As fundamentals-focused long-term investors, Fools never base an investment decision on the daily gyrations of the market. But the market's daily price movements can be useful when looking for new stock ideas for further research, or to keep tabs on watch-list stocks.

Below you'll find today's biggest movers among our five-star stocks -- the highest rating awarded by our CAPS community of more than 120,000 investors. Have a look, and then visit us on CAPS to dig in further on each of them.

 

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The First Marblehead Corp

(NYSE:FMD)

24.13%

Credit Services

(26.35%)

3088 of 3253

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Digi International, Inc.

(NASDAQ:DGII)

12.90%

Networking & Communication Devices

(18.23%)

67 of 72

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MPS Group, Inc.

(NYSE:MPS)

12.29%

Staffing & Outsourcing Services

(30.33%)

37 of 40

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Other Five-Star Credit Services
Nicholas Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ:NICK) up 10.38%
Patriot Capital Funding, Inc. (NASDAQ:PCAP) up 0.21%
Other Five-Star Networking & Communication Devices
EZchip Semiconductor Ltd. (NASDAQ:EZCH) up 6.75%
Silicom Ltd. (NASDAQ:SILC) up 2.04%
Other Five-Star Staffing & Outsourcing Services
Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:MRN) up 14.97%
Barrett Business Services, Inc. (NASDAQ:BBSI) up 0.91%