Stock Pick of the Week - W.E. 21 Oct. 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 kadee66

[rovo]

I'm not going to do the game this week so it would be appreciated if someone would volunteer to do it.

[ModE98]

I'm going to go (Long) with TPI (Tianyin Pharma - China) as hopefully it can still stand and try to run. It will either rise about this time next month with improved earnings (or--) so will just wait it out.... the whole stable looks so bad, nothing else to ride.

[uncle23]

....

TEL............short

just looking at the chart..

[2kids10horses]

I'll put up URTY this week.

[tyfighter3]

KOG long.

[lovetobike]

I'm going long on TYH - a 3x leveraged technology ETF. Tech is supposed to have a good week this week with anticipated good earnings reports from INTC, MSFT, EMC etc. I don't own this stock, and doubt I'll buy any.

[kadee79]

TMX, long....Mexican communications...no reason other than it is due for a small increase.

[clarkrl2]

long T (AT&T - Telcom Services)

I am slightly bullish this week but I Marketedge is bearish. I do not follow Marketedges's opinions religiously but I've found I do better when I pay attention to their market analysis. I believe we are at a crossroads where many of the indexes and individual stocks I follow are at resistance. However, I also note they don't appear to be overbought. I will take a truly chicken "bleep" position this week and play T which appears to have broken out and also has a near 6% dividend for support.

Since rovo is not going to update this week I will take that task if no one else wants to. A word of warning, my updates will not be as timely because I work full time. So if anyone else wants to take on the responsibility feel free to do so.

[architecto25]

SYMX (Synthesis Energy Systems) (Long)
closed Friday at $1.66
It's a previous pick of mine ... chart looks a little decent. I almost sat this week out., too.

Clark, I hope you do step into the job.

I just got on the computer a few minutes ago.....to see what the market did Friday.
This past week ( & several before ) have been the most miserable of my life.
re: This past monday (early), I had a prostate operation; probably don't need to explain
what all that implies. I'm thinking of posting a thread over on the EE board...possibily
getting info. from other posters that have gone thru the similar misery.

[Bluerobin]

OK, I give up. I haven't had a winner all year, so I went to the boss! Crabby says go long with FCX, so what the heck!

[Value Buy]

I'm with OWS this week!
Short Goldman Sachs, even though they are already way down.
GS short

[ModE98]

Alas, TPI has horse flys distracting him and just is lost in this race. Probably will drop dead on the track if things do not get any better. So much for this old cart horse, who has come upon hard times. Appears I will ride him into the sunset and over the hill to the glue factory.

[clarkrl2]

check the opening prices

Player

L or S

Symbol

$ Open

$ Close

% Close

[/b][/tr]
[tr][td] architecto25 [/td][td] L [/td][td] SYMX [/td][td] $1.66 [/td][td] $1.72 [/td][td] 3.61% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] 2kids10horses [/td][td] L [/td][td] URTY [/td][td] $46.57 [/td][td] $47.66 [/td][td] 2.34% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] lovetobike [/td][td] L [/td][td] TYH [/td][td] $41.40 [/td][td] $42.23 [/td][td] 2.00% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] uncle.23 [/td][td] S [/td][td] TEL [/td][td] $34.18 [/td][td] $33.94 [/td][td] 0.70% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] tyfighter3 [/td][td] L [/td][td] KOG [/td][td] $5.58 [/td][td] $5.56 [/td][td] -0.36% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] clarkrl2 [/td][td] L [/td][td] T [/td][td] $29.190 [/td][td] $28.970 [/td][td] -0.75% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] BenchMark [/td][td] L [/td][td] QQQ [/td][td] $57.90 [/td][td] $57.28 [/td][td] -1.07% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] Value Buy [/td][td] S [/td][td] GS [/td][td] $95.51 [/td][td] $96.90 [/td][td] -1.46% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] Bluerobin [/td][td] L [/td][td] FCX [/td][td] $36.16 [/td][td] $35.11 [/td][td] -2.90% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] kadee66 [/td][td] L [/td][td] KMX [/td][td] $28.11 [/td][td] $27.27 [/td][td] -2.99% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] D. I. [/td][td] L [/td][td] CF [/td][td] $149.72 [/td][td] $145.24 [/td][td] -2.99% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] Mod E [/td][td] L [/td][td] TPI [/td][td] $1.15 [/td][td] $1.10 [/td][td] -4.35% [/td][/tr]
[/table]

