Stock Pick of the Week: W. E. 9 Feb. 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 "uncle23". "Back to Back!! Wire to Wire!!"

Moderators please pin the thread.

[uncle23]

VKTX....long

[ModE98]

As if anything could not get worse, will stick with OPK (Long) and suffer the consequences if it gets stuck in the rut.

[kadee79]

You are a gluten for punishment Mod! 


I'm going with one of the only ones that was green on my watch list on Fri....

CLSN, long.....biotechnology company

[dee27]

Feb 3, 2018 15:25:29 GMT -5 kadee79 said:

You are a gluten for punishment Mod! 


I'm going with one of the only ones that was green on my watch list on Fri....

CLSN, long.....biotechnology company

Darn autocorrect, I think you mean glutton. 

[ModE98]

kadee, I'm just a few months away from 95, so have probably lost my mind.   Just getting too lazy for real research.  Time is taking it's toll in the "late December" of my years.  I'm now a senior member of the "over the hill gang".

[clarkrl2]

Long ADS (Alliance Data Systems - Tech Services)

From the earnings beat MRQ with recent upward estimate revisions screen. I've owned some shares for a few months but the stock is currently showing up on the screen. It's not a great looking chart but it's my best idea right now. stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=ADS&p=W&b=5&g=0&id=p92528295999

[architecto25]

        OTEX     (long)     Open Text Corp.

This stock closed Friday at $36.50 per share.

Independent software co.; Hdq. in Waterloo, Ontario

10,900 employees. Founded 6/26/1991.

Revenue: $3.04 B. Nasdaq.

[clarkrl2]

uncle23 takes the early lead again this week. kadee73 is second and architecto25 third. Those are the only players beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
uncle.23	L	VKTX	$6.05	$6.31	4.30%
kadee73	L	CLSN	$2.31	$2.31	0.00%
architecto25	L	OTEX	$36.34	$35.87	-1.29%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$163.13	$158.12	-3.07%
clarkrl2	L	ADS	$247.18	$238.78	-3.40%
Mod E	L	OPK	$4.29	$4.13	-3.73%

[kadee79]

Dee, thank you for the correction!  I didn't notice that!  And I don't have a problem with gluten either!   

Mod, you are still "young at heart"!  Ain't nuttin wrong with your noggin!   
And BTW, we all slow down as we age.  I'm no spring chicken either, but I still get out & scratch in the dirt every chance I get. (gardening) 

[architecto25]

The market really cratered today; but do any of you young folks remember

the Monday, 19 Oct. 1987 ? Here's what that day was like. Just looking at the numbers,

won't shock you much; look at the percentages.

On Fri. 16 Oct. 1987, the Dow closed at 2246.74. On the Monday, late morning, I

drove into Oldee's a brokerage office in I think Sugarland, TX., between me and

Houston, & asked the manager, "What's the market doing?". He said "You don't

know". I replied "No, I've been on the highway". he said as he pointed to one of

their customer's computers in the lobby. "Pull it up"... I pulled up several stocks.

& they had not even opened yet. The Dow that day closed at 1738.41 (down

508.88 down 22.62%) .... Yes, that was a huge drop. I had a friend at that time

that was a trader on the floor of the Chicago Options exchange.... he told me

several stories. Some of the traders just dropped their paperwork, and walked

out.   You'll have a good week ..... Watch the graphs; it'll all recover one of

these days.   Arch.

[clarkrl2]

ModE94 takes over the lead on day two breaking uncle23's consecutive days in the lead streak at eleven. The benchmark is second and uncle23 third.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
Mod E	L	OPK	$4.29	$4.34	1.17%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$163.13	$162.31	-0.50%
uncle.23	L	VKTX	$6.05	$5.97	-1.32%
architecto25	L	OTEX	$36.34	$35.55	-2.17%
clarkrl2	L	ADS	$247.18	$241.47	-2.31%
kadee73	L	CLSN	$2.31	$2.21	-4.33%

[kadee79]

And mine dropped like a rock, go figure!

[ModE98]

kadee, what a nervous market....yo yo.  OPK down again too.   Dratted computer program trading ruining everything.   Short term individual traders do q lot of losing....
The long term investor goes with the flow with no worries, wxyz is the winner in the long term.

[clarkrl2]

uncle23 is back on point and had the days big gain. clarkrl2 rallied to second and the benchmark is third.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
uncle.23	L	VKTX	$6.05	$6.93	14.55%
clarkrl2	L	ADS	$247.18	$246.75	-0.17%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$163.13	$160.21	-1.79%
kadee73	L	CLSN	$2.31	$2.23	-3.46%
Mod E	L	OPK	$4.29	$4.14	-3.50%
architecto25	L	OTEX	$36.34	$35.02	-3.63%

[clarkrl2]

uncle23 gave up some ground but still leads by seven and a half lengths with one day to go. clarkrl2 is second and architect25 is third. Those are the only players beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
uncle.23	L	VKTX	$6.05	$6.34	4.79%
clarkrl2	L	ADS	$247.18	$240.60	-2.66%
architecto25	L	OTEX	$36.34	$34.31	-5.59%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$163.13	$153.45	-5.93%
Mod E	L	OPK	$4.29	$4.03	-6.06%
kadee73	L	CLSN	$2.31	$2.13	-7.79%

[kadee79]

Thank goodness there is only one more day! 

[architecto25]

I just now looked at the graphs of our picks this week .......and a quick thought.....

"Wonder if Clark would consider changing all our symbols into SHORTS ....."

Arch.

[clarkrl2]

uncle23 is the only player with a positive return to earn his hat trick. clarkrl2 is second and the benchmark third.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
uncle.23	L	VKTX	$6.05	$6.35	4.96%
clarkrl2	L	ADS	$247.18	$240.67	-2.63%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$163.13	$156.10	-4.31%
architecto25	L	OTEX	$36.34	$34.43	-5.26%
kadee73	L	CLSN	$2.31	$2.12	-8.23%
Mod E	L	OPK	$4.29	$3.88	-9.56%

[clarkrl2]

2018 results

Name	Games	Win	Place	Show	>Bench	Return
architecto25	6	1	2	1	3	1.75
uncle.23	6	3	0	0	3	1.47
tyfighter3	3	1	0	0	1	1.06
BenchMark	6	0	1	3	0	0.09
clarkrl2	6	0	3	1	4	-0.16
Value Buy	3	0	0	0	0	-0.58
kadee72	6	1	0	0	1	-2.78
Mod E	6	0	0	1	1	-3.08

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	144	26	12	15	67	0.79
clarkrl2	215	28	28	32	110	0.48
Mod E	213	30	32	30	109	0.46
2kids10horses	10	0	2	1	4	0.33
BenchMark	215	3	21	40	0	0.26
Ombud	108	8	11	17	53	0.19
kadee72	204	33	32	19	95	0.09
architecto25	213	43	19	16	93	-0.24
tyfighter3	84	7	4	11	31	-0.58
Bluerobin	6	2	0	0	3	-0.66
uncle.23	215	26	39	19	88	-1.04
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

[kadee79]

Congrats to Uncle & Clark!  May next week be better!!!