Hot Stocks You're Buying Now

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Welcome back to another Foolish review of the hottest stocks, as ranked by Motley Fool CAPS. We're looking at the three best-performing industries over the past 30 days, and your favorite long and short candidates in each.

Last time, renewable fuels firms were blowing up the market. No longer. Multimedia software makers top today's chart, up 36.2% as a group over the past 30 days.

No one else gets close, though fertilizer producers still smell sweet, with a 25.5% average return since mid-December.

And in third place? The molecule men. Manufacturers of molecular diagnostics equipment are up 13.9% over the last month.

According to you, our Foolish readers, the best stocks in these industries to own now -- i.e., those with four or five of the maximum five stars in CAPS -- are:

Company	CAPS Stars	No. of CAPS Ratings	Bull Ratio	30-Day Price Change
ShengdaTech (Nasdaq: SDTH)	*****	574	99.1%	36.2%
GigaMedia (Nasdaq: GIGM)	*****	1,512	98.1%	(6.8%)
LSB Industries (AMEX: LXU)	*****	295	97.6%	10.8%
Activision (Nasdaq: ATVI)	*****	1,445	97.3%	2.0%
Potash Corp (NYSE: POT)	*****	1,268	97.0%	7.1%

Sources: Motley Fool CAPS, Yahoo! Finance.

And your favorite short candidate -- rated with just one star in CAPS:

Company	CAPS Stars	No. of CAPS Ratings	Bear Ratio	30-Day Price Change
Convera (Nasdaq: CNVR)	*	89	84.3%	23.4%

Sources: Motley Fool CAPS, Yahoo! Finance.

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