Stock Pick of the Week: W. E. 4 Apr 2014

[clarkrl2]

Rules:
1. Selection must be made prior to the opening bell on the first trading day of the week.
2. Selection may be changed up to the opening bell.
3. Starting price is the opening price on first trading day of week.
4. Ending price is closing price on last trading day of week.
5. No options or complex trading vehicles. Only stocks and ETFs.
6. Opening prices will be those found at MSN Money. Any disputed opening price will be resolved using the price listed at Yahoo Finance historical quotes

To enter the game:
List your stock's symbol, Long or Short, Company name, what the company does and why you like the selection.


Congratulations to last week's winner "Value Buy".

Moderators please pin the thread.

[clarkrl2]

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Post by uncle23 on 6 hours ago



......

Clark....pls enter TSLA ...long next week for me....I'll be doing spring break vacation on a Disney cruise with a couple of grand kids....

thanks....

p.s.

my FCEL is losing power bigtime but I think it will re-charge -

[ModE98]

Will go with GM (Short) this week.  Believe all the recall news may drag the stock down a bit...we'll see.

[Deleted]

Gonna go with something off the wall;

PAL - (L)

[clarkrl2]

Long AMSG (AmSurg Corp. - Health Care Providers and Services)

From the earnings beat MRQ with recent upward estimate revisions screen. I put in a limit order on Friday to buy at $46/sh but the order didn't fill.

[Ombud]

HSKA (short) - Heska Corp. Low PEG, upside surprise, but think it ran up too fast. Thinking people might want to go safe / secure with the lousy market lately

[architecto25]

   MNI    (long)  The McClatchy Co.

This stock closed Friday at $6.35

Hdq.: Sacramento, CA

I did very little research on this pick; but probably can't

be worse than last week's .....

[Value Buy]

Biogen Idec Inc.

BIIB on Nasdaq

This is one of several momentum stocks that seem to be slipping, so I will short it this week. Hopefully it continues to fall this week.

I imagine since the quarter ends Monday, this stock will break out starting Tuesday........

BIIB, short

[kadee79]

In by the skin of my teeth!

SZYM, short....solar

[Value Buy]

I have already been blown out of the water and just an hour into trading for the day.....

[ModE98]

Hey, VB, you need to keep your radar on and look out for submarines and mines that can sink your battleship! This can be a cruel game at times.

[clarkrl2]

uncle.23 jumps out to a lead on the opening day. Ombud is second and the top short. clarkrl2 is third. This week four of eight are short. Six of eight are beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
uncle.23	L	FCEL	$2.38	$2.48	4.20%
Ombud	S	HSKA	$10.90	$10.54	3.30%
clarkrl2	L	AMSG	$46.64	$47.08	0.94%
Mod E	S	GM	$34.53	$34.42	0.32%
architecto25	L	MNI	$6.40	$6.42	0.31%
D. I.	L	PAL	$0.48	$0.48	0.00%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$87.73	$87.67	-0.07%
kadee66	S	SZYM	$11.33	$11.61	-2.47%
Value Buy	S	BIIB	$296.11	$305.87	-3.30%

[Value Buy]

Clarkrl2, I believe Uncle23 asked for TSLA this week, or am I reading his request incorrectly?

Of course FCEL is doing fine for him, so maybe leave it stand

I think the FCEL comment was for his pick last week when he requested you entering TSLA for him this week

PS:my only hope of escaping the bottom this week is his pick of TSLA!

[clarkrl2]

oops

[clarkrl2]

Corrected standings. uncle23 went on a Disney cruise and I became Goofy. Ombud is the day one leader. clarkrl2 is second and ModE90 is third.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
Ombud	S	HSKA	$10.90	$10.54	3.30%
clarkrl2	L	AMSG	$46.64	$47.08	0.94%
Mod E	S	GM	$34.53	$34.42	0.32%
architecto25	L	MNI	$6.40	$6.42	0.31%
D. I.	L	PAL	$0.48	$0.48	0.00%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$87.73	$87.67	-0.07%
kadee66	S	SZYM	$11.33	$11.61	-2.47%
Value Buy	S	BIIB	$296.11	$305.87	-3.30%
uncle.23	L	TSLA	$216.73	$208.45	-3.82%

[architecto25]

Clark, I came back here just now ... briefly ... to comment that I thought Uncle had picked

TSLA, too .... but good management has already changed it. He sent me a very nice email

about his cruise.

[Ombud]

Knew I wouldn't be in 1st place for long

[ModE98]

Don't be discouraged Ombud, tomorrow is another day, and we have 3 days to go yet!

