American Equity Investment Life Holding Company (AEL)
AEL moved a median of +0.02% 30 minutes after news, and -0.06% by the close. How AEL actually reacts to news — the realized, point-in-time move the market made, measured across 121 labeled events over the last three years with zero look-ahead.
AEL’s median reaction, across the day.
| Horizon | Median | % positive | Events |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5-min | +0.02% | 53% | 88 |
| 30-min | +0.02% | 52% | 88 |
| 60-min | 0.00% | 52% | 88 |
| to close | -0.06% | 46% | 88 |
| Middle 50% of AEL reactions | -0.07% to +0.13% |
|---|---|
| Median reaction (30-min) | +0.02% |
| Measured reactions | 121 |
Half of all American Equity Investment Life Holding Company news events land between -0.07% and +0.13% at 30 minutes.
Reaction stats as of 2026-09-21. Newest measured event . Reaction = percent move vs. the price at the news timestamp.
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Recent AEL events, each with its measured reaction.
| Date | Headline | Event | Source | 5-min | To close |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JAB Insurance Names Jin Chang as Partner | Press release | Business Wire | — | — | |
| Form 15-12G American National Group | SEC filing · Form 15-12G | SEC EDGAR | — | — | |
| Form 10-Q American National Group For: Mar 31 | SEC filing · Form 10-Q | SEC EDGAR | — | — | |
| Form 8-K AMERICAN EQUITY INVESTME For: May 07 | SEC filing · Form 8-K | SEC EDGAR | — | — | |
| Form POSASR AMERICAN EQUITY INVESTME | SEC filing · Form POSASR | SEC EDGAR | — | — | |
| Form S-8 POS AMERICAN EQUITY INVESTME | SEC filing · Form S-8 | SEC EDGAR | — | — | |
| Form 8-K AMERICAN EQUITY INVESTME For: Apr 30 | SEC filing · Form 8-K | SEC EDGAR | — | — | |
| Brookfield Reinsurance and AEL Announce Expected Closing Date for Brookfield Reinsurance’s Acquisition of AEL | Press release | Business Wire | +0.45% | +0.25% | |
| Form 10-K/A AMERICAN EQUITY INVESTME For: Dec 31 | SEC filing · Form 10-K | SEC EDGAR | -0.28% | -0.71% | |
| Form 8-K AMERICAN EQUITY INVESTME For: Apr 08 | SEC filing · Form 8-K | SEC EDGAR | -0.07% | -0.23% | |
| Adams Street Partners Raises $1 Billion for First Middle Market CLO | Press release | Business Wire | +0.02% | -0.14% | |
| Form 8-K AMERICAN EQUITY INVESTME For: Apr 05 | SEC filing · Form 8-K | SEC EDGAR | +0.18% | +0.23% | |
| Form 10-K AMERICAN EQUITY INVESTME For: Dec 31 | SEC filing · Form 10-K | SEC EDGAR | +0.01% | -0.01% | |
| American Equity Reports Record $7+ Billion Annual FIA Sales and Strong Financial Results to Cap a Historic 2023 | Press release | Business Wire | -0.22% | -0.16% | |
| Form 8-K AMERICAN EQUITY INVESTME For: Feb 14 | SEC filing · Form 8-K | SEC EDGAR | -0.22% | -0.16% | |
| American Equity Declares 1st Quarter 2024 Preferred Stock Dividend | Press release | Business Wire | -0.11% | +0.43% | |
| Form 8-K AMERICAN EQUITY INVESTME For: Dec 20 | SEC filing · Form 8-K | SEC EDGAR | +0.21% | +0.14% | |
| Form 8-K AMERICAN EQUITY INVESTME For: Dec 21 | SEC filing · Form 8-K | SEC EDGAR | +0.13% | -0.11% | |
| American Equity Celebrates 20th Anniversary of NYSE Listing | Press release | Business Wire | +0.00% | -0.05% | |
| Form 8-K AMERICAN EQUITY INVESTME For: Nov 22 | SEC filing · Form 8-K | SEC EDGAR | -0.23% | -0.16% | |
| Form 8-K AMERICAN EQUITY INVESTME For: Nov 10 | SEC filing · Form 8-K | SEC EDGAR | +0.11% | +0.34% | |
| Form 10-Q AMERICAN EQUITY INVESTME For: Sep 30 | SEC filing · Form 10-Q | SEC EDGAR | +0.02% | +0.19% | |
| American Equity Reports Record Non-GAAP Operating ROE¹ and FIA Sales as the AEL 2.0 Strategy Delivers with 25% Allocation to Private Assets and Nearly 20% "Fee-Earning" Reinsured Balances | Press release | Business Wire | -0.41% | -0.22% | |
| Form 8-K AMERICAN EQUITY INVESTME For: Nov 07 | SEC filing · Form 8-K | SEC EDGAR | -0.41% | -0.22% | |
| Form DEFA14A AMERICAN EQUITY INVESTME | SEC filing · Form DEFA14A | SEC EDGAR | -0.02% | +0.15% | |
| American Equity Declares 4th Quarter 2023 Preferred Stock Dividend | Press release | Business Wire | +0.15% | +0.85% | |
| Form DEFA14A AMERICAN EQUITY INVESTME | SEC filing · Form DEFA14A | SEC EDGAR | +0.07% | +0.44% | |
| American Equity Announces Record Total Enterprise Sales¹ of $2.2 Billion in Third Quarter and Expected Date of Third Quarter 2023 Earnings Results | Press release | Business Wire | +0.09% | +0.07% | |
| Form 8-K AMERICAN EQUITY INVESTME For: Oct 17 | SEC filing · Form 8-K | SEC EDGAR | +0.09% | +0.07% | |
| SHAREHOLDER INVESTIGATION: Halper Sadeh LLC Investigates AEL, SCU, ICPT | Press release | GlobeNewswire | -0.11% | -0.04% |
Each reaction is the move the market actually made, measured from the news timestamp. Headlines link through to the AEL section they belong to.
Where else AEL is measured.
AEL earnings → · Analyst actions → · SEC filings →
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| Ticker | Events | Median 30-min | % positive |
|---|---|---|---|
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| Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corporation (TYG) | 122 | -0.03% | 42% |
| CREDIT AGRICOLE UNSP/ADR (CRARY) | 121 | 0.00% | 48% |
| Pimco Corporate & Income Strategy Fund (PCN) | 121 | 0.00% | 42% |
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How the numbers are made.
How is American Equity Investment Life Holding Company's median reaction calculated?
Every labeled AEL news event is measured from its own timestamp: the last trade before the news is the base price, and the move is read at fixed horizons — 30 minutes of trading, then the close. The median across 121 events is what this page reports. Point-in-time, zero look-ahead: no event borrows information from a later one.
What counts as a positive reaction?
Any event whose price move is above zero at the horizon, relative to the last trade before the news timestamp. 52% of AEL's measured events are up at 30 minutes; the rest close the window flat or negative.
How often is this page updated?
The news table refreshes automatically as new events are labeled and priced. The reaction medians are re-pulled in batches from the dataset — the figures here are as of 2026-09-21.
Does AEL's past reaction predict its next one?
No. These are realized facts about past events, not forecasts. They describe a distribution — they say nothing certain about any future move.