7 Stocks Losing Top Investor Support

By Motley Fool Staff
September 2, 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 140,000-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 seven stocks receiving less support from CAPS All-Stars over the past month:

Company

Industry

% Change in All-Star Bulls From 8/3 to 9/2

CAPS Rating (out of 5)

CAPS Research

SPX Corp (NYSE: SPW)

Machinery

(28%)

 3 Stars SPW

VanceInfo Tech (NYSE: VIT)

Software

(28%)

 4 Stars VIT

Quaker Chemical Corp (NYSE: KWR)

Chemicals

(27%)

 3 Stars KWR

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (Nasdaq: GILT)

Diversified Telecommunication Services

(24%)

 5 Stars GILT

China Finance Online Co. (ADR) (Nasdaq: JRJC)

Internet Software and Services

(24%)

 2 Stars JRJC

China Green Agriculture (AMEX: CGA)

 Agriculture

(23%)

 4 Stars CGA

E-House (China) Holdings Limited (NYSE: EJ)

Real Estate Management and Development

(22%)

 3 Stars EJ

Source: Motley Fool CAPS, as of September 2, 2009

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  • Report this Comment On September 11, 2009, at 12:32 PM, UnicornEquity wrote:

    Anyone bearish on SPX right now simply does not understand their business.

    We do not own or hold any SPX stock at this time.

  • Report this Comment On September 11, 2009, at 1:10 PM, horne2 wrote:

    To the author:

    "an awful stock to avoid"

    Do you mean:

    a. its a bad idea to avoid it

    b. its an awful stock and you should avoid it

    Please clarify.

    Thanks

  • Report this Comment On September 13, 2009, at 6:28 PM, dragracerdad wrote:

    I'm not the author, but I'm sure you already know the answer to your question. The statement was merely worded awkwardly... as I am proficient in the field of run-on-word sentences.

    The next statement, "At the very least, such drops should signal that further research is in order" should clarify things as I was doing further research when I came upon your query.

    I hope to be an author someday but maybe not as I'm not sure at this juncture.

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