It’s easy to get caught up in a company’s story – the latest and greatest product in the pipeline, a perceived positive change in management.

American International Group (NYSE:AIG) is one of the largest global insurance companies, with ~ $500bn of assets and ~$90bn in common shareholder equity as of YE2015. The company offers property casualty insurance, life insurance, mortgage insurance and retirement products in over 130 countries.

Payday Lenders’ Fight Against Regulator Would Be a Long Shot By DAVID ZARING New guidelines from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau are certain to face legal challenges, but those claims will probably fail.

Which world-class cities are the ultra rich scrambling to get into? The Chart of the Week is a weekly Visual Capitalist feature on Fridays.

Crescat Global Macro commentary for the first quarter ended May 31, 2016. May preliminary performance estimates and two high conviction investment ideas in our Global Macro Fund are presented below.

The subject of valuing stocks by their dividend is discussed in the June AAII Journal, which was posted to our website yesterday. Specifically, Computerized Investing editor Jaclyn McClellan takes an in-depth look at Geraldine Weiss’ approach.

If value and growth are joined at the hip, so is being an investor and businessman. Most investors focus on stock prices to base their decisions, but when you look at what really drives a company, it’s not earnings or stock prices.

Currently, SPY adjusted for dividends is near a record high and sentiment suggests the rally can continue to a new record high. Three weeks ago in, ” SPY Found Support and Sentiment Fell Suggesting A Summer Rally To New Highs Is Now Possible ” I wrote ” With SPY down 3.

The stock markets will advance or decline, in that order, from Tactical, Economic, S&P Earnings and Stock Market Internals. a) The stock markets are looking towards housing stocks to rebound. Pending Home Sales Index climbed in April reporting a 5.