Green Century Capital Management tried to use shareholder muscle to persuade at least a trio of insurance companies to drop fossil-fuel clients.
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February 17 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Among the 650+ hedge funds tracked by Insider Monkey's database are 62 funds which are either managed or were founded by billionaires.
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November 6 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
If you are an investor in one of the 76 best insurance dividend stocks to invest in, you're regularly collecting dividend payments from your investment, which can help spur the...
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July 12 - Dividend Stocks, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Andreas Halvorsen co-founded Viking Global together his Tiger Management colleagues David Ott and Brian Olson back in 1999.
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September 22 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, Stock Analysis - Comments
Auto insurance is one of the important and critical financial services today.
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October 30 - Lists, News - Comments
Shares of Edwards Lifesciences Corp (NYSE:EW), Integrated Device Technology Inc (NASDAQ:IDTI), Hartford Financial Services Group Inc (NYSE:HIG), and Cummins Inc.
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October 27 - Market Movers, News - Comments
The computer hardware industry is a perfect example. Leading players managed to boost sales at a double-digit pace in the 1990s and again the past decade.
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September 10 - News - Comments
When insurance giant American International Group Inc (NYSE:AIG) announced its second-quarter earnings back in August, investors and analysts alike were happy to see that the...
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September 10 - News - Comments
Annuities are one of the most hotly debated products in the financial world.
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September 9 - News - Comments
In the eyes of many traders, hedge funds are seen as useless, old financial tools of a period lost to current times.
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September 3 - News - Comments
To many investors, hedge funds are viewed as useless, old investment tools of a forgotten age.
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August 30 - News - Comments
In the eyes of many market players, hedge funds are perceived as overrated, outdated investment vehicles of a forgotten age.
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August 26 - News - Comments
If you were to ask many traders, hedge funds are viewed as overrated, old financial vehicles of a forgotten age.
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August 26 - News - Comments
When the employees of Florida-based Fairholme Capital came into work on Jan. 11, 2010, they were greeted with great news.
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August 23 - Hedge Funds - Comments
To many of your fellow readers, hedge funds are seen as overrated, old investment tools of a period lost to current times.
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August 22 - News - Comments
Today, let's look at investing giant Bruce Berkowitz.
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August 22 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Today, let's look at investing giant John Paulson. Founded in 1994 and owned by its employees, Paulson & Co.
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August 21 - Hedge Funds - Comments
We all know insurance giant American International Group Inc (NYSE:AIG), or AIG, which is infamous for its extreme downward spiral during the financial crisis.
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August 5 - News - Comments
Hartford Financial Services Group Inc (NYSE:HIG) will release its quarterly report on Monday, and the insurance company's prospects have been looking increasingly favorable lately...
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July 25 - News - Comments
US insurance companies, offering not only life- but also property & casualty (P&C) products, have been severely hit by the financial market distress and have been reorganizing...
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July 22 - News - Comments
Just last month, a settlement was reached between California and 11 insurance companies over unpaid life insurance benefits.
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July 12 - News - Comments
On multiple occasions, Warren Buffett has bluntly admitted that Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
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July 2 - News - Comments
Life insurance companies have been some of the winners in the current see-saw market, as financials gain and lose ground in the blink of an eye, and rising interest rates and ...
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June 27 - News - Comments
Over the past few months, as shown by the chart below, the insurance sector has been hot. The primary reason for the move higher is the increase in interest rates.
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June 17 - News - Comments
Several weeks after the end of each quarter, hedge funds such as billionaire James Dinan’s York Capital Management file 13Fs with the SEC to disclose many of their long equity...
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June 6 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Even after substantial gains this year, a whole slew of financial stocks still trade below book value.
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June 6 - News - Comments
Yesterday's record-setting session for the U.S. stock market was just the latest in a long line of advances.
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May 30 - News - Comments
Editor's Note: Related tickers: Citigroup Inc (NYSE:C), Hartford Financial Services Group Inc (NYSE:HIG), SLM Corp (NASDAQ:SLM), IntercontinentalExchange Inc (NYSE:ICE), The Blackstone...
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May 22 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Editor's Note: Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.A), Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK-B), American International Group, Inc.
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May 22 - Hedge Funds - Comments
After the last economic crisis, investors have found it hard to trust insurance companies. Some said they were too big to fail, while others, too big to ignore.
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May 2 - News - Comments
Next Monday, Hartford Financial Services Group Inc (NYSE:HIG) will release its latest quarterly results.
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April 26 - News - Comments
Hartford Financial Services Group Inc (NYSE:HIG) is a leading insurance and financial services company.
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April 18 - News - Comments
The S&P 500 includes 500 of the largest U.S. corporations in the stock market, many of which are leaders in their respective industries.
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April 7 - News - Comments
Having property insurance coverage can mean the difference between protecting your assets, and losing everything.
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March 31 - News - Comments
Now more than ever, a comfortable retirement depends on secure, stable investments. Unfortunately, the right stocks for retirement won't just fall into your lap.
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March 18 - News - Comments
I've been looking into ways to get exposure to the insurance industry, and have narrowed the search to two companies: American International Group Inc (NYSE:AIG) and Hartford...
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March 12 - News - Comments
Last Friday, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.B) CEO Warren Buffett released his annual letter to shareholders.
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March 4 - Hedge Funds - Comments
I like to analyze what prominent investors buy or sell in the last reported quarter. In this article I detail what Appaloosa Management bought in the past months.
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March 1 - Hedge Funds - Comments
One thing's for sure: You'll never discover truly great investments unless you actively look for them.
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February 20 - News - Comments
Earnings season is now starting to wind down, with most companies already having reported their quarterly results.
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February 19 - News - Comments
AFLAC Incorporated (NYSE:AFL) is the number one provider of worksite insurance in the United States, and their products are marketed at worksites and on TV (everyone knows the...
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February 15 - News - Comments
It doesn’t seem likely that Superstorm Sandy, which wreaked havoc across the Northeastern U.S.
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December 6 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Viacom, Inc. (NASDAQ:VIAB) is another new pick in Andreas Halvorsen’s portfolio, valued at $139 million at the end of the third quarter.
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November 30 - Dividend Stocks - Comments
Short-sellers, who benefit when share price falls, view themselves as market makers, and certain studies suggest they may have a point. Data shows that when the short-sellers...
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November 5 - Stock Analysis - Comments
One year ago Assets at Marc Lasry’s Avenue Capital Group dipped to $12.3 billion by midyear 2011, from $18 billion just six months earlier, as the firm had been liquidating ...
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September 5 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Carl Icahn is pushing a split at truck maker Oshkosh Corp., urging it to spin a unit he’s called a mistake in the past because its value is being obscured.
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August 10 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Gold traders are getting more bullish after billionaire hedge-fund manager John Paulson told investors it’s time to buy the metal as protection against inflation caused by government...
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February 17 - Hedge Funds, Macroeconomic Predictions - Comments
