Stock Pick of the Week: W. E. 28 Dec. 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

[glow=red,2,300]On Monday, Dec. 24, the markets will close at 1:00 pm Eastern time. They will remain closed Christmas Day and reopen for the remainder of the week. Expect lower than normal volume.[/glow]

[clarkrl2]

For the vision challenged the message above reads

On Monday, Dec. 24, the markets will close at 1:00 pm Eastern time. They will remain closed Christmas Day and reopen for the remainder of the week. Expect lower than normal volume.

[clarkrl2]

Long REX (REX American Resources - Specialty Chemicals)

Second week for this pick. The stock has low price multiples and beat estimates on its last earnings release. I believe it's current price of 18.93 is in an area of resistance. If it breaks above that resistance the 200-day SMA is about 21 or 10% above Friday's close.

[uncle23]

...

BAC....long

[Ombud]

Kudos, Uncle, on BAC! Financials are due for a nice run if the boys in DC can agree. Personally, I'm beginning to doubt them so I'll try HDB

(HDB). The largest privately owned retail bank in India with a network of 1,986 branches in 996 cities across the country. EPS has grown at a rate of 26% per year, over the past 10 years. seekingalpha.com/article/1057001-best-stocks-for-2013?source=yahoo

[tyfighter3]

FAZ long.

[kadee79]

I'm going to pic one I haven't done for quite awhile...just see what happens!

ZIXI, long

Zix Corporation’s (ZixCorp), is engaged in the provision of email encryption services. ZixCorp’s Email Encryption Services enable the use of secure e-mail for sensitive information exchange primarily in the healthcare, financial services, insurance and government sectors. The Email Encryption Services allow an enterprise to use policy-driven rules to determine, which e-mails should be sent securely to comply with regulations or company defined policies.. It is primarily offered as a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution, for which customers pay an annual service subscription fee. The Company’s Email Encryption Services allows a user to send encrypted e-mail to any e-mail user at any email address by using the ZixCorp Best Method of Delivery protocol that determines the direct and appropriate means of delivery, based on the sender’s and recipient’s communications environment and preferences.

[ModE98]

Go with ARR (Short) for the last week of 2012. ARR>Real Estate REIT

[architecto25]

CCM (Concord Medical Services Holdings,Ltd) (Long)

Closed Friday at $4.11 (NYSE)
Provides Radiotherapy & diagnostic imaging
centers in China.
Located Beijing.
472 employees
Founded 27 Nov. 2007
This is a long shot for this short week...I'll let you know
Friday how this "horse" does............. LOL

[Deleted]

ED - (L)

[clarkrl2]

architecto25 takes the early lead on a shortened trading day. clarkrl2 is second and Ombud is third. The race will resume Wednesday morning.

Player

L or S

Symbol

$ Open

$ Close

% Close

[/b][/tr]
[tr][td] architecto25 [/td][td] L [/td][td] CCM [/td][td] $4.06 [/td][td] $4.14 [/td][td] 1.97% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] clarkrl2 [/td][td] L [/td][td] REX [/td][td] $18.90 [/td][td] $18.96 [/td][td] 0.32% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] Ombud [/td][td] L [/td][td] HDB [/td][td] $40.84 [/td][td] $40.86 [/td][td] 0.05% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] BenchMark [/td][td] L [/td][td] QQQ [/td][td] $65.060 [/td][td] $65.070 [/td][td] 0.02% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] Mod E [/td][td] S [/td][td] ARR [/td][td] $6.58 [/td][td] $6.58 [/td][td] 0.00% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] D. I. [/td][td] L [/td][td] ED [/td][td] $56.01 [/td][td] $55.97 [/td][td] -0.07% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] tyfighter3 [/td][td] L [/td][td] FAZ [/td][td] $15.19 [/td][td] $15.17 [/td][td] -0.13% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] uncle.23 [/td][td] L [/td][td] BAC [/td][td] $11.27 [/td][td] $11.25 [/td][td] -0.18% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] kadee66 [/td][td] L [/td][td] ZIXI [/td][td] $2.78 [/td][td] $2.75 [/td][td] -1.08% [/td][/tr]
[/table]

[kadee79]

Looks like I should have gone short instead of long! Oh well!

Hope everyone is having a wonderous day filled with family & friends and good food!

[ModE98]

The year end holidays are always something special with friends and family.
Now, if the market cooperates, they can be even more jolly. Best wishes to all of our members. And may 2013, just ahead, be generous, rewarding, healthful and above all may the bumbling politicians get something right for a change.

[uncle23]

......


Amen !!!!!

[clarkrl2]

uncle23 galloped into the lead. tyfighter3 also made a move and is now second. clarkrl2 is in the third spot.

