Stock Pick of the Week: W. E. 30 May 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 "Value Buy".


Moderators please pin the thread.

This will be a short week for observance of Memorial Day on Monday.

[Ombud]

Change title??

[ModE98]

Ombud.... Done.  Changed to ending 30 May 14.  Good catch!

[tyfighter3]

OAS long. Oil and Gas

[uncle23]

.....

NFLX...........long

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AAPL - (L)

[ModE98]

Will go with WMB (Long)
(Williams Companies, Inc.  *Energy)

[kadee79]

Congrats to VB on last week's win!!!

I'll try SODA, Long this week. They are about due for another increase...but I could be off by a week or two as I've been busy & not paying attention to the market.

Picked my first green beans yesterday & had them for supper last night along with freshly pulled carrots (glazed)!

Need to plant some pole beans today and more carrots for a continuous supply!

[Value Buy]

Thanks Kadee

I have not had time to pick a stock this week yet. Been too busy.

Fresh green beans......have not even got the tomatoes in yet.....had frost warnings early last week yet. Farmers are pretty far behind in planting corn too.

[clarkrl2]

Long GLP (Global Partners LP - Oil Gas and Consumable Fuels)

From the earning beat MRQ with recent upward estimate revisions screen. Same pick as last week.

[Value Buy]

I have 3 choices this week

PLKI  Popeyes Louisiana kitchen, fast food company, continuing with restaurant stocks this week,

CSUN China Sunergy Co LTD   Chinese solar company always a shot in the dark

Or Michael Kors holdings, a retailer who might get taken to the woodshed if they miss earnings this week

I am going long on PKLI, Popeye's Louisiana Kitchen this week even though I have a huge feeling CSUN will pop big this week. I just cannot trust any earnings report out of a Chinese company......

PLKI, long

[architecto25]

      MACK     (Long)   Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Unless I change my mind, this is my "4 day race horse" pick

Stock closed Friday at $7.52

52 wk. high/low is $7.65/$2.05

Company is into the treatment of cancer.

Hdq. in Cambridge, MA.

254 employees. Revenue is $47.79 mil.

Insider buying (recently) much heavier than selling.

[Ombud]

Not sure if I want to go:

WSTL (short) - up 1500% in 7 days too far too fast or
ZEN (long)

[clarkrl2]

architecto25 jumps out to the front on day one. Disinfranchised Investor is second and those two are the only players beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
architecto25	L	MACK	$7.69	$8.00	4.03%
D. I.	L	AAPL	$615.89	$625.63	1.58%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$90.28	$91.00	0.80%
Value Buy	L	PLKI	$37.78	$37.84	0.16%
Mod E	L	WMB	$47.00	$46.85	-0.32%
uncle.23	L	NFLX	$401.52	$398.81	-0.67%
tyfighter3	L	OAS	$49.49	$49.08	-0.83%
kadee66	L	SODA	$37.63	$37.25	-1.01%
clarkrl2	L	GLP	$40.90	$40.31	-1.44%

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[Ombud]

A post of mine where I decided on ZEN got deleted. Next time I'll dbl chk 

Have fun this week guys

[ModE98]

Not the best of days; but, it could have been a lot worse.

What happened to Ombud's post? ... you did hit the save button, right?  We will miss you.  Let's see how ZEN does.

[Ombud]

I did hit save. That's what's confusing me. But I'll be back next week (& should've shorted WSTL instead)

[ModE98]

Have run into that myself, but was lucky enough to check and hit "save" a second time and wait until the post came up.

[clarkrl2]

architecto25 holds on to the lead as we move past halfway. Disinfranchised Investor is second and Value Buy moves into the third spot. Those three are the only players beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
architecto25	L	MACK	$7.69	$8.08	5.07%
D. I.	L	AAPL	$615.89	$624.01	1.32%
Value Buy	L	PLKI	$37.78	$38.07	0.77%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$90.28	$90.72	0.49%
uncle.23	L	NFLX	$401.52	$401.24	-0.07%
tyfighter3	L	OAS	$49.49	$49.33	-0.32%
Mod E	L	WMB	$47.00	$46.71	-0.62%
kadee66	L	SODA	$37.63	$37.21	-1.12%
clarkrl2	L	GLP	$40.90	$40.28	-1.52%

[clarkrl2]

The biopsy result indicated there was lymphoma. At this time I don't have any more information than that. I am keeping a positive attitude.

[ModE98]

Keep a strong. positive attitude.  It can be overcome.  Modern medicine can do wonders.

[Ombud]

Sorry to hear that, clarkrl2. Treatments starting soon?

[kadee79]

Sorry to hear that Clark.

I've had a "little" experience with lymphoma...if I remember correctly, there are something like 23 different kinds of it. All are VERY treatable and able to be overcome! So hang in there and YES, stay positive!  

[clarkrl2]

Value Buy goes into the final day with a double digit gain and the lead. architecto25 is second and uncle23 is third. Five of eight are beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
Value Buy	L	PLKI	$37.78	$43.58	15.35%
architecto25	L	MACK	$7.69	$8.10	5.33%
uncle.23	L	NFLX	$401.52	$415.20	3.41%
D. I.	L	AAPL	$615.89	$635.38	3.16%
tyfighter3	L	OAS	$49.49	$50.27	1.58%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$90.28	$91.30	1.13%
Mod E	L	WMB	$47.00	$46.78	-0.47%
clarkrl2	L	GLP	$40.90	$40.69	-0.51%
kadee66	L	SODA	$37.63	$37.35	-0.74%

[ModE98]

Close race at the BOTTOM!

[clarkrl2]

Value Buy gets the repeat with a double digit gain in this week's contest. uncle23 is second and Disinfranchised Investor is third. Those three are the only players beating the benchmark this week.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
Value Buy	L	PLKI	$37.78	$42.92	13.61%
uncle.23	L	NFLX	$401.52	$417.83	4.06%
D. I.	L	AAPL	$615.89	$633.00	2.78%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$90.28	$91.31	1.14%
architecto25	L	MACK	$7.69	$7.77	1.04%
clarkrl2	L	GLP	$40.90	$40.97	0.17%
tyfighter3	L	OAS	$49.49	$49.50	0.02%
Mod E	L	WMB	$47.00	$46.96	-0.09%
kadee66	L	SODA	$37.63	$37.35	-0.74%

[clarkrl2]

Value Buy is the new leader in the cumulative stats.

Name	Games	Win	Place	Show	>Bench	Return
Value Buy	19	4	1	1	10	2.74
kadee66	20	4	5	2	13	2.44
Mod E	22	1	1	8	13	1.46
D. I.	17	0	2	3	10	0.64
BenchMark	22	0	2	0	0	0.09
Ombud	18	4	0	3	10	-0.05
2kids10horses	5	0	1	1	2	-0.51
tyfighter3	7	0	0	1	2	-0.71
clarkrl2	22	1	4	1	8	-1.22
architecto25	22	5	1	1	11	-1.47
uncle.23	22	3	5	1	10	-1.56
alliesmom	2	0	0	0	1	-6.82

[ModE98]

Congratulations, VB, on a runaway win!
And. to uncle for Place, and D.I. for Show.

Next week may tough... can the market keep going up or will it have an early June swoon?

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