Hot Stocks You're Buying Now
By Tim Beyers
September 7, 2007
Welcome back to another Foolish review of the hottest stocks as ranked by Motley Fool CAPS. We're looking at the three best-performing industries over the past 30 days and your favorite long and short candidates in each.
Last time, makers of organic light-emitting diodes were smiling bright. Not today. This time, firms specializing in acquisitions are sizzling like bacon on a griddle, up by an average of -- get this -- 437.9% over the past 30 days.
You've seen our other hotheads before. Financiers have come in from the cold to rank second, up 25.8% since early August. Greek stocks, meanwhile, are sunning themselves in third, having returned 16.9% over the same period.
According to you, our Foolish readers, the best stocks in these industries to own now -- i.e., those with four or five of the maximum five stars in CAPS -- are:
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Company
|
CAPS Stars
|
No. of CAPS Ratings
|
Bullish CAPS Ratings
|
Bull Ratio
|
|
National Bank of Greece
(NYSE: NBG)
|
*****
|
216
|
214
|
99.1%
|
|
Excel Maritime Carriers
(NYSE: EXM)
|
*****
|
468
|
454
|
97.0%
|
|
Star Maritime
Acquisition
(AMEX: SEA)
|
*****
|
44
|
42
|
95.4%
|
Source: Motley Fool CAPS
And your favorite short candidates -- i.e., those rated with one or two stars in CAPS -- are:
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Company
|
CAPS Stars
|
No. of CAPS Ratings
|
Bearish CAPS Ratings
|
Bear Ratio
|
|
Alternative Asset Management
(NYSE: AMV)
|
*
|
11
|
7
|
63.6%
|
|
CBRE Realty Finance
(NYSE: CBF)
|
*
|
80
|
43
|
53.8%
|
|
Crystal
River
Capital
(NYSE: CRZ)
|
*
|
133
|
56
|
42.1%
|
Source: Motley Fool CAPS
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