Insurance

Annuities: The Trojan Horse of Retirement

By Andrew Tignanelli

Annuities are often bought for a fee and rolled inside your financial camp without understanding what's inside.

02/07/12 - 07:20 AM EST

TheStreet Ratings Top 10 Rating Changes

By Kevin Baker

• Tickers in this article:
• MET
• PLD
• ALL
• STX
• VRTX
• KYO

TheStreet Ratings released rating changes on 104 U.S. common stocks for week ending February 3, 2012. 84 stocks were upgraded and 20 stocks were downgraded by our stock model.

02/06/12 - 01:08 PM EST

Insurer MetLife Receives Upgrade to Buy

By Alexandra Zendrian

• Tickers in this article:
• MET
• SIGI
• SEE
• TDW
• MLM

The stock receives an upgrade to buy from TheStreet Ratings.

02/06/12 - 10:15 AM EST

10 Stocks JPMorgan Says May Rise Up to 58%

By Frank Byrt

• Tickers in this article:
• HES
• ERJ
• FCX
• ALL
• ACI
• NOV

Cyclical shares including Freeport-McMoRan and Hess will get a bump this year, the bank says.

02/03/12 - 03:32 PM EST

Fairholme's Berkowitz Swears He's Talented, Not Lucky

By Frank Byrt

• Tickers in this article:
• AIG
• BAC
• FAIRX

Bruce Berkowitz defends the 32% drop in 2011 for his Fairholme Fund.

02/01/12 - 02:24 PM EST

10 Financial Stocks With Double-Digit Gains in 2012

By Frank Byrt

• Tickers in this article:
• BAC
• BCS
• GS
• MS
• C
• PRU

The industry is the second-best performer this year as the Fed pledges to keep interest rates low.

01/31/12 - 05:30 AM EST

Mortgage Modifications Benefit Mortgage Insurers: Analysts

By Shanthi Bharatwaj

• Tickers in this article:
• BAC
• JPM
• RDN
• MTG

Greater participation from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in principal reductions could deliver a $4 billion benefit to the mortgage insurance industry, according to the analysts at FBR Capital Markets.

01/30/12 - 12:07 PM EST

Bank of America Appeal Will Fail, So Buy MBIA: Analyst (Update 2)

By Dan Freed

• Tickers in this article:
• BAC
• MBI
• SYCRF.PK

Bank of America is still likely to shell out $2 billion to resolve a dispute with MBIA.

01/26/12 - 03:13 PM EST

3 Things That Could Move Financial Stocks Today

By Shanthi Bharatwaj

• Tickers in this article:
• BAC
• JPM
• WFC
• C
• XLF

Here are the headlines that could move financials on Wednesday.

01/25/12 - 07:00 AM EST

Travelers Profit Falls With Catastrophe Losses

By Christopher Westfall

• Tickers in this article:
• TRV

An early winter storm cuts into the insurer's bottom line.

01/24/12 - 07:41 AM EST

Time to Rethink Risk Management

By Andrew Tignanelli

True risk management is important for everyone, but vital to the retiree.

01/24/12 - 07:10 AM EST

9 Stocks Giving Mutual Funds a Breakout Year

By Frank Byrt

• Tickers in this article:
• DELL
• ZMH
• AFL
• WFC
• QCOM
• HPQ

These three funds are poised to bounce back from a dismal 2011, S&P Capital IQ says.

01/23/12 - 05:30 AM EST