5 Stocks Attracting Top Investors

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June 11, 2008 | Comments (0)

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Using Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's 105,000-person-strong investing community, we can see which stocks are receiving a boost in attention from CAPS All-Star players each week. A sudden increase in bullish interest from top-rated investors could be a sign that the stock deserves further research.

Here are five such stocks:

Company	Industry	% Change in All-Star Bulls From 6/2 to 6/9	CAPS Rating (out of 5)	CAPS Research
Boots & Coots Int'l Well Control (NYSE: WEL )	Energy	31%	*****	WEL
Patriot Coal (NYSE: PCX )	Metals & Mining	40%	****	PCX
Quicksilver Resources (NYSE: KWK )	Energy	26%	*****	KWK
Sequenom (Nasdaq: SQNM )	Drugs	100%	***	SQNM
Williams Companies (NYSE: WMB )	Energy	25%	****	WMB

Source: Motley Fool CAPS, as of June 9, 2008.

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	DOW	12,878.28	4.24	0.03%
	S&P 500	1,350.50	-1.27	-0.09%
	NASD	2,931.83	0.44	0.02%

SQNM	$4.84		-0.06	-1.22%
Sequenom, Inc.		CAPS Rating:

WMB	$29.18		-0.34	-1.15%
Williams Companies…		CAPS Rating:

KWK	$5.48		+0.31	+6.00%
Quicksilver Resour…		CAPS Rating:

PCX	$7.92		-0.22	-2.70%
Patriot Coal Corp.		CAPS Rating:

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