Markel Group 13F holdings, Q3 2008
Holdings as of September 30, 2008 · filings on SEC EDGAR · latest filing →
Markel Group disclosed 79 US equity positions worth $645.5m in its Q3 2008 13F filing. The largest position was Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd at 14.2% of the reported book, followed by RLI and LandAmerica Financial Group. Against the Q2 2008 filing, it opened 2 new positions, added to 6 and reduced 5 among the top 50 holdings.
What did Markel Group own in Q3 2008? Top 50 positions
| # | Stock | Sector | Weight | Value | Shares | Δ shares | vs Q2 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd | 14.2% | $91.8m | 279,459 | 0% | held | |
| 2 | RLI RLI Corporation | Financial Services | 6.0% | $38.6m | 622,340 | -0% | held |
| 3 | LandAmerica Financial Group | 5.2% | $33.5m | 1,382,700 | 8% | added | |
| 4 | Exxon Corporation | 4.6% | $29.6m | 381,293 | 0% | held | |
| 5 | GD General Dynamics | Industrials | 4.5% | $29.1m | 394,710 | 0% | held |
| 6 | MRSH Marsh & McLennan | Financial Services | 4.4% | $28.5m | 898,776 | 1698% | added |
| 7 | Berkshire Hathaway | 3.9% | $25.5m | 5,792 | 0% | held | |
| 8 | Forest City Enterprises Class | 3.9% | $24.9m | 812,467 | 0% | held | |
| 9 | W.P. Carey | 3.5% | $22.4m | 860,000 | 0% | held | |
| 10 | BF/A Brown Forman | 3.1% | $20.2m | 283,860 | 0% | held | |
| 11 | BAC Bank of America | Financial Services | 2.8% | $18.4m | 525,000 | 0% | held |
| 12 | Plum Creek Lumber MLP | 2.7% | $17.8m | 356,000 | 0% | held | |
| 13 | UPS United Parcel Service | Industrials | 2.7% | $17.6m | 280,000 | 0% | held |
| 14 | ELME Washington Real Estate Investm | Real Estate | 2.3% | $14.8m | 404,075 | 0% | held |
| 15 | FNF Fidelity National Financial | Financial Services | 2.3% | $14.7m | 1,000,000 | 0% | held |
| 16 | White Mountains | 2.2% | $14.1m | 29,975 | -12% | reduced | |
| 17 | BRK/A Berkshire Hathaway, Inc | 2.1% | $13.7m | 105 | 0% | held | |
| 18 | ADP Automatic Data Processing | Technology | 2.0% | $13.1m | 306,600 | 0% | held |
| 19 | GE General Electric | Industrials | 1.8% | $11.6m | 455,000 | 0% | held |
| 20 | CMCSA Comcast | Communication Services | 1.7% | $10.9m | 557,500 | 0% | held |
| 21 | ITIC Investors Title Company | Financial Services | 1.5% | $9.7m | 229,350 | 0% | held |
| 22 | ITW Illinois Tool Works | Industrials | 1.4% | $9.3m | 210,000 | 0% | held |
| 23 | CAT Caterpillar Inc | Industrials | 1.3% | $8.3m | 140,000 | 4% | added |
| 24 | BRO Brown & Brown | Financial Services | 1.2% | $7.9m | 365,628 | 0% | held |
| 25 | McGraw-Hill Companies | 1.1% | $7.0m | 220,000 | -35% | reduced | |
| 26 | Brookfield Asset Management | 1.1% | $6.8m | 247,205 | 4% | added | |
| 27 | EMR Emerson Electric | Industrials | 1.0% | $6.5m | 159,300 | 0% | held |
| 28 | AFL Aflac | Financial Services | 1.0% | $6.2m | 105,000 | -49% | reduced |
| 29 | CINF Cincinnati Financial | Financial Services | 0.9% | $6.0m | 210,906 | -30% | reduced |
| 30 | PM Philip Morris International | Consumer Defensive | 0.9% | $5.6m | 116,700 | 0% | held |
| 31 | SAP SAP Aktiengesellschaft | Technology | 0.8% | $5.2m | 97,500 | 59% | added |
| 32 | JNJ Johnson and Johnson | Healthcare | 0.8% | $5.2m | 75,000 | 0% | held |
| 33 | MAR Marriott International | Consumer Cyclical | 0.7% | $4.6m | 175,000 | 0% | held |
| 34 | XL Capital | 0.7% | $4.5m | 249,230 | -29% | reduced | |
| 35 | International Game Technology | 0.7% | $4.3m | 250,000 | 0% | held | |
| 36 | WMT Wal-Mart Stores | Consumer Defensive | 0.6% | $4.2m | 70,000 | 0% | held |
| 37 | Leucadia National Corp | 0.5% | $3.4m | 75,000 | 0% | held | |
| 38 | NKE Nike | Consumer Cyclical | 0.5% | $3.4m | 50,200 | 0% | held |
| 39 | Washington Post Co | 0.5% | $3.0m | 5,425 | 0% | held | |
| 40 | SYY Sysco Corp | Consumer Defensive | 0.4% | $2.6m | 85,000 | 0% | held |
| 41 | PEP Pepsico | Consumer Defensive | 0.4% | $2.4m | 33,500 | 0% | held |
| 42 | MO Altria | Consumer Defensive | 0.4% | $2.3m | 116,700 | 0% | held |
| 43 | STT State Street Corp | Financial Services | 0.4% | $2.3m | 40,400 | 0% | held |
| 44 | LOW Lowes | Consumer Cyclical | 0.3% | $2.3m | 95,000 | 0% | held |
| 45 | KMX Carmax | Consumer Cyclical | 0.3% | $2.2m | 160,000 | 0% | held |
| 46 | DEO Diageo PLC | Consumer Defensive | 0.3% | $2.1m | 30,000 | 0% | held |
| 47 | NuStar GP Holdings | 0.3% | $1.8m | 100,000 | 11% | added | |
| 48 | SLB Schlumberger | Energy | 0.2% | $1.6m | 20,100 | – | new |
| 49 | Alleghany Corporation | 0.2% | $1.5m | 4,080 | 0% | held | |
| 50 | FR First Industrial Realty Trust | Real Estate | 0.2% | $1.5m | 51,200 | – | new |
Weights are shares of the reported long US equity book (options excluded). Values are as filed, normalised to whole dollars. Share changes compare against the immediately preceding filing only.