Community Favorite Power Rated Stocks

The PowerRating community was looking at stocks across the rating spectrum over the last 24 hours. Stocks from a low rating of 2 to high 9 ratings have appeared as the most popular stocks recently. Long term traders should avoid stocks with a 1,2,or 3 Power Rating. These lowly rated shares have been shown to simply be too volatile and risky to make wise long term investments. In fact, our studies clearly indicate that 65% of stocks with a PowerRating of 1 have lost value one year later. The studies also revealed that stocks with a 9 or 10 rating have been the most consistent performers for over 10 years. Here are several examples of the most requested stocks recently:

Anheuser Busch (BUD | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) - America's favorite brewer was also our Long Term Power Rating communities favorite stock. It has a 9 rating and is vastly outperforming its sector that only earned a 5 rating. It's important to note that BUD is being taken over by InBev, which is likely a good thing for the shareholders, but may cause unexpected volatility should issues arise in the execution of the merger.

Proctor & Gamble (PG | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) - This huge personal products company has earned a 9 rating matching its sector's 9 rating. They just announced a 9% net sales growth. It's the 24th quarter that the company has beat its targets. The stock has been in a nice uptrend since the start of July 2008, however, a potential double top is forming here on the daily chart.

Altria Group (MO | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) - A tobacco company comes up as a most requested stock? Yes, Altria has earned a mid range ranking of 6, and is underperforming its sector rating of 9. Their Earnings Per Share are up 12.2% and Income is up 3.8%. It's products have record retail share and maybe it will follow the sector for a higher Long Term Power Rating in the near future.

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