Tuesday, October 27, 2009
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Wall Street's Buy List
by Rich Smith
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Actions speak louder than words, as the old saying goes. So why does the media focus so much attention on what Wall Street says about companies, instead of what it doeswith them?

Luckily for Wall Street watchers, the Internet brings us MSN Money's list of which companies the institutions are buying. True, we should be as skeptical of Wall Street's actions as we are of its words. But when the 140,000-plus lay and professional investors on Motley Fool CAPSagree with Wall Street's opinions, it just might be time for some buying.

Here's the latest edition of Wall Street's Buy List, alongside our investors' opinions of the companies involved:

Stock

Recent Price

CAPS Rating
(out of 5)

Holly Corp. (NYSE: HOC)

$31.51

*****

Ebix  (Nasdaq: EBIX)

$65.75

****

China Information Security  (Nasdaq: CPBY)

$7.30

****

Venoco (NYSE: VQ)

$14.51

**

US Energy  (Nasdaq: USEG)

$6.27 Continued...

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Rich Smith is a business writer with the Motley Fool.

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