Friday, June 15, 2007

Marsh & McLennan's Been Down So Long, Shares Looking Up to $40 Soon Enough

(Bloomberg) -- Marsh & McLennan Cos. gets no respect
among investors and that may be reason enough to start buying the
shares of the insurance industry's largest middleman.

Ever since it was hobbled by a bid-rigging scandal that lopped
almost half of its market value in October 2004, the New York-based
broker's stock hasn't traded above $33.19, down from a high of
$67.44 in 2000. A mere two out of 13 analysts recommend buying
Marsh & McLennan, the only one of the top three brokers not to
advance since the industry paid more than $1 billion to settle
price-fixing allegations.


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