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Insurance companies were bankrupt after all?
PFG
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Perhaps it is by inference only, but why else would insurance companies need TARP love from our money-printing government unless they were staring at bankruptcy "on paper"? It is not hard to fathom how an insurance company gets into a world of trouble. These are institutions which MUST invest premiums into financial securities in order to make money. Not to mention the cutthroat competition on premiums themselves, vs expected payouts. I don't know anything about insurance companies beyond GS pointing out that PFG is amongst those to be wary. So while singling out PFG, there are...
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Bullish on PFG ...
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Principal Financial Group, Inc. provides retirement savings, investment, and insurance products and services worldwide. It operates in four segments: U.S. Asset Accumulation, Global Asset Management, International Asset Management and Accumulation, and Life and Health Insurance. The U.S. Asset Accumulation segment offers defined contribution pension plans, including 401(k) and 403(b) plans, defined benefit pension plans, nonqualified executive benefit plans, and employee stock ownership plan consulting services to small and medium-sized businesses; investment-only products, such as guarante...
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where there's smoke there's fire
PFG
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+30.83%
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(closed on 04/09/09)
See Goldman Sachs research on insurance companies from a month ago. AIG has gone far below zero, not sure why our gov't feels the need to support AIG shareholders when they clearly deserve nothing? But the one big mistake of AIG's astronomical $150bn plus bailout dollars, is AIG is now under-bidding on insurance products which puts pressure on the remaining insurance companies. Even if PFG is not directly affected, insurance companies have tough road ahead as far as investing premiums. Bonds, stocks, money-market funds and just about every asset class is treading on thin ice lately, and...
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From the Blogosphere
Principal Financial Group (PFG) – Bull of the Day
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We are upgrading our recommendation on the shares of Principal Financial (PFG) to Outperform. The company's third quarter operating earnings were much ahead of the Zacks Consensus Estimate, driven primarily by the sequential improvement in domestic as well as global equity markets.<>Webelieve that Principal's strong franchise within the pension sector, which is aided by its diversification both in terms of products and geography, positions it well to benefit from the gradual recovery of the credit market. However, rising unemployment is reducing the number of participants in existing employee...
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Zacks Bull and Bear of the Day Highlights: Principal Financial, Sohu.com, Bank of America, Wal-Mart and Sears Holding Corp. – Press Releases
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For Immediate Release Chicago, IL – November 20, 2009 – Zacks Equity Research highlights Principal Financial (PFG) as the Bull of the Day and Sohu.com (SOHU) the Bear of the Day. In addition, Zacks Equity Research provides analysis on Bank of America (BAC), Wal-Mart (WMT) and Sears Holding Corp.(SHLD). Full analysis of all these stocks is available at http://at.zacks.com/?id=5506 Here is a synopsis of all five stocks: Bull of the Day: <>We are upgrading our recommendation on the shares of Principal Financial (PFG) to Outperform. The company's third quarter operating earnings were much ahead of...
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Notable Analyst Rating Changes for 11/20: STP, HES, DDS, LINTA Upgraded; PFG, CSX, VRSN, BOFL, D, ADCT Downgraded
StreetInsider.com Notable Analyst Rating Changes:UPGRADES:Soleil upgrades Suntech Power Holdings (NYSE: STP) from Sell to Hold, price target increased to $13.50. Click Here for more color.Morgan Stanley upgrades Hess Corp (NYSE: HES) from Equalweight to Overweight. Deutsche Bank upgrades Dillard's (NYSE: DDS) from Hold to Buy with a $28 price target, saying Q3 sets a new trajectory. Click Here for more color.Citi upgrades Liberty Media Interactive (NASDAQ: LINTA) from Hold to Buy. Price target increased to $13.25. For daily real-time Upgrades go to http://www.streetinsider.com/Upgrades<>DOW...
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Zacks #1 Rank Additions for Thursday – Zacks Tale of the Tape
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Here are the stocks added to the Zacks #1 Rank ("strong buy") List today: <> Advisory Board Co (ABCO) Bell Microproducts Inc (BELM) Beneficial Mutual Bancorp Inc (BNCL) Briggs & Stratton Corp (BGG) Commerce Bancshares Inc (CBSH) Conceptus Inc (CPTS) Crane Co (CR) Dolan Media Co (DM) Dorman Products Inc (DORM) Dover Corp (DOV) Dow Chemical Co (DOW) Drew Industries Inc (DW) E-House China Holdings Ltd (EJ) ev3 Inc (EVVV) GAMCO Investors Inc (GBL) ICT Group Inc (ICTG) Integrated Silicon Solution Inc (ISSI) Intuitive Surgical Inc (ISRG) <><>John ...
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Zacks #1 Rank Additions for Monday – Zacks Tale of the Tape
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Here are the stocks added to the Zacks #1 Rank ("strong buy") List today: <> American Superconductor Corp (AMSC) AstraZeneca Plc (AZN) Balchem Corp (BCPC) Banco de Chile (BCH) RG Barry Corp (DFZ) Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc (BIO) CareFusion Corp (CFN) Chico's FAS Inc (CHS) China Green Agriculture Inc (CGA) Clearwater Paper Corp (CLW) CNinsure Inc (CISG) Conexant Systems Inc (CNXT) Corinthian Colleges Inc (COCO) Fossil Inc (FOSL) Genoptix Inc (GXDX) HSN Inc (HSNI) Information Services Group Inc (III) Keynote Systems Inc (KEYN) <><>Lumber Liquida...
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