Stock Pick of the Week: W. E. 11 Apr 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 "Ombud".

Moderators please pin the thread.

[ModE98]

This week will try AN (Long) and hope we are not in for a downside surprise after last Friday's sell-off.  

AutoNation, Inc. (AutoNation) is an automotive retailer in the United States. As of December 31, 2011, the Company had three operating segments: Domestic, Import, and Premium Luxury. As of December 31, 2011, it owned and operated 258 new vehicle franchises from 215 stores located in the United States, predominantly in metropolitan markets in the Sunbelt region. Its stores sell 32 different brands of new vehicles. The core brands of vehicles that it sells, representing approximately 90% of the new vehicles that it sold during the year ended December 31, 2011, was manufactured by Ford, Toyota, Nissan, General Motors, Honda, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, and Chrysler. The Company offers a diversified range of automotive products and services, which include new vehicles, used vehicles, parts and automotive repair and maintenance services, and automotive finance and insurance products.

[kadee79]

OPK, short....drugs

[Value Buy]

This could be an exciting week after Friday's market action....

Do we see a continuing market rotation out of drugs and tech?

This week, I will go with AA, Alcoa Inc, NYSE

The chart is very strong lately, and market rotation seems to favor it.

I could have easily taken Ruby Tuesday or Family Dollar this week, and gone either long or short, but will stick with AA long this week.

[clarkrl2]

Long UCBI (United Community Banks Inc. - Regional Banks)

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

[Ombud]

JGW (short) - buys structured settlement pymts.

[Deleted]

WIN - (L)

[uncle23]

.....



....FCEL......long

[architecto25]

     OSIR    (long)    Osiris Therapeutics Inc.

this stock closed Friday at $13.69. Couldn't find a race horse that I liked this

week; so I'm walking this one to the starting gates; maybe he can run.

[Value Buy]

Apr 5, 2014 11:55:46 GMT -5 Value Buy said:

This could be an exciting week after Friday's market action....

Do we see a continuing market rotation out of drugs and tech?

This week, I will go with AA, Alcoa Inc, NYSE

The chart is very strong lately, and market rotation seems to favor it.

I could have easily taken Ruby Tuesday or Family Dollar this week, and gone either long or short, but will stick with AA long this week.

Oh Oh

Cramer says AA is going to break down this week. Been on too good of a run up.

Should I listen to him?

No, will still go long on AA

[ModE98]

Well, we are headed south this morning. May be a rough week ahead.

p.m. comment....Ouch, flat tire!

[clarkrl2]

architecto25 breaks from the gate as the day one leader. Ombud is second and clarkrl2 is the only other player beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
architecto25	L	OSIR	$13.58	$14.34	5.60%
Ombud	S	JGW	$15.00	$14.71	1.93%
clarkrl2	L	UCBI	$19.22	$19.39	0.88%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$85.83	$85.55	-0.33%
kadee66	S	OPK	$9.20	$9.24	-0.43%
D. I.	L	WIN	$8.59	$8.54	-0.58%
Value Buy	L	AA	$12.64	$12.47	-1.34%
uncle.23	L	FCEL	$2.32	$2.28	-1.72%
Mod E	L	AN	$53.31	$52.18	-2.12%

[architecto25]

well, at least I had one horse/stock that did o.k. Monday; practically everything

else "in the red" .... & since it's 4am (Yuk), the race starts again in 4.5 hrs.

.....time for some more coffee .....!!!

[clarkrl2]

architecto25 remains the leader by an eyelash. Ombud is second and uncle23 takes over third. Four of eight are beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
architecto25	L	OSIR	$13.58	$14.36	5.74%
Ombud	S	JGW	$15.00	$14.14	5.73%
uncle.23	L	FCEL	$2.32	$2.38	2.59%
clarkrl2	L	UCBI	$19.22	$19.39	0.88%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$85.83	$86.34	0.59%
D. I.	L	WIN	$8.59	$8.58	-0.12%
Value Buy	L	AA	$12.64	$12.53	-0.87%
Mod E	L	AN	$53.31	$52.36	-1.78%
kadee66	S	OPK	$9.20	$9.50	-3.26%

[ModE98]

A real nice "plus" day in the market.  Hope it can keep moving positively for the week.  

