Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (AMP)

Went to a recruiting event they put on one time at the behest of a freind. Whew. If the office I went to was any indication, the company is deceptive and not headed by very bright people, at least at the office level. This was a long time back, but I got a bad vibe from them culturally, and feel pretty confident in this pick.

In addition, I think their business model is to convince low income / not very financially savvy people to invest. I'd think that would be a tougher sell now than just about any time since their spin-off from American Express. I can't see them going anywhere but down.

Top Div

A sleeper.

Decent balance sheet nice cash on hand, low debt, 3+% dividend 18% percent projected increase in EPS next year seems i fly this one for a bit

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Undervalued

financial planning

With a PE ratio of about 7, this stock is seriously undervalued. In these scary financial times, people are going to need more and more financial advice. And Ameriprise is there to give it to them.

I think this stock is getting punished because it is in the financial field. They still have a strong business franchise with a growing client base for personal financial management and strong insurance division. We should start seeing some upside soon.

I used Bates' model to determine a fair value of 73.53.
I AM a sunday fool.com player so it's probably wrong again.

I like this because they have a recognizable name, no blemishes on the record I have heard of, and when the boomres are retiring, they are going to have to do something w. their money

Seems to be doing awfully well for a financial services company catering to the "affluent and mass affluent." Given the economic/political atmosphere, I believe the American pie is likely to a) shrink and b) get cut more evenly over the next three years. The affluent will become mass affluent and the mass affluent will become mass.

Execution has been excellent since it was spun out. Earnings growth has been impressive and it hasn't missed any quarters, but their estimates for '08 and '09 have barely been cut since the beginning of the year.

with the current undertaking of the company it'll take several months for their commodities to bounce back.

I used to work for this company and even though I don't believe in what they "train" or their proprietary advice, they have the most CFP's and a very large advisor base and are extremely good at gathering assets and selling insurance. Originally when they spun off from AXP I didn't think this company would do that well and even more so match what AXP is doing. It's a solid company with solid management. I see them continuing to do well in the Financial Planning arena

10

I explored becoming a securities salesperson for this company and was not impressed.

Ameriprice Financial was spun off American Express with great success now as an independent company. The stock has benn preforming well, until recently because the whole market has perform poorly.

The baby boomers are begining to retired, which is a welthy generation that is willing to let others manage their money.

Great buy now that the market has dipped !!!

This company is working hard to exploit technology to reduce cost and provide wide coverage services.

Steady growth I believe strong company.