Insurers Are Struggling: Profit Up Or Down

Manulife announced today that it is rasing $2.5B, dilluting its common stock shareholders. The insurers are in big trouble and losses are only starting as commercial real estate begins to crumble.

The stock is down about 8% today. Will manulife recover or sink further? With straddles, the investors can profit either way. Here they are for November (wild and risky), and December.




And for a change, here are straddles for Sunlife, trading in Canada:



These were computed with our StraddlesCalc tool. With 1 day to expiration, November is too risky, although the move required is only 3%.

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Please do your own due dilligence. Options are very dangerous and may cause 100% loss. This is not adfice.