Today's 5-Star Movers

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April 15, 2009 | Comments (0)

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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 130,000 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
Healthcare Services Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: HCSG)	15.15%	Commercial Services and Supplies	18.76%	208 of 223	Research
Kansas City Southern (NYSE: KSU)	8.79%	Road and Rail	22.83%	335 of 343	Research
RF Micro Devices, Inc. (Nasdaq: RFMD)	8.21%	Semiconductors and Semiconductor Equipment	22.01%	433 of 457	Research

Other Five-Star Commercial Services and Supplies: Mobile Mini, Inc. (Nasdaq: MINI) up 2.17%; Team, Inc. (Nasdaq: TISI) up 1.87%
Other Five-Star Road and Rail: Norfolk Southern Corp. (NYSE: NSC) up 3.50%; Canadian National Railway (USA) (NYSE: CNI) up 1.86%
Other Five-Star Semiconductors and Semiconductor Equipment: Himax Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: HIMX) up 3.15%; FEI Company (Nasdaq: FEIC) up 1.80%

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NSC	$51.40		+0.48	+0.94%
Norfolk Southern C…		CAPS Rating:

FEIC	$24.80		+0.11	+0.45%
FEI Company		CAPS Rating:

MINI	$15.15		+0.11	+0.73%
Mobile Mini, Inc.		CAPS Rating:

KSU	$28.37		+0.00	+0.00%
Kansas City Southe…		CAPS Rating:

HCSG	$19.75		-0.02	-0.10%
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