The Best Investing Ideas in Mid Caps

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 Mid Caps. These stocks -- which include companies from the consumer discretionary, energy, financials, materials, and telecommunication sectors -- have clocked some of the biggest gains during the past month.

Mid-Cap Market Movers

Company	Industry	CAPS Rating (out of 5)	30-Day Return	Market Cap	Price / Earnings
Fifth Third Bancorp (Nasdaq: FITB  )	Commercial Banks	**	27.6 %	9.91B	11.57
Sirius XM Radio (Nasdaq: SIRI  )	Media	**	40.3%	3.31B	NA
Genworth Financial (NYSE: GNW  )	Insurance/Financial Services	***	21.9%	6.88B	NA
Katy Industries	Diversified Telecommunication Services	***	25.6%	5.52B	15.46
KeyCorp (NYSE: KEY  )	Commercial Banks	**	29.4%	6.38B	NA

Those returns are certainly eye-catching. But do these highfliers 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 Mid Cap market.

And the next big winners are ...
The following Mid Cap 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 Mid Cap Favorites

Company	Industry	CAPS Rating (out of 5)	Market Cap	Price / Earnings	Fools Saying Outperform
SEI Investments (Nasdaq: SEIC  ) (Alternative to FITB and KEY)	Capital Markets	*****	3.36B	24.57	239 of 249
DreamWorks Animation SKG (Nasdaq: DWA  ) (Alternative to SIRI)	Media	****	3.34B	21.31	632 of 681
Reinsurance Group of America (NYSE: RGA  ) (Alternative to GNW)	Insurance	****	3.54B	11.46	60 of 67
Telenor ASA (Alternative to KT)	Diversified Telecommunication Services	*****	21.55B	11.43	69 of 70

Of course, some of today's winners might continue to rack up outsized returns. But isn't it better to snag tomorrow's winners before they start running up?

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