Stock Pick of the Week: W. E. 2 Jan. 2015

[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 "clarkrl2".


Moderators please pin the thread.

[uncle23]

thank you clark 




H A P P Y  N E W  Y E A R

2015

[uncle23]

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MTSN......long

[Deleted]

AAPL - (L)

[ModE98]

Will go with SGEN (long).  Insider buying.  Possible turnaround on the horizon?  But, chart looks awful.  Rolling the dice.
www.finviz.com/quote.ashx?t=SGEN

[clarkrl2]

Long ISLE (Isle of Capri Casinos Inc. - Resorts and Casinos)

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

[kadee79]

CLNE, long.....Clean Energy Fuels It can't go much further down, so it's time for it to come up a bit!

[architecto25]

    DGLY    (long)   Digital Ally Inc.

This stock closed Friday at $15.87

Audio recording equip.

Founded 12/13/2000

Hdq. in Lenexa, KS.

119 employees

I spent little effort picking this one.

[Ombud]

Steelcase Inc. Not sure why the screener likes them except their earnings were surprisingly up. SCS long

[clarkrl2]

architecto25 grabs the early lead in this week's contest. ModE91 is a close second with clarkrl2 in the hunt in third. Four of seven are beating the benchmark in another short week of trading.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
architecto25	L	DGLY	$15.77	$16.07	1.90%
Mod E	L	SGEN	$32.12	$32.70	1.81%
clarkrl2	L	ISLE	$8.10	$8.20	1.23%
D. I.	L	AAPL	$113.70	$113.91	0.18%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$104.98	$105.02	0.04%
Ombud	L	SCS	$18.52	$18.44	-0.43%
kadee66	L	CLNE	$5.18	$5.12	-1.16%
uncle.23	L	MTSN	$3.45	$3.28	-4.93%

[kadee79]

Well, I was wrong! It can go down further!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ModE98]

Hmmm, surprise!  It will likely not last long,  But, glad to take one good day.  Architecto's steed has his tail in my horse's face...argh!

[clarkrl2]

clarkrl2 finds his ISLE in paradise at the halfway point of the contest. architecto25 is second and ModE91 is third. Four of seven are beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
clarkrl2	L	ISLE	$8.10	$8.44	4.20%
architecto25	L	DGLY	$15.77	$15.88	0.70%
Mod E	L	SGEN	$32.12	$32.28	0.50%
Ombud	L	SCS	$18.52	$18.46	-0.32%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$104.98	$104.32	-0.63%
D. I.	L	AAPL	$113.70	$112.52	-1.04%
kadee66	L	CLNE	$5.18	$5.02	-3.09%
uncle.23	L	MTSN	$3.45	$3.34	-3.19%

[Value Buy]

ISLE is hot again this week.

So is Boyd gaming. Up 5% today.

Wonder is something is brewing between the two

[kadee79]

And mine went down even further today...gotta be a bottom some where!

[ModE98]

Good grief, the market has taken a turn South, not a good sign.    Last hour better come to the rescue, if possible.

Bad day At Black Rock.....KABOOM !!!!

Will Friday be the start of a upward direction?  Let's get off to a positive start for 2015.

[Ombud]

Happy New Year Y'all  

[clarkrl2]

clarkrl2 holds the lead going into the New Year's break and the final day of the contest. ModE91 is second and with the only gain of the day uncle23 moves up to third. Those are the only three players beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
clarkrl2	L	ISLE	$8.10	$8.37	3.33%
Mod E	L	SGEN	$32.12	$32.13	0.03%
uncle.23	L	MTSN	$3.45	$3.40	-1.45%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$104.98	$103.25	-1.65%
architecto25	L	DGLY	$15.77	$15.32	-2.85%
D. I.	L	AAPL	$113.70	$110.38	-2.92%
Ombud	L	SCS	$18.52	$17.95	-3.08%
kadee66	L	CLNE	$5.18	$5.00	-3.57%

[ModE98]

Now on to Friday....the horses will rest tomorrow and prepare for the dash to the roses on Friday.  Good luck, all.

[clarkrl2]

clarkrl2 rings in the new year with a win in this week's contest. ModE91 is second and kadee66 rallied for third. Those were the only players beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
clarkrl2	L	ISLE	$8.10	$8.46	4.44%
Mod E	L	SGEN	$32.12	$32.54	1.31%
kadee66	L	CLNE	$5.18	$5.12	-1.16%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$104.98	$102.94	-1.94%
architecto25	L	DGLY	$15.77	$15.46	-1.97%
uncle.23	L	MTSN	$3.45	$3.35	-2.90%
Ombud	L	SCS	$18.52	$17.82	-3.78%
D. I.	L	AAPL	$113.70	$109.33	-3.84%

[clarkrl2]

Here's the new year totals

Name	Games	Win	Place	Show	>Bench	Return
clarkrl2	1	1	0	0	1	4.44
Mod E	1	0	1	0	1	1.31
kadee66	1	0	0	1	1	-1.16
BenchMark	1	0	0	0	0	-1.94
architecto25	1	0	0	0	0	-1.97
uncle.23	1	0	0	0	0	-2.90
Ombud	1	0	0	0	0	-3.78
D. I.	1	0	0	0	0	-3.84

And the cumulative totals

Name	Games	Win	Place	Show	>Bench	Return
bimetalaupt	4	1	0	0	1	2.78
Value Buy	45	11	3	4	22	1.92
damnotagain	17	2	3	3	9	1.73
m2w	8	2	1	0	3	1.15
Mod E	53	4	5	10	29	0.45
D. I.	48	1	6	6	27	0.37
2kids10horses	10	0	2	1	4	0.33
BenchMark	53	0	5	3	0	0.26
clarkrl2	53	6	8	5	25	-0.19
Ombud	46	4	2	10	22	-0.31
kadee66	46	6	9	3	22	-0.37
architecto25	53	9	3	5	22	-0.71
tyfighter3	22	1	0	1	6	-1.31
uncle.23	53	6	6	2	17	-1.45
alliesmom	2	0	0	0	1	-6.82

[clarkrl2]

Last years final results

Name	Games	Win	Place	Show	>Bench	Return
bimetalaupt	4	1	0	0	1	2.78
Value Buy	45	11	3	4	22	1.92
damnotagain	17	2	3	3	9	1.73
m2w	8	2	1	0	3	1.15
tyfighter3	22	1	0	1	6	0.51
D. I.	47	1	6	6	27	0.46
Mod E	52	4	4	10	28	0.43
2kids10horses	10	0	2	1	4	0.33
BenchMark	52	0	5	3	0	0.30
Ombud	45	4	2	10	22	-0.24
clarkrl2	52	5	8	5	24	-0.28
kadee66	45	6	9	2	21	-0.35
architecto25	52	9	3	5	22	-0.68
uncle.23	52	6	6	2	17	-1.42
alliesmom	2	0	0	0	1	-6.82

[clarkrl2]

The modified spreadsheet is supposed to have preserved all of last years results, started new cumulative totals for this year, and also have the combined totals since I started posting the statistics. It may take a week or two to work out any bugs so if you notice anything unusual let me know and I will correct it.

[ModE98]

CONGRATULATIONS to clarkrl for another win this week.  And, kadee for the run from last to finish Show.

Nice work, clark, for all the stats.

[Value Buy]

Congratulations to clarkl2 ModE and Kadee!

I missed this week because of the Christmas holiday. I got my days mixed up and missed the start this week.

[kadee79]

Congrats to Clark & Mod! I may have rallied, but I was still negative!

[bimetalaupt]

Clark,

Job well done. Great work: Thank-You

BiMetalAuPt