Stock Pick of the Week: W. E. 28 Nov. 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 Yahoo Finance. 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 "m2w".

Moderators please pin the thread.

Happy Thanksgiving.  Markets are closed on Thursday and open until 1 pm EST on Friday. 

[Deleted]

AAPL - (L)

[ModE98]

Will go out on a limb again and pick VRML (Long).  Healthcare/Diagnostics field.  Speculative, but insiders are buying.
A shot in the dark, and hope it beats the old BenchMark by week'e end.
www.finviz.com/quote.ashx?t=VRML

[uncle23]

....


ONVO.....long

[clarkrl2]

AMBC (Ambac Financial Group - Insurance)

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

[kadee79]

CLNE, long

Going out of town tomorrow...everyone have a great Thanksgiving!!!

[architecto25]

   PAYC    (long)    Paycom Software Inc.
This stock closed Friday at $26.93.
It provides cloud based human capital management software solutions
delivered as Software-as-a-Service.
Founded 3 Oct.2013
Hdq. in Okla.City, OK.
840 employees.

"the trend is your friend". Lets see if this chart continues this week.

[Deleted]

DEO .... Long. It did well for me last week!

[Ombud]

Sticking with JCI (long) for the same reason. Plus it's a short week and it does better M W F then Th F

[Deleted]

I change my mind.   CTIX long.   It came out with an exciting PR this morning.  Hoping for the start of a movement up   

[clarkrl2]

m2w takes the lead on this week's sprint. uncle23 is a close second with ModE91 in third. Five of eight are beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
m2w	L	CTIX	$3.06	$3.18	3.92%
uncle.23	L	ONVO	$6.38	$6.60	3.45%
Mod E	L	VRML	$1.54	$1.58	2.60%
D. I.	L	AAPL	$116.85	$118.62	1.51%
architecto25	L	PAYC	$27.17	$27.47	1.10%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$104.17	$104.68	0.49%
Ombud	L	JCI	$50.44	$50.52	0.16%
clarkrl2	L	AMBC	$25.71	$25.37	-1.32%
kadee66	L	CLNE	$6.57	$6.43	-2.13%

[Ombud]

Bad week - wrong pic

[clarkrl2]

m2w leads as we move past the halfway mark. ModE91 is second. uncle23 and architecto25 are in a near dead heat for third. Four of eight are beating the benchmark. Sorry about the late post.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
m2w	L	CTIX	$3.06	$3.20	4.58%
Mod E	L	VRML	$1.54	$1.59	3.25%
uncle.23	L	ONVO	$6.38	$6.50	1.88%
architecto25	L	PAYC	$27.17	$27.68	1.88%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$104.17	$104.84	0.64%
D. I.	L	AAPL	$116.85	$117.60	0.64%
Ombud	L	JCI	$50.44	$50.27	-0.34%
kadee66	L	CLNE	$6.57	$6.46	-1.67%
clarkrl2	L	AMBC	$25.71	$25.17	-2.10%

 

[architecto25]

Clark, if anyone ever seriously complains about your "posting performance", I suggest their horse be 
disqualified from the race track. My early insomnia made me curious if they were posted. We've all had
internet problems. And it's normal for me to do an "unofficial" math check on the positive number horses,
shortly after the market closes.  Thanks again for your efforts.

[clarkrl2]

w2w is still in the lead with a short trading day to go. architecto25 is a close second with ModE91 a close second. Four of eight are beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
m2w	L	CTIX	$3.06	$3.19	4.25%
architecto25	L	PAYC	$27.17	$28.29	4.12%
Mod E	L	VRML	$1.54	$1.60	3.90%
D. I.	L	AAPL	$116.85	$119.00	1.84%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$104.17	$105.52	1.30%
uncle.23	L	ONVO	$6.38	$6.44	0.94%
Ombud	L	JCI	$50.44	$49.89	-1.09%
clarkrl2	L	AMBC	$25.71	$24.92	-3.07%
kadee66	L	CLNE	$6.57	$6.15	-6.39%

[ModE98]

Thanksdiving is over, hope all had a nice day. 

Now for Friday's short day dash to the finish line.  Good luck, everyone!

[ModE98]

Looks like architecto may have really applied the whip today.  Will wait and see what the final official posting shall reveal.  Looked up and all was just a cloud of dust ahead. 

[architecto25]

Mod,....thought you'd enjoy what my horse said to me shortly after the race was over.....

"You know, we horses certainly enjoyed this 4-day horse race .... much easier than having to race all
5 days.  Do you suspect that we could have another similar short week in December " .... LOL.

[ModE98]

Ah, yes!  Christmas week will be short.  Wonder if your horse also topped out after a nice updraft?  Another week left in him?
www.finviz.com/quote.ashx?t=PAYC

[clarkrl2]

architecto25 wins this weeks contest with a sprint to the finish. m2w holds on for second and ModE91 is third. Four of eight beat the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
architecto25	L	PAYC	$27.17	$28.75	5.82%
m2w	L	CTIX	$3.06	$3.17	3.59%
Mod E	L	VRML	$1.54	$1.58	2.60%
D. I.	L	AAPL	$116.85	$118.93	1.78%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$104.17	$106.01	1.77%
Ombud	L	JCI	$50.44	$50.00	-0.87%
uncle.23	L	ONVO	$6.38	$6.31	-1.10%
clarkrl2	L	AMBC	$25.71	$24.56	-4.47%
kadee66	L	CLNE	$6.57	$5.74	-12.63%

[clarkrl2]

Name	Games	Win	Place	Show	>Bench	Return
bimetalaupt	4	1	0	0	1	2.78
Value Buy	41	10	2	4	20	1.81
damnotagain	17	2	3	3	9	1.73
D. I.	43	1	6	6	26	0.65
Mod E	48	4	4	9	27	0.61
BenchMark	48	0	5	3	0	0.34
2kids10horses	10	0	2	1	4	0.33
Ombud	41	4	2	9	21	-0.04
kadee66	41	6	7	2	19	-0.23
clarkrl2	48	4	7	5	21	-0.45
architecto25	48	9	3	3	19	-0.77
tyfighter3	21	1	0	1	6	-1.37
uncle.23	48	5	6	2	16	-1.57
m2w	4	1	1	0	2	-2.29
alliesmom	2	0	0	0	1	-6.82

[Deleted]

Congrats Architecto25   Hope all had a wonderful Thanksgiving.

[ModE98]

Congratulations architecto on a great pick and win.  And to m2w for a nice Place.

[kadee79]

Congrats to the winners. I see mine took one heck of a dive!