Stock Pick of the Week: W. E. 2 Jun 2017

[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 "ModE93".

Moderators please pin the thread.

Happy Memorial Day!!!

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Special memories for those who gave their lives protecting our freedom.

[uncle23]

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DDD.....long

[ModE98]

ALXN (long).  Alexion Pharmaceuticals for a turnaround.  May be oversold. And, perhaps maybe not.  We'll see Jun3d.
www.finviz.com/quote.ashx?t=ALXN

[clarkrl2]

Long WRLD (World Acceptance Inc. - Consumer Finance)

From the earnings beat MRQ with recent upward estimate revisions screen. The chart doesn't look too appealing but I looked at over 30 stocks and didn't see any I thought would be better. stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=WRLD&p=W&b=5&g=0&id=p29191076761

[kadee79]

OPK, short....they may have a problem!

[architecto25]

    NATI      (long)     National Instruments Corp.

This stock closed Friday at $38.30 per share.

Founded May 1976

Hdq. in Austin, TX.

7,552 employees

[Value Buy]

I am way behind schedule this week, and have not done any work on a pick.

Will go with Zumiez this week. They report this week, have no clue whether it will be good or bad numbers.
ZUMZ short it.

[clarkrl2]

Value Buy is out of the gate first in this holiday shortened race. kadee72 has the edge over architecto25 for second. Those are the only players beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
Value Buy	S	ZUMZ	$14.70	$14.40	2.04%
kadee72	S	OPK	$6.31	$6.28	0.48%
architecto25	L	NATI	$38.20	$38.34	0.37%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$141.15	$141.34	0.13%
Mod E	L	ALXN	$98.04	$97.78	-0.27%
clarkrl2	L	WRLD	$79.83	$78.47	-1.70%
uncle.23	L	DDD	$22.03	$20.62	-6.40%

[ModE98]

Unless some OPK surprise, sure looks like kadee made a great short pick!  Going down...how far?  Maybe new record low?   Unfortunatrly, still hold some shares.

[Value Buy]

May 31, 2017 13:37:23 GMT -5 ModE98 said:

Unless some OPK surprise, sure looks like kadee made a great short pick!  Going down...how far?  Maybe new record low?   Unfortunatrly, still hold some shares.

Was there news on this stock? It did not fall much today.

[clarkrl2]

Value Buy continues to lead at the halfway point. Fellow short kadee72 is second and those are the only players beating the anemic benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
Value Buy	S	ZUMZ	$14.70	$14.25	3.06%
kadee72	S	OPK	$6.31	$6.14	2.69%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$141.15	$141.29	0.10%
Mod E	L	ALXN	$98.04	$98.03	-0.01%
architecto25	L	NATI	$38.20	$38.15	-0.13%
clarkrl2	L	WRLD	$79.83	$78.12	-2.14%
uncle.23	L	DDD	$22.03	$20.45	-7.17%

[kadee79]

VB, I don't remember the whole article but there seems there may be a problem with how they billed some hospitals & other places (?) for tests they did. Can't remember exactly but could be major fines and maybe other monies down the tubes...pun intended.

[ModE98]

OPK seems to be in recovery mood today, but I can find no company news.  Some good news brewing?  Dead cat bounce

[Value Buy]

Kadee and I will be lucky to be at break even after today. It is anybody's race right now.

[clarkrl2]

ModE93 takes over the lead with one day to go. Value Buy is second and architecto25 is the only other player beating the benchmark. I seem to be having internet connection issues today so I didn’t double check the closing prices. I will try to make sure everything is correct at tomorrow’s close.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
Mod E	L	ALXN	$98.04	$100.58	2.59%
Value Buy	S	ZUMZ	$14.70	$14.45	1.70%
architecto25	L	NATI	$38.20	$38.50	0.79%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$141.15	$141.84	0.49%
clarkrl2	L	WRLD	$79.83	$79.78	-0.06%
kadee72	S	OPK	$6.31	$6.42	-1.74%
uncle.23	L	DDD	$22.03	$20.67	-6.17%

[kadee79]

Well you stayed up there VB, but I almost hit the bottom, Uncle is holding me up right now! And we shall see what tomorrow brings!

