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Options Intelligence Report: Gold Bulls And Bears Place Bets On Bullion

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:45:18 GMT

Today's tickers: GLD, MTG, ACN, BAC, HUN, PSS, ARO, HUN, APWR & FDO[More...]

Home Prices Continue To Rise

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:28:53 GMT

This morning the S&P Case-Schiller index was released. The Composite 20 index (C-20), which covers 20 of the largest metropolitan areas in the country rose by 0.27% on a seasonally adjusted basis (home prices are seasonal, so the adjusted data is what you should be looking at -- most of the press makes a mistake by focusing on the unadjusted data, thus these figures might vary from what you read elsewhere). That was the fourth straight increase. The Composite 10 (C-10) index, which is a subset of the Composite 20, but which has a longer history, posted a 0.36% increase for the month.[More...]

Financials - Industry Outlook

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 11:27:10 GMT

Even though some financial institutions are ready, willing and able to return the funds received through the Troubled-Asset Relief Program (TARP), the sticking point remains what the government is willing to accept and what the financial institutions are willing to pay for the warrants attached to the preferred stock. While financial institutions have experienced a rebound over the recent couple of months, we note there are still a number of concerns that will continue to overhang the industry for a number of quarters: Unemployment continues to remain extremely high, to within about a half a percent of the 10% level, as such the delinquency rates on prime loan home mortgages has increased. The 1Q09 moratorium on home foreclosures has been lifted and the level of new foreclosures has started to rise again. Consumer loan delinquencies have been on the rise. Commercial loan issues[More...]

Financials - Industry Outlook

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:23:00 GMT

Highlighted stocks include Huntington Bancshares Inc. (HBAN), MGIC Investment Corporation (MTG) and MBIA Inc. (MBI). While we remain negative over all, we would note our outlook has begun to improve a bit around the edges given the comparatively limited downside potential remaining for certain entities. The financial markets and financial stocks in particular have experienced a significant percentage-point lift following the pending modification to the mark-to-market accounting rules (an artificial adjustment to capital) and the announcement for the Public Private Investment Partnership (PPIP) -- though we would point out that there is nothing of[More...]

Phoenix Rising?

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 04:47:00 GMT

With the US equity market averages either probing or breaking down through their November lows, is it time to buy Phoenix stocks? Others have picked up on that theme, with the latest being a Minyanville article on buying beaten up stocks. With that in mind, I screened the US market for stocks with the following characteristics: Stock price between $1 and $5 (low-priced stocks)Down at least 80% from a year ago (beaten up)Market cap of $100 million or more (were once "real" companies)Net insider buying in the last six months (some downside protection from insider activity) This screen gives us a list of low-priced[More...]

Financials - Feb 9 2009 3:00PM

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 18:54:00 GMT

Highlighted stocks include Huntington Bancshares Inc. (HBAN), MGIC Investment Corporation (MTG) and MBIA Inc. (MBI). While the financial markets and financial institutions in particular have received a lift in recent days, until there is a quality plan to get the financial institutions back on the lending track, this may amount to a bit of irrational exuberance. Our banking system remains in a fairly frozen state. Financial institutions remain afraid of the potential for additional losses, continue their anaconda grip on lending only exacerbates the problem. A financial institution's true willingness to lend remains only to[More...]

Financials - Dec 26 2008 10:26PM

Sat, 27 Dec 2008 02:20:00 GMT

Highlighted stocks include Huntington Bancshares Inc. (HBAN), MGIC Investment Corporation (MTG) and MBIA Inc. (MBI). Even though it appears that financial institutions have moved ahead with respect to the unfreezing of our banking system, they remain reluctant to lend. With financial institutions afraid of the potential of additional losses, their current Anaconda grip on lending only exacerbates the problem. While we continue to see financial institutions advertise their willingness to lend, the hook remains, "qualified" home buyers. Clearly, the definition of "qualified" has changed[More...]

