Stock Pick of the Week - W.E. 15 July 2011

[rovo]

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 complex trading vehicles. Only stocks and ETFs.

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 -- ModE

[rovo]

I'm going to jump right in and pick AAPL (Long) for next week as I see it rising in value as we approach the earnings report.

[ModE98]

Will run this week with CNIT (China Information Technology, Inc.) (Long)
China Information Technology, Inc. (CNIT), formerly China Information Security Technology, Inc., specializes in geographic information systems (GIS), digital public security and hospital information systems. CNIT manages its operations in the development areas of China including the South, the North, the East, the Central, the Southwest, the Northwest China, as well as the Northeast. The Company has established its presence in approximately 30 provinces and provincial cities in China, including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chongqing, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Fujian, Hainan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangxi, Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, Shanxi, Shanxi, Shandong, Henan and Hebei. CNIT owns subsidiaries, which provide solutions on public security, digital healthcare, digital multimedia, education, Internet technology and digital image display.

[Trongersoll]

I think i seeee. This time i'm going sirius SIRI long. Siriusly.

[Driftr]

I'll give INTC a shot. I might pick some up for my wife's IRA next week and if I can get it to tank a little arly in the week by picking it here, more's the better.

[uncle23]

....


JVA.............long


coffee holdings

[yclept]

MDCO long
One of the last holdings in my portfolio. Might as well use it here too.
P/E 7.63
PEG 0.76
Price/Revenue 2.05
Price/Cash Flow 7.34
Price/Book (MRQ) 2.37
ROA 26.89%
ROE 37.36%
Current Ratio (MRQ) 3.91
Total Debt/Equity (MRQ) 0.00

[2kids10horses]

I'm sticking with my usual steed, URTY. Long.

If anyone is interested, I posted an interesting chart on yclept's 5/15/50 thread showing the support/resistance trading range we're in.

Here's hoping for a breakout!

Long URTY, the Russell 2000 3x ETF.

[clarkrl2]

Long AIT (Applied Industrial Technologies - Industrial Equipment Wholesale)

As was mentioned by 2k10h a lot of stocks and indexes are trading near resistance levels. This company has 0 D/E, a low PEG of .91, a 2.11% dividend and 2.09/share cash. I own a covered call position in this company.

I still like the refiners as well with the crack spread moving back above 30 but TSO looked to be at some heavy resistance.

[tyfighter3]

I'm going to go high risk this week with SSN long, oil and gas.

[architecto25]

Here's a fast horse that I'm riding this week:

HNSN (Hansen Medical Inc.) (long)
Located in Mountain View, CA.,; 171 employees
The company designs, manufactures, and markets robotic medical devices
for the navigation of catheter and catheter-based technology

HNSN closed Friday at $4.59

[marshabar1]

Jul 10, 2011 17:39:57 GMT -5 architecto25 said:

Here's a fast horse that I'm riding this week:

HNSN (Hansen Medical Inc.) (long)
Located in Mountain View, CA.,; 171 employees
The company designs, manufactures, and markets robotic medical devices
for the navigation of catheter and catheter-based technology

HNSN closed Friday at $4.59

I took a nice long ride on Hansen a few years back. What happened Friday to cause 11%+? Do you think it'll spike?

[architecto25]

Marshabar, I wish that I could tell you that my crystal ball was always polished, and always gave me great answers for future events. I mostly claim to be a chartist..... still trying to learn how to spell "fundamentals". HNSN's chart (daily & weekly) is heading north, and I don't think either has spiked yet. It has a rising On Bal. Vol., also. I intend to monitor the pre-market trades some. And I don't know what caused the 11%+ bump Friday. I have some favorite web sites that I click on for chart information. Point and figure charts are not as valuable on a stock in the price range that HNSN is trading at. Might be an interesting week. I've checked charts for the other "horses" entered this week; and they all look good.

[mtntigger]

I'm going with CMFO (China Marine Food Group) - long. Quite a lot of the food processing stocks did well on Friday and are at or near their 52-week high. CMFO has been steadily trending upward for the last two weeks, but hasn't had a big leap. Maybe this week... <<crossing fingers>>

[bimetalaupt]

NXPI... NXP Semiconductor,N.V. high risk with beta of about 3.0 my estimate
The bet on this stock is LONG!!! For the dividend or option ??

This is a hot Tech firm.. All AI and other properties that are 100% intangible like EURO..

makes a lot of money on the next generation Debit Cards that can talk to the register without crossing the bars.. built in chips that they do not make.. they own no FAB's.

This was part of Phillips Electronic for years.. Price target is $50.00
Current price Friday was 26.07
price to book= 5.77
PE 81.21
I had a broker call me on this one and would not take no for an answer.. Told him I lived on my dividends and was retired.. and he keep going on and on..

Just a wild bet on wild stocks with very high PE...

[Bluerobin]

I am going to stick with WEN, Wendy's long. I still think they are due for more of a bounce after shedding Arby's.