[architecto25]

Clark, I'm constantly recording prices on your excellently run contest. The closing prices you show

in your reply #14 are identical to what I have for today.

Arch.

[Value Buy]

Jun 1, 2017 19:47:44 GMT -5 kadee79 said:

Well you stayed up there VB, but I almost hit the bottom, Uncle is holding me up right now! And we shall see what tomorrow brings!

When I posted earlier today we were both about even for the week. Evidently I picked up a little after the jobs number was released, taking the markets on a good positive run.

Not that would really help my pick........ 

[ModE98]

Sorry kadee, OPK still on the upmove (for now).  Quite a reverse the last two days.  (Of course, I hope something really good is about to occur, but only a big surprise would send it back up into the 8's and 9's.)  Just do not see any big developments on tap near term. 
I still hold a nice position in port, so a solid move up would be nice for me.  Maybe this Fall or next year

[clarkrl2]

Value Buy had enough late stretch run to win with a double return. ModE93 was second and architecto25 was the only other player beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
Value Buy	S	ZUMZ	$14.70	$12.73	13.40%
Mod E	L	ALXN	$98.04	$101.83	3.87%
architecto25	L	NATI	$38.20	$38.85	1.70%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$141.15	$143.46	1.64%
clarkrl2	L	WRLD	$79.83	$78.93	-1.13%
uncle.23	L	DDD	$22.03	$20.68	-6.13%
kadee72	S	OPK	$6.31	$6.71	-6.34%

[clarkrl2]

2017 results

Name	Games	Win	Place	Show	>Bench	Return
kadee72	21	5	3	3	9	4.18
clarkrl2	22	5	5	1	11	1.74
Mod E	22	4	3	4	10	1.52
BenchMark	22	0	3	8	0	0.82
Value Buy	14	2	2	1	7	0.68
uncle.23	22	4	4	2	11	-0.12
tyfighter3	9	0	0	0	1	-2.29
architecto25	22	2	2	3	8	-2.84
D. I.	3	0	0	0	0	-5.38
djADVOCATE	1	0	0	0	0	-12.50

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
Value Buy	121	26	9	11	57	1.09
damnotagain	20	2	3	3	10	0.83
Mod E	177	25	28	26	96	0.72
clarkrl2	179	23	22	25	89	0.43
kadee72	170	26	28	17	82	0.39
2kids10horses	10	0	2	1	4	0.33
BenchMark	179	3	17	31	0	0.28
Ombud	108	8	11	17	53	0.19
Bluerobin	6	2	0	0	3	-0.66
tyfighter3	73	5	3	9	26	-0.70
uncle.23	179	20	32	14	71	-1.15
architecto25	177	32	12	14	73	-1.34
D. I.	102	4	11	11	51	-1.84
alliesmom	2	0	0	0	1	-6.82
djADVOCATE	1	0	0	0	0	-12.50

[uncle23]

modE94..... did i miss your birthday...? when did become modE94?

[kadee79]

Congrats to VB, Mod & Arch!

Belated Happy Birthday Mod!  Hang in there your OPK may still make you some $$$!

[ModE98]

Today, June 3, is my 94th.  Nobody is late.  I changed the I.D. before going to bed last night.
We celebrated a day early as my relatives are flying back to Red Deer, Canada this afternoon, and two others have to get back to Melbourne, FL for a funeral.  Had dinner here at Grand Palms ALF Orlando FL where I will live out whatever time may remain.  So far, things are good.

[ModE98]

CONGRATULATIONS to VB for a runaway Win, and to architecto for his Show this week!


















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[clarkrl2]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to POTW hall of famer ModE94!!!  

[ModE98]

Clarkrl, Thanks!