"The bigger they are, the harder they fall." It's the worst nightmare of every investor in today's market -- buying a rocket stock just before it takes a nosedive.
Every day, WSJ.com publishes a list of stocks whose shares have just hit new 52-week highs. And every day, investors read the list and tremble -- some with greed, others with terror. On our Motley Fool CAPSinvesting community, these top stocks usually enjoy favorable ratings, since everyone loves a winner.
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Company
52-Week Low
Recent Price
CAPS Rating (out of 5):
Diageo  (NYSE: DEO)
$40.93
$65.02
*****
Novartis (NYSE: NVS)
$33.34
$51.95
Insituform (Nasdaq: INSU)
$11.02
$21.20
****
Linn Energy (Nasdaq: LINE)
$10.81
$24.50
Bare Escentuals Continued...
Rich Smith is a business writer with the Motley Fool.
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