Stock Pick of the Week: W. E. 13 Feb. 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 "kadee66".

Moderators please pin the thread.

This week's survivor of the Friday the 13th finish  can give the roses   to their sweetheart for Valentine's Day.

[ModE98]

Go with AFSI (Short)
AmTrust Financial Services, Inc., through its subsidiaries, underwrites and provides property and casualty insurance in the United States and internationally. The company operates in four segments: Small Commercial Business, Specialty Risk and Extended Warranty, and Specialty Program, and Personal Lines Reinsurance.

Sunday 8 pm EST, changed from long to short.  May be some "worms" here.  (May be sorry, we'll see).

[kadee79]

Let's see if mine can do a repeat....CLNE, long....keeping my fingers crossed!

[Deleted]

V - (L)

Going to run this again.

[clarkrl2]

Long ABC (AmerisourceBergen Corp. - Healthcare Providers)

From the earnings beat MRQ with recent upward revisions screen.

[uncle23]

......



ACT............long

[architecto25]

    MIFI   (long)  Novatel Wireless, Inc.
I had good luck with this horse a couple of weeks ago.
Closed Friday at $5.52
 

[Value Buy]

Pepsi, PEP

PEP, long

[Value Buy]

Feb 9, 2015 9:12:08 GMT -5 Value Buy said:

Pepsi, PEP

PEP, long

I believe Coca Cola also reports this week, and I think they disappoint, making Pepsi look stronger in the bottling/snack area.

[Ombud]

Cliffs natural resources long ... not sure I made it in

[ModE98]

OOF!  Should have stayed long.  AFSI is green!  Headed for the basement again.  Need a sudden scandal or bad earnings report to turn this baby down.

[clarkrl2]

kadee66 is off to another good start. Ombud is the only other player beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
kadee66	L	CLNE	$4.71	$5.08	7.86%
Ombud	L	CLF	$6.29	$6.57	4.45%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$102.72	$102.80	0.08%
Value Buy	L	PEP	$96.58	$95.97	-0.63%
D. I.	L	V	$267.41	$265.46	-0.73%
clarkrl2	L	ABC	$96.97	$95.56	-1.45%
uncle.23	L	ACT	$276.37	$272.31	-1.47%
Mod E	S	AFSI	$53.70	$54.75	-1.96%
architecto25	L	MIFI	$5.47	$5.19	-5.12%

[kadee79]

But will it last? I don't really feel good about it, still keeping my fingers crossed!

[Value Buy]

CLNE and CLF are still rising today. Might be hard to catch them.

[clarkrl2]

kadee66 still leads after two days. Ombud is the only other player beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
kadee66	L	CLNE	$4.71	$5.14	9.13%
Ombud	L	CLF	$6.29	$6.67	6.04%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$102.72	$104.40	1.64%
Value Buy	L	PEP	$96.58	$97.99	1.46%
uncle.23	L	ACT	$276.37	$279.14	1.00%
clarkrl2	L	ABC	$96.97	$96.91	-0.06%
D. I.	L	V	$267.41	$264.55	-1.07%
Mod E	S	AFSI	$53.70	$54.60	-1.68%
architecto25	L	MIFI	$5.47	$5.03	-8.04%

[Ombud]

I'm going down fast

[ModE98]

Looks like the basement for me if architecto will only get out of the way.   Should have stayed long (my original choice). 

[Ombud]

CLF and QQQ are headed in opposite directions and not in a good way ... close to even for the week

[clarkrl2]

kadee66 moves into the land of double digits with two days to go. Value Buy takes over second and Ombud is the only other player beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
kadee66	L	CLNE	$4.71	$5.32	12.95%
Value Buy	L	PEP	$96.58	$100.40	3.96%
Ombud	L	CLF	$6.29	$6.47	2.86%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$102.72	$104.78	2.01%
clarkrl2	L	ABC	$96.97	$98.74	1.83%
uncle.23	L	ACT	$276.37	$277.51	0.41%
D. I.	L	V	$267.41	$265.99	-0.53%
Mod E	S	AFSI	$53.70	$56.10	-4.47%
architecto25	L	MIFI	$5.47	$4.96	-9.32%

[Value Buy]

If Greece and Europe play nice as reported this afternoon, we could see some big moves up tomorrow.

