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From Taki Tsaklanos: As interest rates and yields begin to tick up, it's useful to examine the sectors that could benefit most from rising rates. A Safe 9% Dividend Yield In A Unique Insurance Stock
Steve Mauzy: Insurance is a straightforward business. Most insurers earn a profit on premiums collected and investment income earned, less claims paid and business expenses. Two ETFs To Watch For A Potential Buy [SPDR S&P Insurance ETF, Guggenheim Solar ETF]
Morpheus Trading: On the ETF side, we are monitoring the price action in Insurance ETF (NYSEARCA:KIE) for a low risk entry point off the 10-week MA. Note that the price action has tightened up this week (so far). Regulatory Letdown? Not For These 3 Insurance ETFs [SPDR S&P Insurance ETF]
Decentralized regulation and consumer protection – the sustained focus of the U.S. insurance regulatory structure – have kept the industry susceptible to insolvency as evident from the 2008 financial crisis. But no constructive measures have been adopted How To Avoid Wall Street Groupthink [SPDR S&P Insurance ETF]
David Trainer: Brett Arends at MarketWatch published a great article on Thursday that highlighted the worst calls by Wall Street money managers so far in 2014. His article confirmed two of our long-standing arguments, that active management tends to underperform, Insurance ETFs Crushing Financials On Q1 Earnings [SPDR S&P Insurance ETF, iShares Dow Jones US Insurance Index ETF]
After driving earnings for many quarters, the financial sector has been a major drag on total Q1 earnings growth. This is especially true as financials is the second-worst performing sector this earnings season, trailing autos. Are Insurance ETFs Worth A Look? [SPDR S&P Insurance ETF, iShares Dow Jones US Insurance Index ETF]
Taking many investors and analysts by surprise, interest rates in the U.S. have moved southward this year despite the initiation of QE taper. Persistently soft job growth, housing start as well as the fear ETFs To Profit From The Hot Insurance Industry [SPDR S&P Insurance ETF, iShares Dow Jones US Insurance Index ETF]
As the Federal Reserve is not expected to stop its economic hand-holding anytime soon, the prolonged low-interest rate environment will continue to hurt the rate-sensitive part of insurers’ business models. However, continued efforts to transform the business model Best and Worst ETFs In The Financial Sector [Select Sector Financial Slct Str SPDR Fd, SPDR S&P Insurance ETF]
David Trainer: The Financials sector ranks ninth out of the ten sectors as detailed in my Sector Rankings for ETFs and Mutual Funds report. It gets my Dangerous rating, which is based on aggregation of ratings of 45 ETFs and 224 mutual funds Top Ranked Insurance ETF In Focus
The financial sector gathered strength last year and turned out to be the market’s leading segment. Banks are trying to reclaim their past glory, leaving in the past a disgraceful series of hedging losses and scandals. The uptrend in long-term interest rates 3 Sector ETFs That Should Outperform In 2014
Neena Mishra: The Fed finally decided to reduce its monthly bond purchases by $10 billion and the stock market reacted positively to the news as the move was made “in the light of improvement in the economic activity and labor marker conditions”. Rising Interest Rate Environment Bullish For Insurance ETFs
With QE3 tapering on the table and an improving economic scenario, the insurance industry is performing remarkably well compared to other corners of the financial space. The segment is expected to be the clear beneficiary of a rising interest rate environment. 
