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 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	CAPS Rating (out of 5)	Fools Saying Outperform
HSBC Holdings plc (ADR) (NYSE: HBC)	$34.03	Commercial Banks		454 of 691
Newell Rubbermaid, Inc. (NYSE: NWL)	$8.56	Household Durables		301 of 325
iPath S&P GSCI Crude Oil Total Return Index ETN (NYSE: OIL)	$19.13	Funds		406 of 462

Source: Motley Fool CAPS, as of Jan. 20, 2009.

Top-rated commercial banks companies:

• International Bancshares Corp (Nasdaq: IBOC): Stock price is (9%) lower than last year.
• Bancolombia S.A. (ADR) (NYSE: CIB): Stock price is (28%) lower than last year.

Top-rated household durables companies:

• National Presto Industries, Inc. (NYSE: NPK): Stock price is 67% higher than last year.
• Snap-on, Inc. (NYSE: SNA): Stock price is (14%) lower than last year.

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