5 Stocks Attracting Top Investors

By Todd Wenning
August 5, 2008
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Using Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's 110,000-member-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 signal that the stock deserves further research. In fact, one of the stocks highlighted on this list on July 25, Washington Mutual (NYSE: WM) has since gained 27%.

Here are five stocks receiving more support from CAPS All-Stars over the past month:

Company

Industry

% Change in All-Star Bulls From 7/7 to 8/4

CAPS Rating
(out of 5)

CAPS Research

Ambac Financial Group (NYSE: ABK)

Insurance

84%

*

ABK

Under Armour (NYSE: UA)

Consumer Non-Durables

35%

****

UA

Myriad Genetics (Nasdaq: MYGN)

Drugs

38%

***

MYGN

Geron (Nasdaq: GERN)

Drugs

34%

***

GERN

JetBlue Airways (Nasdaq: JBLU)

Transportation

31%

**

JBLU

Source: Motley Fool CAPS, as of Aug. 5, 2008.

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  • On August 05, 2008, at 6:24 PM, Ishortyou wrote: Report this Comment

    Greedy crooks in Banks and Broker firms wrapped subprime, credit cards, bad loans, junk, etc. into structured finance vehicles i.e.: CDO-ABS-MBS-SIVs, they misled the market and bond insurers into these fraud and now everyone is paying the price with losses now the misleds have to clear up their books from that toxic waste! One strategy would be to SELL CDS on this toxic waste to other investors or PEERs in the business at attractive prices, this way they will raise capital and delever their books from this toxic waste. Rating agencies need to reinstate bond insurers triple A ratings once their books are cleared from toxic waste. AMBAC and MBIA are going in the right direction so it is just a matter of time before the get sound book of business again. Rating agencies will have to reinstate their tirple A ratings.

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