Stock Pick of the Week: W. E. 7 Aug 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.

[ModE98]

Going to run with AVG (Long).  AVG Technologies N.V.  www.finviz.com/quote.ashx?t=AVG

[uncle23]

...


CPRX......long    

[clarkrl2]

Long BBSI (Barrett Business Services - Staffing and Outsourcing)

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

[kadee79]

SCTY, short.....solar

[Value Buy]

I am going with Craft Brew Alliance 
BREW, long.

Probably a bad pick because I took it a year ago, and it was good horse.

My other choice was FSLR, but could not pick which direction to go.
At least Brew should not collapse in their beer.

[Ombud]

I'm stumped. Will try to focus but might also sit out

[ModE98]

Hope you make it, Ombud!

[ModE98]

The Dow is dropping big time at 12:56 EST.  Looks like a BAD day may be on hand unless buyers come to the rescue later in the day.

[architecto25]

Friends, ..... I hope to be able to walk a horse to the starting gates next week ..........

Arch.

[ModE98]

That's good, architecto, it will be nice to have you back.

[clarkrl2]

kadee66 takes the early lead and is this week's lone short. Value Buy is second and the benchmark third.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
kadee66	S	SCTY	$58.17	$57.92	0.43%
Value Buy	L	BREW	$10.26	$10.26	0.00%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$112.00	$111.60	-0.36%
Mod E	L	AVG	$28.71	$28.60	-0.38%
uncle.23	L	CPRX	$4.96	$4.90	-1.21%
clarkrl2	L	BBSI	$41.29	$39.96	-3.22%

[ModE98]

Looks like it's beginning a another tough week.

[kadee79]

I was a lot further out earlier in the day, SCTY was down over 2% a couple of times when I looked....and I think at one point it was down about 4%(?), can't remember for sure!

[Value Buy]

The way the markets are going, maybe we should all go short next week!

[ModE98]

VB..... We all go short and the market will certainly rise, just to be cruel and teach us a lesson.

[clarkrl2]

ModE92 takes over the lead on day two and is the only player beating the benchmark. Value Buy is a close third.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
Mod E	L	AVG	$28.71	$28.77	0.21%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$112.00	$111.39	-0.54%
Value Buy	L	BREW	$10.26	$10.20	-0.58%
kadee66	S	SCTY	$58.17	$59.00	-1.43%
uncle.23	L	CPRX	$4.96	$4.82	-2.82%
clarkrl2	L	BBSI	$41.29	$39.12	-5.26%

[Value Buy]

FSLR long, would have been an excellent pick this week
But like I said, I could not tell which way it would go.

[ModE98]

Oh no ... AVG ... down... earnings increase, but fell on revenue ... price p/s slipping away at 1 pm EST.  Oh well, nice while it lasted.

[clarkrl2]

Value Buy takes over the lead with two days to go. The benchmark is the only other positive return and ModE92 is the best of the rest.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
Value Buy	L	BREW	$10.26	$10.88	6.04%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$112.00	$112.25	0.22%
Mod E	L	AVG	$28.71	$28.13	-2.02%
kadee66	S	SCTY	$58.17	$60.17	-3.44%
uncle.23	L	CPRX	$4.96	$4.74	-4.44%
clarkrl2	L	BBSI	$41.29	$38.54	-6.66%

[Value Buy]

Aug 2, 2015 13:14:05 GMT -5 Value Buy said:

I am going with Craft Brew Alliance 
BREW, long.

Probably a bad pick because I took it a year ago, and it was good horse.

My other choice was FSLR, but could not pick which direction to go.
At least Brew should not collapse in their beer.

I was wrong.
They could collapse in their beer.
Down 18%

[ModE98]

Going to be some position changes .... lot of bleeding today ...

[clarkrl2]

kadee66 retakes the lead with one day to go. The benchmark is a distant second and clarkrl2 leads a group that appears in need of life support.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
kadee66	S	SCTY	$58.17	$55.34	4.87%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$112.00	$110.45	-1.38%
clarkrl2	L	BBSI	$41.29	$37.53	-9.11%
uncle.23	L	CPRX	$4.96	$4.50	-9.27%
Mod E	L	AVG	$28.71	$25.84	-10.00%
Value Buy	L	BREW	$10.26	$8.82	-14.04%

[Value Buy]

Can I get extra credit this week for mentioning FSLR in my original pick?
I need some help!

[ModE98]

Misery for this week's picks ends tomorrow....be glad when it's over.  Rough market.

[kadee79]

A LOT can change in one day! Luck to all!  

[Value Buy]

I am not sure I will be back before the opening bell Monday.
Put me down for Advanced Auto Parts.

AAP, short.
I do not like picking something this early, as so much can change in these markets, but it's all I got at this time, and certainly cannot be worse than
my pick this week

Unless I should have gone long........
AAP, short.

[clarkrl2]

kadee66 dominates this weeks contest with a double digit gain when no one else could manage a positive return. The benchmark is second and clarkrl2 had an ugly third.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
kadee66	S	SCTY	$58.17	$52.25	10.18%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$112.00	$110.31	-1.51%
clarkrl2	L	BBSI	$41.29	$37.47	-9.25%
uncle.23	L	CPRX	$4.96	$4.44	-10.48%
Mod E	L	AVG	$28.71	$25.66	-10.62%
Value Buy	L	BREW	$10.26	$8.87	-13.55%

[clarkrl2]

2015 results

Name	Games	Win	Place	Show	>Bench	Return
tyfighter3	12	2	2	2	8	1.61
Ombud	22	1	4	2	13	0.86
clarkrl2	32	4	3	4	14	0.47
kadee66	31	7	3	6	18	0.43
Value Buy	25	5	1	3	12	0.33
BenchMark	32	1	3	7	0	0.15
Mod E	32	3	7	5	18	-0.22
D. I.	15	0	2	0	7	-0.46
architecto25	30	7	2	0	12	-0.67
uncle.23	32	2	5	3	11	-2.86
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	70	16	4	7	34	1.35
m2w	8	2	1	0	3	1.15
damnotagain	20	2	3	3	10	0.83
2kids10horses	10	0	2	1	4	0.33
BenchMark	84	1	8	10	0	0.24
D. I.	62	1	8	6	34	0.24
Mod E	84	7	11	15	46	0.18
Ombud	67	5	6	12	35	0.12
clarkrl2	84	9	11	9	38	0.00
kadee66	76	13	12	8	39	-0.03
tyfighter3	34	3	2	3	14	-0.28
architecto25	82	16	5	5	34	-0.68
uncle.23	84	8	11	5	28	-1.97
alliesmom	2	0	0	0	1	-6.82

[ModE98]

Wow, way to go, kadee!  A nice run-a-way this week.  Well earned Win!
clarkrl2 captured Show as the best human of the losers.  The market took a heavy toll on Longs.
Even BenchMark was down to finish in Place slot.  Tough week, except for our short player.