Today's 5-Star Movers

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July 16, 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 110,000 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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Quanta Services, Inc.

(NYSE: PWR)

11.00%

General Contractors

(13.49%)

220 of 228

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Kforce, Inc.

(Nasdaq: KFRC)

10.01%

Staffing & Outsourcing Services

(9.99%)

86 of 91

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Kopin Corp

(Nasdaq: KOPN)

8.10%

Diversified Electronics

(13.14%)

94 of 101

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Other Five-Star General Contractors
U.S. Home Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: USHS) down 0.28%
Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V. (NYSE: CBI) down 20.31%
Other Five-Star Staffing & Outsourcing Services
TrueBlue Inc. (NYSE: TBI) up 3.10%
Other Five-Star Diversified Electronics
Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (ADR) (NYSE: STP) up 4.29%
Thomas & Betts Corp (NYSE: TNB) up 3.15%

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