Cold Stocks You're Selling Now

Welcome back to another Foolish review of the coldest stocks as ranked by Motley Fool CAPS. We're looking at the three worst-performing industries over the past 30 days and your favorite short and long candidates in each.

Last week, subprime lenders were retreating like a frightened turtle into its shell. They're still on the run today, down -- wait for it -- 66.1% as a group over the past 30 days.

Who are the other lovable losers? Have a look:

• Second-worst were the mortgage bankers. Investors have mostly rejected the applications of lenders such as CharterMac (NYSE:CHC), which, as a group, are down 19.5% over the past 30 days.
• Third-worst were the platinum miners, whose heavy metal stocks, as a group, fell 19.2% over the past 30 days.

According to you, our Foolish readers, the worst stocks in these industries to own now -- i.e., those rated one or two out of a maximum five stars in CAPS -- are:

And your favorite long candidates -- i.e., those rated four or five stars in CAPS -- are:

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Fool contributor Tim Beyers, who is ranked 2,543 out of more than 24,000 in CAPS, is a sucker for growth stocks and a regular contributor to David Gardner's Motley Fool Rule Breakers service. Tim didn't own shares of any of the companies mentioned in this story at the time of publication. All of his portfolio holdings can be found at Tim's Fool profile. His thoughts on growth stocks, Foolishness, and investing in general may be found in his blog. The Motley Fool's disclosure policy freezes out Wall Street's worst.