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.
Once again, firms doing business in Venezuela are hotter than an armor-clad knight in Death Valley in August. Stocks under the thumb of president Hugo Chavez are, as a group, up 35.9% over the last 30 days.
Who are the other hotties? Have a look:
- Glowing bright in the second spot are the uranium miners, whose stocks are, as a group, up 30.6% over the last 30 days.
- Digging for returns in the third spot: nonmetallic mineral miners, whose stocks are collectively up 25.4% over the last 30 days.
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 (out of five) |
No. of CAPS Ratings |
Bullish CAPS Ratings |
Bull Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Altius Minerals |
***** |
7 |
7 |
100% |
|
New Gold |
***** |
13 |
13 |
100% |
|
International Royalty |
***** |
16 |
16 |
100% |
|
Energy Metals |
***** |
96 |
95 |
98.9% |
|
TGC Industries |
***** |
252 |
249 |
98.8% |
And your favorite short candidates -- i.e., those rated with one or two stars in CAPS -- are:
|
Company |
CAPS Stars |
No. of CAPS Ratings |
Bearish CAPS Ratings |
Bear Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Compania Anonima Telefonos de Venezuela |
* |
112 |
69 |
61.6% |
|
Uranerz |
* |
207 |
106 |
51.2% |
|
Fronteer Development |
* |
265 |
88 |
33.2% |
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Fool contributor Tim Beyers, who is ranked 1,556 out of more than 26,600 in CAPS, didn't own shares in any of the companies mentioned in this story at the time of publication All of his portfolio holdings can be found at Tim's Fool profile. His thoughts on hot stocks, Foolishness, and investing in general may be found in his blog. The Motley Fool's disclosure policy is hotter than city asphalt in the summer heat.
