Hey there, Fools. I've summoned our
Motley Fool CAPScommunity once again to highlight a few
of Monday's biggest winners among the stocks with
top ratingsof four or five stars:
Company
Yesterday's Gain
ION Geophysical (NYSE: IO)
25.42%
SanDisk
8.54%
Under Armour (NYSE: UA)
5.01%
Tata Motors (NYSE: TTM)
4.45%
American Capital
3.61%
There's a reason I selected those notable gainers as
opposed to other winners making noise on Monday, like
low-rated
Allied Capital : Stocks go up all the time,
but unless you were able to predict the pop, what does it
matter?
Our community of more than 140,000 CAPS Fools considers
its high-star stocks the most likely to outperform the
market.
Written in the (five) stars?
For example, 97.5% of the 728 members who've rated
IONhave a
bullish opinion of the stock. Just
last Friday, one of those Fools,
mypieceofpie, explained why the seismic data specialist
looked too tempting to pass up:
As the limited natural resource of oil becomes harder to
pull, locating substantial reserves is most important. ION
Geophysical is on the leading edge of this technology. ...
While reading the most recent conference call, I like some
of management's decisions concerning debt repayment and
R&D.
Consistent with that call, shares of ION surged
25%yesterday after announcing a joint venture with
China's BGP that will dramatically improve its financial
position.
The bullish lesson?
Pay attention to
small capsthat make a habit of landing
bigdeals. Just a couple of major contract wins can
have a huge impact on a small business, so focus on the
market leaders with massive industry trends working in their
favor. If those
tailwindsare strong enough, blockbuster deals will
probably
keepblowing in that company's direction.
And now for the losers ...
Of course, winning isn't everything in the stock
market.
Here are five of Monday's biggest decliners with one- or
two-star ratings:
Company
Yesterday's Loss
InterOil (NYSE: IOC)
11.82%
Fifth Third Bancorp
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