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Easy answer, after you read the following story: "The Justice Department is investigating the insurance cartel and most will likely indict the key officers of the corporations involved." The story will continue: "We want to thank Eliot Spitzer, the New York state attorney general, for bringing these crimes to light and we will bring the full gamut of criminal antitrust laws to work to be sure that justice is served. We will put the perpetrators in jail and the consumers who were ripped off will be able to sue for treble damages." Only after you see those stories, will the coast be clear.
If you own the stocks now, you must be ready to read those headlines as soon as next week. Justice is a competitive market; Spitzer's got no corner on it. If you can handle those headlines, by all means go in there and scoop up some Marsh & McLennan (MMC - commentary - Cramer's Take) and some American International Group (AIG - commentary - Cramer's Take) and Hartford Financial (HIG - commentary - Cramer's Take) and Ace Limited (ACE - commentary - Cramer's Take) while you are at it. But if you can't handle those headlines, the time's not too late to sell them again. They've just had a nice move up!
James J. Cramer is a director and co-founder of TheStreet.com. He contributes daily market commentary for TheStreet.com's sites and serves as an adviser to the company's CEO. Outside contributing columnists for TheStreet.com and RealMoney.com, including Cramer, may, from time to time, write about stocks in which they have a position. In such cases, appropriate disclosure is made.
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