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The Motley Fool
May 31, 2005
Stephen D. Simpson |
Prudential: A Prudent Purchase? Prudential is growing strongly, but has valuation already caught up?   |
The Motley Fool
February 10, 2006
Stephen D. Simpson |
Assurances From MetLife More solid performance at the largest U.S. life-insurer. A better dividend would be nice, but that should come in time. Investors, take note. |
U.S. Banker
April 2003
Glen Fest |
Going with the Flow Wachovia CEO Ken Thompson's deal with Prudential has tongues wagging and rivals paying close attention. The newly combined brokerage, nets the bank greater access to trillions of dollars that will pass from one generation to another over the next 10 years. Move over Merrill? |
The Motley Fool
April 20, 2004
Richard Gibbons |
RenaissanceRe: Old-Fashioned Value? With compelling fundamentals and a good price, this insurer is promising. RenaissanceRe has grown its earnings 20% per year over the last 10 years, underwriting extremely profitably even in years when most reinsurers lost money. |
The Motley Fool
October 28, 2005
Stephen D. Simpson |
Can MetLife Bring the Good Life? The Travelers acquisition looks to be a winner, but how much is left in the stock? |
Registered Rep.
February 18, 2003
David A. Geracioti |
Prudential and Wachovia Deal at Hand Wachovia Corp. and Prudential Financial are set to announce their long-rumored joint venture, a partnership that would combine the two firms' brokerage units and clearing operations to create the third-largest brokerage (by number of reps) in the United States after Merrill and Morgan. |
The Motley Fool
April 25, 2006
Stephen D. Simpson |
All Aboard Allstate? In the absence of catastrophe, Allstate's quality shines through. Well-run companies should trade at higher levels, so the insurer's valuation still might have room to grow. |
Registered Rep.
January 1, 2003
Gaffen & Geracioti |
What's Going to Happen to the Rock? The Prudential unit seems like a serious candidate for a sale. It has been losing money and been a perennial under-performer. |
The Motley Fool
March 6, 2006
Stephen D. Simpson |
Parlez-Vous AXA? France's insurance and asset management company AXA has solid growth potential, but current valuations aren't all that enticing to investors. |
Insurance & Technology
August 24, 2009
Anthony O'Donnell |
Prudential Annuities Debuts Consumer-Focused Web Site Prudential's new site features an educational video, simple navigation, and consumer-friendly language about Prudential Annuities Highest Daily Lifetime 6 Plus optional living benefit. |
The Motley Fool
August 3, 2006
Stephen D. Simpson |
Is Arch Capital the Top of the Heap? Second-quarter results suggest that Arch is a top operator in reinsurance. This isn't a value play, but it's hard to find quality trading too far below its fair value. |
Registered Rep.
January 13, 2003
Gaffen & Geracioti |
Wachovia-Prudential: For Real This Time? Can you say Pru-chovia? Prudential Securities and Wachovia Securities are very close to an agreement to join forces, one that was scuttled earlier in the year, reportedly due to differences in who would control the unit. |
The Motley Fool
February 24, 2005
Stephen D. Simpson |
RenaissanceRe Hunkers Down This high-quality insurer is preparing for a cyclical downturn by maintaining pricing discipline. |
The Motley Fool
August 1, 2006
Stephen D. Simpson |
Sure Improvement at MetLife Ongoing skepticism about the insurance company means the stock produces better returns. |
The Motley Fool
April 28, 2006
Stephen D. Simpson |
Disco Fever for Snoopy and MetLife Even excluding unusual items, this insurer is delivering the goods. MetLife could definitely prove to be a bargain for investors with longer-term inclinations and perhaps a little less risk tolerance. |
Registered Rep.
September 27, 2004
David A. Gaffen |
Wachovia Securities in Technological Purgatory The Prudential/Wachovia Securities systems integration continues to frustrate the firms' advisors, although the most serious problems have been cleared up. |
Registered Rep.
November 1, 2004
David A. Gaffen |
The Tipping Point Depending on how the grid changes resolve continuing differences between the Pru and Wachovia payout plans, old Pru reps may be ready to walk. Advisors say that at this point, they are growing weary of promises and pep talks. |
Registered Rep.
December 1, 2003
David A. Gaffen |
Suddenly, A Monster Wachovia Securities has gradually, then all of a sudden, emerged as a monster brokerage firm. But Wachovia management insists that its Richmond roots aren't the only difference between it and its New York-based rivals. |
The Motley Fool
February 17, 2006
Stephen D. Simpson |
Montpelier Re's Painful Lesson The company has changed its model and raised capital, and is back out there writing policies. Are these shares trading at enough of a discount to be enticing? |
BusinessWeek
January 12, 2004 |
Ken Thompson In his nearly four years at the helm of First Union -- now Wachovia Corp. -- G. Kennedy Thompson has rewritten the book on bank mergers. |
BusinessWeek
June 23, 2011
Margaret Collins |
Variable Annuities: Lifelong Income, High Cost Guarantees make annuities more appealing - and more complex. |
Registered Rep.
