Vice Chairman of Markel Corp. (MKL) Anthony F Markel sells 1,700 shares of MKL on 12/08/2010 at an average price of $356.09 a share.

Markel Corp. has a market cap of $3.49 billion; its shares were traded at around $359.59 with a P/E ratio of 16.6 and P/S ratio of 1.7.

MKL is in the portfolios of Chuck Akre of Akre Capital Management, LLC, Mason Hawkins of Southeastern Asset Management, Tom Russo of Gardner Russo & Gardner, John Rogers of ARIEL CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC, Chris Davis of Davis Selected Advisers, Columbia Wanger of Columbia Wanger Asset Management, Murray Stahl of Horizon Asset Management, Chuck Royce of Royce& Associates, Donald Yacktman of Yacktman Asset Management Co., George Soros of Soros Fund Management LLC, Jim Simons of Renaissance Technologies LLC.


This is the insider trade history vs. stock price of MKL. For the complete insider trading history of MKL, click here.

Directors and Officers Recent Trades:

• Buy: Director Douglas C Eby bought 27 shares of MKL stock on 12/06/2010 at the average price of 360. Douglas C Eby owns at least 250 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 0.11% since.


• Sell: Vice Chairman Anthony F Markel sold 913 shares of MKL stock on 12/07/2010 at the average price of 359.38. Anthony F Markel owns at least 95,379 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 0.06% since.


• Sell: Vice Chairman Anthony F Markel sold 1,016 shares of MKL stock on 12/06/2010 at the average price of 360.44. Anthony F Markel owns at least 96,292 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 0.24% since.


• Sell: Vice Chairman Anthony F Markel sold 1,352 shares of MKL stock on 12/03/2010 at the average price of 357.77. Anthony F Markel owns at least 97,233 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 0.51% since.


• Sell: Vice Chairman Anthony F Markel sold 2,010 shares of MKL stock on 12/02/2010 at the average price of 356.38. Anthony F Markel owns at least 98,585 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 0.9% since.

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1. As legendary investor Peter Lynch said: "Insiders might sell their shares for any number of reasons, but they buy them for only one: they think the price will rise."
2. TOP EXECUTIVES like CEOs and CFOs are savvy buyers of their companies' shares. One long-term study showed that they beat the market on average by six percentage points a year.
3. Another study found that the aggregated activities of insiders can serve as a good indicator to locate market bottoms. Insiders as a whole are smart investors of their own companies.

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