Stock Pick of the Week: W. E. 12 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".  Back to Back!!

Moderators please pin the thread.

[ModE98]

QCOM (Short).  Qualcomm, Inc.
www.finviz.com/quote.ashx?t=QCOM

[uncle23]

VRX........ long

[tyfighter3]

I'm sticking to OAS long.

[kadee79]

 ZIXI, long....cause...there is no reason!

[architecto25]

        APPN     (long)      Appian Corp. Cl. A

This stock closed Friday at $39.68

52 wk. high/low          $43.26/ $14.60

Company provides business process management solutions

Founded 1999;  Headquartered in Reston, VA.

[clarkrl2]

Long ADS (Alliance Data Systems - Business Services)

From the earnings beat MRQ with recent upward estimate revisions. The weekly chart is looking a little overbought but I couldn't find anything I liked better. stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=ADS&p=W&b=5&g=0&id=p98234658848

[Value Buy]

General Electric.
GE long.
Stock was pummeled last year, and has shown some life this year.
Might be the "Dogs of the Dow" label, meaning last year's losers become this year's rebound stock.
It certainly is not rising on surprised earnings
Of course since it rose last week, does not mean it keeps going up this week........

[clarkrl2]

kadee72 jumps out to the early lead and is the only player beating the benchmark. ModE94 is the best of the rest.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
kadee72	L	ZIXI	$4.59	$4.61	0.44%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$161.90	$162.55	0.40%
Mod E	S	QCOM	$66.25	$66.27	-0.03%
clarkrl2	L	ADS	$264.83	$263.30	-0.58%
tyfighter3	L	OAS	$8.77	$8.66	-1.25%
Value Buy	L	GE	$18.67	$18.28	-2.09%
uncle.23	L	VRX	$23.95	$23.11	-3.51%
architecto25	L	APPN	$39.00	$36.10	-7.44%

[kadee79]

Mine gains 2 cents & I'm leading?....what's wrong with that picture? 

[clarkrl2]

modE94 is the new leader after day two. clarkrl2 is the only other player beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
Mod E	S	QCOM	$66.25	$65.27	1.48%
clarkrl2	L	ADS	$264.83	$267.96	1.18%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$161.90	$162.56	0.41%
uncle.23	L	VRX	$23.95	$23.87	-0.33%
Value Buy	L	GE	$18.67	$18.56	-0.59%
tyfighter3	L	OAS	$8.77	$8.70	-0.80%
kadee72	L	ZIXI	$4.59	$4.53	-1.31%
architecto25	L	APPN	$39.00	$31.87	-18.28%

[kadee79]

What a difference a day makes! 

[ModE98]

kadee.....that's a matter of fact!  Things do change, in surprising ways. 

[clarkrl2]

clarkrl2 becomes the third leader in as many days as the contest moves past halfway. ModE94 has the edge over Value Buy for second and tyfighter3 is also beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
clarkrl2	L	ADS	$264.83	$272.09	2.74%
Mod E	S	QCOM	$66.25	$65.26	1.49%
Value Buy	L	GE	$18.67	$18.93	1.39%
tyfighter3	L	OAS	$8.77	$8.81	0.46%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$161.90	$162.18	0.17%
kadee72	L	ZIXI	$4.59	$4.55	-0.87%
uncle.23	L	VRX	$23.95	$23.43	-2.17%
architecto25	L	APPN	$39.00	$34.57	-11.36%

[clarkrl2]

tyfighter3 takes his turn at the top of the leaderboard with just one day to go. clarkrl2 is second and Value Buy is third. ModE94 is the only other player beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
tyfighter3	L	OAS	$8.77	$9.34	6.50%
clarkrl2	L	ADS	$264.83	$273.62	3.32%
Value Buy	L	GE	$18.67	$19.02	1.87%
Mod E	S	QCOM	$66.25	$65.43	1.24%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$161.90	$163.29	0.86%
kadee72	L	ZIXI	$4.59	$4.57	-0.44%
uncle.23	L	VRX	$23.95	$23.81	-0.58%
architecto25	L	APPN	$39.00	$36.75	-5.77%

[Value Buy]

The DOW is up 200 points on the day, and my stock which is part of the DOW, is holding it back because GE is freaking down today
Earlier today it was one of four stocks in the DOW that were negative, but have not checked to see if it is the only one now....

[clarkrl2]

tyfighter3 coast home to take this week's trophy. clarkrl2 is second and is the only other player beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
tyfighter3	L	OAS	$8.77	$9.27	5.70%
clarkrl2	L	ADS	$264.83	$276.37	4.36%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$161.90	$164.49	1.60%
Mod E	S	QCOM	$66.25	$65.38	1.31%
Value Buy	L	GE	$18.67	$18.76	0.48%
kadee72	L	ZIXI	$4.59	$4.59	0.00%
uncle.23	L	VRX	$23.95	$23.84	-0.46%
architecto25	L	APPN	$39.00	$36.76	-5.74%

[clarkrl2]

2018 results

Name	Games	Win	Place	Show	>Bench	Return
architecto25	2	1	0	0	1	5.37
clarkrl2	2	0	2	0	2	4.24
tyfighter3	2	1	0	0	1	3.91
Mod E	2	0	0	1	1	2.71
BenchMark	2	0	0	0	0	2.53
Value Buy	2	0	0	0	0	0.90
kadee72	2	0	0	0	0	-0.82
uncle.23	2	0	0	0	0	-2.55

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	143	26	12	15	67	0.82
Mod E	209	30	32	30	109	0.59
clarkrl2	211	28	27	31	108	0.53
2kids10horses	10	0	2	1	4	0.33
BenchMark	211	3	20	37	0	0.29
Ombud	108	8	11	17	53	0.19
kadee72	200	32	32	19	94	0.16
architecto25	209	43	17	15	91	-0.24
tyfighter3	83	7	4	11	31	-0.54
Bluerobin	6	2	0	0	3	-0.66
uncle.23	211	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

[ModE98]

Congratulations to tyfighter and clarkrl for this week's Win and Show.  BenchMark finished in Show to block out all other contenders.

[kadee79]

Congrats to TY & Clark!