3 Stocks Hitting Low Notes

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When a stock hits a fresh low, it can either signal a dirt cheap dream stock or a dreadful stock to avoid. Separating the wheat from the chaff is difficult, but finding well-run companies at bargain-basement prices is a great way to accumulate a fortune over the long run.

With that in mind, we'll use the aggregate intelligence of the 110,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS to see what the community is saying about stocks hitting 52-week lows today. The community's approval (signified by four- and five-star ratings) could indicate that further research is in order.

Here are three such stocks:

Company	Today’s Low	Industry	CAPS Rating (out of 5)	Fools Saying Outperform
iShares MSCI Spain Index (ETF) (NYSE: EWP)	$50.44	Closed-End Fund - Equity		97 of 111
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA (ADR) (NYSE: BBV)	$17.11	Foreign Regional Banks		173 of 182
IRSA Inversiones Representaciones (ADR) (NYSE: IRS)	$9.62	Real Estate Development		161 of 170

Source: Motley Fool CAPS, as of Aug. 14, 2008.

Five-star closed-end fund - equity companies:

• POWERSHS DB MULTI SECT COMM (AMEX: DBO): Stock price is 73% higher than last year.
• POWERSHS DB MULTI SECT COMM (AMEX: DBE): Stock price is 62% higher than last year.

Five-star foreign regional banks companies:

• Banco Bradesco S.A. (ADR) (NYSE: BBD): Stock price is 20% higher than last year.
• First BanCorp. (NYSE: FBP): Stock price is 11% higher than last year.