Stock Pick of the Week: W. E. 10 Jul 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 "ModE92".

Moderators please pin the thread.

Have a Happy 4th!!!

[clarkrl2]

Provisional pick for uncle23

ONVO ......again

Did not bounce last week........

(Sent from Marco Island Fl .....fishing with grandkids ....)


Same pick again next week if I fail to check back in....

[clarkrl2]

Provisional pick for Value Buy

I may not be around this weekend, so put me down for JPM next week, unless I am able to post something different.
JPM, long.
No reason, especially with the European Union economic mess, just nothing suits me at this point
Have a happy and safe July 4th everyone!

[ModE98]

Why change horses?............OPK (Long). 

Happy and safe Fourth of July to all.

[clarkrl2]

Long ISLE (Isle of Capri Casinos - Entertainment)

From the earnings beat MRQ with recent upward estimate revisions screen. This is the third week in a row as my entry for the contest. I've owned some shares since December. 

[architecto25]

    AFMD     (long)    Affimed N.V.

   Closed Thurs. at $14.50 per share
Development of antibody - based therapeutic
drugs.
Headquartered in Heidelberg, Germany
Founded in the year 2000
33 employees
Barchart's opinion is all phases 100% buy
52 wk. high/low     $14.6399/$3.55
It made that high on Thursday
Chart has a strong uptrend; maybe it'll
last another 5 market days.

[kadee79]

Congrats to last weeks winners!

XOXO, long

[Ombud]

McKesson long. We only have .03% exposure to Europe & .006% to Greece so it should calm down after an initial hit

[clarkrl2]

ModE92 breaks out of the gate by three and a half lengths. Ombud and architecto25 are nose to nose for second. Four of seven are beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
Mod E	L	OPK	$16.08	$16.82	4.60%
Ombud	L	MCK	$222.25	$224.58	1.05%
architecto25	L	AFMD	$14.34	$14.49	1.05%
Value Buy	L	JPM	$66.79	$67.33	0.81%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$107.23	$107.70	0.44%
kadee66	L	XOXO	$15.94	$15.99	0.31%
uncle.23	L	ONVO	$3.72	$3.73	0.27%
clarkrl2	L	ISLE	$18.47	$18.36	-0.60%

[ModE98]

Ombud looks like she found the Comstock Load today!   MCK +$3.21 yikes!
OPK fading away   But, last minute rescue to end even for the day.

[Ombud]

Yep. Up 1.42%, now if it can only hold on for the week. Better yet, my portfolio is awash in green (all ex JPM). Greece is weighing on market but I think we've almost all gained on QQQ

[clarkrl2]

ModE92 holds on to the lead. Ombud has a nose in front of architecto25 for second. Four of seven are beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
Mod E	L	OPK	$16.08	$16.81	4.54%
Ombud	L	MCK	$222.25	$228.23	2.69%
architecto25	L	AFMD	$14.34	$14.70	2.51%
uncle.23	L	ONVO	$3.72	$3.80	2.15%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$107.23	$107.97	0.69%
Value Buy	L	JPM	$66.79	$66.80	0.01%
clarkrl2	L	ISLE	$18.47	$18.46	-0.05%
kadee66	L	XOXO	$15.94	$15.46	-3.01%

[Ombud]

Wow architecto25 and I are close! Dead even yesterday, by a penny today

[ModE98]

OPK was just lucky to hold on after a good day Monday.

[Ombud]

4 of us over 2% now with 3 days to go! OPK just taking a 1 day breather, ModE98

[ModE98]

What a day....Greece still pending, China market falling hard, DOW down over 200 at 2:30 EDT.  Omen?
Down 260 and change at the close.... Don't you love days like this?

[clarkrl2]

ModE92 continues to lead on a day where success was measured by the smallest losses. architecto25 had the smallest loss and moves up to second by a nose over Ombud. Those three are the only players beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
Mod E	L	OPK	$16.08	$16.35	1.68%
architecto25	L	AFMD	$14.34	$14.49	1.05%
Ombud	L	MCK	$222.25	$224.52	1.02%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$107.23	$106.09	-1.06%
Value Buy	L	JPM	$66.79	$65.43	-2.04%
clarkrl2	L	ISLE	$18.47	$18.07	-2.17%
kadee66	L	XOXO	$15.94	$15.14	-5.02%
uncle.23	L	ONVO	$3.72	$3.53	-5.11%

[ModE98]

It's going to be a wire finish Friday as the market is so unstable with China, Greece and electronic glitches.

