3 Stocks Hitting Low Notes (PXD)

3 Stocks Hitting Low Notes

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December 26, 2008 | Comments (0)

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 125,000-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 Intraday Price	Industry	Fools Saying Outperform
iPath S&P GSCI Crude Oil Index (NYSE: OIL )	$19.57		346 of 410
Pioneer Natural Resources (NYSE: PXD )	$14.32	Oil, Gas and Consumable Fuels	239 of 251
United States Oil Fund (NYSE: USO )	$28.00	Capital Markets	825 of 995

Source: Motley Fool CAPS, as of Dec. 26, 2008.

Top-Rated companies:

PowerShares DB Gold Fund (NYSE: DGL ) : Stock price is 3% higher than last year.
Global Wind Energy (Nasdaq: PWND ) : Stock price is % lower than last year.

Top-Rated oil, gas and consumable fuels companies:

VAALCO Energy (NYSE: EGY ) : Stock price is 26% higher than last year.
Nordic American Tanker Shipping (NYSE: NAT ) : Stock price is 19% higher than last year.

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Disclosure is important to us here at The Motley Fool. The stocks mentioned in this article received their CAPS ratings from participants in The Motley Fool's CAPS service and have hit 52-week lows during today's trading. No individual person selected the stocks in this article, so there is no author to disclose an interest in them. Annual performance is measured over a 365-day period. Since this article was automatically generated by identifying the stocks rated by the CAPS community and by buyers in today’s market, it is possible that Motley Fool personnel (and even The Motley Fool itself, through our Million Dollar Portfolio), have positions in these stocks. We thought you'd like to know that. You can learn more about The Motley Fool’s disclosure policy here.

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