Welcome back to another Foolish review of the coldest stocks, as ranked by Motley Fool CAPS. We're looking at the three worst-performing industries over the past 30 days and your favorite short and long candidates in each.
Last time, the subprime loan insurers led the laggards. Surprise! They're still the worst of the worst, down 32.3% over the past 30 days.
Subprime lenders aren't far behind, though. As a group, they're down 27.8% since mid-July. Uranium producers, meanwhile, are the only new entrants into our list of lovable losers. They've fallen 22.6% in the last month.
According to you, our Foolish readers, the worst stocks in these industries to own now -- that is, those rated one or two out of a maximum of five stars in CAPS -- are:
Company |
CAPS Stars |
No. of CAPS Ratings |
Bearish CAPS Ratings |
Bear Ratio |
---|---|---|---|---|
Radian Group |
* |
135 |
105 |
77.8% |
MGIC Investment |
* |
146 |
99 |
67.8% |
Impac Mortgage |
* |
350 |
209 |
59.7% |
And your favorite long candidates -- i.e., those rated four or five stars in CAPS -- are:
Company |
CAPS Stars |
No. of CAPS Ratings |
Bullish CAPS Ratings |
Bull Ratio |
---|---|---|---|---|
BHP Billiton |
***** |
1,042 |
1,022 |
98.1% |
Cameco |
***** |
624 |
605 |
96.9% |
Energy Metals |
***** |
173 |
167 |
96.5% |
Dennison Mines |
***** |
67 |
64 |
95.5% |
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Fool contributor Tim Beyers, who is ranked 7,568 out of more than 60,000 participants in CAPS, is a sucker for growth stocks and a regular contributor to David Gardner's Motley Fool Rule Breakers service. Tim didn't own shares of any of the companies mentioned in this story at the time of publication. Find Tim's portfolio here and his latest blog commentary here. The Motley Fool's disclosure policy freezes out Wall Street's worst.