Good luck, all.

[ModE98]

Wow, architecto, AFMD roared up over 11% today.  What a horse!

[Ombud]

ModE98 places you solidly in 2nd place

[clarkrl2]

architecto25 is the new leader and the day's biggest gainer. ModE92 is second and Ombud is lurking in third. Five of seven are beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
architecto25	L	AFMD	$14.34	$16.03	11.79%
Mod E	L	OPK	$16.08	$16.56	2.99%
Ombud	L	MCK	$222.25	$226.90	2.09%
clarkrl2	L	ISLE	$18.47	$18.35	-0.65%
Value Buy	L	JPM	$66.79	$66.11	-1.02%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$107.23	$106.03	-1.12%
kadee66	L	XOXO	$15.94	$15.36	-3.64%
uncle.23	L	ONVO	$3.72	$3.56	-4.30%

[ModE98]

Looks like OPK and MCK will duel it out for Place and Show Friday.  But, this crazy market may have other plans.

[Ombud]

[Value Buy]

I might have been one week too early on JPM.

They report next week and are expected to have good numbers.

[ModE98]

Looks like OPK ate bad oats overnight and does not act well today, fair chance it may not hang on unless a bunch of buyers come in later today.  

[Value Buy]

Looks like I might break even on the week with the off the  cuff pick I made.

After the roller coaster we have been on, that just might be a good week.

[clarkrl2]

architecto25 returns to the winner's circle with a double digit gain. Ombud finished second and ModE92 held off a late surge by uncle23 to place. Everyone had a positive return and Value Buy was just a whisker from making it a sweep over the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
architecto25	L	AFMD	$14.34	$15.89	10.81%
Ombud	L	MCK	$222.25	$229.56	3.29%
Mod E	L	OPK	$16.08	$16.55	2.92%
uncle.23	L	ONVO	$3.72	$3.82	2.69%
clarkrl2	L	ISLE	$18.47	$18.60	0.70%
kadee66	L	XOXO	$15.94	$16.01	0.44%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$107.23	$107.65	0.39%
Value Buy	L	JPM	$66.79	$67.05	0.39%

[clarkrl2]

2015 results

Name	Games	Win	Place	Show	>Bench	Return
tyfighter3	12	2	2	2	8	1.61
Ombud	21	1	4	2	13	0.98
clarkrl2	28	3	3	3	13	0.47
kadee66	27	6	3	6	17	0.43
Mod E	28	3	7	5	18	0.25
BenchMark	28	1	1	5	0	0.09
D. I.	14	0	2	0	7	-0.16
Value Buy	21	3	0	3	9	-0.45
architecto25	28	7	1	0	11	-0.89
uncle.23	28	2	5	2	11	-2.60
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	66	14	3	7	31	1.16
m2w	8	2	1	0	3	1.15
damnotagain	20	2	3	3	10	0.83
Mod E	80	7	11	15	46	0.37
2kids10horses	10	0	2	1	4	0.33
D. I.	61	1	8	6	34	0.32
BenchMark	80	1	6	8	0	0.23
Ombud	66	5	6	12	35	0.15
clarkrl2	80	8	11	8	37	-0.02
kadee66	72	12	12	8	38	-0.06
tyfighter3	34	3	2	3	14	-0.28
architecto25	80	16	4	5	33	-0.76
uncle.23	80	8	11	4	28	-1.83
alliesmom	2	0	0	0	1	-6.82

[ModE98]

CONGRATULATIONS TO ARCHITECTO for another winning pick this week.
And, to Ombud for a nice Place,
A wild week, with 200+ up and down days, and OPK very lucky to hold on to Show at the close...slowed down to a trot today.

[Ombud]

architecto25 for another win, ModE98 for show, uncle23 / clarkrl2 / kadee79 for beating benchmark!!