[architecto25]

CLARK, you're doing a great job posting the numbers; very seldom has Rovo placed me as No. 1 after only one day....& I'm so sick, I hardly know what's going on in my life. I guess my horse is not sick. LOL

[Bluerobin]

Drats! I knew I should have shorted CROX.

[clarkrl2]

Best wishes to you architecto. I hope you have a fast and complete recovery.

Tyfighter had the hot pick of the day.

Player

L or S

Symbol

$ Open

$ Close

% Close

[/b][/tr]
[tr][td] tyfighter3 [/td][td] L [/td][td] KOG [/td][td] $5.58 [/td][td] $6.18 [/td][td] 10.75% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] architecto25 [/td][td] L [/td][td] SYMX [/td][td] $1.66 [/td][td] $1.76 [/td][td] 6.02% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] BenchMark [/td][td] L [/td][td] QQQ [/td][td] $57.90 [/td][td] $57.99 [/td][td] 0.16% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] 2kids10horses [/td][td] L [/td][td] URTY [/td][td] $46.57 [/td][td] $46.64 [/td][td] 0.15% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] clarkrl2 [/td][td] L [/td][td] T [/td][td] $29.19 [/td][td] $29.21 [/td][td] 0.07% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] kadee66 [/td][td] L [/td][td] KMX [/td][td] $28.110 [/td][td] $28.070 [/td][td] -0.14% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] D. I. [/td][td] L [/td][td] CF [/td][td] $149.72 [/td][td] $148.61 [/td][td] -0.74% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] lovetobike [/td][td] L [/td][td] TYH [/td][td] $41.40 [/td][td] $41.07 [/td][td] -0.80% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] Mod E [/td][td] L [/td][td] TPI [/td][td] $1.15 [/td][td] $1.14 [/td][td] -0.87% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] uncle.23 [/td][td] S [/td][td] TEL [/td][td] $34.18 [/td][td] $34.54 [/td][td] -1.05% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] Bluerobin [/td][td] L [/td][td] FCX [/td][td] $36.16 [/td][td] $35.38 [/td][td] -2.16% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] Value Buy [/td][td] S [/td][td] GS [/td][td] $95.51 [/td][td] $102.25 [/td][td] -7.06% [/td][/tr]
[/table]

[ModE98]

What a surprise, actually TPI moved up a few places in the pack. Sure could use a little good news soon.

[architecto25]

CLARK, thanks for the best wishes; I just sat down at the computer about 15 min. ago (10:45pm.,Tex.time)... & the numbers are making me feel better (LOL). Advice for all you young men: "don't procrastinate on anything to do with your prostate"....!!!

[Bluerobin]

architecto, someone on EE will have gone through your problem. You should ask. Good luck. We just sweated out a biopsy for the bride - she is a cancer survivor, so we were concerned, but it came out ok.

[Value Buy]

GS posts horrendous numbers, loses money, protestors demanding they be destroyed, and yet the freakin stock goes up.
Can I pick them, or what?

[clarkrl2]

tyfighter maintains a big lead but uncle is making a move as we go into the final turn.