MGIC Won't Soon Be Coming Back - Analyst Blog

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:00:00 GMT

MGIC Investment Corporation (MGIC) is the largest private mortgage insurer in the U.S., offering private mortgage insurance across the country, the District of Columbia, and in Puerto Rico through its subsidiary, Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation (MGIC). MTG's core 3Q08 results were slightly worse than we anticpated. The results continued to be impacted by increases in both the number of delinquent loans and foreclosures due to a further decline of home prices and slowing of economy. In addition, higher loss severities, especially in California and Florida, also negatively affected the results. The company has taken several combative actions to bolster its capital. We expect significant overhangs for the industry in general and for MTG in particular, for at least the next several[More...]

Analyst Comments: U.S. Steel, Ciena, MTG Investment, CVS Caremark, I-Flow, CastlePoint, Banco Itau, Cameron, Ericsson, National Semi, Affirmative Insurance

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 13:10:00 GMT

United States Steel Corp.?s (X) near-term profitability is expected to be strong due to higher flat-rolled contract prices and relatively low costs due to backward integration. The company also has strong cash flow, enabling increased dividend payments, s[More...]

What Will the Fed Do Tomorrow?

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 19:55:00 GMT

Short answer: Nothing. The economic risks are currently balanced between the risk of higher inflation and the risks of a deeper recession. Of course, think of balance as being a see-saw on the playground. A see-saw can be balanced with a first grader on each side, or it can be balanced with a sumo wrestler on each side. Right now we have sumo wrestlers. The economy is weak. It actually had negative growth in the 4th quarter, and the second quarter was somewhat weaker than expected at 1.9%. Much of that growth was due to a statistical mirage owing to an inflation measurement that was FAR below any other measure of inflation. Nominal GDP growth was just 3.0%. Meanwhile, most measures of inflation are at the highest levels in decades and accelerating. On a year-over-year basis, the producer price index [PPI] is up 9.1%, and it is rising at a[More...]

What a Difference a Few Months Makes

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 18:54:00 GMT

Aug. 10--With the economic outlook slowly transitioning from recession to recovery, prices for lots of badly battered stocks have jumped -- as reflected in a 49 percent rise in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index from its bottom in March.
"Most of them are still well, well below their highs of a couple of years ago," said Todd Parrish, an analyst with Robert W. Baird & Co. in Milwaukee.
The Wisconsin Ticker, a Bloomberg News program that calculates how much a $1,000 investment would be worth at the end of certain time periods, showed that a one-month investment in July would have given owners of Journal Communications Inc., Oshkosh Corp., Waterstone Financial Inc., Modine Manufacturing Co. and MGIC Investment Corp. a boost of at least 50 percent.

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Options Intelligence Report: Gold Bulls And Bears Place Bets On Bullion

Home Prices Continue To Rise

Financials - Industry Outlook

Financials - Industry Outlook

Phoenix Rising?

Financials - Feb 9 2009 3:00PM

Financials - Dec 26 2008 10:26PM

MGIC Won't Soon Be Coming Back - Analyst Blog

Analyst Comments: U.S. Steel, Ciena, MTG Investment, CVS Caremark, I-Flow, CastlePoint, Banco Itau, Cameron, Ericsson, National Semi, Affirmative Insurance

What Will the Fed Do Tomorrow?

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MGIC Investment Corporation Amends Shareholder Rights Agreement

MGIC Investment Shareholders Re-elect Directors, and Ratify Independent Accountants for 2009

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MGIC Investment Corporation Schedules 1st Quarter 2009 Earnings Call

Form 4 ENGELMAN DAVID S For: Sep 18 (10K)

Form 4 MGIC INVESTMENT CORP For: Sep 14 Filed by: EASTBOURNE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC/CA (10K)

Form 4/A Nicolaisen Donald T For: Jan 29 (10K)

Form 4/A MUMA LESLIE M For: Jan 29 (10K)

Form 4/A MGIC INVESTMENT CORP For: Jan 29 Filed by: MCINTOSH WILLIAM A (10K)

Form 4/A LEHMAN MICHAEL E For: Jan 29 (10K)

Form 4/A KEARNEY DANIEL P For: Jan 29 (10K)

Form 4/A MGIC INVESTMENT CORP For: Jan 29 Filed by: JASTROW KENNETH M II (10K)

Form 4/A HAGERTY THOMAS For: Jan 29 (10K)

Form 4/A ENGELMAN DAVID S For: Jan 29 (10K)