Life & Health Insurance

Below are interesting small-cap stocks on the NYSE and NASDAQ with highest free cash flows. AMR Corporation (NYSE: AMR) has free cash flows of $1.84 billion and a market capitalization of $1.93 billion. UBS upgraded AMR from “neutral” to “buy.” UAL Corporation (NASDAQ: UAUA) has free cash flows of...

QLT Inc. (USA) (NASDAQ: QLTI) was upgraded by RBC Capital Markets today from Sector Perform to Outperform. Price target increased from $4.50 to $6. QLTI is now trading at $4.68, 3.96% up. In the last trading session, QLTI made a new high at $4.55. So far in 2009, QLTI gained over 85%. Prudential...

Below are interesting large-cap stocks on the NYSE and NASDAQ that have highest five year earnings growth and PEG ratio less than 1.5. China Life Insurance Co Ltd (NYSE: LFC) has a 5-Y earnings growth of 213.46% and a market capitalization of $52.69 billion. LFC has a PEG ratio of 1.24. Credit...

Citigroup (NYSE: C) upped its earnings estimates for 2009-2011 on insurance giant MetLife (NYSE: MET) while reiterating a "buy" rating on the shares with a $42 price target. Calling current valuation "attractive" and noting the current price is a good entry point, Citigroup boosted its 2009...

There have been exciting new offerings in the international space of late, allowing US investors access to foreign equities other than those available as US ADRs.   We discussed a Brazilian small cap ETF last summer [Jun 2, 2009: Market Vectors Brazil Small Cap (BRF) - a New ETF for Exposure to...

AEGON N.V. (ADR) (NYSE: AEG) today announced sales of $484 million euros, a decline of 22% same quarter last year. Net profit for 3Q was 145 million euros against a net loss of 329 million euros last year due to lower U.S. write downs, better life insurance sales and cost-reduction initiatives...

The ETF Professor thinks the SPDR KBW Insurance (NYSE: KIE) could be a good play for investors with a longer-term time horizon. The Professor thinks dividend increases among some of KIE's top holdings could be a positive catalyst for the ETF going forward. Recent dividend hikes from Travelers (NYSE...

Prudential Financial (NYSE: PRU), the second-largest U.S. life insurance firm, raised its annual dividend by 21% to 70 cents a share after reporting a third consecutive quarterly profit. Prudential currently pays a dividend of 58 cents a share per year and yields 1.2%. There has been a spate of...

Prudential Financial (NYSE: PRU) is trading flat after reporting third quarter results. Prudential had Q3 earnings of $1.59 versus what many on the Street expected of $1.33. Prudential topped the revenue view, reporting $6.6 billion vs Street view of $6.65 billion.

Analysts predicted Emerson Electric Co. (NYSE: EMR) to report earnings of 60 cents a share in the fourth quarter, according to FactSet. Digital River, Inc. (NASDAQ: DRIV) is likely to report earnings of 41 cents a share in the third quarter, according to analysts polled by FactSet. Analysts...

Below are interesting stocks on the NYSE and NASDAQ with highest free cash flow. The Chubb Corporation (NYSE: CB) has the free cash flow of 3.14 billion and the PEG ratio of 0.98. Argus upgraded CB from “hold” to “buy.” WellPoint Inc (NYSE: WLP) has the free cash flow of 3.05 billion and the PEG...

MetLife (NYSE: MET) reports Q3 earnings of 87c vs Street view of 87c. Metlife reports revenue of $12.4B vs $12.25B consensus. “During the quarter, MetLife delivered an 18% increase in operating earnings compared with the third quarter of 2008 despite the current economic challenges,” said C....

The ETF Professor isn't just about short-term trading and taking risks. The Professor loves to find ETFs that are geared for more conservative investors or those just seeking some balance for their portfolios. Two high-yielding international ETFs caught the Professor's eye recently. The first is...