Stock Pick of the Week - W.E. 26 Aug. 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 -- livinincali --

[Trongersoll]

I'm going with Lakeland Bank LBAI Long

[ModE98]

Will stick with TPI (Long) ... Tianyin Pharmaceuticals (China). Should at least meet the Bench Mark. It cannot get much worse, or on second thought...could it?...well, guess it could.
This is a long shot speculation. Caveat Emptor!

[yclept]

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[livinincali]

I think this week is going to be a whipsaw so I'm looking for the flight to safety long play. I'll take the most boring pick ever in MCD, people ain't going to give up those Big Macs even if there's a recession.

[uncle23]

.........


JVA.........long

should start moving up now........too early last week

[kadee79]

I've never done this so if I don't do it right just let me know, ok?

ASIA, long....asian (china) communications. Why, cause they have gone soooo low they just HAVE to come up, at least a little.

And since "once upon a time" my first hubby & I did race a couple of quarter horses...in Ill. & in Fl.....PUT SOME MOLASSES IN MY HORSE'S OATS, PLEASE! More energy!

[mtntigger]

Yay! Another female! ;D

[ModE98]

Stay cool, SBS, we do not want you and kadee harrassing our horses and creating mischief around the track. Wonder if kadee is as sneaky as you...never know what's next. But, you do make very nice brownies.

[mtntigger]

No, kadee is too nice.

. . .

. . .

Although, maybe that's her strategy... to use her feminine wiles to distract you guys while her horse prances to the finish line first.

[architecto25]

check the time (insomnia)...and guys, "beware of all women drivers"....that's a tip from a very old grey headed man.

[kadee79]

No, kadee is too nice.

I have been accused of many things in my life time, but that has never been at the top of any list! ;D At one place I worked I was known as....TOWB!

SBS makes a mean brownie...but in RL I make a wicked chocolate chip cookie!!!


SBS...I need ya to help me out here, PLEASE...I don't know how to transfer a pic of ccc. I appreciate it!

[mtntigger]

Ha! Like I'm going to fall for that... I posting a picture and you taking the credit.
I think you are hiding your sneakiness under a thick coat of Southern politeness. I'm starting to feel sorry for the guys on this board. ;D

I'll steal D.I.'s prize-winning horse this week... long on TVIX.

[clarkrl2]

TBT long

Thirty year treasury yields are near historical lows. Bernanke is speaking this week and I doubt he'll say anything that will send the price of treasuries plummeting but inflation is on the rise. At some point in time long term treasury bond prices will start falling. I think bear call spreads are a better way to play it but I do have a long position in TBT.

[burger]

I haven't had time to look at anything this weekend, so I'm just going to go with F (Ford) long. It's been beat up for long enough!

[2kids10horses]

SBS,

We're not running Claiming Races on this board! Stealing horses...

Well, last week, in RL, I was Long, then Short, then Long again. Made some money... (not on that last day... gave some back)

My tea leaves are showing long "right now", but who the heck knows in this market?

Anyway, I'll take a ride on URTY, Long. He's prone to bucking his riders off mid track, however.

URTY, Long. That's the 3x Russell 2000 ETF.

[kadee79]

Ha! Like I'm going to fall for that... I posting a picture and you taking the credit.
I think you are hiding your sneakiness under a thick coat of Southern politeness.

Ok! I am polite on the boards to a certain extent! BUT, I don't tell lies & don't take credit for things I didn't do! And I really don't know how to do a pic...if it copys/pastes...I can do it, but I tried several & they didn't work ((shrug))! Anyway, I can still make a mean batch of CCCs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I just checked the foreign markets...the Asian ones are up a little bit!

[tyfighter3]

KOG long.

[architecto25]

SUSS (Susser Holdings) (Long)
closed Friday at $19.40.
Located in Corpus Christi, Texas; convenience store operator. In Dec.2008, operated 512 stores
in Texas, N.Mex., Okla. Stock was trading at about $16 only a couple of weeks ago. Hopefully this
horse has energy for another 5 days.

[Bluerobin]

I am gonna win this week with WIN, long. Windstream Communications. One of the other phone and telecommunications companies. Time for them to move.

Welcome Kadee!!! <sneaks over and steals some of those oats with molasses>.

[rovo]

I'm going to stick with AAPL Long for another week. We are due for a bounce but I expect a terrible Friday. So it comes down to "who knows" what the market will do this week.

rovo Long AAPL

[Value Buy]

Ok, let's go with Citi, as a long position this week.

[rovo]

Value Buy, Symbol CITI appears to be dead.

[rovo]

Here are the selections and opening prices for this week's game. I will update Value Buy's pick once he gives me the appropriate symbol.

