The Best Investing Ideas in Large 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 Large Caps. These stocks -- which include companies from food and staples; communications equipment; oil, gas and consumable fuels; and leisure sectors -- have clocked some of the biggest gains during the past month.

Large-Cap Market Movers

Company	Industry	CAPS Rating (out of 5)	30-Day Return	Market Cap	Price / Earnings
Corning (NYSE: GLW  )	Communications Equipment	*****	15.81%	31.77B	16
Yanzhou Coal Mining (NYSE: YZC  )	Oil, Gas, and Consumable Fuels	***	35.11%	12.32B	18.25
Wynn Resorts (Nasdaq: WYNN  )	Hotels, Restaurants, and Leisure	*	35.42%	10.14B	497.02
Marriott International (NYSE: MAR  )	Hotels, Restaurants, and Leisure	*	25.01%	11.71B	N/A

Those returns are certainly eye-catching. But do these highfliers have staying power?

Let's see what The Motley Fool CAPS community (more than 160,000 investors strong) has to say about the best plays in the Large Cap market.

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

Company	Industry	CAPS Rating  (out of 5)	Market Cap	Price / Earnings	Fools Saying Outperform
Infosys Technologies (Nasdaq: INFY  ) (Alternative to GLW)	IT Services	*****	34.99B	27.15	1,122 of 1,160
Spectra Energy (NYSE: SE  ) (Alternative to YZC)	Oil, Gas, and Consumable Fuels	*****	15.04B	17.65	752 of 777
ADIDAS (Nasdaq: ADDYY.PK  ) (Alternative to WYNN and MAR)	Textiles, Apparel, and Luxury Goods	*****	10.63B	N/A	75 of 81

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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