[Value Buy]

Ohh, what to do this week? Everything looks soft tis morning.
Commodities are almost all down.
Fertilizers, down, Alcoa reports today.
I think I will stick with X again this week, looking for a recovery from last week

[ModE98]

Hate horses that get out of the gate with tails on fire, and then have to sit down a few yards out ot the gate to put our the fire.
Who lit up my horse's tail.... must be one of SBS's tricks

[rovo]

This week's selections and opening prices below:

Player

L or S

Symbol

$ Open

$ Close

% Close

[/b][/tr]
[tr][td] ModE [/td][td] L [/td][td] CNIT [/td][td] $2.62 [/td][td] $0.00 [/td][td] -100.00% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] Bluerobin [/td][td] L [/td][td] WEN [/td][td] $5.46 [/td][td] $0.00 [/td][td] -100.00% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] clarkrl2 [/td][td] L [/td][td] AIT [/td][td] $35.57 [/td][td] $0.00 [/td][td] -100.00% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] 2kids10horses [/td][td] L [/td][td] URTY [/td][td] $94.23 [/td][td] $0.00 [/td][td] -100.00% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] tyfighter3 [/td][td] L [/td][td] SSN [/td][td] $2.86 [/td][td] $0.00 [/td][td] -100.00% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] BenchMark [/td][td] L [/td][td] QQQ [/td][td] $58.41 [/td][td] $0.00 [/td][td] -100.00% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] Trongersoll [/td][td] L [/td][td] SIRI [/td][td] $2.27 [/td][td] $0.00 [/td][td] -100.00% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] bimetalaupt [/td][td] L [/td][td] NXPI [/td][td] $25.44 [/td][td] $0.00 [/td][td] -100.00% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] D.I. [/td][td] L [/td][td] BKH [/td][td] $29.90 [/td][td] $0.00 [/td][td] -100.00% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] SlowbutSure [/td][td] L [/td][td] CMFO [/td][td] $3.40 [/td][td] $0.00 [/td][td] -100.00% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] uncle.23 [/td][td] L [/td][td] JVA [/td][td] $28.23 [/td][td] $0.00 [/td][td] -100.00% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] Driftr [/td][td] L [/td][td] INTC [/td][td] $22.84 [/td][td] $0.00 [/td][td] -100.00% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] yclept [/td][td] L [/td][td] MDCO [/td][td] $16.50 [/td][td] $0.00 [/td][td] -100.00% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] architecto25 [/td][td] L [/td][td] HNSN [/td][td] $4.51 [/td][td] $0.00 [/td][td] -100.00% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] rovo [/td][td] L [/td][td] AAPL [/td][td] $356.34 [/td][td] $0.00 [/td][td] -100.00% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] Value Buy [/td][td] L [/td][td] X [/td][td] $44.23 [/td][td] $0.00 [/td][td] -100.00% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] 0 [/td][td] 0 [/td][td] 0 [/td][td] $0.00 [/td][td] $0.00 [/td][td] 0.00% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] 0 [/td][td] 0 [/td][td] 0 [/td][td] $0.00 [/td][td] $0.00 [/td][td] 0.00% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] 0 [/td][td] 0 [/td][td] 0 [/td][td] $0.00 [/td][td] $0.00 [/td][td] 0.00% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] 0 [/td][td] 0 [/td][td] 0 [/td][td] $0.00 [/td][td] $0.00 [/td][td] 0.00% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] 0 [/td][td] 0 [/td][td] 0 [/td][td] $0.00 [/td][td] $0.00 [/td][td] 0.00% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] 0 [/td][td] 0 [/td][td] 0 [/td][td] $0.00 [/td][td] $0.00 [/td][td] 0.00% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] 0 [/td][td] 0 [/td][td] 0 [/td][td] $0.00 [/td][td] $0.00 [/td][td] 0.00% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] 0 [/td][td] 0 [/td][td] 0 [/td][td] $0.00 [/td][td] $0.00 [/td][td] 0.00% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] 0 [/td][td] 0 [/td][td] 0 [/td][td] $0.00 [/td][td] $0.00 [/td][td] 0.00% [/td][/tr][/table]

Value Buy's entry may not have made it in by the opening bell but I'm letting it run.

[mtntigger]

Who lit up my horse's tail.... must be one of SBS's tricks

Who? Me?

It backfired on me too, Mod. I know, let's blame uncle!

ETA: LOL! I blamed uncle waaaay before I looked at all the results so far. Now I know HE is guilty.

[architecto25]

Aren't horse races more fun ? when there's a little controversy..??
Rovo, I think you're correct on all $ opens..... but recheck NXPI., if you will.
Both Bigcharts and Scottrade has the opening quote at $25.44 (not $24.44)., but
that's still lower than Friday's close. I know you have not assigned this effort to
me, but I was a proj. manager for too many years....just a habit.
I even do this on golf scores....... LOL

[yclept]

Disclosure: Sold MDCO in real-money ports; it dropped from the screen that picked it.

Badges?

[architecto25]

yclept,..............that's one of the most classic movie scenes ever.... !!! I've quoted that line for decades..

