Stock Pick of the Week: W. E. 31 Jan 2014

[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 "clarkrl2".

Moderators please pin the thread.

Happy Birthday Robert Burns!!!

Flow Gently, Sweet Afton

Flow gently, sweet Afton, amang thy green braes,
Flow gently, I'll sing thee a song in thy praise.
My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream,
Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream.
Though stock-dove whose echo resounds from the hill,
Ye wild whistling blackbirds in yon thorny dell,
Thou green created lapwing, thy screaming fore-bear,
I charge you, disturb not my slumbering fair.

How lofty, sweet Afton, thy neighbouring hills,
Far marked with the courses of clear winding rills.
There daily I wander, as morn rises high,
My flocks and my Mary's sweet cot in my eye.
How pleasant thy banks and green valleys below,
Where wild in the woodlands the primroses blow.
There oft, as mild evening creeps over the lea,
The sweet scented birk shades my Mary and me.

Thy crystal stream, Afton, how lovely it glides
And winds by the cot where my Mary resides.
How wanton thy waters her snowy feet lave,
As gathering sweet flow'rets, she stems thy clear wave.
Flow gently, sweet Afton, amang thy green braes,
Flow gently , sweet river, the theme of my lays.
My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream,
Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream.

[uncle23]

AXP.....American Express .....long

[uncle23]

Nice poetry Clarkl2 !!!!

[Deleted]

MA - (S)

[clarkrl2]

Long DEG (Delhaize Group - Food and Staples Retailing)

From the earnings beat MRQ with recent upward estimate revisions screen.

[Ombud]

Hope LOCK (long) lifelock pulls me out of the proverbial basement - online security

[kadee79]

Going a little different this week....

SZYM, long....solar

[ModE98]

Back to my China-based stock, TPI (long) for this week.  Maybe it will gain a few pennies again.

Tianyin Pharmaceuticals.

[Value Buy]

After a two week break I am back.

I am going to go with my old nemesis, a stock I love to hate and see no rational reason why it is as high as it is.

I imagine it will report better than expected earnings later this week.

Chipolte Mexican Grille

CMG, LONG

[architecto25]

    ARIA    (long)  Ariad Pharmaceuticals Inc.

This stock closed Friday at $8.99

52 wk. high/low $23./$2.15

Focuses on discovery, development, and

commercialization of small-molecule drugs

for treatment of cancer.

Founded April 1991

Hdq. in Cambridge, MA

300 employees

This stock really got hit hard in Oct.2013;

recovering some since.

P&F chart. ascending triple top breakout 24 Jan.2014

Barchart's opinion chart. Overall only 72% buy.

[clarkrl2]

Disinfranchised Investor takes the lead on day one. ModE90 is second and Value Buy is third. Four of eight are beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
D. I.	S	MA	$78.95	$76.05	3.67%
Mod E	L	TPI	$0.85	$0.85	0.00%
Value Buy	L	CMG	$492.36	$489.31	-0.62%
clarkrl2	L	DEG	$66.61	$66.15	-0.69%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$86.74	$85.90	-0.97%
uncle.23	L	AXP	$87.15	$85.72	-1.64%
Ombud	L	LOCK	$19.20	$18.31	-4.64%
kadee66	L	SZYM	$10.05	$9.57	-4.78%
architecto25	L	ARIA	$9.45	$7.91	-16.30%

[Ombud]

Despite today's great run, I'm still negative for the week

[clarkrl2]

ModE90 takes over the lead on day two. Disinfranchised Investor is second and Value Buy is third. Five of eight are beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
Mod E	L	TPI	$0.85	$0.89	4.71%
D. I.	S	MA	$78.95	$78.83	0.15%
Value Buy	L	CMG	$492.36	$491.87	-0.10%
clarkrl2	L	DEG	$66.61	$66.40	-0.32%
uncle.23	L	AXP	$87.15	$86.64	-0.59%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$86.74	$85.85	-1.03%
Ombud	L	LOCK	$19.20	$18.91	-1.51%
kadee66	L	SZYM	$10.05	$9.62	-4.28%
architecto25	L	ARIA	$9.45	$8.04	-14.92%

