Lo! The stage is set for another act in the theater of commerce, where fortunes twist like the plots of a comedy most cruel. On the 17th day of October, 2025, Shaker Investments, that most judicious of money-changers, didst cast off its final thread of association with The Progressive Corporation (PGR), divesting 9,829 shares valued at $2.62 million. The curtain falls, dear spectators, upon this particular dalliance.
Act I: The Disrobing of the Insurer
In a parchment filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission-a modern-day court of royal assent-Shaker revealed its complete liquidation of Progressive shares during the third quarter. This transaction, valued at $2.62 million (a sum calculated by averaging the quarter’s capricious prices), left the fund with naught but memories of its former 1.07% allocation. Verily, the insurer hath vanished from their ledger, as if struck by Prospero’s wand.
Act II: The Players and Their Parts
Post-purge, Shaker’s portfolio reveals new lords of the ledger:
- NYSE:AX: $33.84 million (13.5% of AUM) – The monarch of their realm
- NASDAQ:AVGO: $12.30 million (4.9% of AUM) – The cunning jester
- NASDAQ:NVDA: $12,301,219 (4.9% of AUM) – A twin in silicon
- NASDAQ:MSFT: $8,486,093 (3.4% of AUM) – The benevolent despot
- NASDAQ:GOOGL: $8,297,003 (3.3% of AUM) – The keeper of searches
Meanwhile, Progressive’s shares languish at $221.74-a 13.17% decline year-over-year, trailing the S&P 500 by a humiliating 24 percentage points. The crowd gasps!
Act III: The Tragi-Comedy of Errors
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Revenue (TTM) | $85.17 billion |
| Net Income (TTM) | $10.71 billion |
| Dividend Yield | 2.17% |
| Share Price (2025-10-16) | $221.74 |
Behold! The Progressive Corporation, that grand purveyor of auto and residential insurance, continues its merry-go-round of contradictions. Despite writing more policies (a sign of vigor!), they stumbled in Q3 with earnings below forecasts-a misstep compounded by a $1 billion expense from Florida’s profit-limiting edict. Oh, the irony of regulatory meddling!
Act IV: The Satire of the Sages
Shouldst thou, dear retail investor, follow Shaker’s lead? The Fool’s chorus proclaims: consider ETFs! The SPDR S&P Insurance ETF (KIE) and iShares US Insurance ETF (IAK) offer diversification, sparing you the spectacle of single-company folly. Let others play Russian roulette with insurers’ fortunes.
Epilogue: A Glossary for the Bewildered
Exited its position: When an investor flees a stock as if chased by creditors.
13F reportable AUM: The financial equivalent of showing one’s jewels at court.
Allocation: That portion of treasure entrusted to fortune’s wheel.
Liquidation: The art of converting dreams into coin.
Stake: Not the vampire-slaying kind, alas.
Dividend Yield: A company’s whispered promise of affection.
Distribution model: How merchants peddle their wares-directly, through agents, or via sorcery.
Underwriting: The alchemy of risk assessment.
Property and casualty insurer: A knight defending against dragons of misfortune.
Specialty insurance lines: Coverage for one’s velociraptor racing hobby.
TTM: Twelve months of financial theater, ending in the latest quarter.
Thus concludes our farce, where growth and folly dance a minuet. Let us retire to the tavern, bearing in mind that in markets as in theater, all the world’s a stock-and some are merely players. 🎭
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