ACE Ltd (ACE): Today's Featured Financial Laggard

ACE was a leading decliner within the financial sector, falling $2.35 (-2.5%) to $93.23 on average volume
By TheStreet Wire ,

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ACE

(

ACE

) pushed the Financial sector lower today making it today's featured Financial laggard. The sector as a whole closed the day up 0.2%. By the end of trading, ACE fell $2.35 (-2.5%) to $93.23 on average volume. Throughout the day, 2,043,698 shares of ACE exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1,530,200 shares. The stock ranged in price between $93.09-$95.58 after having opened the day at $95.56 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $95.58. Other companies within the Financial sector that declined today were:

China HGS Real Estate

(

HGSH

), down 11.4%,

Elbit Imaging

(

EMITF

), down 10.0%,

Village Bank and Trust Financial Corporatio

(

VBFC

), down 9.1% and

First Acceptance Corporation

(

FAC

), down 6.8%.

ACE Limited, through its subsidiaries, provides a range of insurance and reinsurance products to insured's worldwide. ACE has a market cap of $32.2 billion and is part of the insurance industry. Shares are up 19.8% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 14 analysts that rate ACE a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 2 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

ACE

as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, good cash flow from operations, notable return on equity, solid stock price performance and largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows low profit margins.

On the positive front,

CapitalSource

(

CSE

), up 21.8%,

Donegal Group

(

DGICB

), up 11.9%,

Magyar Bancorp

(

MGYR

), up 11.1% and

MGIC Investment Corporation

(

MTG

), up 10.2% , were all gainers within the financial sector with

Northern Trust Corporation

(

NTRS

) being today's featured financial sector leader.

For investors not wanting singular stock exposure, ETFs may be of interest. Investors who are bullish on the financial sector could consider

Financial Select Sector SPDR

(

XLF

) while those bearish on the financial sector could consider

Proshares Short Financials

(

SEF

).

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