Stock Pick of the Week: W. E. 10 Jan. 2020

[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".

Moderators, please pin the thread.

[clarkrl2]

Long XLE (energy etf)
It has some positive momentum. schrts.co/KadnQgUH    

[ModE98]

ABBV (Long).  Pharmaceuticals.  Just a shot in the dark for the week.

[uncle23]

AMZN    .........long

[kadee79]

IBN, short....with all the news, who knows how the market will do.

[architecto25]

           LITE         (long)        Lumentum Holdings, Inc.

This stock closed Friday at $81.90 per share.

52 wk. high/low           $82.71/ $40.28

Engages in the provision of optical and

photonic products.

Company was founded 10 Feb. 2015

Hdq. in Milpitas, CA.    5,161 employees

2019 Sales growth:    25.5%

[kadee79]

Thank you for the note Arch...I corrected it.  I had transposed 2 letters when I typed it.

[architecto25]

Kadee, I'm so glad you changed it. I just looked at the chart. It does appear

to be topping. O.K., have a good week.

Arch.

[clarkrl2]

uncle23 did a pony express style mount change and is right back to the lead. The benchmark is second and ModE96 third.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
uncle.23	L	AMZN	$1,860.00	$1,902.88	2.31%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$212.49	$215.56	1.44%
Mod E	L	ABBV	$88.22	$89.40	1.34%
clarkrl2	L	XLE	$60.61	$60.87	0.43%
architecto25	L	LITE	$80.73	$80.59	-0.17%
kadee74	S	IBN	$14.61	$14.72	-0.75%

 

[kadee79]

And it doesn't matter what company I choose or if I go long or short...I'm in the basement!

I have lost my "touch"!...and I haven't been paying close attention for about a year now...too many other things going on in life.

[clarkrl2]

uncle23 still leads after two days. architecto25 is second and the benchmark third.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
uncle.23	L	AMZN	$1,860.00	$1,906.86	2.52%
architecto25	L	LITE	$80.73	$81.97	1.54%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$212.49	$215.53	1.43%
Mod E	L	ABBV	$88.22	$88.87	0.74%
kadee74	S	IBN	$14.61	$14.58	0.21%
clarkrl2	L	XLE	$60.61	$60.71	0.16%

[clarkrl2]

architecto25 leads the way as the race moves past halfway. The benchmark is second and uncle23 third.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
architecto25	L	LITE	$80.73	$82.96	2.76%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$212.49	$217.15	2.19%
uncle.23	L	AMZN	$1,860.00	$1,891.97	1.72%
Mod E	L	ABBV	$88.22	$89.52	1.47%
kadee74	S	IBN	$14.61	$14.71	-0.68%
clarkrl2	L	XLE	$60.61	$59.71	-1.48%

 

[clarkrl2]

The benchmark takes over with just one day to go. ModE96 is second a nose in front of uncle23.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$212.49	$218.99	3.06%
Mod E	L	ABBV	$88.22	$90.21	2.26%
uncle.23	L	AMZN	$1,860.00	$1,901.05	2.21%
architecto25	L	LITE	$80.73	$81.50	0.95%
clarkrl2	L	XLE	$60.61	$60.15	-0.76%
kadee74	S	IBN	$14.61	$15.14	-3.63%

 

[clarkrl2]

The benchmark hangs on for the win. uncle23 is second and ModE96 third.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$212.49	$218.43	2.80%
uncle.23	L	AMZN	$1,860.00	$1,883.16	1.25%
Mod E	L	ABBV	$88.22	$89.06	0.95%
architecto25	L	LITE	$80.73	$80.19	-0.67%
clarkrl2	L	XLE	$60.61	$59.81	-1.32%
kadee74	S	IBN	$14.61	$15.04	-2.94%

 

[clarkrl2]

2019	results
Name	Return	Games	Win	Place	Show	>Bench	points	ppg
uncle.23	3.29	2	1	1	0	1	6	3.00
BenchMark	1.56	2	1	0	0	0	3	1.50
architecto25	0.60	2	0	1	0	1	3	1.50
clarkrl2	-0.43	2	0	0	1	1	2	1.00
Mod E	-0.74	2	0	0	1	0	1	0.50
kadee74	-7.77	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00

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
Mod E	0.52	312	44	55	42	163	447	1.43
Value Buy	0.52	195	39	15	19	90	256	1.31
2kids10horses	0.33	10	0	2	1	4	9	0.90
BenchMark	0.29	315	8	35	68	0	319.5	1.01
Ombud	0.26	111	9	11	18	56	123	1.11
kadee74	0.25	300	53	42	25	132	400	1.33
clarkrl2	0.16	315	38	42	49	150	397	1.26
architecto25	-0.43	312	62	33	29	138	419	1.34
tyfighter3	-0.53	108	11	4	17	40	98	0.91
Bluerobin	-0.66	6	2	0	0	3	9	1.50
uncle.23	-1.27	315	39	62	30	132	403	1.28
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]

CONGRATS to uncle for Show