[rovo]

Architecto25, Good catch on NXPI. I have corrected the opening prices in the post. Yes, it isn't your job but I appreciate you checking the numbers.

[Driftr]

Argh. When I saw INTC dropping a bit further after the open I put an order out there in my wife's IRA at $22.75, but it looks like it got to just about there before reversing. Now I'm watching it run away from me. C'est le vie. Always tomorrow...

[uncle23]

..............

LOL! I blamed uncle waaaay before I looked at all the results so far. Now I know HE is guilty.


SBS....you can blame me anytime........my nieces always do..

[mtntigger]

Uncle - It's not fun for me if you LET me blame you. Wait... is this reverse psychology?

Driftr - Stop trying to jinx my Intel!

[Driftr]

I would like it to be my Intel as well. I almost chased it to 22.80 earlier, but then I checked the ExDiv and realized I probably have a couple weeks to play with. I hope for you that I end up buying it around 23.50.

[ModE98]

Not only did SBS mess with my horse just before the start, she stole a horse from my stable and is running in high gear. And she tries to blame Uncle. You little sneek!

[rovo]

Somebody must have done something to ModE's horse but I can't imagine who it might be.

architecto25 has jumped out to an early lead but is in hot pursuit by uncle.23 and D.I.

Player

L or S

Symbol

$ Open

$ Close

% Close

[/b][/tr]
[tr][td] architecto25 [/td][td] L [/td][td] HNSN [/td][td] $4.51 [/td][td] $4.75 [/td][td] 5.32% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] uncle.23 [/td][td] L [/td][td] JVA [/td][td] $28.23 [/td][td] $29.29 [/td][td] 3.75% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] D.I. [/td][td] L [/td][td] BKH [/td][td] $29.90 [/td][td] $30.20 [/td][td] 1.00% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] clarkrl2 [/td][td] L [/td][td] AIT [/td][td] $35.57 [/td][td] $35.63 [/td][td] 0.17% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] Driftr [/td][td] L [/td][td] INTC [/td][td] $22.84 [/td][td] $22.85 [/td][td] 0.04% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] rovo [/td][td] L [/td][td] AAPL [/td][td] $356.34 [/td][td] $354.00 [/td][td] -0.66% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] BenchMark [/td][td] L [/td][td] QQQ[/b] [/td][td] $58.41 [/td][td] $57.97 [/td][td] -0.76% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] yclept [/td][td] L [/td][td] MDCO [/td][td] $16.50 [/td][td] $16.35 [/td][td] -0.91% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] SlowbutSure [/td][td] L [/td][td] CMFO [/td][td] $3.40 [/td][td] $3.35 [/td][td] -1.47% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] Value Buy [/td][td] L [/td][td] X [/td][td] $44.23 [/td][td] $43.54 [/td][td] -1.56% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] bimetalaupt [/td][td] L [/td][td] NXPI [/td][td] $25.44 [/td][td] $25.02 [/td][td] -1.65% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] Bluerobin [/td][td] L [/td][td] WEN [/td][td] $5.46 [/td][td] $5.35 [/td][td] -2.01% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] tyfighter3 [/td][td] L [/td][td] SSN [/td][td] $2.86 [/td][td] $2.80 [/td][td] -2.10% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] 2kids10horses [/td][td] L [/td][td] URTY [/td][td] $94.23 [/td][td] $91.76 [/td][td] -2.62% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] Trongersoll [/td][td] L [/td][td] SIRI [/td][td] $2.27 [/td][td] $2.21 [/td][td] -2.64% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] ModE [/td][td] L [/td][td] CNIT [/td][td] $2.62 [/td][td] $2.45 [/td][td] -6.49% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] 0 [/td][td] 0 [/td][td] 0 [/td][td] $0.00 [/td][td] $0.00 [/td][td] 0.00% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] 0 [/td][td] 0 [/td][td] 0 [/td][td] $0.00 [/td][td] $0.00 [/td][td] 0.00% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] 0 [/td][td] 0 [/td][td] 0 [/td][td] $0.00 [/td][td] $0.00 [/td][td] 0.00% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] 0 [/td][td] 0 [/td][td] 0 [/td][td] $0.00 [/td][td] $0.00 [/td][td] 0.00% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] 0 [/td][td] 0 [/td][td] 0 [/td][td] $0.00 [/td][td] $0.00 [/td][td] 0.00% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] 0 [/td][td] 0 [/td][td] 0 [/td][td] $0.00 [/td][td] $0.00 [/td][td] 0.00% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] 0 [/td][td] 0 [/td][td] 0 [/td][td] $0.00 [/td][td] $0.00 [/td][td] 0.00% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] 0 [/td][td] 0 [/td][td] 0 [/td][td] $0.00 [/td][td] $0.00 [/td][td] 0.00% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] 0 [/td][td] 0 [/td][td] 0 [/td][td] $0.00 [/td][td] $0.00 [/td][td] 0.00% [/td][/tr][/table]