this industry is going to be very important in the next 4 months

Companies like MBIA [MBI], Ambac [ABK], and PMI Group [PMI] operate in the same financial insurance business that AIG’s struggling with.

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Crazy, but it seems to me that the moves in stocks like Ambac Financial (ABK) and PMI (PMI) or in MGIC (MTG) and MBIA (MBI) may actually be driven by all the stock-picking contest being played right now. That's right, the actual games at CNBC and TheStreet.com.

Yeah, this group is just awful, and the end of the personal mortgage industry -- signified by the incredible shrinking PMI Group (PMI)/MGIC Investment (MTG) and the immolation of Freddie Mac (FRE)/Fannie Mae (FNM) explains a ton.

12. The Gang of Four -- PMI (PMI), MGIC (MTG), MBIA (MBI) and Ambac (ABK): We all know what's happening here -- their insurance might be busted. So many outfits are still valuing their portfolios presuming some insurance protection that when the inevitable happens, we will get a severe hit to everyone's book.

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Held after split for future growth prospects in rest of world. A lot of cigarette smokers in China. A filthy habit and bad for health, but good for bottom line.

because I like an easy short.

I think it will come back

Insuring mortgages could be worse than actually owning mortgages.

Dying market

First analysis indicated it would be a good performer. Time to dump it.

Declining earnings due to new types of mortgages that avoid PMI costs; at some point the housing market will make them pay