Stock Pick of the Week: W. E. 30 Jun. 2023

[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"

[uncle23]

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FNGR.....long

[djAdvocate]

i don't have time to look right now, but i will take GBTC this week.  it was up over 20% last week, and broke out again on Friday.  i have zero faith in any of my picks at this point, and i might change it, if time allows.

LONG.

[kadee79]

BLNK, short....let's see what happens now.


Blink Charging Co., through its subsidiaries, owns, operates, manufactures, and provides electric vehicle (EV) charging equipment and networked EV charging services in the United States and internationally. The company offers residential and commercial EV charging equipment that enable EV drivers to recharge at various location types. It also provides Blink Network, a cloud-based system that operates, maintains, and manages various Blink charging stations and associated charging data, back-end operations, and payment processing, as well as offers property owners, managers, parking companies, and state and municipal entities with cloud-based services that enable the remote monitoring and management of EV charging stations; and EV drivers with station information, including station location, availability, and applicable fees. In addition, the company offers EV charging hardware, software services, and service plans. It has strategic partnerships across transit/destination locations, including airports, auto dealers, healthcare/medicals, hotels, mixed-use and municipal locations, multifamily residential and condos, parks and recreation areas, parking lots, religious institutions, restaurants, retailers, schools and universities, stadiums, supermarkets, transportation hubs, and workplace locations. The company offers its services through direct sales force and resellers, as well as sells residential Level 2 chargers through various internet channels. Blink Charging Co. was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Miami Beach, Florida.

[clarkrl2]

Long CI (Cigna Group - Healthcare Plans)
The chart with weekly bars looks good. weekly bars 

[clarkrl2]

uncle23 is the early leader in this week's contest. kadee78 is second and clarkrl2 third.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
uncle.23	L	FNGR	$3.7200	$4.1500	11.56%
kadee78	S	BLNK	$5.5800	$5.4300	2.69%
clarkrl2	L	CI	$275.4100	$276.4100	0.36%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$362.0000	$357.6800	-1.19%
djAdvocate	L	GBTC	$18.9900	$18.1800	-4.27%

[clarkrl2]

uncle23 is still leading after day two. kadee78 is a closer second and djAdvocate had the big gain of the day to move up to third,

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
uncle.23	L	FNGR	$3.7200	$4.0100	7.80%
kadee78	S	BLNK	$5.5800	$5.3500	4.12%
djAdvocate	L	GBTC	$18.9900	$19.4700	2.53%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$362.0000	$363.8300	0.51%
clarkrl2	L	CI	$275.4100	$275.8000	0.14%

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[clarkrl2]

The benchmark takes over the lead as the race moves past halfway. clarkrl2 is second and kadee78 third. Today's disaster for our little group  is reminiscent of when the SS Minnow set off for a three-hour tour.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$362.0000	$364.5400	0.70%
clarkrl2	L	CI	$275.4100	$274.7400	-0.24%
kadee78	S	BLNK	$5.5800	$5.6900	-1.97%
djAdvocate	L	GBTC	$18.9900	$18.6100	-2.00%
uncle.23	L	FNGR	$3.7200	$3.1400	-15.59%

[clarkrl2]

djAdvocate rallies to the lead with one day to go. clarkrl2 is second and the benchmark third.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
djAdvocate	L	GBTC	$18.9900	$19.5500	2.95%
clarkrl2	L	CI	$275.4100	$277.2500	0.67%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$362.0000	$363.8100	0.50%
kadee78	S	BLNK	$5.5800	$5.9100	-5.91%
uncle.23	L	FNGR	$3.7200	$2.9000	-22.04%

[clarkrl2]

The benchmark was the winner of this week's contest when all the dust settled. clarkrl2 was second and djAdvocate third.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$362.0000	$369.4200	2.05%
clarkrl2	L	CI	$275.4100	$280.6000	1.88%
djAdvocate	L	GBTC	$18.9900	$19.1900	1.05%
kadee78	S	BLNK	$5.5800	$5.9900	-7.35%
uncle.23	L	FNGR	$3.7200	$2.9900	-19.62%

[clarkrl2]

2023	results
Name	Return	Games	Win	Place	Show	>Bench	points	ppg
BenchMark	1.34	26	4	15	5	0	47	1.81
kadee78	-0.07	25	6	2	4	7	33	1.32
clarkrl2	-0.86	26	3	6	10	6	37	1.42
djADVOCATE	-2.76	25	3	0	4	4	17	0.68
uncle.23	-3.27	26	9	3	3	11	47	1.81

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	0.57	226	45	21	22	104	303	1.34
BenchMark	0.36	496	27	77	111	0	594	1.20
2kids10horses	0.33	10	0	2	1	4	9	0.90
Mod E	0.31	429	58	73	64	214	598	1.39
Ombud	0.24	120	12	13	18	61	141	1.18
kadee78	0.17	478	91	66	43	203	651	1.36
djADVOCATE	0.00	132	19	16	20	46	155	1.17
clarkrl2	-0.03	496	62	75	85	231	652	1.31
architecto25	-0.36	406	83	46	39	177	557	1.37
tyfighter3	-0.53	108	11	4	17	40	98	0.91
Bluerobin	-0.66	6	2	0	0	3	9	1.50
uncle.23	-1.21	495	75	89	57	217	677	1.37
D. I.	-1.84	102	4	11	11	51	96	0.94
alliesmom	-6.82	2	0	0	0	1	1	0.50

[uncle23]

....FNGR bit the dust.

[djAdvocate]

sorry i missed out on this week.  i would have taken GBTC again.  my target is 23-24.

it ain't there, yet.