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By Gavin Magor On June 29, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Last week I wrote about Property & Casualty insurers that began operation within the last five years. I outlined that of the rated ones, a majority are considered vulnerable, with a “D” or “E”...
By Jon D. Markman On June 26, 201702:00 PM Eastern
Oil prices have crashed from $52 to $42 in the last month. And China’s the culprit, say Wall Street analysts.
China is an easy mark: Ghost cities, capital flight, shadow banking, rising dissent...
By Gavin Magor On June 22, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Insurance companies typically don’t elicit much sympathy from the public. We see them as either predatory, thieves or, at the very least, on par with lawyers as businesses that we rarely choose to...
By Gavin Magor On June 15, 201707:00 AM Eastern
If you own a car or a home, you most likely have a Property and Casualty (P&C) insurance policy to protect those assets. And as you might expect, the insurers writing those policies make a profit...
By Mike Larson On June 12, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Over the last 10 years, global central banks have waged war on your income portfolio. They’ve slashed benchmark interest rates more than 667 times, and driven yields even lower with more than $12...
By Jon D. Markman On June 9, 201702:00 PM Eastern
It looks like a giant vacuum cleaner and it’s set to disrupt the fruit-harvesting business.
Like most startups, Abundant Robotics saw a problem it thought could be solved with technology.
So...
By Gavin Magor On June 8, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Of all the companies that suffered during the housing crisis and Great Recession, mortgage insurers fared among the worst. Many fell by the wayside as the financial crisis bit hard, and losses...
By Jon D. Markman On June 5, 201702:00 PM Eastern
Last week, Amazon (AMZN) shares busted through $1,000. The odds are good they will keep going.
Amazon is a great business. Arguably, revolutionary. However, its share price has always been...
By Gavin Magor On June 1, 201707:00 AM Eastern
A number of life-changing events can make people think about purchasing life insurance. If you just got married or had a newborn, chances are you’re concerned about the future a lot more now than...
By Mike Larson On May 26, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Moody’s Investors Service just downgraded China. But someone apparently forgot to tell Chinese funds the “bad news.” That’s because they’re some of the best performers in the entire market!...