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If we knew in advance that Adobe Systems would return nearly 800% over the past decade, we'd have mortgaged our house on it -- and yours, too! It's easy to see which companies have been winning investments after the fact. We need to know beforehand which stocks will grow tens of thousands of percent in value over the years. That's where Motley Fool CAPS comes in.
The more than 79,000 professional and novice investors in CAPS rarely agree on a stock's prospects. Motley Fool Stock Advisor recommendation Aflac
Company |
Bulls |
All-Star Bulls |
Price |
Return on Capital, TTM* |
---|---|---|---|---|
iShares MSCI Sweden Index ETF |
125 |
65 |
$31.20 |
2.4% |
Altra Holdings |
46 |
13 |
$16.68 |
11.6% |
NGP Capital Resources |
44 |
15 |
$15.93 |
4.3% |
Inter Parfums |
38 |
13 |
$18.19 |
10.3% |
ChinaCast Education |
25 |
11 |
$6.58 |
5.3% |
*Trailing 12 months
**At the time of writing, ChinaCast had no underperform calls. However, it received its first one late on 12/30/07.
As always, none of the companies on this list should be considered formal recommendations -- just starting points for further research. We've simply used CAPS to narrow down your workload.
A new class of opportunity
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Top-rated CAPS All-Star davidengi07 likes the long-term posture of ChinaCast, because of its relationships with the government and the school system. Here are some highlights from his top bull pitch:
1) China's a VERY big country,
2) There's a growing disparity between China's "nouveau riche" and its poorer people, which tends to produce educational inequalities as well in most if not all countries that experience this problem...Hence plenty of opportunities for success here. Also, the financials look pretty sound. And the recent move to the Nasdaq has clearly [piqued] interest in the stock...
The bad news (for me, anyway) is that I have little idea what the competition looks like in the distance learning sector in China. That's always a factor, obviously. But their existing ties with the government and the school systems should provide some leverage.
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