Stock Pick of the Week: W. E. 1 Feb. 2013

[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 "ModE89".

Moderators please pin the thread

[ModE98]

Will try out TPI's stablemate CGA this week as an on-going experiment.  Perhaps due for a little spurt.  Showed wee sign of life last week.  So,

CGA (Long)... China Green Agriculture.  Fertilizer, and ag products.

[Deleted]

FE - (L)

[2kids10horses]

URTY, long

[Bluerobin]

I am going with NUE, Nucor Steel, long.  They have been on the move lately, but retreated a bit during the past week.  I supsect with the rebounding economy, they will continue to gain.

[uncle23]

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AAPL............long..


i own an i-phone and an i-pad but no stocks


this market is i-rational

but if i-win this week i-will not be i-rate

[kadee79]

Jan 26, 2013 10:25:41 GMT -5 uncle23 said:

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AAPL............long..


i own an i-phone and an i-pad but no stocks


this market is i-rational

but if i-win this week i-will not be i-rate

Cute Uncle!

I'm going to hang in there again this week....just to see what happens now.

OPK, long

[clarkrl2]

Long RAD (Rite Aid Corp. - Drugstores)

This was a pick I made three weeks ago. It became overbought so I moved to other choices. I will return to RAD for this week. They beat earnings estimates last quarter and have had recent upward revisions in earnings estimates.

[Value Buy]

HSH
HILLSHIRE BRANDS

This pig has been slaughtered for over six months now.
It reports later in the week.
Maybe it will get fatter rather than leaner this time.
HSH, long.

[NotSoFair]

Jan 26, 2013 10:25:41 GMT -5 uncle23 said:

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AAPL............long..

I hope so. I bought AAPL on Friday, I have faith.

[tyfighter3]

CLR Long.

[architecto25]

 THLD    (Threshold Pharmaceuticals)   (Long)

closed Friday at $4.97
52 wk. high/low   $9.28/$1.27
Therapeutics for treating tumors
Founded 10/17/2001
Headquartered in South San Francisco,CA
31 employees.
This was sort of a "dart board" pick for me.
.......wish me luck.

[blackliver]

YUM    short

[Ombud]

Missed the gate? ACET

[ModE98]

That's what I was afraid of, dratted CGA opened at its high and immediately dropped way back.  Now it's going to struggle all week long to try to catch up.  Probably end up watching the pack run while it meanders its way back in the rear.   Oh well, maybe something very good will happen during the week.

What a nag, laid down and took a nap today.  Have a take what comes after a lousy pick... and China is supposed to be on a renewed growth path... maybe only for government owned enterprises?  Bah, humbug!

[clarkrl2]

kadee66 is out of the gate with the early lead. uncle23 is second and clarkrl2 third.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
kadee66	L	OPK	$6.23	$6.60	5.94%
uncle.23	L	AAPL	$437.83	$449.83	2.74%
clarkrl2	L	RAD	$1.55	$1.57	1.29%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$67.01	$67.15	0.21%
blackliver	S	YUM	$64.51	$64.59	-0.12%
2kids10horses	L	URTY	$86.72	$86.56	-0.18%
Value Buy	L	HSH	$30.78	$30.58	-0.65%
D. I.	L	FE	$40.43	$40.09	-0.84%
Bluerobin	L	NUE	$47.78	$47.19	-1.23%
Ombud	L	ACET	$10.45	$10.27	-1.72%
tyfighter3	L	CLR	$82.88	$81.44	-1.74%
Mod E	L	CGA	$3.75	$3.67	-2.13%
architecto25	L	THLD	$5.13	$4.74	-7.60%

[clarkrl2]

Ombud this is just a friendly game with no tangible prize so I allowed your pick but please post on time. Also you MUST choose either Long or Short for your picks to count.

Moderators: I am not seeing a time stamp for posts after number 8. Is the time stamp being replaced with a # of hours ago?

[Ombud]

Thanks. We're trying to get a house ready for market and I forgot until this morning. You're correct that I'm long ---

[Deleted]

Not Sure. Personally, I can't recall seeing a time stamp, just a note as to how long ago a post was made.

D.I. - IBB Admin.

[clarkrl2]

Until this week I could look at the time of the post. So I would check the time of the last pick and make sure it was before market open. This week except for posts greater than 24 hours old it will just show about how many hours ago the post was made. Evidently the time appears once the post becomes 24 hours old.

