insurance

National Western Life Insurance Company (NWLIA)

 

National Western Life Insurance Company (NWLIA) is a little known life insurance company that trades under book value. It just reported earnings on May 7.

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None
Stock Symbol: NWLIA NATL WESTERN LIFE Stock Price: $224.58 Todays Change: -0.27 (-0.12%)

Humana Shares Tumble to 2-Year Low

 

Shares of Humana plunged to a two-year low Wednesday after the Louisville, Ky., company became the second health insurer to lower its profit forecast this week.

Vested Interest: 
My health
Stock Symbol: HUM HUMANA INC Stock Price: $44.22 Todays Change: +0.52 (+1.19%)

Berkshire Hathaway A "Value"?

Todd Sullivan of Value Plays believe that Berkshire Hathaway is "fairly valued" at todays market price. The last time, Todd feels, that Berkshire represented "value" was exactly 8 years ago in March 2000 at the height of the dot.com bubble. Since then its share price has risen 256% even after the current drop.

According to Buffett

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BRK-B
Stock Symbol: BRK-A BERKSHIRE HATH HL Stock Price: $122400.00 Todays Change: +890.00 (+0.73%)

Ackman and MBIA Inc.

 

An analysis of the Bear Case against MBIA by William Ackman.

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No position
Stock Symbol: MBI M B I A INC Stock Price: $9.53 Todays Change: -0.15 (-1.55%)

Buffett Launches Hathaway Assurance Corp.

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett launches a bond insurer targeting local governments...The new bond insurer, Hathaway Assurance Corp. is set to start operating on Friday in New York state, and guarantee the bonds that cities, counties and states use to finance public works...

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No vested interest
Stock Symbol: BRK-A BERKSHIRE HATH HL Stock Price: $122400.00 Todays Change: +890.00 (+0.73%)