Stock Pick of the Week: W. E. 11 Oct 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.
6. Opening prices will be those found at MSN Money. Any disputed opening price will be resolved using the price listed at Yahoo Finance historical quotes

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.

[2kids10horses]

Long TQQQ.  (I'm still in this play.)

[Deleted]

FE - (L)

[uncle23]

...


CPRX..................long
CATALYST PHARMACEUTICAL PARTNERS INC


52-Week High
10/03/2013 3.65



Shares Short* 5,389,931
Short Interest as a % of
Shares Outstanding* 10.19%
Days to Cover 1.76

[clarkrl2]

Long HCI (HCI Group Inc. - Insurance)

Same pick as two weeks ago. From the earnings beat most recent quarter with recent upward estimate revisions screen. I still own some shares.

[Ombud]

4 of 8 long. I don't think that the budget issue will be resolved this week (expect debt & budget to be resolved at the same time) so TSAR short.

[architecto25]

END   (Long)  Endeavour Int'l. Corp.
Independent oil & gas co., Fields in the U.S.
& United Kingdom.
Hdq. in Houston, Texas
Founded - Feb.2004
60 employees.
Stock closed Friday at $6.22
52 wk. high/low    $9.94/$2.355
stock chart has a nice uptrend since mid-Apr.2013;
.........continue....good guess.
Barcharts' opinion:  100% buy (all green)

[ModE98]

Will try SFI (short) this week.  (Financial Services).

[clarkrl2]

Disinfranchised Investor is first after day one. 2kids10horse is second and the benchmark third. I had to disallow Ombud's  pick TSAR because I couldn't find the ticker symbol.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
D. I.	L	FE	$36.82	$37.19	1.00%
2kids10horses	L	TQQQ	$89.37	$89.43	0.07%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$78.70	$78.74	0.05%
architecto25	L	END	$6.24	$6.22	-0.32%
uncle.23	L	CPRX	$3.20	$3.17	-0.94%
Mod E	S	SFI	$12.08	$12.29	-1.74%
clarkrl2	L	HCI	$41.81	$40.08	-4.14%

[Ombud]

Typo. TASR. went short & its up 5%.

[architecto25]

Ombud, glad you're in the race.  Suggestion: Buy the guy that does your saddle blankets either a dictionary or a stock guide........ LOL

[Ombud]

I'm up 4.41% .... oh yeah, was going short. As I own it, guess I do well here or in my portfolio.

Clark, it's okay if I lurk this week due to typo

[clarkrl2]

Disinfranchised Investor continues to lead on day two. ModE90 is second and uncle23 is third. Three of six are beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
D. I.	L	FE	$36.82	$37.45	1.71%
Mod E	S	SFI	$12.08	$12.08	0.00%
uncle.23	L	CPRX	$3.20	$3.18	-0.62%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$78.70	$77.22	-1.88%
architecto25	L	END	$6.24	$6.00	-3.85%
2kids10horses	L	TQQQ	$89.37	$84.37	-5.59%
clarkrl2	L	HCI	$41.81	$37.79	-9.61%

[clarkrl2]

Disinfranchised Investor is leading as we move past midweek. ModE90 is a closer second and the benchmark is third.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
D. I.	L	FE	$36.82	$37.68	2.34%
Mod E	S	SFI	$12.08	$11.82	2.15%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$78.70	$76.98	-2.19%
architecto25	L	END	$6.24	$6.05	-3.04%
2kids10horses	L	TQQQ	$89.37	$83.44	-6.64%
clarkrl2	L	HCI	$41.81	$38.08	-8.92%
uncle.23	L	CPRX	$3.20	$2.91	-9.06%

[ModE98]

Ugh, ugh, another reversal day....get out of the way, clarkrl & uncle, coming down big time and do not want to hit anyone too hard at the bottom as SFI wants that position today, and is falling fast this morning with a positive market day looming for the longs. 

 

My apologies to anyone hit on SFI's big dive today.  Nice upside jump, Argh

[clarkrl2]

Disinfranchised Investor still has the lead and is the only player with a gain. The benchmark is second with 2kids2horses third.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
D. I.	L	FE	$36.82	$37.96	3.10%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$78.70	$78.61	-0.11%
2kids10horses	L	TQQQ	$89.37	$88.74	-0.70%
architecto25	L	END	$6.24	$6.18	-0.96%
Mod E	S	SFI	$12.08	$12.20	-0.99%
clarkrl2	L	HCI	$41.81	$40.55	-3.01%
uncle.23	L	CPRX	$3.20	$2.75	-14.06%

[Ombud]

Silver linings. TASR (s) not in due to typo. Opened 10/7/13 @ 14.15 closed today @ 15.09 for -6.64%. 2nd basement slot would be mine but I'll eagerly off it on you, Clark!

[ModE98]

Strange day.... thought more longs would be up on the positive side. Nothing makes sense anymore.  

[Ombud]

Wait a day. It'll correct as it was based on an agreement that didn't take place

[uncle23]

....>my horse is resting for the big run next week...

[clarkrl2]

architecto25 rallied on the final day for the win. Disinfranchised Investor was second and 2kids10horses third. Those three and the benchmark were the only players with gains.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
architecto25	L	END	$6.24	$6.58	5.45%
D. I.	L	FE	$36.82	$37.91	2.96%
2kids10horses	L	TQQQ	$89.37	$90.74	1.53%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$78.70	$79.23	0.67%
Mod E	S	SFI	$12.08	$12.11	-0.25%
clarkrl2	L	HCI	$41.81	$40.95	-2.06%
uncle.23	L	CPRX	$3.20	$2.64	-17.50%