Stock Pick of the Week: W. E. 26 Oct. 2012

[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 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 "architecto25".

Moderators please pin the thread

[uncle23]

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SFI......long

[kadee79]

A wild pick this week....TNA, long

[ModE98]

No use changing horses...still got some run in him... CGA (long). China Green Energy.

Personal price target by EOY: $4.35
<now, to see if it can make it by gradually climbing the wall of worry the next couple of months.>

[Deleted]

CAT - (S)
They Report Next week, if they miss & the Market treats them like it has things that have missed thus far -Add the 2 main things about CAT together (1) Industrial Heavy Equipment & (2) Multi National -- & SHORT CAT may be a really good play.

Another Thought OXY Short may be a decent play for someone else, for the same reasons.They also report next week and could get hammered if they miss their earnings..

[blackliver]

GALE long

[architecto25]

HOV Hovanian Enterprises Inc, ( Long )

closed Fri. at $4.38

[clarkrl2]

Long GME (Game Stop Corp. - Video Game Retail)

Same pick as last week. S&P gives it 4 stars and a fair value ranking $37.70. The average analyst target price on FINVIZ is $25.10. My own valuation target is $32.08 which is a 9.35 PE based on next year earnings estimates. The current yield is 4.33% and payout ratio is 12.57%.

[Value Buy]

I like KMb
Unfortunately, the way the markets are going I have to short it this week.
I do not think it will report above expectations, so, kmb, short

[Ombud]

Two -- should dip Monday but then recover nicely

[2kids10horses]

I'll do something entirely random: AAPL will announce their mini-ipad this week. Even though it won't be a surprise, I think it might give the stock a pop. So,

Long AAPL.

[Bluerobin]

STEI, long, Stewart Enterprises, the Mc D's of the death industry. They own mortuaries and cemetaries. People are just dying to help their bottom line! They have been on a long steady climb and I am hoping it continues this week.

Ombud!!! Glad to see you like TWO also.

[Deleted]

Well I am Probably going to get Stomped this week. Oh well.

[clarkrl2]

ModE89 is setting the pace after day one. 2kids10horses and uncle23 are second and third.

Player

L or S

Symbol

$ Open

$ Close

% Close

[/b][/tr]
[tr][td] Mod E [/td][td] L [/td][td] CGA [/td][td] $3.380 [/td][td] $3.540 [/td][td] 4.73% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] 2kids10horses [/td][td] L [/td][td] AAPL [/td][td] $612.42 [/td][td] $634.03 [/td][td] 3.53% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] uncle.23 [/td][td] L [/td][td] SFI [/td][td] $8.71 [/td][td] $8.80 [/td][td] 1.03% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] kadee66 [/td][td] L [/td][td] TNA [/td][td] $57.43 [/td][td] $57.85 [/td][td] 0.73% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] BenchMark [/td][td] L [/td][td] QQQ [/td][td] $65.62 [/td][td] $66.02 [/td][td] 0.61% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] clarkrl2 [/td][td] L [/td][td] GME [/td][td] $23.06 [/td][td] $23.20 [/td][td] 0.61% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] Bluerobin [/td][td] L [/td][td] STEI [/td][td] $7.98 [/td][td] $8.00 [/td][td] 0.25% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] Value Buy [/td][td] S [/td][td] KMB [/td][td] $86.690 [/td][td] $86.540 [/td][td] 0.17% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] architecto25 [/td][td] L [/td][td] HOV [/td][td] $4.41 [/td][td] $4.41 [/td][td] 0.00% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] Ombud [/td][td] L [/td][td] TWO [/td][td] $11.94 [/td][td] $11.86 [/td][td] -0.67% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] blackliver [/td][td] L [/td][td] GALE [/td][td] $1.88 [/td][td] $1.85 [/td][td] -1.60% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] D. I. [/td][td] S [/td][td] CAT [/td][td] $82.94 [/td][td] $85.08 [/td][td] -2.58% [/td][/tr]
[/table]

[ModE98]

I expect CGA to be a "one day wonder" and will fade into the pack by mid-week. Unless they come out with some surprise positive news release, doubt if the "momentum" demonstrated today can be maintained.

[Bluerobin]

Mod stole my seeds and planted his own magic oats!!!

[ModE98]

Hmmm, just as I thought....one day wonder, just got that sinking feeling..... look out below! Bad start for today's lap.

Looks like it is a largely weak day for most. Good luck.

[Ombud]

I expected TWO to be down today & recover later in the week. It's only down 3¢ so I feel great!

[clarkrl2]

ModE89 maintains a small lead over blackliver. ValueBuy moved into third.

