Stock Pick of the Week: W. E. 9 Oct. 2015

[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 other trading vehicles. Only stocks and ETFs are allowed.
6. Opening prices will be those found at Yahoo Finance. 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 "clarkrl2".

Moderators please pin the thread.

Rule 5 has been edited taking out the word "complicated" and replacing it with "other" in the first sentence. The second sentence added the words "are allowed"

[ModE98]

Will go with AAPL (Long) for this week.
www.finviz.com/quote.ashx?t=AAPL

[uncle23]

.......




ONVO......long again

[clarkrl2]

Long DAC (Danaos Corporation - Shipping)

From the earnings beat MRQ with recent upward earnings estimate revisions. Since they are based in Greece this is a high risk pick.

[kadee79]

NVAX, long....

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AEO - (S)

[architecto25]

     CRZO    (long)    Carrizo Oil & Gas
This stock closed Friday at $35.09 per share.
It's a Texas oil & Gas company; 
Founded Dec.1993
Headquartered in Houston, Tex.
247 employees

It's one of those stocks you can flip a coin over.
Heads, go long; Tails then I short it.... LOL

[Ombud]

Sticking with VGR short

[ModE98]

Nice positive day through 3 p.m. EDT... Dow up 300+.

[clarkrl2]

architecto25 makes a big move to take the opening day lead. uncle23 leads a tightly bunched pack for second and clarkrl2 is third. Four of seven are beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
architecto25	L	CRZO	$35.80	$38.36	7.15%
uncle.23	L	ONVO	$2.85	$2.88	1.05%
clarkrl2	L	DAC	$6.24	$6.30	0.96%
Mod E	L	AAPL	$109.85	$110.78	0.85%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$104.74	$105.50	0.73%
kadee66	L	NVAX	$7.14	$7.09	-0.70%
Ombud	S	VGR	$22.93	$23.12	-0.83%
D. I.	S	AEO	$15.63	$15.81	-1.15%

[ModE98]

architecto... good thing the coin flip ended up Heads (for today, at least.)  Off to a nice lead!

[clarkrl2]

architecto25 has stretched out his lead as the race nears halfway. clarkrl2 is second and ModE92 third. Five of seven are beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
architecto25	L	CRZO	$35.80	$41.91	17.07%
clarkrl2	L	DAC	$6.24	$6.34	1.60%
Mod E	L	AAPL	$109.85	$111.31	1.33%
D. I.	S	AEO	$15.63	$15.45	1.15%
Ombud	S	VGR	$22.93	$22.83	0.44%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$104.74	$105.00	0.25%
uncle.23	L	ONVO	$2.85	$2.81	-1.40%
kadee66	L	NVAX	$7.14	$6.80	-4.76%

[kadee79]

I see I'm getting dibs on the bottom early this week!

[ModE98]

Trouble for my pick, AAPL is falling today (so far).  Hope it does not get worse!

[clarkrl2]

architecto25 slid a little today but still has a double digit lead going into the final two days. clarkrl2 is second and kadee66 has her ride firing on all cylinders to move up to third. Four of seven are beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
architecto25	L	CRZO	$35.80	$40.68	13.63%
clarkrl2	L	DAC	$6.24	$6.42	2.88%
kadee66	L	NVAX	$7.14	$7.26	1.68%
D. I.	S	AEO	$15.63	$15.38	1.60%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$104.74	$105.63	0.85%
Mod E	L	AAPL	$109.85	$110.78	0.85%
Ombud	S	VGR	$22.93	$22.91	0.09%
uncle.23	L	ONVO	$2.85	$2.81	-1.40%

[architecto25]

Well, my horse has had 3 good days; but I think he's getting very tired .... and
his spot the next 2 days may put him a lot lower in the race .....Good morning, everyone.

.....& I forgot: "Clark, you get a blue ribbon for your excellent race track management."

[ModE98]

AAPL down big again this morning, headed to the rear of the pack.  

Some comeback in late trading.... There's always some hope of survival!

[Ombud]

Basement's mine but that's actually good bc I own it IRL

[clarkrl2]

architecto25 goes to the whip to stave off a big rally by uncle23 who is now second. kadee66 is third. Four of seven are beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
architecto25	L	CRZO	$35.80	$43.15	20.53%
uncle.23	L	ONVO	$2.85	$3.16	10.88%
kadee66	L	NVAX	$7.14	$7.61	6.58%
clarkrl2	L	DAC	$6.24	$6.42	2.88%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$104.74	$106.05	1.25%
Mod E	L	AAPL	$109.85	$109.50	-0.32%
Ombud	S	VGR	$22.93	$23.32	-1.70%
D. I.	S	AEO	$15.63	$16.05	-2.69%

[ModE98]

Amazing moves!  One day to go!  Sure thought AAPL was in real trouble, but more than halved the early loss in afternoon. 

[ModE98]

Strange....traders that disliked AAPL yesterday are loving it this morning.  They may be fickle and change their minds this afternoon.  Never know in this crazy market.

[Ombud]

Everything I own is up (ex puts down). It's not over yet

[clarkrl2]

architecto25 is this week's winner after fending off some late week challengers. uncle23 edged out kadee66 for second. Five of seven beat the benchmark. I was unable to access closing prices from YahooFinance so I used Bigcharts.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
architecto25	L	CRZO	$35.80	$42.50	18.72%
uncle.23	L	ONVO	$2.85	$3.22	12.98%
kadee66	L	NVAX	$7.14	$8.04	12.61%
clarkrl2	L	DAC	$6.24	$6.46	3.53%
Mod E	L	AAPL	$109.85	$112.12	2.07%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$104.74	$106.53	1.71%
Ombud	S	VGR	$22.93	$23.36	-1.88%
D. I.	S	AEO	$15.63	$16.19	-3.58%

[clarkrl2]

2015 results

Name	Games	Win	Place	Show	>Bench	Return
clarkrl2	41	5	4	8	21	0.59
kadee66	40	8	3	8	21	0.46
tyfighter3	15	2	2	2	8	0.30
Ombud	28	1	4	3	15	0.25
BenchMark	41	2	3	8	0	0.19
Mod E	41	4	12	5	25	0.12
Value Buy	31	6	1	3	13	-0.96
architecto25	39	8	3	0	14	-2.72
uncle.23	41	3	7	4	14	-3.29
damnotagain	3	0	0	0	1	-4.30
D. I.	22	2	2	0	9	-9.23

lifetime results

Name	Games	Win	Place	Show	>Bench	Return
bimetalaupt	4	1	0	0	1	2.78
m2w	8	2	1	0	3	1.15
damnotagain	20	2	3	3	10	0.83
Value Buy	76	17	4	7	35	0.74
2kids10horses	10	0	2	1	4	0.33
Mod E	93	8	16	15	53	0.29
BenchMark	93	2	8	11	0	0.25
clarkrl2	93	10	12	13	45	0.10
kadee66	85	14	12	10	42	0.03
Ombud	73	5	6	13	37	-0.05
tyfighter3	37	3	2	3	14	-0.66
architecto25	91	17	6	5	36	-1.56
uncle.23	93	9	13	6	31	-2.25
D. I.	69	3	8	6	36	-2.63
alliesmom	2	0	0	0	1	-6.82

[ModE98]

Congratulations to architecto for picking the horse of the week and coming home this week's Winner.
And, to uncle and kadee for Place & Show.  Very close, with ONVO having the longest nose.

[kadee79]

Thanks Mod & congrats to Arch & Uncle!