Stock Pick of the Week: W. E. 27 Jul. 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.

[ModE98]

ALDX (short). 

www.finviz.com/quote.ashx?t=ALDX

[clarkrl2]

from uncle23







I’ll be out of the country till August 10....





Clark please keep me on CRON while I’m away ...





I’ll deal with my jockey when I get back...

[clarkrl2]

Long ADS (Alliance Data Systems - Business Solutions)

From the earnings beat MRQ with recent upward estimate revisions. They beat on earnings and revenue in last week's earnings report. The weekly chart is looking a little overbought but I don't have a better idea right now. www.stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=ADS&p=W&b=5&g=0&id=p33582404397 

[kadee79]

VUZI, short...cause I'm losing when I pick long....  

[architecto25]

      ACIU       (long)      AC Immune S.A.

This stock closed Friday at $16.28

Clinical stage biopharmaceutical company.

Founded 13 Feb. 2003

Hdq. in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Employees ….. not posted.

52 week high/low     $16.48/$6.03

[clarkrl2]

architecto25 is at the top of the leaderboard on day one. The benchmark is second and clarkrl2 third. 

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
architecto25	L	ACIU	$15.92	$16.18	1.63%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$178.45	$179.56	0.62%
clarkrl2	L	ADS	$232.31	$233.37	0.46%
Mod E	S	ALDX	$7.90	$7.90	0.00%
uncle.23	L	CRON	$6.50	$6.46	-0.62%
kadee73	S	VUZI	$7.60	$7.65	-0.66%

 

[clarkrl2]

ModE95 streaks to the front aboard his short. kadee73 is also short this week and is in second. The benchmark is third.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
Mod E	S	ALDX	$7.90	$7.55	4.43%
kadee73	S	VUZI	$7.60	$7.40	2.63%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$178.45	$180.30	1.04%
architecto25	L	ACIU	$15.92	$15.98	0.38%
clarkrl2	L	ADS	$232.31	$232.51	0.09%
uncle.23	L	CRON	$6.50	$6.27	-3.54%

 

[clarkrl2]

kadee73 made a big move to take over the lead after six furlongs. ModE95 is second and architecto25 is the only other player beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
kadee73	S	VUZI	$7.60	$6.85	9.87%
Mod E	S	ALDX	$7.90	$7.35	6.96%
architecto25	L	ACIU	$15.92	$16.45	3.33%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$178.45	$182.82	2.45%
clarkrl2	L	ADS	$232.31	$236.20	1.67%
uncle.23	L	CRON	$6.50	$6.29	-3.23%

 

[architecto25]

Well, I know that there's only 6 entries this week; but I'm going to

finish probably # 26 …………..

Arch.

                And any one of us could have shorted

                Facebook (FB) ….. for the collar of roses...….

[clarkrl2]

kadee73 is a neck in front of ModE95 at the quarter pole. The benchmark has the edge over clarkrl2 for third. 

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
kadee73	S	VUZI	$7.60	$7.15	5.92%
Mod E	S	ALDX	$7.90	$7.45	5.70%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$178.45	$180.05	0.90%
clarkrl2	L	ADS	$232.31	$234.15	0.79%
uncle.23	L	CRON	$6.50	$6.14	-5.54%
architecto25	L	ACIU	$15.92	$10.84	-31.91%

 

[kadee79]

Yes Arch.  The picture I saw of "what's his name"...he didn't look happy at all!  Largest 1 day loss in history!

[clarkrl2]

kadee73 held off the stretch challenge and won going away. ModE95 had a strong second and the benchmark was third.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
kadee73	S	VUZI	$7.60	$6.55	13.82%
Mod E	S	ALDX	$7.90	$7.30	7.59%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$178.45	$177.62	-0.47%
clarkrl2	L	ADS	$232.31	$227.34	-2.14%
uncle.23	L	CRON	$6.50	$6.23	-4.15%
architecto25	L	ACIU	$15.92	$9.42	-40.83%

 

[clarkrl2]

2018	results
Name	Return	Games	Win	Place	Show	>Bench	points	ppg
kadee72	1.20	30	9	3	3	14	50	1.67
tyfighter3	0.95	5	1	0	0	1	4	0.80
clarkrl2	0.65	30	4	9	6	18	54	1.80
BenchMark	0.40	30	1	5	11	0	39	1.30
architecto25	-0.37	30	7	5	4	14	49	1.63
Value Buy	-0.58	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Mod E	-0.78	30	1	3	5	9	23	0.77
uncle.23	-2.44	30	7	5	1	13	45	1.50

Lifetime	results
Name	Return	Games	Win	Place	Show	>Bench	points	ppg
bimetalaupt	2.78	4	1	0	0	1	4	1.00
m2w	1.15	8	2	1	0	3	11	1.38
damnotagain	0.83	20	2	3	3	10	25	1.25
Value Buy	0.79	144	26	12	15	67	184	1.28
clarkrl2	0.51	239	32	34	37	124	325	1.36
Mod E	0.40	237	31	35	34	117	314	1.32
2kids10horses	0.33	10	0	2	1	4	9	0.90
kadee72	0.31	228	41	35	22	108	323	1.42
BenchMark	0.28	239	4	25	48	0	229.5	0.96
Ombud	0.19	108	8	11	17	53	116	1.07
architecto25	-0.30	237	49	22	19	104	314	1.32
tyfighter3	-0.55	86	7	4	11	31	71	0.83
Bluerobin	-0.66	6	2	0	0	3	9	1.50
uncle.23	-1.28	239	30	44	20	98	296	1.24
D. I.	-1.84	102	4	11	11	51	96	0.94
alliesmom	-6.82	2	0	0	0	1	1	0.50
djADVOCATE	-12.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00

[ModE98]

Congratulations. kadee for this this week's WIN!

[kadee79]

And congrats to you too Mod!  Fun week for a change...for me.

[architecto25]

Congratulations to all you winners; ….. I can not recall a week as terrible

as this one …. for me and my horse …. who just walked slow all week.... LOL