How to Spot the Hottest 'Stealth Stocks'
Quick, name the six top-performing stocks of the past five years. Don't look at the next two paragraphs; just see if you can tick them off in your head.
If you answered with names like Dell Computer, (DELL Quote) America Online, (AOL Quote) Yahoo! (YHOO Quote) and Qualcomm (QCOM Quote) you're close -- but not close enough.
Instead, the top names are Xcelera.com, (XLA Quote) up 77,800% since Feb. 15, 1995; Internet venture-capital firm CMGI, (CMGI Quote) up 22,200%; fiber-optic network component maker JDS Uniphase, (JDSU Quote) up 19,800%; data-storage software specialist Veritas Software, (VRTS Quote) up 17,200%; anti-cancer biotech specialist ImClone Systems, (IMCL Quote) up 13,010%; and data-storage hardware maker QLogic, (QLGC Quote) up 13,100%. ...
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