Player

L or S

Symbol

$ Open

$ Close

% Close

[/b][/tr]
[tr][td] tyfighter3 [/td][td] L [/td][td] KOG [/td][td] $5.58 [/td][td] $6.31 [/td][td] 13.08% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] uncle.23 [/td][td] S [/td][td] TEL [/td][td] $34.18 [/td][td] $33.30 [/td][td] 2.57% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] architecto25 [/td][td] L [/td][td] SYMX [/td][td] $1.66 [/td][td] $1.67 [/td][td] 0.60% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] clarkrl2 [/td][td] L [/td][td] T [/td][td] $29.19 [/td][td] $29.09 [/td][td] -0.34% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] kadee66 [/td][td] L [/td][td] KMX [/td][td] $28.11 [/td][td] $27.89 [/td][td] -0.78% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] BenchMark [/td][td] L [/td][td] QQQ [/td][td] $57.900 [/td][td] $56.870 [/td][td] -1.78% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] Mod E [/td][td] L [/td][td] TPI [/td][td] $1.15 [/td][td] $1.11 [/td][td] -3.48% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] D. I. [/td][td] L [/td][td] CF [/td][td] $149.72 [/td][td] $143.52 [/td][td] -4.14% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] Bluerobin [/td][td] L [/td][td] FCX [/td][td] $36.16 [/td][td] $34.38 [/td][td] -4.92% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] 2kids10horses [/td][td] L [/td][td] URTY [/td][td] $46.57 [/td][td] $44.05 [/td][td] -5.41% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] Value Buy [/td][td] S [/td][td] GS [/td][td] $95.51 [/td][td] $100.79 [/td][td] -5.53% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] lovetobike [/td][td] L [/td][td] TYH [/td][td] $41.40 [/td][td] $38.54 [/td][td] -6.91% [/td][/tr]
[/table]

[kadee79]

clark, I'm real glad you are doing this this week for rovo! And I kept wondering why I wasn't at the bottom of the pile. I choose TMX & you gave me KMX.
I hadn't noticed it until today & I had to go back & look at my original post to make sure I hadn't done a type-o!
You can leave it as is if you want....otherwise, I would most likely be holding up last place! ;D

[clarkrl2]

Thanks Kadee. Here's the corrected standings. It looks like it's time for another appointment at the optomitrist.

Player

L or S

Symbol

$ Open

$ Close

% Close

[/b][/tr]
[tr][td] tyfighter3 [/td][td] L [/td][td] KOG [/td][td] $5.58 [/td][td] $6.31 [/td][td] 13.08% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] uncle.23 [/td][td] S [/td][td] TEL [/td][td] $34.18 [/td][td] $33.30 [/td][td] 2.57% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] architecto25 [/td][td] L [/td][td] SYMX [/td][td] $1.66 [/td][td] $1.67 [/td][td] 0.60% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] clarkrl2 [/td][td] L [/td][td] T [/td][td] $29.19 [/td][td] $29.09 [/td][td] -0.34% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] kadee66 [/td][td] L [/td][td] TMX [/td][td] $15.69 [/td][td] $15.52 [/td][td] -1.08% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] BenchMark [/td][td] L [/td][td] QQQ [/td][td] $57.900 [/td][td] $56.870 [/td][td] -1.78% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] Mod E [/td][td] L [/td][td] TPI [/td][td] $1.15 [/td][td] $1.11 [/td][td] -3.48% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] D. I. [/td][td] L [/td][td] CF [/td][td] $149.72 [/td][td] $143.52 [/td][td] -4.14% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] Bluerobin [/td][td] L [/td][td] FCX [/td][td] $36.16 [/td][td] $34.38 [/td][td] -4.92% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] 2kids10horses [/td][td] L [/td][td] URTY [/td][td] $46.57 [/td][td] $44.05 [/td][td] -5.41% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] Value Buy [/td][td] S [/td][td] GS [/td][td] $95.51 [/td][td] $100.79 [/td][td] -5.53% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] lovetobike [/td][td] L [/td][td] TYH [/td][td] $41.40 [/td][td] $38.54 [/td][td] -6.91% [/td][/tr]
[/table]

[kadee79]

Thank you.

About those glasses....I wear trifocals but not when I'm on the computer. I would have to hold my head in a very uncomfortable position to read the screen if I wore them. And since I'm getting older......I've noticed that my mind goes LOTS faster than my fingers typing and I leave out letters & some times small words...so I have to proof all my posts & still some times miss things!

[ModE98]

Hmmm, you too, kadee? Welcome to the club! Let me see..... about 40 years ago and counting.

[ModE98]

Drat, TPI is doing so bad I would not even let the darn horse pull my apple cart! Pondering my sanity for entering this jerk. Knew there was a screw loose somewhere.... now I know!

