Stock Pick of the Week: W. E. 12 Jun 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 "architecto25". BACK to BACK  

Moderators please pin the thread.

[uncle23]

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UPS........long

[clarkrl2]

Long PERY (Perry Ellis International - Textiles)

From the earnings beat MRQ with recent upward estimate revisions screen. Same pick as last week. I bought some shares a little over a week ago.

[ModE98]

ESRX (long)
Express Scripts Holding Company provides healthcare management and administration services on behalf of its clients, which include health maintenance organizations (HMOs), health insurers, third-party administrators, employers, union-sponsored benefit plans, workers compensation plans, and government health programs. The Company operates in two segments: Pharmacy Benefit Management and Emerging Markets

www.express-scripts.com/

[kadee79]

CRY, long

Medical devices

[Value Buy]

After totally embarrassing myself last week, I am going back to apparel again this week, and see if I can redeem myself, or bury me again.....
LuLuLemon,  ticker, LULU
Was up Friday 4%.
I will go short this week.
LULU, short.

[tyfighter3]

EPD long.

[architecto25]

    RXDX     (long)     Ignyta, Inc.
This stock closed Friday at $18.49 per share. It's bumped 95% in one month; & 146% in approx. 
3 months. With those numbers ... perhaps it should be shorted; but NO, I'm going long.
Precision oncology biotechnology company; re: new drugs for cancer patients.
Founded 10/31/2013.  Hdq. in San Diego, CA.  60 employees.
Barchart's opinion is all 100% buy.
52 week high/low      $18.80/$6.25

[clarkrl2]

Belated Happy Birthday to ModE92!!!!

Value Buy is off to a good start in this week's contest. ModE92 has a nose in front of kadee66 for second. Those are the only players beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
Value Buy	S	LULU	$63.50	$61.52	3.12%
Mod E	L	ESRX	$86.89	$87.00	0.13%
kadee66	L	CRY	$10.79	$10.80	0.09%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$109.24	$108.19	-0.96%
tyfighter3	L	EPD	$31.54	$31.22	-1.01%
uncle.23	L	UPS	$100.40	$99.27	-1.13%
clarkrl2	L	PERY	$25.27	$24.97	-1.19%
architecto25	L	RXDX	$18.31	$17.90	-2.24%

[ModE98]

VB off to a Nice head start, but kadee and I hope to move on up as the next four legs run out.   Look forward to a nice race

[Value Buy]

Jun 8, 2015 16:31:09 GMT -5 ModE98 said:

VB off to a Nice head start, but kadee and I hope to move on up as the next four legs run out.   Look forward to a nice race

very early in the week yet.
LULU reports in the middle of the week, and it could go either way for me.
The quirky way the markets are going, shorting stocks this month might be the way to go

[ModE98]

VB,  Agree that shorting may be the way to go.  These market swings can be tricky.  June is a quirky month many years.

[kadee79]

Late Happy Birthday Mod!!!    

[Value Buy]

Aack!
I did it again!
lulu reported great earnings this morning.
Could I possibly become the first person to pick back to back week losers of 20% losses?

[ModE98]

Thanks, kadee.  Lucky, as that was quite a fall a few weeks ago.  But, on my feet again and nearly back to some sort of feeling normal.  New glasses came in yesterday, so that's a help too.  Onward and upward!

[ModE98]

VB ... I know the feeling.

[architecto25]

Happy birthday again, Mod ...... friends, I had emailed Mod on his birthday. Not sure I mentioned it., but
should have .... at my age, I only have birthdays every third year; you don't get as old that way.

Clark, since I have 2 back to back wins, .... it won't happen, since I went long a stock on a big spike....
however, "IF" it happens, & I get 3 wins .... could I have a triple crown ? Later a story about 
Seattle Slew and Affirmed (previous triple crown winners ).

[ModE98]

Yes, architecto, time sometimes seems to just fly by.  Just cannot slow it down.  Triple crowns are hard to come by on a weekly basis.

