Stock Pick of the Week: W. E. 5 Jan. 2018

[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 "architecto25".



Moderators please pin the thread.



Happy New Year!!!

[uncle23]

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NXTD.....long

[kadee79]

HAPPY NEW YEAR guys!  Don't party too hearty!    

Back later with my pick.

[ModE98]

FNSR (Long).  Finisar Corp.

[kadee79]

EZPW, long....pawn/loans...US & Mexico

[clarkrl2]

Long ADS (Alliance Data Systems - Business Services)

From the earnings beat MRQ with recent upward estimate revisions screen. The weekly chart still looks OK. stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=ADS&p=W&b=5&g=0&id=p63058169844

[tyfighter3]

OAS long

[architecto25]

        CANN     (long)      General Cannabis Corp.

This stock closed Friday at $6.48 per share.

I wouldn't buy it at this spikey price. Refer to the graph. But I'll risk entering it

into Clark's very well run horse race track for the next 5 days.

52 wk. high/low           $7.50/ $1.08

Holding Co.; provision of lease growing space & related facilities to

licensed marijuana business operators, etc.

Founded 12 Nov. 1987; Hdq. in Denver, CO.

91 employees. ...... And now with Legal Marijuana arriving in Calif.

[Value Buy]

Monsanto Co.
MON, long

[clarkrl2]

architecto25 is out to a big lead on day one of the 2018 contest. uncle23 also has a good start with ModE94 not too far behind. Those are the only players beating the benchmark. Sorry about the lack of an update yesterday but I was unable to log on to the site.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
architecto25	L	CANN	$6.92	$8.15	17.77%
uncle.23	L	NXTD	$3.45	$3.65	5.80%
Mod E	L	FNSR	$20.66	$21.19	2.57%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$156.50	$158.49	1.27%
tyfighter3	L	OAS	$8.53	$8.57	0.47%
clarkrl2	L	ADS	$254.29	$255.33	0.41%
Value Buy	L	MON	$117.05	$117.52	0.40%
kadee72	L	EZPW	$12.30	$12.10	-1.63%

[clarkrl2]

architecto25 decides to skip 2018 and is racing a year out front. ModE94 is second and tyfighter3 third. clarkrl2 is also beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
architecto25	L	CANN	$6.92	$10.35	49.57%
Mod E	L	FNSR	$20.66	$21.74	5.23%
tyfighter3	L	OAS	$8.53	$8.80	3.17%
clarkrl2	L	ADS	$254.29	$260.07	2.27%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$156.50	$160.03	2.26%
uncle.23	L	NXTD	$3.45	$3.48	0.87%
Value Buy	L	MON	$117.05	$118.00	0.81%
kadee72	L	EZPW	$12.30	$12.20	-0.81%

[architecto25]

Clark, I know how you probably felt yesterday. I had no internet today until

about 30 min. before the close. SE Texas having a bad cold spell all this week.

I had planned to buy a stock very early this morning; couldn't do it...... I lucked

out; now it's going to be lower tomorrow ..... well, perhaps .....

My contest pick, CANN, ......also might crater before week's end.

[uncle23]

Holy smokes....Arch , great pick !!!

[clarkrl2]

architecto25 still holds the lead but he gave up a lot of ground. ModE94 is second and clarkrl2 third. tyfighter3 is also beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
architecto25	L	CANN	$6.92	$7.76	12.14%
Mod E	L	FNSR	$20.66	$21.54	4.26%
clarkrl2	L	ADS	$254.29	$264.05	3.84%
tyfighter3	L	OAS	$8.53	$8.81	3.28%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$156.50	$160.31	2.43%
Value Buy	L	MON	$117.05	$117.93	0.75%
uncle.23	L	NXTD	$3.45	$3.44	-0.29%
kadee72	L	EZPW	$12.30	$12.05	-2.03%

[kadee79]

Well guys....if you want a stock to tank, just give me the ticker & I'll choose it for the game & watch it drop like a rock!

[clarkrl2]

2017 champion architecto25 begins 2018 the way he ended 2017 with a win. clarkrl2 edged ModE94 by a dirty nose for place. Those were the only players beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
architecto25	L	CANN	$6.92	$8.06	16.47%
clarkrl2	L	ADS	$254.29	$264.76	4.12%
Mod E	L	FNSR	$20.66	$21.51	4.11%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$156.50	$161.92	3.46%
tyfighter3	L	OAS	$8.53	$8.71	2.11%
Value Buy	L	MON	$117.05	$118.60	1.32%
kadee72	L	EZPW	$12.30	$12.10	-1.63%
uncle.23	L	NXTD	$3.45	$3.29	-4.64%

[clarkrl2]

I will try to get the statistics spreadsheet for the new year set up this weekend.

[ModE98]

Congrats to architecto for the nice Win and to clarkrl's horse for having a dirty nose and finishing in Place.
And along with a tiring FNSR for beating BenchMark!  TGIF and on to next week.

[kadee79]

Congrats to Arch, Clark & Mod!  Way to start the year guys! 

[clarkrl2]

2018 results

Name	Games	Win	Place	Show	>Bench	Return
architecto25	1	1	0	0	1	16.47
clarkrl2	1	0	1	0	1	4.12
Mod E	1	0	0	1	1	4.11
BenchMark	1	0	0	0	0	3.46
tyfighter3	1	0	0	0	0	2.11
Value Buy	1	0	0	0	0	1.32
kadee72	1	0	0	0	0	-1.63
uncle.23	1	0	0	0	0	-4.64

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	142	26	12	15	67	0.82
Mod E	208	30	32	30	109	0.58
clarkrl2	210	28	26	31	107	0.51
2kids10horses	10	0	2	1	4	0.33
BenchMark	210	3	20	37	0	0.28
Ombud	108	8	11	17	53	0.19
kadee72	199	32	32	19	94	0.16
architecto25	208	43	17	15	91	-0.21
tyfighter3	82	6	4	11	30	-0.61
Bluerobin	6	2	0	0	3	-0.66
uncle.23	210	23	39	19	85	-1.13
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