Player

L or S

Symbol

$ Open

$ Close

% Close

[/b][/tr]
[tr][td] Mod E [/td][td] L [/td][td] CGA [/td][td] $3.380 [/td][td] $3.460 [/td][td] 2.37% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] blackliver [/td][td] L [/td][td] GALE [/td][td] $1.88 [/td][td] $1.92 [/td][td] 2.13% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] Value Buy [/td][td] S [/td][td] KMB [/td][td] $86.69 [/td][td] $85.94 [/td][td] 0.87% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] uncle.23 [/td][td] L [/td][td] SFI [/td][td] $8.71 [/td][td] $8.78 [/td][td] 0.80% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] clarkrl2 [/td][td] L [/td][td] GME [/td][td] $23.06 [/td][td] $23.10 [/td][td] 0.17% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] 2kids10horses [/td][td] L [/td][td] AAPL [/td][td] $612.42 [/td][td] $613.36 [/td][td] 0.15% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] BenchMark [/td][td] L [/td][td] QQQ [/td][td] $65.62 [/td][td] $65.39 [/td][td] -0.35% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] kadee66 [/td][td] L [/td][td] TNA [/td][td] $57.430 [/td][td] $57.040 [/td][td] -0.68% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] D. I. [/td][td] S [/td][td] CAT [/td][td] $82.94 [/td][td] $83.58 [/td][td] -0.77% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] Ombud [/td][td] L [/td][td] TWO [/td][td] $11.94 [/td][td] $11.79 [/td][td] -1.26% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] Bluerobin [/td][td] L [/td][td] STEI [/td][td] $7.98 [/td][td] $7.86 [/td][td] -1.50% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] architecto25 [/td][td] L [/td][td] HOV [/td][td] $4.41 [/td][td] $4.33 [/td][td] -1.81% [/td][/tr]
[/table]

[architecto25]

It surely is lonely here on the bottom rung; I thought HOV could perform better than he has....Oh well, there's 3 more days.

[Ombud]

TWO with a 15¢ drop, paid a 38¢ dividend today

[Bluerobin]

Ombud, I mostly bought TWO for the dividend. However, I like their approach to real estate. I just hope they sell off at the right time.

Arch, I am down here with you and will probably push you out of the way!

[ModE98]

Looks like we should have new leaders today. CGA is taking time off to nap, so will fall back into the pack.

I wonder he is still with us Call the glue factory for pickup.... he's laying somewhere on the track.

[clarkrl2]

ValueBuy rides to the lead on his short horse. clarkrl2 and 2kids10horses lead a seven way battle for second.

Player

L or S

Symbol

$ Open

$ Close

% Close

[/b][/tr]
[tr][td] Value Buy [/td][td] S [/td][td] KMB [/td][td] $86.690 [/td][td] $84.220 [/td][td] 2.85% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] clarkrl2 [/td][td] L [/td][td] GME [/td][td] $23.06 [/td][td] $23.28 [/td][td] 0.95% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] 2kids10horses [/td][td] L [/td][td] AAPL [/td][td] $612.42 [/td][td] $616.83 [/td][td] 0.72% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] architecto25 [/td][td] L [/td][td] HOV [/td][td] $4.41 [/td][td] $4.44 [/td][td] 0.68% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] uncle.23 [/td][td] L [/td][td] SFI [/td][td] $8.71 [/td][td] $8.75 [/td][td] 0.46% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] D. I. [/td][td] S [/td][td] CAT [/td][td] $82.94 [/td][td] $82.73 [/td][td] 0.25% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] Ombud [/td][td] L [/td][td] TWO [/td][td] $11.94 [/td][td] $11.96 [/td][td] 0.17% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] blackliver [/td][td] L [/td][td] GALE [/td][td] $1.880 [/td][td] $1.880 [/td][td] 0.00% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] BenchMark [/td][td] L [/td][td] QQQ [/td][td] $65.62 [/td][td] $65.16 [/td][td] -0.70% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] kadee66 [/td][td] L [/td][td] TNA [/td][td] $57.43 [/td][td] $56.55 [/td][td] -1.53% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] Mod E [/td][td] L [/td][td] CGA [/td][td] $3.38 [/td][td] $3.30 [/td][td] -2.37% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] Bluerobin [/td][td] L [/td][td] STEI [/td][td] $7.98 [/td][td] $7.63 [/td][td] -4.39% [/td][/tr]
[/table]

[ModE98]

'Ole Blue, look out below, CGA is falling.

[architecto25]

Just like horses on a merry-go-round (up/down, etc.). my HOV bounced from bottom to 4th..surprise!!!

[Ombud]

Typo on Value Buy's pick??

[clarkrl2]

Ombud I checked ValueBuy's original post and he clearly indicated that he opted for KMB short. I checked the close for today and Monday's open and found no discrepancies. If there is something I am overlooking please be more specific.

[Ombud]

My error. .... Missed the short

[Bluerobin]

Drats!!! I finally get my bottom spot and Mod is chasin me!!!