The stock market didn't set a new record yesterday, yet the fact that even minor declines became news stock investors paid attention to shows just how much we've started to take the four-year bull market rally for granted. Though as invincible as stocks seem to be right now, news headlines like MarketWatch's "Dow 15,000? Try 116,200" and other outlandish targets shouldn't make you worry about missing out on the next big moves -- but rather that investor optimism is rapidly moving toward irrational exuberance.
Individual investors are back
For years, the stock market has climbed despite the absence of many regular investors. With so many people having suffered huge losses during the 2008 financial crisis, the severity of the damage to their personal finances made them wary of climbing back into stocks. Even as the market has recovered all of its lost ground and moved further upward to uncharted territory, ordinary investors have been slow to move back into the stock market.
Hot Financial Companies To Watch In Right Now: The Savannah Bancorp Inc.(SAVB)
The Savannah Bancorp Inc. operates as a multi-bank holding company that provides commercial and mortgage banking products and services in Georgia and South Carolina. It offers a range of deposit services, including checking accounts, savings accounts, and various time deposits ranging from daily money market accounts to long-term certificates of deposit. The company also offers a range of short-term and medium-term secured, and unsecured commercial loans; consumer loans, including secured loans for financing automobiles, home improvements, real estate, and other personal investments; real estate construction and acquisition loans; and residential mortgage and personal loans. In addition, it provides trust services, including investment management, personal trusts, custodial accounts, estate administration, and retirement plan asset management. The company provides investment services to individuals, families, employee benefit plans, non-profit organizations, and other enti ties. Further, it offers cash management services, remote deposit capture, Internet banking, electronic bill payment, non-cash deposit courier service, safe deposit boxes, travelers checks, direct deposit of payroll, the U.S. savings bonds, official bank checks, money orders, and automatic drafts for various accounts. As of March 31, 2010, the company had 10 banking offices and 12 ATMs in Savannah, Garden City, Skidaway Island, Whitemarsh Island, Pooler, and Richmond Hill, Georgia; and Hilton Head Island and Bluffton, South Carolina. It also had mortgage lending offices in Savannah, Richmond Hill, and Hilton Head Island; an investment management office in Savannah; and a loan production office in St. Simons Island, Georgia. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Savannah, Georgia.
Hot Financial Companies To Watch In Right Now: London Stock Exchange(LSE.L)
London Stock Exchange Group plc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the admission of securities to trading; the delivery of trading systems; clearing and settlement of trading in securities; the organization and regulation of markets in securities; and the provision of real time data and other information products, and technology services. It operates in four segments: Capital Markets, Post Trade Services, Information Services, and Technology Services. The Capital Markets segment facilitates the companies to raise capital, including equity and debt, as well as provides liquid secondary markets for the trading. This segment operates through the Main Market, which offers listing and trading of equity, debt, and other securities; AIM, an equities market for smaller growing companies; Professional Securities Market that provides listing of debt and depository receipts to professional investors; and Specialist Fund Market that provides listing of specialized investment funds. It has 2,938 companies listed or admitted on its markets. The Post Trade Services segment provides various risk management and trade processing services to ensure the completion of trades and custody of assets. It also offers clearing, settlement, and custody services for equity, derivative, and fixed income securities on various platforms and for over the counter products. The Information Services segment provides real time data and other information products, including reference data, indices and desktop solutions for trading participants and investors. The Technology Services segment ensures speed, performance, security, and flexibility of trading, as well as sells systems to third parties. It also offers technology connections and data centre services for clients as well as technology and enterprise services sales to third parties worldwide. London Stock Exchange Group plc was founded in 1698 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.
Top 5 Airline Companies To Own In Right Now: The Hanover Insurance Group Inc.(THG)
The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, underwrites commercial and personal property, and casualty insurance coverage in the United States. It operates in three segments: Commercial Lines, Personal Lines, and Other Property and Casualty. The Commercial Lines segment provides coverage for commercial multiple peril; commercial automobile; workers? compensation; and other commercial coverages, including specialty program business, inland marine, and bonds, as well as umbrella, general liability, fire, specialty property, and professional and management liability. The Personal Lines segment offers coverage for personal automobile, homeowners, and other personal lines, such as inland marine, umbrella, fire, personal watercraft, and earthquake. The Other Property and Casualty segment provides investment advisory services; and manages assets for unaffiliated institutions, such as insurance companies, retirement plans, and foundations. The company sells its p roducts and services through a network of independent agents. The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. was founded in 1844 and is headquartered in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Hot Financial Companies To Watch In Right Now: Alliance Bancorp Inc. of Pennsylvania(ALLB)
Alliance Bancorp, Inc. of Pennsylvania operates as the bank holding company for Alliance Bank that provides various savings bank services in Pennsylvania. It offers various deposit instruments, including NOW, money market, regular savings, term certificate, passbook and statement savings, and non-interest bearing accounts, as well as certificates of deposit. The company also provides single-family residential real estate loans; multi-family residential and commercial real estate loans; residential and commercial construction loans, and land acquisition and development loans; consumer loans, including student loans, deposit account secured loans, and lines of credit; and commercial business loans. As of December 31, 2010, it operated nine branch offices located in Delaware and Chester Counties, Pennsylvania. The company was founded in 1938 and is headquartered in Broomall, Pennsylvania.
Hot Financial Companies To Watch In Right Now: Credito Emiliano(EMBI.MI)
Credito Emiliano SpA, together with its subsidiaries, provides regional banking services primarily in Italy. It provides retail banking, corporate banking, wealth management, financing, and investment banking services. The company provides current and savings accounts, certificate of deposits, repurchase agreements, term deposits, demand deposits, loans, personal loans, credit cards, leasing, and factoring services. In addition, it offers domestic clearing services for payments and collections, and insurance services, as well as provides electronic documental storage services and document management services. The company is headquartered in Reggio Emilia, Italy. Credito Emiliano SpA operates as a subsidiary of Credito Emiliano Holding SpA.
Hot Financial Companies To Watch In Right Now: Mercury General Corporation (MCY)
Mercury General Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in writing personal automobile insurance products. The company also writes homeowners, commercial automobile and property, mechanical breakdown, fire, and umbrella insurance products. Its insurance products cover collision, property damage liability, bodily injury liability, comprehensive, personal injury protection, underinsured and uninsured motorist, and other hazards for automobile policy holders. The company sells its policies through a network of independent agents in California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Texas, Oklahoma, New York, New Jersey, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Arizona, Nevada, and Michigan. Mercury General Corporation was founded in 1960 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.
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