Stock Pick of the Week: W. E. 20 Mar. 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 "Value Buy".

Moderators please pin the thread.

I will be unavailable for updates from time to time this week. I will update when I return but will try to keep you informed on days I will not be reporting so someone can post daily results. I will likely post a thread for next week sometime before Friday and update the statistics Sunday.

Happy St Patrick's Day!!!

[tyfighter3]

WLL long.

[ModE98]

Go with VRSK (Long).
Verisk Analytics, Inc. provides information about risk to professionals in insurance, healthcare, financial services, government, supply chain, and risk management in the United States and internationally.

[clarkrl2]

Long VOYA (Voya Financial - Diversified Financial Services)

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

[uncle23]

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TSLA..................................long

[kadee79]

AMRN, long....a new one for me.  Have no idea how it will do but it is on a slight upward trend.

Amarin Corp PLC formerly Ethical Holdings plc is a public limited company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales. It was originally incorporated in England as a private limited company on March 1, 1989 under the Companies Act 1985, and re-registered in England as a public limited company on March 19, 1993. The Company is a biopharmaceutical company having expertise in lipid science focused on the commercialization and development of therapeutics to improve cardiovascular health. The Company’s product Vascepa® (icosapent ethyl) capsules is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the use as an adjunct to diet to reduce triglyceride levels in adult patients with severe (TG>500mg/dL) hypertriglyceridemia. On January 28, 2013 the Company commenced full commercial launch of Vascepa...more

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www.msn.com/en-us/money/stockdetails/fi-126.1.AMRN.NAS?symbol=AMRN&form=PRHMRQ&ocid=U305DHP

[architecto25]

    MEIP     (long)     MEI Pharma Inc.

This stock closed Friday at $6.13

I've been having computer problems ... lucky to

get this short post to show ........

[Ombud]

I'm doing a weird one & I'm not even sure about it .... McKesson

[clarkrl2]

Ombud unless you indicate otherwise I will assume you want Long MCK

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XOM - (S)

[Value Buy]

FedEx 
let's go long this week.
FDX, long

[Ombud]

Mar 16, 2015 0:09:40 GMT -5 clarkrl2 said:

Ombud unless you indicate otherwise I will assume you want Long MCK

yes. Sorry about that.

[clarkrl2]

tyfighter3 jumps out to the lead on day one. uncle23 is second and Value Buy holds the third spot. Four of nine are beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
tyfighter3	L	WLL	$37.41	$38.73	3.53%
uncle.23	L	TSLA	$192.00	$195.70	1.93%
Value Buy	L	FDX	$174.21	$177.32	1.79%
Ombud	L	MCK	$226.36	$229.54	1.40%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$105.76	$106.70	0.89%
Mod E	L	VRSK	$71.56	$71.64	0.11%
clarkrl2	L	VOYA	$44.93	$44.92	-0.02%
D. I.	S	XOM	$83.71	$84.76	-1.25%
architecto25	L	MEIP	$6.21	$6.05	-2.58%
kadee66	L	AMRN	$3.30	$2.85	-13.64%

[architecto25]

Clark, always big thanks to you for your hard work and efforts making this

contest enjoyable for all of us.

.... but this post to let you know that I got your opening quote for VOYA

as $44.89 ...from Bigcharts, Barchart, & Scottrade.  All 3. Perhaps you.

might want a 4 cent lower opening number before the week is over.

Cheers .

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[clarkrl2]

architecto25 thanks for the tip. I will check the opens on yahoo historical tomorrow. It looks like a few others have some different opens showing on various sites as well.

[kadee79]

MSN shows mine opened at 3.28, so I would drop further down.

And mine was up most of the day and then the sudden drop!

[Value Buy]

Mar 16, 2015 20:14:24 GMT -5 architecto25 said:

Clark, always big thanks to you for your hard work and efforts making this

contest enjoyable for all of us.

.... but this post to let you know that I got your opening quote for VOYA

as $44.89 ...from Bigcharts, Barchart, & Scottrade.  All 3. Perhaps you.

might want a 4 cent lower opening number before the week is over.

Cheers .

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It always makes me wonder how different business sites have different opening prices for stocks from the exchanges. And it happens to the A list stocks too, not just the pink sheet stocks
The opening price is the opening price. It is not rocket science. Makes one wonder how honest a lot of the data is out there. I notice discrepencies when I try to find closing prices on items, especially commodities, when I put data together for the first and fifteenth of the month on my thread between business sites. It drives me crazy.
I just do not understand how this happens, but it does.

[kadee79]

Looks like I probably have a lock on the bottom this week!

[clarkrl2]

uncle23 takes over the lead and is the only player beating the benchmark. Value Buy holds the third spot. I adjusted the open for QQQ, VOYA, and AMRN using the Yahoo finance historical prices.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
uncle.23	L	TSLA	$192.00	$194.73	1.42%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$105.73	$106.87	1.08%
Value Buy	L	FDX	$174.21	$175.71	0.86%
Ombud	L	MCK	$226.36	$228.20	0.81%
tyfighter3	L	WLL	$37.41	$37.62	0.56%
Mod E	L	VRSK	$71.56	$71.71	0.21%
D. I.	S	XOM	$83.71	$84.08	-0.44%
clarkrl2	L	VOYA	$44.89	$44.43	-1.02%
architecto25	L	MEIP	$6.21	$6.00	-3.38%
kadee66	L	AMRN	$3.28	$2.37	-27.74%

[ModE98]

That BenchMark is playin' tough.  But, tomorrow's another day.

[Value Buy]

Mar 17, 2015 20:30:41 GMT -5 ModE98 said:

That BenchMark is playin' tough.  But, tomorrow's another day.

Yes it is. I checked FDX earlier today and I was doing so so, but up. Check in here, and I lost money!
And then today, BAM!
I get hit with just so so earnings and take the hit on a 200 plus Dow move.

[clarkrl2]

tyfighter3 regains the lead with two days to go. uncle23 is second and the benchmark has the third spot.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
tyfighter3	L	WLL	$37.41	$40.95	9.46%
uncle.23	L	TSLA	$192.00	$200.71	4.54%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$105.73	$107.92	2.07%
Ombud	L	MCK	$226.36	$228.94	1.14%
Mod E	L	VRSK	$71.56	$71.75	0.27%
Value Buy	L	FDX	$174.21	$173.30	-0.52%
clarkrl2	L	VOYA	$44.89	$44.38	-1.14%
architecto25	L	MEIP	$6.21	$6.04	-2.74%
D. I.	S	XOM	$83.71	$86.07	-2.82%
kadee66	L	AMRN	$3.28	$2.67	-18.60%

[clarkrl2]

If someone wants to update the results tomorrow and or Friday that will be OK. I'm taking a trip and am going to pack light and travel fast. I'll go ahead and start the thread for next week and update the results when I return which could be as late as Sunday. Good luck to everyone.

[Value Buy]

thanks clarkrl2, you do a great job for us!

[kadee79]

Thank you Clark! Be safe!

I made progress today, but still WAY in the hole!

[ModE98]

This market is a conundrum.  What will Thursday and Friday bring? 

[kadee79]

Mar 18, 2015 19:11:32 GMT -5 ModE98 said:

This market is a conundrum.  What will Thursday and Friday bring? 

Hard telling, but I lost ground again today!

[Ombud]

Tried to do it on a napkin at Starbucks b4 work. Not working. But I could sometime this weekend unless someone else can?

[kadee79]

Ombud, I don't know how. Would be grateful if you do! Thank you!

But you won't have to move me...I'll still be in the bottom slot!...lost ground today!

[tyfighter3]

I lost a little ground today but still around 8% for the week.