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Motley Fool Staff
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December 22, 2009
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Chasing highfliers is a sucker's game. But tracking monthly trends across the market can lead to great investment ideas, as well as shed new light on stocks you already have in your portfolio.
Let's take a look at the biggest movers in the Materials sector. These stocks -- which include companies from chemicals and metals and mining industries -- have clocked some of the biggest gains during the last month.
Materials Movers
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Company
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Industry
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CAPS Rating
(out of 5)
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30-Day
Return
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Market Cap
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International Royalty Corp (AMEX: ROY )
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Metals and Mining
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**
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75.77 %
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645.82M
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ICO (Nasdaq: ICOC )
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Chemicals
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****
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63.88%
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198.64M
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Century Aluminum Company (Nasdaq: CENX )
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Metals and Mining
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****
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22.90%
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1.33B
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Almaden Minerals Ltd.
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Metals and Mining
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*****
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40.81%
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48.11M
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Olympic Steel, Inc. (Nasdaq: ZEUS )
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Metals and Mining
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*****
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14.42%
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351.15M
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Those returns are certainly eye catching. But do these high fliers have staying power?
Let's see what The Motley Fool CAPS community (more than 145,000 investors strong) has to say about the best plays in the Materials market.
And the next big winners are...
The following stocks are of similar size in comparable industries to the ones in the previous chart. However, these are companies CAPS members think have more promising future returns than the ones already making waves.
CAPS Community Materials Sector Favorites
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Company
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Industry
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CAPS Rating
(out of 5)
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Market Cap
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Price / Earnings
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Fools Saying Outperform
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Grupo Simec S.A.B. de C.V. (ADR)
(AMEX: SIM )
(Alternative for ROY and CENX)
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Metals and Mining
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*****
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1.4b
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9.41
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290 of 302
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Nanophase Technologies Corp
(Alternative for ICOC)
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Chemicals
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*****
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18.66M
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NA
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75 of 84
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China Precision Steel, Inc.
(Nasdaq: CPSL )
(Alternative for AAU and ZEUS)
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Metals and Mining
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*****
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98.18M
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NA
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661 of 683
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Of course, some of today's winners might continue to rack up outsize returns. But isn't it better to snag tomorrow's winners before they start running up?
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