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5 Insurance Stocks to Sell Now

This week, the overall grades of five insurance stocks are lower, according to the Portfolio Grader database. Each of these rates a "D" ("sell") or "F" overall ("strong sell").

47 Actions To Take On the Dow’s Big Dive

Earnings are the main driver of value in this market, and I've laid out my latest Portfolio Grader ratings for you to follow today....

Go Long on a Potential TRV Stock Reversal

The chart of Travelers Cos. is showing a possible reversal setup. One way to play a rebound is this call options trade on TRV stock.

Don’t Kill Yourself Interpreting Dow Jones’ Charts

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is making a triple-top on an inflation-adjusted basis. Here are two reasons why it just doesn't matter.

Financial Stocks: A Winning Bet for Fed Tapering

Financial stocks have performed very well during periods of rising bond yields thus far in 2013. What does this tell us about financials' 2014 outlook?

2 Insurance Plays to Benefit from Delayed Tapering

The Fed shocked the market by deciding not to taper it's bond-buying program. Here are two insurance plays to take advantage of that.

Top States Where Dow CEOs Went to College

While high school CEOs and college dropouts are the ballyhooed stories of Wall Street, every Dow Jones CEO has a college degree. Here's where they got 'em.

3 Budding Dividend Growers for Retirement

Finding those future dividend payment stars that fly under the radar takes some digging, and here are three to pick for your retirement portfolio.

Don’t Ignore These 3 Low-Yielding Stocks

These three stocks have dividends that range from "unimpressive" to "downright paltry" -- but longer-term investors can expect much better down the road.

Q1’s Best and Worst Dow Jones Stocks

The Dow Jones Industrial Average set record after record this quarter thanks to a number of strongly performing components. Still, there were a few noticeable stragglers ...

3 Dow Jones Stocks to Sell

Focusing on the very best stocks can help even conservative blue-chip investors improve their portfolio, but it's just as important to avoid the losers.

3 Dow Jones Stocks to Buy

Investors would be wise to care less about the Dow Jones and more about its individual components -- namely, these three attractive blue chips.

3 Pullback Trades to Insure Gains

Any short-term dips in the hot-running insurance sector should be considered a green light for bargain hunters.

3 Great Ideas From Fairholme’s Bruce Berkowitz

The Fairholme Fund had a huge year in 2012, and is off to a good start in 2013. Here are three of manager Bruce Berkowitz's best ideas.

5 Potential Dividend Doublers for the Next Decade

Looking for big-time income growth? A simple application of the "Rule of 72" reveals a few stocks that could double their dividends in 10 years or less.

3 Financial Stocks Worth Flirting With

While the sector remains uncertain, if you have the discipline to wait, you could enter these three financial picks at a good price.

9 Insurance Stocks to Buy Now

Nine Insurance stocks are moving up in their overall rating this week, according to the Portfolio Grader database. Every one of these is graded an "A" ("strong buy") or "B" overall ("buy").

Dow Delivers Despite Iffy Earnings — Tuesday’s Market Recap

The Dow Jones powered ahead Tuesday despite some less-than-splendid earnings from Verizon and Johnson & Johnson. Also, Google impressed after hours.

4 Red-Hot Stocks in Red-Hot ETFs

A look at stocks hitting 52-week highs in a couple of the hottest-performing ETFs yields several stocks with even more breakout potential.