The CAPS Screen: 5 Financial Powerhouses
By
Ilan Moscovitz
September 26, 2008
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Back in June, our new CAPS screening tool -- which utilizes the collective intelligence of the 115,000 members of the free investment community -- called the demises of Fannie Mae, Lehman Brothers, Washington Mutual (NYSE: WM), and Merrill Lynch (NYSE: MER). But keeping in mind that ugly stocks can make great opportunities, I wanted to see if our screener would be equally successful picking attractive financial stocks.
These financial stocks also have:
- Market capitalizations greater than $1 billion.
- At least 300 active picks.
- Five-star ratings, the highest possible, from our CAPS community.
Remember, in the first 20 months for which we have data, CAPS' five-star companies outperformed the market with an average annualized gain of 12%.
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Company
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Share Price
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Market Cap (in billions)
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Apollo Investment (Nasdaq: AINV)
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$17.77
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$2.4
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Brookfield Asset Management (NYSE: BAM)
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$27.47
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$15.6
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Jones Lang LaSalle (NYSE: JLL)
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$45.30
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$1.4
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Lloyds (NYSE: LYG)
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$20.20
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$26.3
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Nasdaq OMX (Nasdaq: NDAQ)
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$32.20
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$6.4
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Data from Motley Fool CAPS and Yahoo! Finance as of Sept. 23.
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