Today's 5-Star Movers

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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 120,000 investors. Have a look, and then visit us on CAPS to dig in further on each of them.

	Up Today	Sector	Sector Past 30 Days	Fools Saying Outperform	Research
The First Marblehead Corp (NYSE: FMD)	24.13%	Credit Services	(26.35%)	3088 of 3253	Research
Digi International, Inc. (Nasdaq: DGII)	12.90%	Networking & Communication Devices	(18.23%)	67 of 72	Research
MPS Group, Inc. (NYSE: MPS)	12.29%	Staffing & Outsourcing Services	(30.33%)	37 of 40	Research

Other Five-Star Credit Services: Nicholas Financial, Inc. (Nasdaq: NICK) up 10.38%; Patriot Capital Funding, Inc. (Nasdaq: PCAP) up 0.21%
Other Five-Star Networking & Communication Devices: EZchip Semiconductor Ltd. (Nasdaq: EZCH) up 6.75%; Silicom Ltd. (Nasdaq: SILC) up 2.04%
Other Five-Star Staffing & Outsourcing Services: Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: MRN) up 14.97%; Barrett Business Services, Inc. (Nasdaq: BBSI) up 0.91%

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