To: energy_investor who wrote (10463 ) 4/17/2007 2:50:55 PM From: smh Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 30247 Speaking of EMU and URZ, the "Fools" are down on URZ and FRG again. Curiously they are high on EMU. Too funny - when I get a chance I will post the "foolish" article from about six months ago, which savaged URZ and FRG, and figure how much URZ and FRG have gone up since then. SMH Hot Stocks You're Buying Now By Tim Beyers April 17, 2007 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 (5 max) No. of CAPS ratings Bullish CAPS ratings Bull ratio Altius Minerals ***** 7 7 100% New Gold (AMEX: NGD) ***** 13 13 100% International Royalty (AMEX: ROY) ***** 16 16 100% Energy Metals (NYSE: EMU) ***** 96 95 98.9% TGC Industries (AMEX: TGE) ***** 252 249 98.8% Source: Motley Fool CAPS 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 (NYSE: VNT) * 112 69 61.6% Uranerz (AMEX: URZ) * 207 106 51.2% Fronteer Development (AMEX: FRG) * 265 88 33.2% Source: Motley Fool CAPS fool.com