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5-Star Stocks on the Upswing

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September 15, 2009 | Comments (1)

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 back 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.

In order to fully capture the upside potential of those five-star stocks, it makes sense to identify them just as soon as they achieve 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 five-star status from four 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

Syngenta AG (ADR) (NYSE: SYT  )

500 of 510

Xinyuan Real Estate (NYSE: XIN  )

388 of 401

iShares MSCI Hong Kong Index Fund (ETF) (NYSE: EWH  )

343 of 356

Holly Corp (NYSE: HOC  )

553 of 583

Microchip Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: MCHP  )

204 of 216

PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (ADR) (NYSE: TLK  )

395 of 406

Data from Motley Fool CAPS, September 15, 2009

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  • Report this Comment On October 03, 2009, at 3:49 PM, piggybank819 wrote:

    Your article or the members in your investment information and sentiment sharing community are in contrary to what the market is telling. I have read other investment communities commenting that we are in another market correction. We may not go back down to as low as 6,800 for DOW, but 8,000 is possible. I don't believe that XIN will continue to shoot up, but stay in its current level for some time because stocks are really ahead now. And there is almost no margin of safety for 'small' investors these days. Look at the home builders stocks, they all tanked recently. That is not to say that they will never go back up, yet if we 'small investors' invest now, the chances of further decline is not even a long shot. Same as with bank stocks, there are more that need to be done before our economies can be said to regain healthy states. It will take at least another year. Look for more foreclosure to come on board, and the cash in China, look for a correction in real estate because the RE values have gone up too quickly for 2009. It could well bubble through 2010, but that will also mean an even bigger risk to late investors of RE stocks. After all, why rush in, stay calm and let the final stage of recession set in. We may as well not seen the bottom yet.

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