5 Best Financial Stocks To Watch Right Now

In this segment of The Motley Fool's everything-financials show,�Where the Money Is, banking analysts Matt Koppenheffer and David Hanson highlight the key factors in the second-quarter earnings reports from�Wells Fargo�and�JPMorgan Chase.

Matt highlights the importance of the unrealized losses experienced at these banks during the second quarter.

Will more banks impress?
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5 Best Financial Stocks To Watch Right Now: Cazador Acquisition Corporation Ltd.(CAZA)

Cazador Acquisition Corporation Ltd., a development stage company, intends to effect a merger, share capital exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more operating businesses or assets. It would focus on a business combination in developing countries in central and eastern Europe, Latin America, and Asia. The company was founded in April 2010 and is based in Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. Cazador Acquisition Corporation Ltd. is a subsidiary of Cazador Sub Holdings Ltd.

5 Best Financial Stocks To Watch Right Now: Allied World Assurance Company Holdings AG (AWH)

Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, AG operates as a specialty insurance and reinsurance company in Bermuda, Hong Kong, Ireland, Singapore, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. It offers casualty insurance products that provide coverage for specialty type risks, such as professional liability, environmental liability, product liability, inland marine liability, healthcare liability risks, and commercial general liability products, as well as professional liability products, including policies covering directors and officers, employment practices, and fiduciary liability insurance. The company also provides a mix of errors and omissions liability coverages for various service providers comprising law firms, technology companies, insurance companies, insurance agents and brokers, and municipalities; primary and excess liability, and other casualty coverages to the healthcare industry, including hospitals and hospital systems, managed care organization s, and medical facilities, such as home care providers, specialized surgery and rehabilitation centers, and outpatient clinics; and general casualty products for a range of industries consisting of construction, real estate, public entities, retailers, manufacturing, transportation, and finance and insurance services, as well as workers compensation insurance products. In addition, it offers property insurance products covering physical property and business interruption for commercial property risks; and general property products covering risks for retail chains, real estate, manufacturers, hotels and casinos, and municipalities. Further, the company provides the reinsurance of property, general casualty, professional liability, specialty lines, property catastrophe, accident and health, and marine and aviation coverages. Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, AG was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Baar, Switzerland.

Best Penny Companies To Watch In Right Now: Meadowbrook Insurance Group Inc. (MIG)

Meadowbrook Insurance Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as a specialty commercial insurance underwriter and insurance administration services company in the United States. The company markets and underwrites specialty property and casualty insurance programs and products, including workers� compensation, general liability, commercial property, environmental, garage, commercial multi-peril, commercial auto, surety, and marine insurance on an admitted and non-admitted basis through a network of independent retail agents, wholesalers, program administrators, and general agents. It also offers program and product design, underwriting risk selection and policy issuance, claims administration and handling, loss prevention and control, risk-bearing entities administration, and retail property and casualty insurance agency services, as well as produces commercial, personal lines, life, and accident and health insurance with unaffiliated insurance carriers for its fe e-for-service and agency clients. The company was founded in 1955 and is headquartered in Southfield, Michigan.

5 Best Financial Stocks To Watch Right Now: Cdn Western Bank Com Npv (CWB.TO)

Canadian Western Bank provides various banking and financial products and services for business and individual customers primarily in western Canada. It operates in the financial services areas of banking, trust, insurance, and wealth management, as well as focuses on commercial banking, real estate financing, equipment financing, and energy lending. The company also offers various personal financial products and services, including personal loans and mortgages, deposit accounts, investment products, and other banking services; registered savings products; commercial equipment leasing for small- and mid-sized transactions; and trustee and custody services to independent financial advisors, corporations, brokerage firms, and individuals, as well as underwrites and administers residential mortgages sourced through a network of mortgage brokers. It also provides stock transfer and corporate trust services; personal auto and home insurance to customers in British Columbia and Alberta; and wealth management services for individuals, corporations, and institutional clients, as well as third-party mutual funds. The company serves its customers through a network of 41 banking branches. Canadian Western Bank was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Edmonton, Canada.

5 Best Financial Stocks To Watch Right Now: Assured Guaranty Ltd(AGO)

Assured Guaranty Ltd., through its subsidiaries, provides credit protection products to public finance, infrastructure, and structured finance markets in the United States and internationally. The company offers insurance, reinsurance, and credit derivative products that protect holders of debt instruments and other monetary obligations from defaults in scheduled payments, including scheduled interest and principal payments. It provides policies issued directly to the holders of insured obligations at time of issuance and those issued in the secondary market; and assumed reinsurance contracts written to third parties. The company insures various types of securities, including taxable and tax-exempt obligations issued by the United States or municipal governmental authorities, utility districts, or facilities; notes or bonds issued to finance international infrastructure projects; and asset-backed securities issued by special purpose entities. Assured Guaranty Ltd. markets its credit protection products directly to issuers and underwriters of public finance, infrastructure, and structured finance securities, as well as to investors in such debt obligations. The company was founded in 2003 and is based in Hamilton, Bermuda.