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2/10/2012 11:25 AM

W.R. Berkley Corp (NYSE:WRB)

CAPS Rating: 4 out of 5

An insurance holding Company which, through its subsidiaries, operates in the property casualty insurance business: Specialty lines of insurance, Regional commercial property casualty insurance, Alternative markets, Reinsurance and International.

Current Price $36.31 Mkt Cap $5.09B
Open $35.89 P/E Ratio 10.60
Prev. Close $36.22 Div. (Yield) 0.32 (1.00%)
Daily Range $35.76 - $36.31 Volume 93,507
52-Wk Range $27.26 - $36.50 Avg. Daily Vol. 0

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5 Underperform
 

Wall Street

6 Outperform
1 Underperform
 

Top WRB Bull/Bear Pitches

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notzia (74.29)
Submitted May 28, 2009

I picked this to remind me to follow this stock for my sister-in-law - who worked for Berkley and was purchasing through the company plan. She no longer works for them, but their 10Qs and 10Ks have looked very good, so I've held onto it in CAPS. If I… More

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lovesaves (88.46)
Submitted March 11, 2008

Found this company under the insurance tag. Sell all property insurance and casualty stocks, or see your portfolio bcome a casualty! Warren Buffett is negative on the sector and that's good enough for me. Financial sector s--t has to work iits way… More

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Member Avatar Coralreefer1 (28.19) Submitted: 10/30/2011 3:42:12 AM : Outperform Start Price: $34.61 WRB Score: -1.25

revenue from trailing 12 quarters has gone up each quarter for the most part and EPS is at a whopping 45.40% in 1 year up from 16.79% at 3 years.

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Member Avatar ipsiety (28.05) Submitted: 7/9/2011 2:09:27 PM : Outperform Start Price: $32.45 WRB Score: +10.15

6% insider holding
Insiders buying shares.
P/S=1 P/B=1.2

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Member Avatar TMFRisingStars (51.18) Submitted: 2/16/2011 4:45:23 PM : Outperform Start Price: $29.07 WRB Score: +23.60

Here's the buy rec:

http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2011/02/15/rising-star-buy-wr-berkley.aspx

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slbutton (99.71) Score: +55.41

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Top
Pick 		Member Name Member
Rating 		Start
Date 		Call Time
Frame 		Start
Price 		Stock
Gain 		Index
Gain 		Score Commentary
bullean 78.04 9/15/2008 Outperform NS $21.49 +68.01% +13.73% +54.28 0 Comment
traacker 39.42 9/15/2008 Outperform 1Y $21.49 +68.01% +13.73% +54.28 0 Comment
notzia 74.29 8/28/2008 Outperform 5Y $22.56 +60.05% +6.96% +53.08 1 Comment
tp22 < 20 8/8/2008 Outperform 5Y $22.40 +61.18% +8.71% +52.47 0 Comment
GrahamJervis 66.52 9/5/2008 Outperform 3Y $22.12 +63.22% +12.49% +50.73 0 Comment
Grinnell4Eva 60.59 7/14/2008 Outperform NS $22.39 +61.25% +11.85% +49.40 0 Comment
Dragontoad2 97.65 7/7/2008 Outperform 5Y $23.33 +54.78% +9.25% +45.53 0 Comment
bobmcreynold 34.42 7/9/2008 Outperform 1Y $23.90 +51.09% +9.56% +41.52 0 Comment
pickumnow 86.59 4/23/2008 6/1/2009 Outperform 3Y $25.69 +40.59% +1.08% +39.50 1 Comment
mrwhiteport < 20 5/21/2008 Outperform 3M $26.22 +37.69% -1.70% +39.40 0 Comment
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Wall Street

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Player Name Player
Rating		 Start
Date		 Call Time
Frame		 Start
Price		 Stock
Gain		 S&P
Gain		 Score End Date Commentary
TrackZacks 71.08 10/5/2011 Underperform 3M $29.83 +17.23% +9.67% -7.56 11/4/2011 @ $34.97 1 Comment
TrackZacks 71.08 4/12/2011 Underperform 3M $31.72 +3.94% +2.44% -1.50 5/19/2011 @ $32.97 1 Comment
TrackGoldmanSach 71.81 12/9/2010 Underperform 5Y $27.01 +17.93% +7.07% -10.86 3/31/2011 @ $31.85 1 Comment
TrackChuckAkre 79.15 6/30/2010 Outperform 3M $26.26 +4.04% +23.13% -19.09 12/31/2010 @ $27.32 0 Comment
TrackChrisDavis 89.89 6/30/2010 Outperform 3M $26.19 +4.04% +23.13% -19.09 12/31/2010 @ $27.25 0 Comment
TrackCitigroup 93.18 3/9/2010 Underperform NS $25.72 +40.39% +17.85% -22.54 0 Comment
TrackBobOlstein 90.03 3/2/2009 Outperform 5Y $19.76 +82.72% +88.43% -5.71 3 Comments
TrackRBCCapMkts 93.35 7/11/2008 Outperform NS $23.13 +56.14% +12.17% +43.96 0 Comment
TrackDreman 90.13 12/31/2007 Outperform NS $28.67 +25.97% -4.29% +30.26 2 Comments
TrackCitigroup 93.18 7/25/2007 Outperform NS $31.19 -19.07% -37.54% +18.47 11/6/2008 @ $25.24 0 Comment
TrackZacks 71.08 6/8/2007 Outperform 3M $31.83 -0.35% -12.96% +12.61 4/12/2011 @ $31.72 1 Comment
TrackFerrisBaker 91.00 4/25/2007 Outperform NS $31.40 +15.00% -4.56% +19.56 0 Comment
TrackScottBleier 91.86 1/6/2007 Outperform 3M $32.12 +12.43% +1.39% +11.04 0 Comment
TrackBBTCapMkts 94.71 10/26/2006 Outperform NS $34.37 +5.06% +2.75% +2.31 0 Comment
TrackTGMark 34.24 4/12/2006 Outperform 3W $39.62 -6.94% +2.92% -9.86 5/5/2006 @ $36.87 0 Comment

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