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 time, ethanol producers had the Britney moment. Cover you eyes and ears, Fool. U.S. BioEnergy (Nasdaq: USBE  ) and its peers are still lip-syncing like Milli Vanilli, down 14.9% as a group since late August.

Our other lovable losers are equally easy targets. In second, it's -- surprise! -- the homebuilders. They've lost 9.3% of their value over the past 30 days.

In third place, we have a new entrant: firms built expressly for the purpose of acquiring other companies. Apparently, no one is selling. Stocks from this sector are off 7.4% as a group.

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 as follows:

Company	CAPS Stars	No. of CAPS Ratings	Bearish CAPS Ratings	Bear Ratio
Orleans Homebuilders	*	176	137	77.6%
Beazer Homes (NYSE:BZH)	*	605	461	76.1%
M/I Homes	*	117	86	72.6%
WCI Communities	*	285	207	72.4%
Brookfield Homes	*	185	131	70.4%
Centex (NYSE:CTX)	*	439	304	69.3%
KB Home (NYSE:KBH)	*	628	421	67.2%
Lennar (NYSE:LEN)	*	538	362	67.2%

Source: Motley Fool CAPS.

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

Company	CAPS Stars	No. of CAPS Ratings	Bullish CAPS Ratings	Bull Ratio
Star Maritime Acquisition (AMEX:SEA)	*****	50	48	96%

Source: Motley Fool CAPS.

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