5 Stocks Losing Top Investor Support

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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 135,000-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 five stocks receiving less support from CAPS All-Stars over the past month:

Company

Industry

% Change in All-Star Bulls From 7/20 to 8/19

CAPS Rating (out of 5)

CAPS Research

Rovi Corporation (Nasdaq: ROVI)

Software

(23%)

2 Stars ROVI

Fronteer Development Group, Inc. (USA) (AMEX: FRG)

Metals and Mining

(22%)

2 Stars FRG

Life Partners Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: LPHI)

Diversified Financial Services

(21%)

2 Stars LPHI

Sykes Enterprises, Inc. (Nasdaq: SYKE)

Commercial Services and Supplies

(17%)

4 Stars SYKE

NewMarket Corp (NYSE: NEU)

Chemicals

(17%)

4 Stars NEU

Source: Motley Fool CAPS, as of August 19, 2009

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  • Report this Comment On August 19, 2009, at 8:07 PM, Sleddawg63 wrote:

    Unfair to lump Life Partners into this group. Except from an initial fall from their late 2008 height, this is a solidly performing company.

    Cash biz, zero debt and a leader in a field that has huge potential, especially in a recession. Where it fails is to be caught in a alternative LONG and SHORT battle. Had this article been written two weeks ago it would not have qualified for this short, nasty list. However the shorters have this one in their grasp right now. It will fall to $14 then rebound once again as the same investors look for profits that may reach 50%.

    Look at the six month price fluctuation and tell me that there isn't something "funny" going on.

    Ultimately this company will break through and climb...and there's no reason not to believe it won't happen on the next upswing.

    JMHO. In and out, but LONG on LPHI

  • Report this Comment On October 09, 2009, at 4:11 PM, planesmart wrote:

    On October the 9th. I think you called LHPI incorrectly. The problem with the stock is the naked shorters making a quick buck, not the company.

  • Report this Comment On October 10, 2009, at 9:45 PM, ValuePEG wrote:

    I find it interesting that the day after this article was written FRG, presented a global update on its projects, and on the following day Aug 21 it jumped 18.5%, almost feels like FRG reads Motley fool (haha).

    FRG has excellent gold prospects and is about 2 years from skyrocketing once it's subsidiary Aurora's uranium project gets underway.

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11/30/2009 4:02 PM
NEU $104.72 Down -3.27 -3.03%
NewMarket Corp CAPS Rating: ****
FRG $4.21 Down -0.03 -0.71%
Fronteer Developme… CAPS Rating: **
LPHI $18.61 Down -0.25 -1.33%
Life Partners Hold… CAPS Rating: **
SYKE $24.55 Up +0.01 +0.04%
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