[clarkrl2]

uncle23 takes over the lead as we move past halfway. architecto25 is second and Ombud is third. Four of eight are beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
uncle.23	L	FCEL	$2.32	$2.48	6.90%
architecto25	L	OSIR	$13.58	$14.29	5.23%
Ombud	S	JGW	$15.00	$14.34	4.40%
Value Buy	L	AA	$12.64	$13.00	2.85%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$85.83	$87.82	2.32%
Mod E	L	AN	$53.31	$54.42	2.08%
clarkrl2	L	UCBI	$19.22	$19.35	0.68%
D. I.	L	WIN	$8.59	$8.54	-0.58%
kadee66	S	OPK	$9.20	$9.67	-5.11%

[kadee79]

My horse is obviously running the wrong direction this week! I should have gone long!

[ModE98]

kadee....Market headed south this morning, may work in your favor and get you out of the cellar.  I'm coming down again, my horse is not good with down markets.

[clarkrl2]

Ombud rallies to the lead with one day to go. Disinfranchised Investor moves up to second and uncle23 is third. Seven of eight are beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
Ombud	S	JGW	$15.00	$14.25	5.00%
D. I.	L	WIN	$8.59	$8.72	1.51%
uncle.23	L	FCEL	$2.32	$2.35	1.29%
Value Buy	L	AA	$12.64	$12.70	0.47%
kadee66	S	OPK	$9.20	$9.21	-0.11%
Mod E	L	AN	$53.31	$53.21	-0.19%
architecto25	L	OSIR	$13.58	$13.48	-0.74%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$85.83	$85.10	-0.85%
clarkrl2	L	UCBI	$19.22	$18.46	-3.95%

[kadee79]

I've been busy outside nearly all day....what the hell happened to cause this big a drop?   I didn't see any big news items when I just did a really quick scan of the news.

[Deleted]

Who Knows, may be a duck broke wind in Antarctica.

Whatever spooked the masses; the end result was clear. S*** hit the fan..

[ModE98]

www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-04-11/u-s-stock-index-futures-little-changed-before-earnings.html

Some commentary from Bloomberg site. 

[ModE98]

Hope this does not carry into next week. Sometimes a sell-off has to run for a week or two. May be a omen of things yet to come a bit later in the year.

[clarkrl2]

Ombud holds on for this week's winning pick. A hard charging kadee66 finishes second and uncle23 was best in class for third. Six of eight beat the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
Ombud	S	JGW	$15.00	$14.44	3.73%
kadee66	S	OPK	$9.20	$8.87	3.59%
uncle.23	L	FCEL	$2.32	$2.34	0.86%
Value Buy	L	AA	$12.64	$12.54	-0.79%
D. I.	L	WIN	$8.59	$8.51	-0.93%
Mod E	L	AN	$53.31	$52.73	-1.09%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$85.83	$84.11	-2.00%
clarkrl2	L	UCBI	$19.22	$18.22	-5.20%
architecto25	L	OSIR	$13.58	$12.60	-7.22%

[Ombud]

So close!! Congrats kadee & uncle

[clarkrl2]

kadee66 is the new cumulative stats leader with 62% in-the-money.

Name	Games	Win	Place	Show	>Bench	Return
kadee66	13	2	4	2	9	2.41
Mod E	15	1	1	5	10	2.16
tyfighter3	1	0	0	1	1	2.12
Value Buy	13	2	0	1	7	2.04
D. I.	10	0	1	2	7	0.50
clarkrl2	15	1	4	1	8	0.02
BenchMark	15	0	1	0	0	-0.30
Ombud	12	3	0	1	8	-0.67
architecto25	15	3	1	1	8	-1.50
uncle.23	15	3	2	1	7	-1.53
2kids10horses	3	0	1	0	1	-1.68
alliesmom	2	0	0	0	1	-6.82

[ModE98]

WOW, what a ride today! Congrats to Ombud for a nice winning short.

Kadee made a great move up to Place with her short.  Uncle held on with his long in spite of a hard week for longs to Show. 

A tough week, and next week could prove even tougher if we do not get a catalyst for bullishness to appear.  Good luck to all.

[kadee79]

Congrats Ombud & Uncle!

I got lucky!

And how the heck did I get to the top of cumulative??

[ModE98]

It's all there, kadee, you have been making some good picks for win, place and show.  Great job, keep up the good work!

[Ombud]

Sloooowly climbing out of the basement
Whatever happened to 2kids10horses, alliesmom, & tyfighter3?