Why the Top-Performing Investing Newsletter Loves These Stocks

By David Hanson and Matt Koppenheffer – Mar 31, 2014 at 2:06PM

NYSE: BAC

Bank of America

Market Cap

$282B

Today's Change

(1.53%) $0.54

Current Price

$35.77

Price as of April 18, 2024, 4:00 p.m. ET

The Motley Fool's newsletter Inside Value is one of the many newsletter services the company offers, but how do its picks stand up to scrutiny from the guys on WTMI? Here's a look at AIG, Markel, Progressive and Bank of America.

On Friday's edition of Where the Money Is, Motley Fool financial analysts Matt Koppenheffer and David Hanson took a look at some of The Motley Fool's newsletter services and the formal stock recommendations made there, to tell investors whether or not they agree with the analysts' picks.

In this segment, the guys look at the Fool's Inside Value service, the top performing investment newsletter service over the past five years as tracked by Mark Hulbert of the Wall Street Journal. The guys take a look at some of their favorite stocks in the financial sector from the Inside Value picks, including AIG (AIG 0.56%), Markel (MKL 0.53%), Progressive (PGR 0.30%) and Bank of America (BAC 1.53%), discussing what qualms they have, if any, with the picks, and which among them are the guys' favorites.

David Hanson owns shares of American International Group and Markel. Matt Koppenheffer owns shares of American International Group, Bank of America, and Markel. The Motley Fool recommends American International Group, Bank of America, Markel, and Progressive. The Motley Fool owns shares of American International Group, Bank of America, and Markel and has the following options: long January 2016 $30 calls on American International Group. We Fools may not all hold the same opinions, but we all believe that considering a diverse range of insights makes us better investors. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.