In the indices, not necessarily our picks.........

[clarkrl2]

kadee66 carries a six lengths lead into the final day. Ombud regains second and Value Buy is the only other player beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
kadee66	L	CLNE	$4.71	$5.27	11.89%
Ombud	L	CLF	$6.29	$6.65	5.72%
Value Buy	L	PEP	$96.58	$100.27	3.82%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$102.72	$106.00	3.19%
clarkrl2	L	ABC	$96.97	$99.83	2.95%
uncle.23	L	ACT	$276.37	$281.66	1.91%
D. I.	L	V	$267.41	$270.91	1.31%
Mod E	S	AFSI	$53.70	$56.49	-5.20%
architecto25	L	MIFI	$5.47	$5.18	-5.30%

[ModE98]

Don't worry achitecto. AFSI will take over the last rung Friday.  You are on the way up!

[Value Buy]

This market this year is just hard to figure out.

[Deleted]

Well Visa may be fairly dead for the weekly contest; but it made me good money in real life.

[architecto25]

ModE91, .... I just looked at the charts for AFSI & MIFI .....& you might be correct ..... there is a
possibility that you might take the last position from my horse ...might be an interesting 
neck to neck race to watch tomorrow. See you at the finish line.

[ModE98]

architecto.....Looks like the stocks have suddenly turned again, we'll see what the last three and a half hours bring. 

[clarkrl2]

kadee66 has a huge wire to wire win to take the Valentine roses . Ombud also had a double digit gain and takes second . The Benchmark is third in this week's contest.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
kadee66	L	CLNE	$4.71	$5.44	15.50%
Ombud	L	CLF	$6.29	$7.00	11.29%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$102.72	$106.91	4.08%
clarkrl2	L	ABC	$96.97	$100.34	3.48%
uncle.23	L	ACT	$276.37	$285.37	3.26%
Value Buy	L	PEP	$96.58	$99.13	2.64%
D. I.	L	V	$267.41	$269.63	0.83%
Mod E	S	AFSI	$53.70	$55.60	-3.54%
architecto25	L	MIFI	$5.47	$5.00	-8.59%

[clarkrl2]

2015 results

Name	Games	Win	Place	Show	>Bench	Return
Ombud	6	1	1	1	4	3.69
kadee66	7	2	0	3	5	2.93
Value Buy	6	1	0	1	3	0.98
Mod E	7	0	3	0	4	0.71
clarkrl2	7	1	0	0	2	0.53
BenchMark	7	0	0	2	0	0.27
D. I.	7	0	2	0	3	0.19
architecto25	7	1	1	0	3	-0.38
uncle.23	7	1	0	0	3	-0.71
damnotagain	3	0	0	0	1	-4.30

Lifetime results

Name	Games	Win	Place	Show	>Bench	Return
bimetalaupt	4	1	0	0	1	2.78
Value Buy	51	12	3	5	25	1.81
m2w	8	2	1	0	3	1.15
damnotagain	20	2	3	3	10	0.83
Mod E	59	4	7	10	32	0.46
D. I.	54	1	8	6	30	0.42
2kids10horses	10	0	2	1	4	0.33
BenchMark	59	0	5	5	0	0.29
Ombud	51	5	3	11	26	0.23
kadee66	52	8	9	5	26	0.09
clarkrl2	59	6	8	5	26	-0.19
architecto25	59	10	4	5	25	-0.65
tyfighter3	22	1	0	1	6	-1.31
uncle.23	59	7	6	2	20	-1.34
alliesmom	2	0	0	0	1	-6.82

[ModE98]

CONGRATULATIONS to kadee for this week's Win, and to Ombud for Place.  The gals showed all the boys who can pick 'em!   Not one could even beat BenchMark, who finished Show.

[Ombud]

WGT kadee79 in a tough week