$5.44 -0.46 (-7.80%)
7/2/2009 4:21 PM

American Equity Investment Life Holding (AEL)

CAPS Rating: 3 out of 5

The Company is a full service underwriter which develops, markets, issues and administers annuities and life insurance.

Current Price $5.44 Mkt Cap $313.66M
Open $0.00 P/E Ratio 295.00
Prev. Close $5.90 Div. (Yield) 0.07 (1.20%)
Daily Range $5.33 - $5.76 Volume 0
52-Wk Range $2.96 - $10.75 Avg. Daily Vol. 0

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67 Outperform
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All-Star Members

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Wall Street

4 Outperform
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Top AEL Bull/Bear Pitches

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PeeDaPants (54.87)
Submitted July 20, 2008

Everybody is saying it doesn't have any exposure to the sub-prime "mess", but they were saying it when the stock price was at $10-$11, so if it's down 15% from that price, I should be golden now! I think the financials are about the same. It doesn't… More

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Member Avatar allenlundgren (< 20) Submitted: 3/27/2009 1:26:49 AM : Outperform Start Price: $4.76 AEL Score: +4.83

Here's a company that places an emphasis on fundamentals, very conservative, and non too flashy. Has a huge emphasis on taking care of its customers, agents, and employees, and when customers are giving up on the market, agents should have no trouble bringing in new customers seeking stability.

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Member Avatar NEWSMONKEY (< 20) Submitted: 3/9/2009 10:48:50 AM : Underperform Start Price: $3.12 AEL Score: -44.48

Those who are hoping for a recovery will be disappointed. Sell early sell often

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Member Avatar landoffree (< 20) Submitted: 2/28/2009 10:33:41 AM : Outperform Start Price: $3.75 AEL Score: +21.22

Many investors want an investment tool that guarantees a place to put their dollars that won't decline in value. AEL does just that with their annuities.

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Score Leader

tropenpaul

tropenpaul (< 20) Score: +37.39

The Score Leader is the member with the highest score across all their picks in AEL.

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Member Name Member
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Call Time
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Start
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b400 93.86 3/3/2009 Outperform 5Y $3.47 +56.77% +28.37% +28.40
landoffree < 20 3/2/2009 Outperform 3Y $3.75 +45.07% +23.84% +21.22 1 Comment
LehmanBrosRIP < 20 6/15/2009 Outperform 5Y $4.98 +9.24% -4.42% +13.65
steviedvd 30.10 7/27/2007 Underperform 3Y $11.45 -52.48% -39.40% +13.07 1 Comment
Bankwatcher1 < 20 10/7/2008 Underperform NS $7.24 -24.84% -15.92% +8.93
Huynh777 73.44 11/7/2008 Outperform 5Y $5.14 +5.74% -1.99% +7.72
allenlundgren < 20 3/27/2009 Outperform 1Y $4.76 +14.29% +9.46% +4.83 1 Comment
bsharvy 98.53 6/8/2009 Outperform 5Y $5.42 +0.37% -4.01% +4.38
humbledude 59.35 12/10/2007 Outperform 3Y $8.96 -39.26% -40.96% +1.70 1 Comment
ftna86 85.32 12/21/2007 Outperform 3W $8.75 -37.82% -39.06% +1.24

Wall Street

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Member Name Member
Rating
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Date
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Stock
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Score End Date Commentary
TrackSoros 79.40 3/31/2008 Outperform NS $9.16 -40.64% -31.95% -8.69 1 Comment
TrackKeyBanc 92.38 2/22/2008 Outperform NS $9.36 -41.89% -33.46% -8.43
TrackRichPzena < 20 9/30/2007 Outperform NS $10.45 -47.93% -41.14% -6.79 2 Comments
TrackFBRCapitalM 79.95 5/3/2007 Outperform NS $12.36 -55.99% -40.21% -15.77
TrackCitigroup 87.14 1/30/2007 Outperform NS $12.91 -43.94% -9.97% -33.97 1/22/2008 @ $7.24

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