3 Stocks Hitting Low Notes

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March 31, 2009 | Comments (1)

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 130,000-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 (5 stars max.)	Fools Saying Outperform
Maxlife Fund (OTC BB: MXFD)	$10.50	Consumer Finance		23 of 307
Doral Financial (NYSE: DRL )	$1.64	Thrifts and Mortgage Finance		220 of 344

Source: Motley Fool CAPS, as of March 31, 2009

Top-Rated consumer finance companies:

First Cash Financial Services (Nasdaq: FCFS ) : Stock price is 48% 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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Report this Comment On April 01, 2009, at 10:26 AM, mhoemann wrote:

Well that article was a waste of my time.

updated Moments ago Sponsored by:
	DOW	12,874.04	72.81	0.57%
	S&P 500	1,351.77	9.13	0.68%
	NASD	2,931.39	27.51	0.95%

FCFS	$42.69		-0.01	-0.01%
First Cash Financi…		CAPS Rating:

EZPW	$30.12		+0.22	+0.74%
EZCORP, Inc.		CAPS Rating:

DRL	$1.64		+0.09	+5.81%
Doral Financial Co…		CAPS Rating:

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