During the Great Recession we were bullish on credit card companies due to the fact that we expected people would walk away from undervalued homes with their credit cards intact. They did. Credit Card companies, like Discover Financial Services (DFS), fell over 80% during the credit crisis and provided a great buying opportunity... Read more
Posts Tagged ‘Travelers’
Life, Property and Casualty Companies Still Good Value
August 5 | Posted by Kevin Monaghan | Inside Trader Highlights Tags: Book Value, Credit Cards, DFS, Discover Card, Discover Financial Services, Hartford, HIG, Life Insurance Companies, Lincoln, LNC, Manulife, MET, MetLife, MFC, PRU, Prudential, SLF, Sun Life, Travelers, TRV, Value Investing, Value Stocks
Is The Banking Sector To Blame For Latest Market Pullback?
June 7 | Posted by Kevin Monaghan | Top Story Tags: Amazon.Com, AMZN, BAC, Bank of America, Bank Stocks, C, Citi, Financial Stocks, JP Morgan Chase, JPM, Manulife, MFC, PRU, Prudential, Stocks, Travelers, TRV, V, Visa, XLFIf you’re looking for someone to point the finger at for the recent market pullback, financial stocks deserve a large portion of the blame. It’s not really their fault though. Banking stocks, like many industries these days, are facing potential legislation from Congress that is still up in the air, but it’s looking... Read more
The Most Highly Rated “Buy” Stocks On The Street Today
April 1 | Posted by Matthew Clark | Show Me The Money, Top Story Tags: Altria, Chevron, CVX, Equity Income Stocks, Exxon Mobil, Health Spring Inc, HS, MCK, McKesson Corporation, MetroPCS Communications, MO, PCS, Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation, RL, SUP, Superior Industries International, Time Warner Cable, Travelers, TRV, TWC, Value Stocks, XOMOver the recent months it has become increasingly difficult to try and find an investment opportunity that hasn’t already achieved record breaking highs. Is now really a good time to open new positions in the markets or should we lock in profits and head for the sidelines until after a substantial pullback occurs? ... Read more
Two Of The Most Attractive Discounted Stocks In The Dow
January 28 | Posted by Kevin Monaghan | Top Story Tags: AAPL, Altria, Apple, AT&T, INTC, Intel, JNJ, Johnson & Johnson, KFT, Kraft, Merck, Microsoft, MO, MSFT, PFE, Pfizer, T, Travelers, TRV, Verizon, VZI recently looked through the DOW components to start my search of where I wanted to invest my recent sales of 2010 holdings Kraft (KFT) and Altria (MO). It’s not a rule of thumb to limit my search to the DOW, I usually like to start there to get a sense of what... Read more
Warrent Buffet Likes Boring Insurance Companies. Should You?
October 25 | Posted by Kevin Monaghan | Incredible Insurance Tags: Life Insurance Companies, Manulife, Markel, MetLife, Travelers, Warren BuffetFor those of you who have been in tune with the wonderful world of finance, you would know by now that the markets have had an amazing run this year. Unfortunately, one group not participating in the rally was the life insurance companies. And there are plenty of reasons why. Low Interest Environment Improperly Hedged Annuity... Read more
