Analysts at UBS Investment Research took a look at MetLife during Investor Day and concluded that the company has a "great outlook, but over time."

Although MetLife's global outlook looks strong, its ROE targets may take longer to come to fruition than investors would like. MetLife is currently targeting a 12-14 percent op ROE by 2016, up from 10.3 percent in 2011, despite headwinds.

In order to achieve 2016's ROE targets, MetLife hopes to employ a mix shift toward protection products with stable returns, $1 billion of efficiency gains and growth in high return emerging markets.

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