Today's 5-Star Movers

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May 20, 2008 | Comments (0)

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As fundamentals-focused long-term investors, Fools never base an investment decision on the daily gyrations of the market. But the market's daily price movements can be useful when looking for new stock ideas for further research, or to keep tabs on watch-list stocks.

Below you'll find today's biggest movers among our five-star stocks -- the highest rating awarded by our CAPS community of more than 105,000 investors. Have a look, and then visit us on CAPS to dig in further on each of them.

 

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Sector

Sector Past 30 Days

Fools Saying Outperform

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Continental Resources, Inc.

(NYSE: CLR)

19.36%

Oil & Gas Drilling & Exploration

13.45%

345 of 360

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Memory Pharmaceuticals Corp.

(Nasdaq: MEMY)

10.44%

Biotechnology

5.03%

81 of 86

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CRM Holdings, Ltd.

(Nasdaq: CRMH)

7.25%

Property & Casualty Insurance

-0.71%

78 of 81

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Other Five-Star Oil & Gas Drilling & Exploration
Whiting Petroleum (NYSE: WLL) up 4.31%
Unit (NYSE: UNT) up 1.97%
Other Five-Star Biotechnology
ViroPharma (Nasdaq: VPHM) up 1.12%
Martek Biosciences (Nasdaq: MATK) up 0.64%
Other Five-Star Property & Casualty Insurance
Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited (NYSE: AHL) up 0.44%
Enstar Group (Nasdaq: ESGR) up 0.19%

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