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 86,000 investors. Have a look, and then visit us on CAPS to dig in further on each of them.
Up Today |
Sector |
Sector Past 30 Days |
Fools Saying Outperform |
Research |
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Silicon Motion Technology Corp. (ADR)
|
19.69% |
Semiconductors and Semiconductor Equipment |
(17.99%) |
735 of 751 |
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Blackrock Kelso Capital Corp.
|
17.93% |
Capital Markets |
(20.81%) |
43 of 45 |
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Rockwood Holdings, Inc.
|
17.93% |
Chemicals |
(20.06%) |
120 of 128 |
- Other Five-Star Semiconductors and Semiconductor Equipment
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MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc.
(NYSE:WFR) up 9.70% -
Applied Micro Circuits Corp
(NASDAQ:AMCC) up 9.23% - Other Five-Star Capital Markets
- Patriot Capital Funding, Inc.(NASDAQ Oth: PCAP) up 42.01%
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GSC Investment Corp.
(NYSE:GNV) up 12.61% - Other Five-Star Chemicals
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ICO, Inc.
(NASDAQ:ICOC) up 22.40% -
Quaker Chemical Corp
(NYSE:KWR) up 12.82%