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Markel Sees Opportunities in Stock Market Investors, by listening to specialty reinsurer Markel's earnings calls, you get free stock market commentary from investing legend Tom Gayner. Here's what he had to say. |
The Motley Fool
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Can You Get it Spectacularly Wrong and Still Beat the Market? This investor has always been one of my favorites, but he got it spectacularly wrong. |
The Motley Fool
February 8, 2007
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AXIS Shoots the Lights Out AXIS seems to be a solid insurer, and it's impressively managed -- enough to still make a profit last year. But even though the company has posted a stellar 17% average ROE since its inception, don't expect a gaudy 26.7% ROE every year. |
The Motley Fool
January 30, 2007
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Hustle and Cash Flow A backstage look at how cash moves through an insurer's financial statements. By understanding these mechanisms, investors can make better decisions about purchasing (or selling) stock in insurance companies. |
The Motley Fool
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Insurance Industry Basics: Combined Ratio Investors who buy insurance companies with low long-term combined ratios should eventually be rewarded with superior investment returns. Just ask Warren Buffett. |
The Motley Fool
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Markel on the Mark: Fool by Numbers The insurance company released first-quarter 2007 earnings: Income Statement Highlights... Ratio Checkup... Balance Sheet Highlights... |
The Motley Fool
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I've Died and Gone to Jockey Heaven Get the world's best investors working for you at practically no cost by following these investment managers sitting at the helms of insurance outfits. |
The Motley Fool
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No Malpractice From ProAssurance This medical malpractice insurer reports another strong quarter. Even though tort reform seems to be going nowhere fast, these shares trade at a pretty rich valuation relative to past levels. |
The Motley Fool
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Simple Lessons From an Investing Genius An investor I admire, Markel Chief Investment Officer Tom Gayner said, "The businesses we own are largely transparent and describable in two minutes by any reasonably knowledgeable observer of business and commerce." |
The Motley Fool
May 16, 2011
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3 Plays to Profit from Rising Interest Rates When interest rates rise, be poised to profit. |
The Motley Fool
February 5, 2007
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White Mountains' Cleaner Q4 Results Although last year's hefty losses hurt White Mountains' yearly results, the company has a great long-term track record. The troubles incurred by 2005's hurricane season should prove a mere hiccup in the long run. |
The Motley Fool
May 7, 2008
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Who's Buying Now? Sometimes insiders are buying for all the right reasons. Who's at it this week? |
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Markel Gets the Right Stuff David Egbert brings experience in decentralized IT environments to niche P&C player Markel Corp. |
The Motley Fool
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Markel and FirstComp: A Marriage Made in Heaven A Fool's notes from the Markel annual meeting in Richmond. |
The Motley Fool
September 8, 2009
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The Canadian Buffett Consolidates His Empire Fairfax Financial makes a move on one of its majority-owned affiliates. |
The Motley Fool
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Three Low-P/E Insurance Stocks Surveying the insurance industry for investment bargains. |
The Motley Fool
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The Motley Fool
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10 Insurance Stocks Near 52-Week Lows Here are the largest insurance stocks by market cap that are hugging 52-week lows: China Life... Travelers Cos... Manulife Financial... Sun Life Financial... Aon... AEGON... PartnerRe... Reinsurance Group of America... Markel... Fidelity National... |
The Motley Fool
March 25, 2011
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Buybacks: 4 Companies That Reward Shareholders Most companies get buybacks wrong; these four got them right: Utah Medical Products... Markel... Fairfax Financial Holdings... Brookfield Asset Management... |
The Motley Fool
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3 Stocks for a Diversified Portfolio Ideas large, small, and in between. |
The Motley Fool
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Simple Lessons From an Investing Genius How to put common sense to work in your portfolio. |
The Motley Fool
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Bank Stocks: Trouble Ahead, Trouble Behind (Fool TV) According to the FDIC, some 700 banks are still considered "problem institutions" today. That's 10% of the industry. |
The Motley Fool
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Fool Awards: Overall Most Foolish These are the five Motley Fool nominees for the Most Overly "Foolish" Company of the Year Award. |
