citi buy target $21.50

1552 [Dow Jones] QBE (QBE.AU) 1H10 insurance margin of 15.7%, primarily attributed to fall in risk free interest rates in last 2 weeks of June, is lower than Citi's forecast of 16% which was at bottom of QBE guidance, and also below consensus forecasts of around 16.4% according to Citi's analysts. Capital adequacy ratio, gross written premiums both in-line with Citi's forecasts, while unchanged interim dividend of 62 Australian cents was 1 cent less than forecast by Citi analysts who "continue to see QBE as a relative underperformer compared to IAG (IAG.AU) and Suncorp-Metway (SUN.AU)". Rates QBE at Buy with A$21.50 target vs last down 5.7% at A$16.94. ([email protected])
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If you bought today under 17.0367 you did BETTER than the majority of institutions with all of their highly paid staff. Give youself a gold star and unless you are a first time buyer have a beer or three to drown your sorrows. Cheers, Doomdog the knife catcher

PS -- anyone got a bandaid?