Financial
Standard AVB Financial Corp (STND) – Very Strong Yield But Lacking Dividend Growth
We are always on the prowl for an undervalued, dividend growth stock in the community banking sector. The two of us love banks and enjoy diving into their financial statements to uncover these gems. In today’s dividend stock analysis, we will review a $1b bank headquartered in Monroeville, PA: Standard AVB Financial Corp, STND. Financial…
Read More6 Top Alcohol Stocks Ranked for Future Returns
Updated on March 20th, 2020 by Josh Arnold Investors looking for companies that generate strong profits and pay dividends to shareholders should take a closer look at the major alcohol stocks. These are companies that manufacture and distribute a variety of alcoholic beverages, including beer, wine, and liquor. The top companies in this industry have…
Read MoreA short list of useful coronavirus resources
Believe it or not, the current coronavirus crisis is affecting Get Rich Slowly too. Things are slow around here. Traffic is down. Revenue is down. Production is down. Plus, I have a big deadline at the end of the month. My project for Audible and The Great Courses is due on March 31st. So, just…
Read MoreThe 7 Best Restaurant Stocks Now
Updated on March 20th, 2020 by Nate Parsh Up until recently, the restaurant industry was on its way back to growth. The steady U.S. economic growth had fueled rising traffic and sales across the restaurant space over the past few years. The industry remained highly competitive, with casual restaurants facing particularly fierce competition from newer,…
Read MoreAutomatic extensions of in-force contracts due to coronavirus not feasible for ILS market: Lohmann, Schroders
Broker Willis Re has requested markets, both traditional and ILS providers of reinsurance and retrocession, consider offering automatic extensions of in-force contracts by two months at the cedent’s discretion due to possible delays caused by the coronavirus to smooth the renewal process, but this is something that capital markets collateralised players would find particularly challenging…
Read MoreStocks vs. bonds: What’s the difference?
If you’re a newbie investor, you may have no idea what you’re doing when it comes to investing in the stock market. If so, don’t feel bad – you’re not alone. According to Gallup, in 2019, only a little over half of all Americans were invested in the stock market. But this is a huge…
Read MoreMitsui Sumitomo secures 33% upsize to $100m for Akibare 2020 cat bond
Japanese primary insurer Mitsui Sumitomo, an MS&AD Holdings insurance company, has successfully secured its targeted upsize for its new catastrophe bond, the Akibare Re Pte. Ltd. (Series 2020-1) Japan typhoon and flood risk transaction, with the deal set to provide the firm $100 million of reinsurance. Mitsui Sumitomo came back to the catastrophe bond market…
Read More$18.3m Asagao II private cat bond issued by Aon’s White Rock
A new approximately $18.3 million Asagao II Japanese private catastrophe bond transaction has come to market using the Aon Insurance Managers operated segregated accounts company White Rock Insurance SAC. The transaction is the second Asagao private catastrophe bond to be issued using insurance and reinsurance broker Aon’s Bermuda domiciled Class 3 and Class C insurer…
Read MoreCat bond liquidity evident, as trading rises on Covid-19 volatility
The catastrophe bond market is once again demonstrating its financial liquidity, as secondary trading volumes have risen driven by certain investors looking to sell their positions at a time when volatility in the broader financial markets is extremely high due to the coronavirus pandemic. Catastrophe bonds have demonstrated their liquidity benefits for investors before, of…
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