Markel Group (MKL) is well-poised to grow on rate increases, strategic buyouts, new business volume, solid capital position and prudent capital deployment.
Financial services stocks remain in a precarious position. High borrowing costs, reduced consumer sentiment and skyrocketing loan delinquencies make investing in many conventional financial services stocks a risky proposition. The risk and reward balance skews even further out of financial services stocks’ favor when you consider that, on the one hand, fixed-income investing still easily yields north of 5% annually. On the other, growth and tech stocks — and even the broad market indices — are o
Contrarian stocks describe a whole range of companies, whether by virtue of market position, operational outlook, or unique governance approach, buck wider market trends. Contrarian stocks tend to get a lot of flack from more conservative investors, as many see them as too risky or unhinged to be worth investing in long-term — but look how that turned out for Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) naysayers and short sellers over the past few years. Of course, not all contrarian stocks end up winners — some are ou