Multi-line Insurance

To start the news day, reports indicate that the housing market has continued to struggle early this year, but there’s some hope on the horizon.  The S&P/Case-Shiller 20-city home-price index is reporting a 0.7% decline for January of this year (compared to last year). But this also means a...

To start the news day, reports indicate that the housing market has continued to struggle early this year, but there’s some hope on the horizon.  The S&P/Case-Shiller 20-city home-price index is reporting a 0.7% decline for January of this year (compared to last year). But this also means a...

American International Group Inc. (NYSE: AIG) has announced the partial sale of its asset-management business to private-investment firm Pacific Century Group. The deal is said to be worth $277 million. Asia-based Pacific Century Group is run by Richard Li. Li is a prominent Hong Kong businessman...

“Citigroup (NYSE: C) announced on Thursday that it would join the government’s program to modify second mortgages, following Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC), JP Morgan Chase & Co (NYSE: JPM) and others, as the housing market appears to be at the beginning of a second...

Lets start with some American economic news.  Reports from the Commerce Department indicate that personal income levels remained unchanged last month, however consumer spending still rose 0.3% inFebruary.  Experts had expected a 0.1% increase in American income.  On the European front, there’s...

Lets start with some American economic news.  Reports from the Commerce Department indicate that personal income levels remained unchanged last month, however consumer spending still rose 0.3% inFebruary.  Experts had expected a 0.1% increase in American income.  On the European front, there’s...

Below are the top accident & health insurance stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of dividend: AFLAC Incorporated (NYSE: AFL) has a dividend of $1.12 per share. AFL’s shares closed at $53.47 on Friday. Read more about this company here. StanCorp Financial Group Inc (NYSE: SFG) has a...

Below are the top accident & health insurance stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of 5-Y earnings estimates: AFLAC Incorporated (NYSE: AFL) is likely to achieve 13.44% earnings growth over the next five years. AFL’s quarterly earnings growth stands at 27.90% y/y. Read more about this...

Below are the top accident & health insurance stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of PEG ratio: AFLAC Incorporated (NYSE: AFL) has a PEG ratio of 0.74. AFL’s trailing-twelve-month revenues stand at $18.24 billion. Read more about this company here. Triple-S Management Corporation (NYSE...

G10 Advancers and Decliners vs USD EUR 0.25 GBP 0.11 JPY -0.19 CHF -0.22 AUDUSD recovered from Friday’s losses and traded at 0.9076 on speculation that retail sales rose 0.3% in February, due on March 31 and as RBA Governor Glenn Stevens said house prices are “getting...

G10 Advancers and Decliners vs USD EUR 0.25 GBP 0.11 JPY -0.19 CHF -0.22 AUDUSD recovered from Friday’s losses and traded at 0.9076 on speculation that retail sales rose 0.3% in February, due on March 31 and as RBA Governor Glenn Stevens said house prices are “getting...

Trading is all about preparation and adjusting to the market day in and day out.  During the trading day you should be executing your trading plan not trying to come up with trades.  If you are coming into the trading day basically saying to yourself, ” I will see what stocks are strong or weak and...

According to this source, White House pay czar Ken Feinberg unveiled pay scales for top executives at five firms, which were bailed out by the U.S. government. According to Feinberg’s verdict, salaries of top executives at bailed out firms should be capped at $500,000, a figure he believes is...