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• 7 premium stocks at cut-rate prices

  Posted Oct 14 2009, 05:36 PM by CAPS Editor
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  Filed under: CAPS, Semiconductors, food
  Money Blog: Top Stocks Blog - MSN Money

  This post comes from The Motley Fool's Matt Koppenheffer.

  I am always looking for a good deal, whether that means buying an extra box of Golden Grahams when they're on sale or pouncing on undervalued stocks.

  The idea that anybody would sell a stock for less than it's worth seems silly, but legendary value investor Ben Graham (no relation to the cereal) tells us, by way of allegory, how we can spot these situations.

  In "The Intelligent Investor," Graham introduces readers to a wacky chap named Mr. Market. Mr. Market's game is to pay house calls, offering to sell you interests in businesses he owns or buy interests in businesses you own.

  Sometimes Mr. Market is excited when he arrives, offering premium prices for your holdings; other times, he's inconsolably depressed about the future, selling what he's got for pennies on the dollar.

  Bing: Get more on value investing

  To find stocks that make Mr. Market despondent, I've turned to the MSN CAPS investor community. I'm looking for companies that had five-star ratings (the highest) from the community within the past month and that could be considered undervalued despite the rally that pushed the Standard & Poor's 500 Index ($INX) to its 2009 high today.

  Here are our stocks, all but one of which have a five-star CAPS rating:

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• Is AMD really all that and a bag of chips?

  Posted Aug 25 2009, 03:38 PM by Tobin Smith
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  Filed under: investing, AMD, Semiconductors, Tobin Smith
  Money Blog: Top Stocks Blog - MSN Money

  Tech stocks keep on rolling in this bull recovery.  In fact, even tech stocks that languished in the cellar for many years are getting attention these days.  On Monday, Aug. 24, shares of chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) surged more than 8% after Citigroup analyst Glen Yeung upgraded the company to a "buy" from a "hold."  The influential Yeung said his upgrade was based on signs of a stronger relationship between AMD and its main customer, Hewlett-Packard (HPQ).

  Bing: More on AMD

  But does the AMD and HP bond really make AMD a good stock to own right now, and are there other factors likely to propel AMD shares going forward?   Read More...

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• Rising stars: 5 nearly great stocks

  Posted Aug 19 2009, 02:47 PM by CAPS Editor
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  Filed under: CAPS, Merck, AT&T, Semiconductors
  Money Blog: Top Stocks Blog - MSN Money

  This post comes from Rich Duprey at partner site The Motley Fool.

  Some companies are obviously great investments -- in hindsight. Yet for every stock screaming "Buy me!" others simply give us a nudge and a nod.

  How can we isolate tomorrow's great investments from the thousands of pretenders? At MSN CAPS, these opportunities are frequently found among four-star stocks.

  Top-rated five-star stocks obviously have bullish consensus, but we've found that stocks moving up from three stars to four are likely being driven by "smart money." By getting in early, investors may be able to eke out a few extra percentage points of gain from these equities.

  That's why it's worthwhile to sift through the CAPS database to find four-star companies that could be on the cusp of achieving a bullish consensus among investors.   Read More...

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• Is Hewlett-Packard the exception or the rule?

  Posted Feb 20 2008, 08:48 AM by Douglas McIntyre
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  Filed under: Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, Intel, AMD, Dell, IBM, Semiconductors
  Money Blog: Top Stocks Blog - MSN Money

  Hewlett-Packard turned in one of the best performances of the earnings season. Net income rose 38%. Revenue rose 13% to $28.5 billion. The computer company raised guidance and its shares moved up 5%.

  HP is probably the best tech bellwether in the U.S. It not only sells PCs and printers, it has a large software and server operation. It has tremendous businesses outside the U.S., especially in Asia.

  Shipments from the company's PC operations were up 27% in the quarter. That has to be good news for chip companies AMD and Intel. Because HP is No.1 in global PC market share, it is also likely a boost for sales of Microsoft's Vista.   Read More...

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