Stock Pick of the Week: W. E. 19 Apr. 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 "uncle23".

Moderators please pin the thread

[ModE98]

Since I hold some TPI will do some "wishful thinking" to hope for a little rising progress this week. Probably a waste of time though.

So, TPI (Long)  Tianyin Pharmaceuticals (China)

[Bluerobin]

I am going with the pick I wanted last week, but didn't get in.  Fly Leasing, FLY long.  The company leases aircraft and has been soaring lately. 

[2kids10horses]

<p>I'll ride URTY this week.</p><p> </p><p>Long URTY.</p>

[clarkrl2]

Long AHL (Aspen Insurance Holdings - Insurance)

From the earnings beat with upward estimate revisions.

[uncle23]

....



VZ.......long

[architecto25]

    ARRY    (long)   Array BioPharma, Inc.
   
   Closed Friday at $5.48.
   52 wk.high/low    $6.17/$3.00
   Company focuses on targeted small molecule drugs
   to treat patients with cancer and inflammatory diseases.
   Founded in 1998; Hdq. in Boulder, CO.
   250 employees.
   It's a long shot; but the chart is trending UP.

[Deleted]

LMT - (L)

[Ombud]

Overslept. But I'll be cheering from the sidelines

[architecto25]

    Well, it looks like all the bears came out of hibernation.....!!!

[clarkrl2]

ModE89 managed to eke out a gain on day one. uncle23 and Disinfranchised Investor are next. Those three were the only ones able to beat the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
Mod E	L	TPI	$0.61	$0.62	1.64%
uncle.23	L	VZ	$50.66	$50.64	-0.04%
D. I.	L	LMT	$96.56	$95.44	-1.16%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$69.68	$68.56	-1.61%
clarkrl2	L	AHL	$38.60	$37.82	-2.02%
Bluerobin	L	FLY	$16.25	$15.78	-2.89%
architecto25	L	ARRY	$5.40	$5.15	-4.63%
2kids10horses	L	URTY	$95.47	$86.49	-9.41%

[ModE98]

2&10, had you had an inkling of today's events, bet you'd have gone SRTY and be out 30 lengths in the lead. Wonder how tomorrows follow-on will turn out?

[ModE98]

Quite a turn-around this morning. Will the sobriety last? If the upturn continues, 2&10 picked correctly. Hope for a few more weeks of the good times before the wsummer doldrums begins to set in.

[clarkrl2]

ModE89 is still the leader and only player with a gain. benchmark has edged out Disinfranchised Investor for second.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
Mod E	L	TPI	$0.61	$0.63	3.28%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$69.68	$69.47	-0.30%
D. I.	L	LMT	$96.56	$96.26	-0.31%
uncle.23	L	VZ	$50.66	$50.46	-0.39%
clarkrl2	L	AHL	$38.60	$38.06	-1.40%
Bluerobin	L	FLY	$16.25	$15.74	-3.14%
architecto25	L	ARRY	$5.40	$5.23	-3.15%
2kids10horses	L	URTY	$95.47	$90.64	-5.06%

[2kids10horses]

That's the thing with URTY and SRTY... they're fast horses.  The trick is getting their noses pointed in the right direction! 

Another thing that makes them hard to ride is they can gap overnight on you.  (Or over the weekend.)  So, if you pick one over the weekend, it can gap up (or down) quite a bit at the starting block.  So, even though you pick the correct direction of the move, you can't capture it because it gapped so much at the open.

[ModE98]

It's hard to figure tht TPI is up there after today's market revival. Still a long three days to go.

I understand the jump starts that can unfortunately find the horse far back in the pack as a full day's run progresses. Been there, done that. Hot starts and and big fades. Can apply to the week or just a day, it's all guess work.

[architecto25]

   I'm sure you'all have also noticed........many of these horses we pick for this race have the
   tendency to act about like the stock market..... OH YES. GOOD MORNING TO ALL.

[ModE98]

Here we go again.... Another BAD day?