[clarkrl2]

And down the stretch they come. tyfighter has a huge lead with uncle under the whip in second the rest of the field is not showing any interest.

Player

L or S

Symbol

$ Open

$ Close

% Close

[/b][/tr]
[tr][td] tyfighter3 [/td][td] L [/td][td] KOG [/td][td] $5.58 [/td][td] $6.31 [/td][td] 13.08% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] uncle.23 [/td][td] S [/td][td] TEL [/td][td] $34.18 [/td][td] $33.11 [/td][td] 3.13% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] clarkrl2 [/td][td] L [/td][td] T [/td][td] $29.19 [/td][td] $28.99 [/td][td] -0.69% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] D. I. [/td][td] L [/td][td] CF [/td][td] $149.72 [/td][td] $147.31 [/td][td] -1.61% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] BenchMark [/td][td] L [/td][td] QQQ [/td][td] $57.90 [/td][td] $56.59 [/td][td] -2.26% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] kadee66 [/td][td] L [/td][td] TMX [/td][td] $15.690 [/td][td] $15.250 [/td][td] -2.80% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] Bluerobin [/td][td] L [/td][td] FCX [/td][td] $36.16 [/td][td] $34.79 [/td][td] -3.79% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] 2kids10horses [/td][td] L [/td][td] URTY [/td][td] $46.57 [/td][td] $44.22 [/td][td] -5.05% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] Mod E [/td][td] L [/td][td] TPI [/td][td] $1.15 [/td][td] $1.09 [/td][td] -5.22% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] Value Buy [/td][td] S [/td][td] GS [/td][td] $95.51 [/td][td] $100.86 [/td][td] -5.60% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] architecto25 [/td][td] L [/td][td] SYMX [/td][td] $1.66 [/td][td] $1.52 [/td][td] -8.43% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] lovetobike [/td][td] L [/td][td] TYH [/td][td] $41.40 [/td][td] $37.89 [/td][td] -8.48% [/td][/tr]
[/table]

[clarkrl2]

tyfighter wins by 10 lengths followed by D I in second and 2kids10horses edged Bluerobin and uncle for third.

Player

L or S

Symbol

$ Open

$ Close

% Close

[/b][/tr]
[tr][td] tyfighter3 [/td][td] L [/td][td] KOG [/td][td] $5.58 [/td][td] $6.32 [/td][td] 13.26% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] D. I. [/td][td] L [/td][td] CF [/td][td] $149.72 [/td][td] $153.40 [/td][td] 2.46% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] 2kids10horses [/td][td] L [/td][td] URTY [/td][td] $46.57 [/td][td] $47.23 [/td][td] 1.42% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] Bluerobin [/td][td] L [/td][td] FCX [/td][td] $36.16 [/td][td] $36.58 [/td][td] 1.16% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] uncle.23 [/td][td] S [/td][td] TEL [/td][td] $34.18 [/td][td] $33.87 [/td][td] 0.91% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] clarkrl2 [/td][td] L [/td][td] T [/td][td] $29.190 [/td][td] $29.130 [/td][td] -0.21% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] BenchMark [/td][td] L [/td][td] QQQ [/td][td] $57.90 [/td][td] $57.30 [/td][td] -1.04% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] kadee66 [/td][td] L [/td][td] TMX [/td][td] $15.69 [/td][td] $15.29 [/td][td] -2.55% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] lovetobike [/td][td] L [/td][td] TYH [/td][td] $41.40 [/td][td] $39.20 [/td][td] -5.31% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] Mod E [/td][td] L [/td][td] TPI [/td][td] $1.15 [/td][td] $1.08 [/td][td] -6.09% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] Value Buy [/td][td] S [/td][td] GS [/td][td] $95.51 [/td][td] $102.09 [/td][td] -6.89% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] architecto25 [/td][td] L [/td][td] SYMX [/td][td] $1.66 [/td][td] $1.54 [/td][td] -7.23% [/td][/tr]
[/table]

[ModE98]

Congratulations, tyfighter, a very clear winner.... a runaway, leaving the pack in the dust. ;D