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Monday, September 29, 2008
Tom Hutchinson :: Townhall.com Columnist
5 Stocks on Fire
by Tom Hutchinson
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Will the Dems' health care Christmas Present to America be an improvement or detriment to our health care system?


There are many reasons why the price of a stock can have a big move upward in just seven days. Whatever is behind it, a surge in the price of a stock is an alarm. It's a bit like hearing a cheer. Upon further investigation, it might turn out to be nothing -- but it could be a major event.

The question to ask is: Has something materially changed within a company to radically alter its desirability as an investment? Let's attempt to answer that for some stocks seeing recent upward price action.

To help, we'll enlist the 115,000-plus members of our Motley Fool CAPS community. Stocks are rated from one to the maximum five stars by CAPS. So far, our data has shown that five-star stocks have seriously outperformed the market.

Without further ado, here are some of this week's biggest movers:

Company

Sector

CAPS Rating

One-Week Price Change*

Sequenom (Nasdaq: SQNM)

Health Care

**

33.2%

Secure Computing (Nasdaq: SCUR)

Technology

*****

24.8%

Ultrashort Real Estate Proshares (AMEX: SRS)

Financial Services

***

14.1%

Vertex (Nasdaq: VRTX)

Health Care

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Tom Hutchinson is a Motley Fool contributor.

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