[architecto25]

   MOD,....those traders that are short; or have bought Puts are probably smiling ear to ear.
   I just looked at the Point & Figure chart for the Dow.....right now, I'll hold any prediction.
   Major top? just consolidation? Will continue the uptrend? Let's put some slips of paper in a
   bowl........and draw one out.....LOL

[clarkrl2]

architecto25 has taken over the lead. Disinfranchised Investor is second and clarkrl2 third. Of seven participants four are beating the benchmark but no one has a positive return.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
architecto25	L	ARRY	$5.40	$5.35	-0.93%
D. I.	L	LMT	$96.56	$95.56	-1.04%
clarkrl2	L	AHL	$38.60	$37.90	-1.81%
uncle.23	L	VZ	$50.66	$49.54	-2.21%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$69.68	$68.12	-2.24%
Bluerobin	L	FLY	$16.25	$15.21	-6.40%
Mod E	L	TPI	$0.61	$0.57	-6.56%
2kids10horses	L	URTY	$95.47	$86.21	-9.70%

[ModE98]

Wonder what happened to TPI suddenly... maybe some bad news only the insiders know? The other China stuff was not too bad. The one's in the barn just biding their time. That's the way the old coolie crumbles.

[kadee79]

Sorry I haven't been playing guys.  It's called SPRING and all kinds of work to do in our 5 acre front yard!
I've planted over 60 plants already and have a bunch more to do tomorrow.  Then it's building a raised veggie bed and scrounging for goodies to go into it like horse manure, compost, soil.  And then I'll have to plant it!
The bricks that border my beds all around the house need reset....that's going to be a whopper job! 
And DH still expects me to do laundry & cook too!

Maybe I'll make it back next week....I'll try!

[architecto25]

  Kadee,.....Thanks for your informative post; but you know all that yard work can not be more
  fun than Clark's contest.
  ........we'll be anxiously waiting your return., & stock picks.

[clarkrl2]

ModE89 TPI only traded 25000 shares which is about normal volume but at $0.60/share that's only $15,000. If someone decides to unload a lot of shares that could cause a big drop in price. The upside is if someone decides to buy a lot of shares the stock should go up significantly.

[clarkrl2]

kadee66 I hope you can return to the game soon.

[clarkrl2]

architecto25 holds the lead. uncle23 is second and ModE89 is third. Those are the only players not to have a loss but five of seven are beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
architecto25	L	ARRY	$5.40	$5.49	1.67%
uncle.23	L	VZ	$50.66	$50.91	0.49%
Mod E	L	TPI	$0.61	$0.61	0.00%
D. I.	L	LMT	$96.56	$95.02	-1.59%
clarkrl2	L	AHL	$38.60	$37.78	-2.12%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$69.68	$67.17	-3.60%
Bluerobin	L	FLY	$16.25	$15.13	-6.89%
2kids10horses	L	URTY	$95.47	$84.73	-11.25%

[clarkrl2]

ModE89 retakes the lead on the final day for the win. architecto25 is second and uncle23 third. Those were the only three with a positive return but five of seven beat the benchmark.
Player L or S Symbol $ Open $ Close % Close
Mod E L TPI $0.61 $0.65 6.56%
architecto25 L ARRY $5.40 $5.72 5.93%
uncle.23 L VZ $50.66 $52.25 3.14%
D. I. L LMT $96.56 $96.28 -0.29%
clarkrl2 L AHL $38.60 $38.04 -1.45%
BenchMark L QQQ $69.68 $68.09 -2.28%
Bluerobin L FLY $16.25 $15.08 -7.20%
2kids10horses L URTY $95.47 $87.36 -8.49%

I can't seem to get the formating today. I'll try again later.

[architecto25]

   ModE, your win by just a very short nose.....is as good as 20 lenghts....
   You'll look good with the collar of roses.... LOL.

[ModE98]

It was an up/down week, but TPI came through at the wire. So nicely surprised. You gave me a good run. Good thing TPI had a long snout. Congrats fo you for Place and uncle for Show. At least, we had a positive close.

[Bluerobin]

Congrats Mod!  2/10 you edged me out!!