Player

L or S

Symbol

$ Open

$ Close

% Close

[/b][/tr]
[tr][td] livinincali [/td][td] L [/td][td] MCD [/td][td] $88.21 [/td][td] $0.00 [/td][td] -100.00% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] SlowbutSure [/td][td] L [/td][td] TVIX [/td][td] $53.11 [/td][td] $0.00 [/td][td] -100.00% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] kadee66 [/td][td] L [/td][td] ASIA [/td][td] $8.74 [/td][td] $0.00 [/td][td] -100.00% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] clarkrl2 [/td][td] L [/td][td] TBT [/td][td] $24.07 [/td][td] $0.00 [/td][td] -100.00% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] Bluerobin [/td][td] L [/td][td] WIN [/td][td] $11.80 [/td][td] $0.00 [/td][td] -100.00% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] D.I. [/td][td] L [/td][td] MMM [/td][td] $78.34 [/td][td] $0.00 [/td][td] -100.00% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] rovo [/td][td] L [/td][td] AAPL [/td][td] $364.51 [/td][td] $0.00 [/td][td] -100.00% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] ModE [/td][td] L [/td][td] TPI [/td][td] $1.38 [/td][td] $0.00 [/td][td] -100.00% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] BenchMark [/td][td] L [/td][td] QQQ [/td][td] $51.21 [/td][td] $0.00 [/td][td] -100.00% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] Burger [/td][td] L [/td][td] F [/td][td] $10.39 [/td][td] $0.00 [/td][td] -100.00% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] tyfighter3 [/td][td] L [/td][td] KOG [/td][td] $5.48 [/td][td] $0.00 [/td][td] -100.00% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] architecto25 [/td][td] L [/td][td] SUSS [/td][td] $20.08 [/td][td] $0.00 [/td][td] -100.00% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] Trongersoll [/td][td] L [/td][td] LBAI [/td][td] $8.30 [/td][td] $0.00 [/td][td] -100.00% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] Value Buy [/td][td] L [/td][td] CITI [/td][td] $0.00 [/td][td] $0.00 [/td][td] #DIV/0! [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] uncle.23 [/td][td] L [/td][td] JVA [/td][td] $16.44 [/td][td] $0.00 [/td][td] -100.00% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] 2kids10horses [/td][td] L [/td][td] URTY [/td][td] $43.22 [/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]

[architecto25]

I'll bet (but not much)...that Value Buy meant Citigroup (symbol is "C").
if that's true, rovo.........then he owes you a large cup of coffee for the research effort... LOL

[rovo]

Day one and SBS is barely in sight. Talk about being fast out of the gate. No one else is even above 0% for the day.

Player

L or S

Symbol

$ Open

$ Close

% Close

[/b][/tr]
[tr][td] SlowbutSure [/td][td] L [/td][td] TVIX [/td][td] $53.11 [/td][td] $63.67 [/td][td] 19.88% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] kadee66 [/td][td] L [/td][td] ASIA [/td][td] $8.74 [/td][td] $8.74 [/td][td] 0.00% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] livinincali [/td][td] L [/td][td] MCD [/td][td] $88.21 [/td][td] $87.76 [/td][td] -0.51% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] clarkrl2 [/td][td] L [/td][td] TBT [/td][td] $24.07 [/td][td] $23.88 [/td][td] -0.79% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] architecto25 [/td][td] L [/td][td] SUSS [/td][td] $20.08 [/td][td] $19.90 [/td][td] -0.90% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] Bluerobin [/td][td] L [/td][td] WIN [/td][td] $11.80 [/td][td] $11.66 [/td][td] -1.19% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] D.I. [/td][td] L [/td][td] MMM [/td][td] $78.34 [/td][td] $76.95 [/td][td] -1.77% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] BenchMark [/td][td] L [/td][td] QQQ [/td][td] $51.21 [/td][td] $50.21 [/td][td] -1.95% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] rovo [/td][td] L [/td][td] AAPL [/td][td] $364.51 [/td][td] $356.44 [/td][td] -2.21% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] ModE [/td][td] L [/td][td] TPI [/td][td] $1.38 [/td][td] $1.34 [/td][td] -2.90% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] Trongersoll [/td][td] L [/td][td] LBAI [/td][td] $8.30 [/td][td] $8.02 [/td][td] -3.37% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] Burger [/td][td] L [/td][td] F [/td][td] $10.39 [/td][td] $10.01 [/td][td] -3.66% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] Value Buy [/td][td] L [/td][td] C [/td][td] $27.72 [/td][td] $26.06 [/td][td] -5.99% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] tyfighter3 [/td][td] L [/td][td] KOG [/td][td] $5.48 [/td][td] $5.14 [/td][td] -6.20% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] 2kids10horses [/td][td] L [/td][td] URTY [/td][td] $43.22 [/td][td] $39.47 [/td][td] -8.68% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] uncle.23 [/td][td] L [/td][td] JVA [/td][td] $16.44 [/td][td] $14.91 [/td][td] -9.31% [/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]

[mtntigger]

<<shakily dismounts from her demon horse.>>

I think I need a new jockey tomorrow; I don't know if I can take this all week.

[ModE98]

Wonder who the "dirty rat" was that sold TPI shares off 4 cents in the last 6/7 minutes.... grr. At least could have ended 0.00 too. Oh well cannot be too bad near middle of the pack.

SBS, do not think I would switch jockeys... did a good job today. May be able to get more distance tomorrow. You stay well out of the dust, or is the track going to get muddy tomorrow? If your horse is not a good mudder, you could fall back closer to the pack. Here's a hope for fair weather for you....

[Bluerobin]

The ladies are killin us!!!

[livinincali]

If I woke up early enough and saw the market was going to gap up close to 2% I might have changed my pick to a short. I figure this week is a whipsaw but I expected it to drop early in the week and then rally into jackson hole announcement friday.