[clarkrl2]

ModE90 is turning this week's contest into a rout. Disinfranchised Investor also has a nice gain and Ombud has moved up to third. Five of eight are beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
Mod E	L	TPI	$0.85	$0.97	14.12%
D. I.	S	MA	$78.95	$77.70	1.58%
Ombud	L	LOCK	$19.20	$19.03	-0.89%
Value Buy	L	CMG	$492.36	$484.50	-1.60%
uncle.23	L	AXP	$87.15	$85.55	-1.84%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$86.74	$84.93	-2.09%
clarkrl2	L	DEG	$66.61	$64.45	-3.24%
kadee66	L	SZYM	$10.05	$9.33	-7.16%
architecto25	L	ARIA	$9.45	$7.60	-19.58%

[kadee79]

Welllllllllllllllllll, I can say ONE thing for my pick this week....it's consistent!  Same spot for 3 days running!

[uncle23]

....


not too late kadee..........another big run tomorrow and you'll be challenging ModE.

[clarkrl2]

ModE90 continues to lead the pack going into the final day. Ombud is a clear second and Value Buy has moved into the third spot. Those three are the only players with a gain and only players beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
Mod E	L	TPI	$0.85	$1.00	17.65%
Ombud	L	LOCK	$19.20	$20.08	4.58%
Value Buy	L	CMG	$492.36	$493.96	0.32%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$86.74	$86.50	-0.28%
uncle.23	L	AXP	$87.15	$86.62	-0.61%
D. I.	S	MA	$78.95	$79.76	-1.03%
clarkrl2	L	DEG	$66.61	$65.10	-2.27%
kadee66	L	SZYM	$10.05	$9.77	-2.79%
architecto25	L	ARIA	$9.45	$7.84	-17.04%

[Ombud]

I'll keep the spot warm for you, ModE98 & Value Buy. CMG up 11% in after market

[uncle23]

Jan 30, 2014 13:10:41 GMT -5 uncle23 said:

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not too late kadee..........another big run tomorrow and you'll be challenging ModE.

....big run today.....kadee's in it for the roses.. 12:05 pm

[ModE98]

Hold on, kadee, looks like you really hit pay dirt. Smell the roses!  Up 32.75% at the close!  BOOM!

[clarkrl2]

kadee66 used some high tech biofuel to rocket to this week's win. ModE90 held on for second and Value Buy made a trifecta of double digit gainers. Five of eight beat the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
kadee66	L	SZYM	$10.05	$12.97	29.05%
Mod E	L	TPI	$0.85	$0.97	14.12%
Value Buy	L	CMG	$492.36	$551.96	12.10%
Ombud	L	LOCK	$19.20	$20.41	6.30%
D. I.	S	MA	$78.95	$75.68	4.14%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$86.74	$86.27	-0.54%
uncle.23	L	AXP	$87.15	$85.02	-2.44%
clarkrl2	L	DEG	$66.61	$63.98	-3.95%
architecto25	L	ARIA	$9.45	$7.39	-21.80%

[clarkrl2]

Year to date stats

Name	Games	Win	Place	Show	>Bench	Return
Mod E	5	1	1	2	4	6.25
Value Buy	3	0	0	1	2	3.11
uncle.23	5	1	1	0	3	2.07
kadee66	5	1	0	1	3	1.85
D. I.	4	0	0	1	2	0.73
clarkrl2	5	1	1	0	3	0.14
2kids10horses	2	0	1	0	1	-0.20
BenchMark	5	0	1	0	0	-0.35
Ombud	4	0	0	0	3	-2.85
architecto25	5	1	0	0	2	-4.40

[Ombud]

Kudos kadee79, ModE98, & Value Buy!! Did not see Kadee coming! architecto25 out of my cumulative basement slot!!

[ModE98]

Congratulations, kadee, on the super move today!  Nice WIN!  Great pick. 

Also, VB another move move up to SHOW. 

[kadee79]

Thank you all! It was quite a surprise to me too!

Congrats to Mod & VB for place/show!

[Value Buy]

Congratulations Kadee and Mod.

Good job!