Hot Stocks You're Buying Now

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, home-furnishings retailers such as Bed Bath & Beyond (Nasdaq: BBBY  ) were kings of the CAPS kingdom. They've since been overthrown. Gaming stock International Game Technology (NYSE: IGT  ) and its peers are the new lords of the land, up an average of 39.5% over the past 30 days.

Second and third place go to two industries chock-full of green stocks: renewable fuel and renewable energy. It's a tie here, with each group advancing 26.3% since mid-November.

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:

Company	CAPS Stars	No. of CAPS Ratings	Bull Ratio	30-Day Price Change
GigaMedia (NASDAQ:GIGM)	*****	1,462	98.2%	(7.8%)
International Game Technology	****	503	95.2%	4.6%
Konami	****	45	93.3%	15.4%

Sources: Motley Fool CAPS, Yahoo! Finance.

And your favorite short candidates -- i.e., those rated with one or two stars -- are:

Company	CAPS Stars	No. of CAPS Ratings	Bear Ratio	30-Day Price Change
Dover Motorsports (NYSE:DVD)	*	18	66.7%	2.3%
U.S. BioEnergy (NASDAQ:USBE)	*	240	59.2%	56.7%
Aventine Renewable Energy (NYSE:AVR)	*	382	48.9%	15.0%
Pacific Ethanol (NASDAQ:PEIX)	*	604	44.7%	7.1%

Sources: Motley Fool CAPS, Yahoo! Finance.

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