BUY REALLY, REALLY LOW: PICKING STOCKS FROM THE NEW-LOWS LIST IS A CLASSIC STRATEGY. TODAY, YOU HAVE LOADS OF CHOICES

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NOTHING BREEDS SUCCESS LIKE... FAILURE? WHEN IT comes to investing, that can certainly be the case. Tomorrow's top-performing stocks are often found among today's losers. That's because when investors sour on stocks, they often do so indiscriminately, slamming the good with the bad. Contrarians, in particular, have long scanned lists of stocks hitting new 52-week lows for investing ideas. Nowadays, that sort of bottom-fishing strategy offers a rich menu from which to choose. After a particularly brutal week in late February, for example, the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq reported more than 1,200 stocks at their one-year nadir.