4-Star Stocks on the Upswing

By Motley Fool Staff
September 11, 2009 | Comments (2)

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Sadly, there's no such thing as an ultimate buy signal when it comes to investing in stocks. Identifying companies with the wind at their backs takes time, patience, and a good dose of due diligence.

There is, however, an easy way to increase your odds of finding the stocks that will beat the market. At Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's investing community of more than 140,000 members, we've found that our "five-star portfolio" is up 15.31% between January 2007 and April 2009, compared to a loss of 40.6% for the S&P 500.

To fully capture the upside potential of those highly rated stocks, it makes sense to identify them just as soon as they are upgraded to four- and five-star status. Fortunately, our CAPS screener now makes it possible to do this. Below, for example, is a list of companies that have been upgraded to four-star status from three stars just yesterday. These stock ideas are only a starting point, of course. Be sure to join us on CAPS to dig in even further.

Company

All-Stars Saying Outperform

j2 Global Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: JCOM)

383 of 403

DHT Maritime, Inc. (NYSE: DHT)

235 of 252

Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (NYSE: GDX)

709 of 749

Cummins, Inc. (NYSE: CMI)

889 of 938

Data from Motley Fool CAPS, September 11, 2009

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  • Report this Comment On September 11, 2009, at 6:44 PM, Fool wrote:

    Well, okay, if you say so. I've had DHT for some time, but it's been pretty darned scary lately. Now they've taken their dividends off the table, and that has really hurt. Can't afford to sell it at a huge loss, and was counting on the dividends to make a loan payment. They've put me in a bad spot, so they better start paying dividends again soon, cuz ONAV dropped their dividends also; I sold Dianna Shipping in favor of these two - oops?

  • Report this Comment On September 11, 2009, at 8:22 PM, nonidiomatic wrote:

    Fool, I am in the same boat. I was counting on the divvies and they have always paid off like clockwork. My average is $5.10, so I'm better off than most, but it still hurts the same. I never figured they would suspend dividend, but I was 95% sure they would cut it. Like most, I was taken by surprise and was too stunned to react. Maybe it is all for the best. I am gonna pick up a 1,000 shares under $4.00. This might have been a surreptitious ploy by the Board to chase off the big Fund groups that owned for the dividend only and never reinvested any of their gains. They may have been holding the stock back from growing to $20.00 and higher. Anyway, as long as DHT has a positive EPS, I'll be aboard.Good trading.

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