Today's 5-Star Movers

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May 8, 2009 | Comments (1)

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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 125,000 investors. Have a look, and then visit us on CAPS to dig in further on each of them.

 

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Sector

Sector Past 30 Days

Fools Saying Outperform

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Graham Corp

(AMEX: GHM)

17.99%

Machinery

26.59%

1064 of 1091

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El Paso Corp

(NYSE: EP)

13.04%

Oil, Gas and Consumable Fuels

25.39%

709 of 733

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Brightpoint, Inc.

(Nasdaq: CELL)

8.26%

Electronic Equipment, Instruments and Components

25.02%

274 of 282

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Other Five-Star Machinery
Terex Corp (NYSE: TEX) up 6.10%
Ingersoll-Rand Company Limited (NYSE: IR) up 5.58%
Other Five-Star Oil, Gas and Consumable Fuels
SandRidge Energy (NYSE: SD) up 15.53%
Constellation Energy Partners LLC (NYSE: CEP) up 10.33%
Other Five-Star Electronic Equipment, Instruments and Components
Newport Corp (Nasdaq: NEWP) up 6.56%
CPI International, Inc. (Nasdaq: CPII) up 4.17%

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11/23/2009 4:00 PM
GHM $19.61 Up +0.75 +3.98%
Graham Corp CAPS Rating: *****
CELL $7.91 Up +0.50 +6.75%
Brightpoint, Inc. CAPS Rating: ***
CPII $10.23 Up +0.48 +4.92%
CPI International,… CAPS Rating: ***
NEWP $8.03 Up +0.09 +1.13%
Newport Corp CAPS Rating: ****
CEP $3.55 Up +0.19 +5.65%
Constellation Ener… CAPS Rating: ****
IR $36.18 Up +0.18 +0.50%
Ingersoll-Rand Com… CAPS Rating: *****
EP $9.65 Up +0.09 +0.94%
El Paso Corp CAPS Rating: ****

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