February 13, 2004
David A. Gaffen |
More Wachovia, Less Prudential Three former Prudential managers depart as part of the post-merger consolidation. |
Financial Planning
September 1, 2011
Frank O'Connor |
Asset Magnet Variable annuities continued to show strength in the first quarter with new sales of $38.7 billion, a 23.2% increase over the year-ago quarter's total of $31.4 billion. |
InternetNews
June 20, 2006
Paul Shread |
Techs Can't Hang Onto Gains Tech stocks got off to a solid start Tuesday on a Prudential upgrade of the chip equipment sector, but the Nasdaq gave back all its gains by the close... Qiao Xing Universal Telephone gained... Trident Micro lost... etc. |
The Motley Fool
May 3, 2007
Emil Lee |
Markel on the Mark: Fool by Numbers The insurance company released first-quarter 2007 earnings: Income Statement Highlights... Ratio Checkup... Balance Sheet Highlights... |
The Motley Fool
November 10, 2011
Dan Caplinger |
Avoid This "Safe" Investment Today Guaranteed investments cost too much. |
Registered Rep.
March 1, 2003
David A. Gaffen |
Wach-Pru: Rock Steady, or Not Ready? Wachovia's courtship of Prudential Securities, for months one of the worst kept secrets on the Street, has come to fruition. Is the new organization capable of competing in the elite league it has entered? |
The Motley Fool
August 19, 2010
Jordan DiPietro |
Will Prudential Financial's Dividends Last? Prudential Financial, which operates in the life and health insurance industry, currently pays a dividend of 1.26%. Let's evaluating the sustainability of those dividend payments. |
Registered Rep.
November 5, 2003
Churchill & Gaffen |
Pru Market-Timing Charges Widen The investigation into mutual fund trading abuses is widening, with the release of a complaint filed by the Massachusetts Securities Division against brokers who formerly worked in Prudential Securities' hub office in Boston. |
InternetNews
August 23, 2005
Paul Shread |
Analyst Upgrade Lifts Lucent Shares of Lucent rose 4%... The Nasdaq slipped 4 to 2137... Plumtree jumped 12%... etc. |
The Motley Fool
May 4, 2007
Emil Lee |
MetLife Fights Through Headwinds Despite a tough environment, the insurer posted solid returns. The stock could be interesting for investors. |
The Motley Fool
July 12, 2007
Emil Lee |
The Next Great Reinsurer? Flagstone Re has greatness in its DNA. Buying its shares could be a favorable risk-return proposition. |
Registered Rep.
February 24, 2003
David A. Gaffen |
Wachovia-Pru: What's Next The newly-announced joint venture between Wachovia's retail brokerage and Prudential Securities isn't scheduled to close for another 18 months. But the new company should be able to measure the effectiveness of its broker-retention strategy sooner than that. |
Financial Planning
December 1, 2010
Marco Chmura |
An Upward Swing Prudential continued to lead the way as the top seller of variable annuities with $5.3 billion in second-quarter sales and a 15.7% market share. |
The Motley Fool
June 6, 2011
Rich Smith |
Survey Says: This Stock Market Is Rigged A new survey shows Americans are fleeing the stock market. Should you? |
Financial Planning
March 1, 2012
Frank O'Connor |
Solid Footing New sales of variable annuities held steady in the third quarter, totaling $38.5 billion vs. $39.4 billion in the second quarter and $33.8 billion in the third quarter of 2010. |
BusinessWeek
July 12, 2004
David Henry |
One Insurer That's On Dry Land Today, the market is generally fearful of stocks of property and casualty reinsurance companies. Aside from this discouraging outlook there is opportunity to be found. |
Financial Planning
March 1, 2011
Frank O'Connor |
Encouraging Signs New variable annuity sales slipped slightly in the third quarter of 2010, to $33.6 billion from $33.9 billion in the second quarter, but they were still up 9.9% from the $30.6 billion in the third quarter of 2009. |
The Motley Fool
September 9, 2011
Sean Williams |
Blame It on the Weather Expect a whirlwind of profits following a year filled with weather-related disasters. Don't look now but property and casualty insurance companies are being featured in their very own game of whack-a-mole whether they realize it or not. |
Registered Rep.
November 27, 2002
Will Leitch |
Going Upstream Prudential gives up bringing the U.S. brokerage model to the Old World. |
The Motley Fool
April 25, 2007
Emil Lee |
XL Excels in Q1: Fool by Numbers Insurance and reinsurance provider XL Capital released first-quarter 2007 earnings: Income Statement Highlights... Ratio Checkup... Balance Sheet Highlights... |
The Motley Fool
August 4, 2004
Phil Wohl |
Prudential's Success Continues The leading financial institution shrugs off the terror threat and produces results. |
The Motley Fool
February 10, 2011
Sean Williams |
Allstate's Good Hands Have Butterfingers Mayhem seems to be wreaking havoc on the insurer's home and auto policies. |
Insurance & Technology
April 19, 2005
Lisa Valentine |
Life After Integration A conversation with Nicholas Campanella, head of the Prudential Annuities technology group, about integrating technology from newly acquired American Skandia. |
Financial Planning
June 1, 2011
Frank O'Connor |
Hitting the High Notes Variable annuities ended 2010 on a strong note by virtually all measures. |
