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Insurance Industry Stock Update - Dec. 2010 - Industry Outlook
Thursday, December 9, 2010 - 5:18pm | 2122After enduring stress with respect to pricing pressure and reduced insured exposure through mid-2009, the overall health of the U.S. insurance industry has started improving. Though the market turmoil forced many companies to take immense write-downs, the worst of the crisis appears to be now...
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Insurance Industry Stock Update - Dec. 2010 - Industry Outlook
Thursday, December 9, 2010 - 5:06pm | 2122After enduring stress with respect to pricing pressure and reduced insured exposure through mid-2009, the overall health of the U.S. insurance industry has started improving. Though the market turmoil forced many companies to take immense write-downs, the worst of the crisis appears to be now...
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Associated Estates Declares Dividend of $.17
Thursday, December 9, 2010 - 3:44pm | 49Associated Estates Realty Corporation (NYSE: ACE) (NASDAQ: AEC) announced today that a quarterly dividend of $0.17 per share has been declared on the Company's common shares, payable February 1, 2011 to shareholders of record on January 14, 2011.
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Chubb Board Approves 30M Share Repurchase Program
Thursday, December 9, 2010 - 2:10pm | 97The Board of Directors of The Chubb Corporation (NYSE: CB) today declared a regular quarterly dividend in the amount of $0.37 per share payable January 11, 2011 to shareholders of record on December 23, 2010. The Board also authorized a new share repurchase program of up to 30 million shares of...
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KBW Raises Allied World Assurance PT To $72
Thursday, December 9, 2010 - 10:42am | 50KBW is raising its Allied World Assurance (NYSE: AWH) PT to $72. “We continue to view AWH as a well-positioned underwriter with a conservative balance sheet and excess capital position,” KBW writes. “We reiterate our Outperform rating.” Allied World Assurance currently trades at $60.51.
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Insurance Industry Stock Review - Dec. '10 - Zacks Analyst Interviews
Thursday, December 9, 2010 - 1:00am | 2122After enduring stress with respect to pricing pressure and reduced insured exposure through mid-2009, the overall health of the U.S. insurance industry has started improving. Though the market turmoil forced many companies to take immense write-downs, the worst of the crisis appears to be now...
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Insurance Industry Stock Review - Dec. '10 - Industry Outlook
Thursday, December 9, 2010 - 1:00am | 2122After enduring stress with respect to pricing pressure and reduced insured exposure through mid-2009, the overall health of the U.S. insurance industry has started improving. Though the market turmoil forced many companies to take immense write-downs, the worst of the crisis appears to be now...
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Stocks for a Comfortable Retirement - Analyst Blog
Wednesday, December 8, 2010 - 6:33pm | 952One of the true joys of long-term investing is that eventually you can end up with a yield on your original investment that is well into the double digits. For someone aged 45, for instance, a portfolio of stocks bought with solid dividends (and dividends that rise year after year) could provide...
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Stocks for a Comfortable Retirement - Analyst Blog
Wednesday, December 8, 2010 - 5:59pm | 952One of the true joys of long-term investing is that eventually you can end up with a yield on your original investment that is well into the double digits. For someone aged 45, for instance, a portfolio of stocks bought with solid dividends (and dividends that rise year after year) could provide...
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Directionless Markets in Limbo
Wednesday, December 8, 2010 - 4:27pm | 247Wall Street alternated between gains and losses Wednesday afternoon as U.S. markets continue to search for a catalyst for the next move. Today's Markets As of 2:35 p.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 9.23 points, or 0.08%, to 11368.47, the Standard & Poor's 500 gained 3.62 points, 0...
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ProAssurance Initiated with Outperform at Keefe Bruyette
Wednesday, December 8, 2010 - 8:51am | 20ProAssurance (NYSE: PRA) is initiated with Outperform at Keefe Bruyette, price target $70.
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Erie Indemnity Announces $150M Share Buyback
Tuesday, December 7, 2010 - 5:15pm | 102Erie Indemnity Company (Nasdaq: ERIE) Board approved $150 million in repurchase authority for the Company's stock repurchase program. The repurchase authority is effective immediately and includes, and is not in addition to, any unspent amounts remaining under the prior authorization. Under the...
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Stocks Going Ex Dividend the Third Week of December
Tuesday, December 7, 2010 - 3:41am | 780Here is our latest update on the stock trading technique called 'Buying Dividends'. This is the process of buying stocks before the ex dividend date and selling the stock shortly after the ex date at about the same price, yet still being entitled to the dividend. This technique generally works only...
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Stewart Information Services Declares Dividend of $.05
Monday, December 6, 2010 - 5:49pm | 41Stewart Information Services (NYSE: STC) announced that its Board of Directors of Stewart Information Services Corporation today declared a cash dividend of $0.05 per share, payable December 29, 2010, to common stockholders of record on December 16, 2010.
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ETFs For BCS Bowl Games
Monday, December 6, 2010 - 4:31pm | 422Consider this more an exercise in fun than a legitimate trade thesis, but with college bowl season upon us, the Professor thought it would be interesting to make a mock portfolio based on the sponsors of the four most prestigious bowl games (Rose, Sugar, Fiesta and Orange) and the BCS National...