Auto Parts Inc (AAP) AFLAC Incorporated (AFL) Banco de Chile ADR (BCH) BJ's Restaurants Inc (BJRI) CNB Financial Corp (CCNE) View the entire Zacks #1 Rank List. ADVANCE AUTO PT (AAP): Free Stock Analysis Report AFLAC...
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Bookkeeping: Weekly Changes to Fund Positions Year 4, Week 12
Monday, October 25, 2010 - 8:00am | 2312Year 4, Week 12 Major Position Changes To see historic weekly fund changes click here OR the label at the bottom of this entry entitled 'fund positions'. Cash: 69.2% (v 64.9% last week) 18 long bias: 26.3% (v 29.8% last week) 4 short bias: 4.5% (v 5.3% last week) [Note: Long dollar positions...
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Citi Raises Aflac Estimates Going Into Earnings
Monday, October 25, 2010 - 7:58am | 109Citi maintains its Buy rating and $60 target on Aflac (NYSE: AFL), but has raised its 2010E/12E to $5.55, $6.20 and $6.85, respectively, to reflect the weakening of the dollar as it now assumes a ¥/$ exchange rate of 85. On a nominal basis our forecasts are largely unchanged. Near-term the troubled...
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Bookkeeping: Covering Prudential (PRU) Short
Friday, October 22, 2010 - 1:20pm | 586Prudential Financial (PRU) has been in a very tight range and if you were only trading this stock it actually has been so range bound, if one were content with 1.5-2.5% moves one could trade it almost daily this entire month. It is now at the low end of that range so I took my 2% win and am...
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Wunderlich Securities Raises StanCorp Financial Group Estimates And PT
Friday, October 22, 2010 - 9:57am | 120Wunderlich Securities' expectations for StanCorp Financial Group (NYSE: SFG) are higher as a result of the fantastic fundamental performance in 3Q10. “As a consequence, our price target is raised to $50 from $48 and our 2010 and 2011 EPS estimates are increased to $4.81 and $5.30 from $4.60 and $5....
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Protective Life Announces Coinsurance Agreement with Liberty Life
Friday, October 22, 2010 - 9:20am | 176Protective Life Corporation (NYSE: PL) today announced that its principal subsidiary, Protective Life Insurance Company, has agreed to enter into a coinsurance agreement with Liberty Life Insurance Company under the terms of which Protective Life will coinsure substantially all of the life and...
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Mad Money Lightning Round OT: Cramer Thinks That MET Is A Great Company (MET, PRU, MY, MCP)
Thursday, October 21, 2010 - 8:01pm | 261Jim Cramer said on CNBC's Mad Money Lightning Round OT that MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET) has done a very good job with its balance sheet. It is a very good company, but Cramer likes a little bit better Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU). MetLife (MET) gained 0.25% in the regular trading, but it...
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How to Profit from a Falling Dollar - Investment Ideas
Thursday, October 21, 2010 - 5:03pm | 1215Things have not been good for the greenback lately. The dollar has tanked as it has become increasingly likely that the Federal Reserve will initiate another round of quantitative easing soon. Of course, back in late 2008 and early 2009, when investors around the globe were afraid the sky might...
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StanCorp Financial Beats Estimates - Analyst Blog
Thursday, October 21, 2010 - 10:03am | 736StanCorp Financial Group (SFG) reported third-quarter 2010 earnings of $1.39 per share from continuing operations, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.15 by 24 cents. Earnings also surpassed the year-ago result of $1.21. Net income from continuing operations for the quarter was $64.8...
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StanCorp Financial Group 3Q10 Operating EPS Rises 15%
Thursday, October 21, 2010 - 9:17am | 122StanCorp Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: SFG) reported 3Q10 operating EPS rose 15% to $1.39 compared to $1.21 a year ago, Wunderlich Securities reports. “We had forecast EPS of $1.20; consensus was $1.14,” Wunderlich Securities writes. “The 3Q10 improvement in the group benefit ratio to 75.5% from 79....
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Zacks #1 Rank Additions for Thursday - Tale of the Tape
Thursday, October 21, 2010 - 8:36am | 297Here are 5 stocks added to the Zacks #1 Rank ("strong buy") List today: AFLAC Incorporated (AFL) Banco Santander (BSBR) Bayer AG ADR (BAYRY) BJ's Restaurants Inc (BJRI) Check Point Software Tech Ltd (CHKP) View the entire Zacks #1 Rank List. AFLAC INC (AFL): Free Stock Analysis Report BAYER A G...
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Top 4 Stocks In The Life Insurance Industry With The Highest Dividend Yield (SLF, AV, MFC, ANAT)
Thursday, October 21, 2010 - 4:47am | 122Below are the top life insurance stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of dividend yield. Sun Life Financial Incorporated (NYSE: SLF) has a dividend yield of 5.10%. SLF's shares closed at $26.96 yesterday. Aviva Plc (NYSE: AV) has a dividend yield of 4.80%. AV's shares closed at $12.80...
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Stock Market News for October 20, 2010 - Market News
Wednesday, October 20, 2010 - 7:09pm | 779China's surprise decision to raise interest rates took a toll on global markets as concerns mounted the move would slow the country's economy and have a ripple-down effect. With the foreclosure crisis keeping investors on tenterhooks, Beijing's decision to tighten rates came at a rather...