[clarkrl2]

kadee66 has taken over the lead. ModE92 is second and uncle23 leads a tightly bunched group for third. Four of seven are beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
kadee66	L	CRY	$10.79	$11.00	1.95%
Mod E	L	ESRX	$86.89	$86.93	0.05%
uncle.23	L	UPS	$100.40	$99.62	-0.78%
tyfighter3	L	EPD	$31.54	$31.22	-1.01%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$109.24	$108.01	-1.13%
architecto25	L	RXDX	$18.31	$18.08	-1.26%
clarkrl2	L	PERY	$25.27	$24.87	-1.58%
Value Buy	S	LULU	$63.50	$68.27	-7.51%

[kadee79]

Mod, I have a SIL who is about the same age as you. She is going blind and fell last yr. and broke her hip & her shoulder at the same time, same side. She is back to doing all the stuff she shouldn't be doing now!

She broke an arm & wrist a few years back when she fell off a ladder in her garage....getting stuff down out of the rafters!

So just don't do all those things you shouldn't be doing...ok

[ModE98]

kadee, I am certainly not going to do anything to make things worse.  If I can no longer do the more routine little things around my condo, will check out Assisted Living facilities.  There are good number of them within a 10 mile radious. 

[ModE98]

Appears like almost all had a plus day.  May be a close finish on Friday.  It's all up to a decent market finish.  Good racing!

[clarkrl2]

kadee66 is the new leader as the race moves past halfway. ModE92 has a small lead over architecto25 for second. Those are the only players beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
kadee66	L	CRY	$10.79	$11.17	3.52%
Mod E	L	ESRX	$86.89	$87.73	0.97%
architecto25	L	RXDX	$18.31	$18.42	0.60%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$109.24	$109.49	0.23%
uncle.23	L	UPS	$100.40	$100.46	0.06%
tyfighter3	L	EPD	$31.54	$31.42	-0.38%
clarkrl2	L	PERY	$25.27	$24.06	-4.79%
Value Buy	S	LULU	$63.50	$66.77	-5.15%

[ModE98]

Kadee, you have a strong horse!

[kadee79]

Jun 10, 2015 18:36:28 GMT -5 ModE98 said:

Kadee, you have a strong horse!

Maybe....still some week to go yet.

Mod, my SIL is a natural red head & stands about 5'! She don't take no **** off anyone....so that's why she still tries to do things she shouldn't. She lives alone...she & my brother divorced a bunch of yrs. ago & each have their own house...but they still do nearly everything together. He is going deaf, she is going blind...quite a couple!   And their houses are close together, just a couple of blocks apart.

[clarkrl2]

kadee66 still has the lead going into the final day. ModE92 is a closer second and uncle23 is third. Those are the only players beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
kadee66	L	CRY	$10.79	$11.17	3.52%
Mod E	L	ESRX	$86.89	$88.09	1.38%
uncle.23	L	UPS	$100.40	$101.00	0.60%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$109.24	$109.65	0.38%
tyfighter3	L	EPD	$31.54	$31.35	-0.60%
clarkrl2	L	PERY	$25.27	$24.34	-3.68%
Value Buy	S	LULU	$63.50	$66.07	-4.05%
architecto25	L	RXDX	$18.31	$16.85	-7.97%

[ModE98]

Last lap tomorrow, kadee will be hard to catch. 

[uncle23]

Belated happy birthday Mode E92?

At 77 I'm a lot younger than you but when I fall I can not get up without help. Pls be careful .

[architecto25]

good morning to all ..... I've been up since about 3:30 ... wondering how far my stock RXDX had fallen.

....someday I'll learn .... "never go long a stock at the top of a big spike" ....certainly not with real $$$

involved; .... but I did this week with a contest pick .... OH WELL .... maybe better next week.

[uncle23]

arch.....we are at the Westin
Oaks at th e Galeria in Houston till tomorrow... I recall you used to own property here..... Tomorrow we head to Beaumont ....