2 Stocks Hitting Low Notes

• Email
• Share
• Print

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 115,000-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 two such stocks:

Company	Today’s Intraday Price	Industry	CAPS Rating (out of 5)	Fools Saying Outperform
Eldorado Gold Corp (USA) (AMEX: EGO)	$3.75	Gold		434 of 459
National Bank of Greece (ADR) (NYSE: NBG)	$5.15	Foreign Money Center Banks		524 of 536

Source: Motley Fool CAPS, as of Oct. 17, 2008.

Top-rated gold companies:

• Kinross Gold Corp (USA) (NYSE: KGC): Stock price is 34% lower than last year.
• Barrick Gold Corp (USA) (NYSE: ABX): Stock price is 41% lower than last year.

Top-rated foreign money center banks companies:

• Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.(ADR) (NYSE: MTU): Stock price is 14% lower than last year.
• Banco Santander Central Hispano SA (ADR) (NYSE: STD): Stock price is 34% lower than last year.

Join us on CAPS to learn more about these and countless other interesting stock ideas.