[ModE98]

clarkrl.... Have no clue as to WHY the developers made this change.  Seems the time of post would be more appropriate, but apparently we now just have to guess at the "approximate" time.  We may be the only thread that (on Mondays) would be needing a true post time, without trying to figure what was "four hours ago" (as an example).  No choice but to trust our posters on the time limit (unless you wish to make a "protest" to our leader).

[clarkrl2]

There weren't any changes in the top three as kadee66 still leads uncle23 and clarkrl2. Several players, however, have moved into contention with seven of twelve now beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
kadee66	L	OPK	$6.23	$6.75	8.35%
uncle.23	L	AAPL	$437.83	$458.27	4.67%
clarkrl2	L	RAD	$1.55	$1.58	1.94%
tyfighter3	L	CLR	$82.88	$83.69	0.98%
Ombud	L	ACET	$10.45	$10.53	0.77%
D. I.	L	FE	$40.43	$40.60	0.42%
blackliver	S	YUM	$64.51	$64.24	0.42%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$67.01	$67.16	0.22%
2kids10horses	L	URTY	$86.72	$86.77	0.06%
Value Buy	L	HSH	$30.78	$30.50	-0.91%
Bluerobin	L	NUE	$47.78	$47.04	-1.55%
Mod E	L	CGA	$3.75	$3.69	-1.60%
architecto25	L	THLD	$5.13	$4.50	-12.28%

[ModE98]

Architecto appears a bit lonely way down there.

[architecto25]

Mod, yep....it's lonely at the bottom rung. My stock pickings has sort of gone to the dogs recently.  Maybe I should find a dog race track, instead of a horse race track. But I'm not losing any sleep over my standings.......at least not yet.

[ModE98]

My horse, CGA is just plain lazy.  Needs a cat-o-nine tails whacked on his rump.  Maybe get the lady with the bullwhip to get his attention.....    

[clarkrl2]

uncle23 takes over the lead from kadee66 by a half length. tyfighter3 moved ahead of clarkrl2 for third. blackliver with the weeks only short is lurking in fifth. Today was all about who lost the least ground.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
uncle.23	L	AAPL	$437.83	$456.83	4.34%
kadee66	L	OPK	$6.23	$6.47	3.85%
tyfighter3	L	CLR	$82.88	$83.45	0.69%
clarkrl2	L	RAD	$1.55	$1.56	0.65%
blackliver	S	YUM	$64.51	$64.24	0.42%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$67.01	$67.02	0.01%
D. I.	L	FE	$40.43	$40.22	-0.52%
Ombud	L	ACET	$10.45	$10.30	-1.44%
Value Buy	L	HSH	$30.78	$30.26	-1.69%
Mod E	L	CGA	$3.75	$3.67	-2.13%
Bluerobin	L	NUE	$47.78	$46.30	-3.10%
2kids10horses	L	URTY	$86.72	$83.85	-3.31%
architecto25	L	THLD	$5.13	$4.47	-12.87%

[ModE98]

Better get CGA moving, 'Ole Blue is right on his tail.  See if the "motivation" being applied overnight gets his attention. 

(Note for SPCA:  This is only "virtual" motivation.  We support your cause.)

[clarkrl2]

uncle23 maintains his lead going into the final day. clarkrl2 moves up to second and kadee66 is a close third. This week has set up where someone with a big run on the final day could bring home the roses.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
uncle.23	L	AAPL	$437.83	$455.49	4.03%
clarkrl2	L	RAD	$1.55	$1.60	3.23%
kadee66	L	OPK	$6.23	$6.42	3.05%
Value Buy	L	HSH	$30.78	$30.98	0.65%
tyfighter3	L	CLR	$82.88	$83.12	0.29%
D. I.	L	FE	$40.43	$40.49	0.15%
Ombud	L	ACET	$10.45	$10.44	-0.10%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$67.01	$66.87	-0.21%
blackliver	S	YUM	$64.51	$64.94	-0.67%
2kids10horses	L	URTY	$86.72	$85.39	-1.53%
Mod E	L	CGA	$3.75	$3.68	-1.87%
Bluerobin	L	NUE	$47.78	$46.01	-3.70%
architecto25	L	THLD	$5.13	$4.62	-9.94%

[Value Buy]

Tomorrow should be interesting. The funds had to close the books on January trading today, and tomorrow starts a new month.
Will we retrace and backfill, or start the month with a bang?
The jobs report Friday should tell us which way it goes.

[Value Buy]

Dow is breaking 14,000 this morning.
Apple is slipping a little even though tech is leading the way this morning.
Should be an interesting afternoon.