[clarkrl2]

clarkrl2 takes over the lead on day two. architecto25 is second and Ombud is third. Those three are the only players beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
clarkrl2	L	AMSG	$46.64	$47.89	2.68%
architecto25	L	MNI	$6.40	$6.54	2.19%
Ombud	S	HSKA	$10.90	$10.71	1.74%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$87.73	$89.21	1.69%
Mod E	S	GM	$34.53	$34.34	0.55%
uncle.23	L	TSLA	$216.73	$216.97	0.11%
D. I.	L	PAL	$0.48	$0.47	-2.08%
kadee66	S	SZYM	$11.33	$11.79	-4.06%
Value Buy	S	BIIB	$296.11	$309.79	-4.62%

[ModE98]

Argh! Too many people of the "buy" side of GM today.... got that sinking feeling!

[clarkrl2]

architecto25 takes over the lead as we move past halfway. uncle23 is a close second and clarkrl2 is third. Five of eight are beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
architecto25	L	MNI	$6.40	$6.81	6.41%
uncle.23	L	TSLA	$216.73	$230.29	6.26%
clarkrl2	L	AMSG	$46.64	$48.90	4.85%
Ombud	S	HSKA	$10.90	$10.60	2.75%
D. I.	L	PAL	$0.48	$0.49	2.08%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$87.73	$89.44	1.95%
Mod E	S	GM	$34.53	$34.88	-1.01%
Value Buy	S	BIIB	$296.11	$309.70	-4.59%
kadee66	S	SZYM	$11.33	$11.87	-4.77%

[kadee79]

Looks like the solar industry isn't in favor this week! Or my horse has sat down on the track and everyone is leaving him there!

[ModE98]

GO figure, investors are buying GM again today. Wrong short, that's for sure.  Became oversold to early. 

[Ombud]

But kadee79, you went short so that's a good thing!

[clarkrl2]

clarkrl2 takes over the lead with one day to go. architecto25 is a close second and uncle23 has the third spot. Four of eight are beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
clarkrl2	L	AMSG	$46.64	$49.34	5.79%
architecto25	L	MNI	$6.40	$6.76	5.62%
uncle.23	L	TSLA	$216.73	$225.40	4.00%
Ombud	S	HSKA	$10.90	$10.49	3.76%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$87.73	$88.73	1.14%
kadee66	S	SZYM	$11.33	$11.43	-0.88%
Value Buy	S	BIIB	$296.11	$301.86	-1.94%
D. I.	L	PAL	$0.48	$0.47	-2.08%
Mod E	S	GM	$34.53	$35.44	-2.64%

[ModE98]

A good selling spree in GM today may just get me out of the basement.  

[clarkrl2]

Ombud rallies on the last day to win this week's contest. kaddee66 is second and clarkrl2 third. Seven of eight beat the benchmark including all four shorts. Sorry about the late posts this week but a little ole virus has been kicking my big ole butt.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
Ombud	S	HSKA	$10.90	$10.46	4.04%
kadee66	S	SZYM	$11.33	$10.95	3.35%
clarkrl2	L	AMSG	$46.64	$48.05	3.02%
architecto25	L	MNI	$6.40	$6.59	2.97%
Value Buy	S	BIIB	$296.11	$288.27	2.65%
D. I.	L	PAL	$0.48	$0.48	0.00%
Mod E	S	GM	$34.53	$34.81	-0.81%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$87.73	$86.37	-1.55%
uncle.23	L	TSLA	$216.73	$212.23	-2.08%

[clarkrl2]

Name	Games	Win	Place	Show	>Bench	Return
Mod E	14	1	1	5	9	2.39
kadee66	12	2	3	2	8	2.31
Value Buy	12	2	0	1	6	2.28
tyfighter3	1	0	0	1	1	2.12
D. I.	9	0	1	2	6	0.66
clarkrl2	14	1	4	1	8	0.39
BenchMark	14	0	1	0	0	-0.18
Ombud	11	2	0	1	7	-1.07
architecto25	14	3	1	1	8	-1.10
2kids10horses	3	0	1	0	1	-1.68
uncle.23	14	3	2	0	6	-1.70
alliesmom	2	0	0	0	1	-6.82

[ModE98]

Congratulations to Ombud for a great Friday close and a nice win!

And, kadee for Place and Clarkrl for Show.

Today's market nosedive changed a few positions. 

[kadee79]

Congrats Ombud & clark. Mod, you are right. If the market hadn't gone south, I might still be on the bottom!