7 Stocks Losing Top Investor Support

By Motley Fool Staff
February 25, 2009 | Comments (1)

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"Bull markets are born on pessimism, grow on skepticism, mature on optimism, and die on euphoria. The time of maximum pessimism is the best time to buy, and the time of maximum optimism is the best time to sell." -- Sir John Templeton

Just as it makes sense to research the stocks attracting top investors, it's equally important to figure out why smart money is leaving other investments. Using Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's 125,000-member-strong investing community, we can see which stocks are losing support from CAPS All-Star players.

A sudden decrease in interest from top-rated investors could signal that the stock is losing steam, which might make it an awful stock to avoid for now. At the very least, such drops should signal that further research is in order.

Here are seven stocks receiving less support from CAPS All-Stars over the past month:

Company

Industry

% Change in All-Star Bulls From 1/26 to 2/25

CAPS Rating (out of 5)

CAPS Research

ProLogis (NYSE: PLD)

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

(34%)

 2 Stars PLD

Snap-on, Inc. (NYSE: SNA)

Household Durables

(31%)

 3 Stars SNA

JAKKS Pacific, Inc. (Nasdaq: JAKK)

Leisure Equipment and Products

(30%)

 5 Stars JAKK

Sabine Royalty Trust (NYSE: SBR)

Oil, Gas and Consumable Fuels

(30%)

 4 Stars SBR

Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited (USA) (NYSE: FFH)

Insurance

(29%)

 4 Stars FFH

Royal Bank of Scotland (NYSE: RBS)

Commercial Banks

(29%)

 2 Stars RBS

Source: Motley Fool CAPS, as of Feb. 25, 2009.

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  • Report this Comment On February 25, 2009, at 8:05 PM, esymoni wrote:

    The fools way of investing doesn't work in this market. When most everything is going up, it is quite easy to throw darts and hit a bulls eye. Now it is quite different and the so call fools caps won't do much better than throwing darts yourself.

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11/9/2009 4:00 PM
FFH $360.08 Up +3.08 +0.86%
Fairfax Financial… CAPS Rating: ****
PLD $12.55 Up +0.97 +8.38%
ProLogis CAPS Rating: ***
RBS $13.52 Up +1.11 +8.94%
Royal Bank of Scot… CAPS Rating: **
SBR $42.08 Up +0.05 +0.12%
Sabine Royalty Tru… CAPS Rating: *****
SNA $38.91 Up +0.92 +2.42%
Snap-on, Inc. CAPS Rating: ****
JAKK $12.07 Up +0.12 +1.00%
JAKKS Pacific, Inc… CAPS Rating: ****

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