Player

L or S

Symbol

$ Open

$ Close

% Close

[/b][/tr]
[tr][td] uncle.23 [/td][td] L [/td][td] BAC [/td][td] $11.27 [/td][td] $11.54 [/td][td] 2.40% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] tyfighter3 [/td][td] L [/td][td] FAZ [/td][td] $15.19 [/td][td] $15.28 [/td][td] 0.59% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] clarkrl2 [/td][td] L [/td][td] REX [/td][td] $18.90 [/td][td] $18.94 [/td][td] 0.21% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] Mod E [/td][td] S [/td][td] ARR [/td][td] $6.580 [/td][td] $6.570 [/td][td] 0.15% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] Ombud [/td][td] L [/td][td] HDB [/td][td] $40.84 [/td][td] $40.87 [/td][td] 0.07% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] architecto25 [/td][td] L [/td][td] CCM [/td][td] $4.06 [/td][td] $4.05 [/td][td] -0.25% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] BenchMark [/td][td] L [/td][td] QQQ [/td][td] $65.06 [/td][td] $64.50 [/td][td] -0.86% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] D. I. [/td][td] L [/td][td] ED [/td][td] $56.01 [/td][td] $55.46 [/td][td] -0.98% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] kadee66 [/td][td] L [/td][td] ZIXI [/td][td] $2.78 [/td][td] $2.75 [/td][td] -1.08% [/td][/tr]
[/table]

[Ombud]

& Ombud starts the slide to the basement! Look out below

[ModE98]

Com'on ARR, hurry up and fall on your kini-popo. This is a short experiment (I never play short with my stocks). But, nothing ventured, nothing gained in this game.

Cheer up, Ombud, we are ahead of the Benchmark. Of course, we are a day closer to the "cliff'. Next two days could be spooky.

[architecto25]

Hope everyone is "enjoying" this market....I just checked...All 30 of the Dow Industrials are in the red.

[clarkrl2]

uncle23 retains the lead but by a narrower margin. tyfighter3 is the top challenger with architecto25 a close third. In fact there is less than 5% separating the field.

Player

L or S

Symbol

$ Open

$ Close

% Close

[/b][/tr]
[tr][td] uncle.23 [/td][td] L [/td][td] BAC [/td][td] $11.27 [/td][td] $11.47 [/td][td] 1.77% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] tyfighter3 [/td][td] L [/td][td] FAZ [/td][td] $15.19 [/td][td] $15.37 [/td][td] 1.18% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] architecto25 [/td][td] L [/td][td] CCM [/td][td] $4.06 [/td][td] $4.10 [/td][td] 0.99% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] Mod E [/td][td] S [/td][td] ARR [/td][td] $6.580 [/td][td] $6.530 [/td][td] 0.76% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] Ombud [/td][td] L [/td][td] HDB [/td][td] $40.84 [/td][td] $41.13 [/td][td] 0.71% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] clarkrl2 [/td][td] L [/td][td] REX [/td][td] $18.90 [/td][td] $18.96 [/td][td] 0.32% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] BenchMark [/td][td] L [/td][td] QQQ [/td][td] $65.06 [/td][td] $64.40 [/td][td] -1.01% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] D. I. [/td][td] L [/td][td] ED [/td][td] $56.01 [/td][td] $55.42 [/td][td] -1.05% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] kadee66 [/td][td] L [/td][td] ZIXI [/td][td] $2.78 [/td][td] $2.70 [/td][td] -2.88% [/td][/tr]
[/table]

[kadee79]

Looks like I have a lock on the bottom!

[clarkrl2]

tyfighter3 took over the lead on the final day with his triple short financial play. ModE89 was short a residential REIT to finish second. kadee66 charged hard at the wire and finished third. In a rare occurrence all players beat the benchmark this week.

Player

L or S

Symbol

$ Open

$ Close

% Close

[/b][/tr]
[tr][td] tyfighter3 [/td][td] L [/td][td] FAZ [/td][td] $15.19 [/td][td] $15.69 [/td][td] 3.29% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] Mod E [/td][td] S [/td][td] ARR [/td][td] $6.58 [/td][td] $6.47 [/td][td] 1.67% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] kadee66 [/td][td] L [/td][td] ZIXI [/td][td] $2.78 [/td][td] $2.82 [/td][td] 1.44% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] architecto25 [/td][td] L [/td][td] CCM [/td][td] $4.060 [/td][td] $4.110 [/td][td] 1.23% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] uncle.23 [/td][td] L [/td][td] BAC [/td][td] $11.27 [/td][td] $11.36 [/td][td] 0.80% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] clarkrl2 [/td][td] L [/td][td] REX [/td][td] $18.90 [/td][td] $18.99 [/td][td] 0.48% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] Ombud [/td][td] L [/td][td] HDB [/td][td] $40.84 [/td][td] $40.78 [/td][td] -0.15% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] D. I. [/td][td] L [/td][td] ED [/td][td] $56.01 [/td][td] $54.93 [/td][td] -1.93% [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] BenchMark [/td][td] L [/td][td] QQQ [/td][td] $65.06 [/td][td] $63.78 [/td][td] -1.97% [/td][/tr]
[/table]

[ModE98]

Congratulations to everyone for beating the BenchMark this week.
Tyfighter just could not be caught riding a triple short on a week like this turned out to be, so ran off with the roses.
Wow, and look at kadee... what a day, from last on Thursday to Show today... really BIG move. And she thought she had last place locked in. Goes to prove otherwise. Good run!

[Ombud]

ALMOST positive ~~~~ down just 6c per share!

Congrats Ty, Mod, & Kadee

[kadee79]

Congrats Ty!
Way to go Mod! Sometimes it does pay to gamble!
Mine was a super surprise after how it started this week & of course, I didn't have any in RL...this time!

[architecto25]

CONGRATULATIONS YOU'ALL.....Ty, Mod, & Kadee (Win/Place/Show).....great race. See you at the starting gate.

[Bluerobin]

I missed a good week! Congrats to tyfighter!