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Back in July of last year, I did a series of articles about companies with relatively cheap valuations that were expecting the fastest earnings growth in 2012 (See 1, 2, 3, 4). These companies offered the potential for huge stock gains if earnings estimates were met. Unfortunately, just as I wrote those articles the global economy went into a tailspin due to the European debt crisis and stock prices collapsed along with the earnings estimates of the majority of those stocks Now as global stock markets appear ready to head upwards, it seemed like a good time to revisit this list. It is always a good idea to check the outcome of a previous concept. How did the stocks perform? Were earnings estimates met? What about the valuation now? Read full article on Seeking Alpha. Disclosure: Long CRZO, MTW, and TEX. Please review the disclaimer page for more details.

his is the third in a series on stocks with the fastest estimated earnings growth in 2012. The first two articles focused on  Take Two Interactive ( TTWO ) with estimates expected to grow over 400% and  Patriot Coal ( PCX ) with numbers expected to nearly triple. The third fastest growing company is Manitowoc ( MTW ) with earnings expected to grow over 220%. Since we recently wrote a  report on the crane sector  which included MTW and the number six fastest grower in Terex ( TEX ), this article will focus on the next two stocks on the  SteetAuthority  list . Accuride ( ACW ) and Meritor ( MTOR ) supply parts to the automobile industry. Both companies were forecasted to grow earnings by roughly 220% next year. Likely both companies are relatively unknown by the investment community, which is one of the major benefits of such analysis. Focusing on just the names that hit the media outlets can cause investors to ignore under the radar investment ideas. Read ...