4 Stocks Losing Top Investor Support

By Motley Fool Staff
April 29, 2009 | Comments (3)

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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 130,000-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 four stocks receiving less support from CAPS All-Stars over the past month:

Company

Industry

% Change in All-Star Bulls From 3/30 to 4/29

CAPS Rating (out of 5)

CAPS Research

Kinross Gold Corp (USA) (NYSE: KGC)

Metals and Mining

(19%)

 3 Stars KGC

Newmont Mining Corp (NYSE: NEM)

Metals and Mining

(19%)

 3 Stars NEM

Aurizon Mines Ltd.(USA) (AMEX: AZK)

Metals and Mining

(17%)

 3 Stars AZK

Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. (NYSE: AEM)

Pharmaceuticals

(17%)

 3 Stars AEM

Source: Motley Fool CAPS, as of April 29, 2009.

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  • Report this Comment On April 29, 2009, at 6:51 PM, timGranby wrote:

    Hey, just a note on this article:

    Agnico Eagle is a mining company, not a pharmaceutical manufacturer, right?

    Also, Aurizon Mines is not only a gold miner but it is a producer of rare earth metals. Like, emerging energy markets use Neodymium, Yttrium, Samarium, etc., 'ya know?

    Those "top investors" that are mentioned in the article are also distracted investors. Thanks for that.

    I'll stick with Aurizon.... and I'll not buy any pharmaceuticals from Agnico.

    Granby, NY

  • Report this Comment On April 30, 2009, at 12:07 PM, Ranoff wrote:

    I agree! I'll hold my AZK. Just like I held my DNDN, when you Fools tried to get me to sell that one.

  • Report this Comment On July 20, 2009, at 4:58 PM, cashandgrab wrote:

    Aurizon, Agnico, Inmet, Kinross, Barrick, Goldcorp haven't changed the way they dig gold out of the ground in 20-years! (they've gotten way more efficient at it because the cost of oil made them smarten up) The operative words are 'dig' and 'gold'. These are companies that mine 'gold' (money) not: paper, certificates, patents, lumber, car parts, pills, debt instruments, internet hype, beer, or ponzi shcemes. They mine 'money' in the form of gold bullion and if you look closely enough, they've got it down to a fine art. Look at Aurizon, Agnico and Inmet....when the greenback finally tanks and the Fed realizes that it hasn't got anymore bullion to back the currency these companies will become the new Holy Grail of investment.

    Anyone telling you to avoid these stocks right now is buying all they can at bargain basement (blowout Foolishly low) prices. Watch and see. With millions of ounces in reserve, Aurizon is an all-you-can-eat buffet for a mere: $3.95 (no coupons required)......and the line starts behind me!

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AEM $62.66 Up +0.24 +0.38%
AGNICO EAGLE MINES… CAPS Rating: ***
KGC $20.02 Up +0.65 +3.36%
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AZK $4.95 Down -0.05 -1.00%
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