Stock Pick of the Week: W. E. 14 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 "kadee66".

Moderators please pin the thread.

[clarkrl2]

For 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.

[ModE98]

 Will venture MWE (Long).  Mark West Energy Partners, L.P.  (Changed from short to long). 

www.finviz.com/quote.ashx?t=MWE    The chart looks terrible...time for a little rebound

Will probably regret this .

[uncle23]

.......



....MU....long


I like the 3 month chart..

[kadee79]

I haven't watched this one for a long time, but it's in some news article recently so let's see what it does....

SODA, short

[Ombud]

DIS. Although it came down 10% I think it'll bounce

[clarkrl2]

Long EIG (Employers Holdings - Life Insurance)

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

[architecto25]

     PSIX     (short)    Power Solutions International, Inc.
This stock closed Friday at $33.59
I'm bearish about the entire market; including this one.
The point and figure chart on the Dow Indust. avg. topped about May.
& now a bearish triangle breakdown on 6 Aug. ... so it wasn't hard to
find one to short. .... maybe be bearish another 5 days. But since this one
has had a big decline;....  could it rally .....perhaps.
PSIX hit a 52 week low on Friday, too.
This company located in Wood Dale, Illinois.

Good to be back in the contest....!!!!

[ModE98]

Nice to have you back, architecto!  The more the merrier!

[clarkrl2]

ModE92 is off to a good start and leads day one. uncle23 leads clarkrl2 by a head. Five of seven are beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
Mod E	L	MWE	$53.77	$55.28	2.81%
uncle.23	L	MU	$18.57	$18.82	1.35%
clarkrl2	L	EIG	$25.09	$25.40	1.24%
Ombud	L	DIS	$110.05	$111.00	0.86%
Value Buy	S	AAP	$174.87	$173.66	0.69%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$111.05	$111.57	0.47%
kadee66	S	SODA	$16.71	$16.69	0.12%
architecto25	S	PSIX	$33.62	$34.24	-1.84%

[ModE98]

Another -200 start at 11am EDT.  When is the wild ride going to end?  Bah humbug!

[clarkrl2]

kadee66 takes over the lead on day two. clarkrl2 has a neck in front of architecto25 for second. Five of seven are beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
kadee66	S	SODA	$16.71	$15.83	5.27%
clarkrl2	L	EIG	$25.09	$25.75	2.63%
architecto25	S	PSIX	$33.62	$32.80	2.44%
Mod E	L	MWE	$53.77	$54.75	1.82%
Value Buy	S	AAP	$174.87	$171.92	1.69%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$111.05	$110.14	-0.82%
Ombud	L	DIS	$110.05	$108.00	-1.86%
uncle.23	L	MU	$18.57	$17.88	-3.72%

[Value Buy]

Gutsy call shorting SODA a week after they announced earnings.

[Ombud]

I own the basement this week & I'm out of Disney. But with a nice 66% profit. Will repurchase at a lower price or put it into an options play

[ModE98]

Another wild and wooly day!  Whew!

[clarkrl2]

ModE92 retakes the lead by a nose as the race moves past the halfway point. kadee66 is a quarter length ahead of architecto25 for second. Five of seven are beating the benchmark and a little over five lengths separates the field. It could come down to who can position their horse on the rail on the final turn.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
Mod E	L	MWE	$53.77	$55.10	2.47%
kadee66	S	SODA	$16.71	$16.30	2.45%
architecto25	S	PSIX	$33.62	$32.89	2.17%
Value Buy	S	AAP	$174.87	$172.00	1.64%
clarkrl2	L	EIG	$25.09	$25.28	0.76%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$111.05	$110.52	-0.48%
uncle.23	L	MU	$18.57	$18.19	-2.05%
Ombud	L	DIS	$110.05	$106.99	-2.78%

[Ombud]

Called it

[Value Buy]

Aug 12, 2015 18:27:27 GMT -5 Ombud said:

Called it

Ombud, don't worry.
I think I got you covered tomorrow.

[kadee79]

Easy come, easy go! 

I shorted SODA cause that has been the way it's been going...no matter the numbers.

And that "K" coffee maker is going to bring out a soda machine too if they haven't already. 

[Value Buy]

AAP beat on earnings by 2 cents a share, slightly missed on revenue.
It could go either way for me this morning, but I think I was wrong shorting it. We shall see.
No early trading on it 

[clarkrl2]

architecto25 takes over the lead with one day to go. kadee66 is second and ModE92 is third. Four of seven are beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
architecto25	S	PSIX	$33.62	$31.33	6.81%
kadee66	S	SODA	$16.71	$16.05	3.95%
Mod E	L	MWE	$53.77	$54.79	1.90%
clarkrl2	L	EIG	$25.09	$25.29	0.80%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$111.05	$110.34	-0.64%
Ombud	L	DIS	$110.05	$107.52	-2.30%
uncle.23	L	MU	$18.57	$17.70	-4.68%
Value Buy	S	AAP	$174.87	$187.79	-7.39%

[ModE98]

Beat the Benchmark, that's my goal.  Tomorrow could be tough with so much going on.

[architecto25]

Mod, .. as you know, we old men have many memories of the market, before computers, message boards, good contests like this
one that Clark posts daily for us guys ( that have insomnia ), etc., etc.
I'm not tauting it, but check what XGTI did yesterday. Only up 82% at it's high ($2.90) yesterday. Somewhat interesting to maybe
watch today. I use to think rallies lasted sometimes 3 days; but that old rule fell apart years ago .... 
Everyone have a good day today
Best rule today:  "Buy low; Sell high"..... LOL

[ModE98]

Architecto, That's always the best, but sometimes a @#%$&^ stock just will not go up or goes down in spite of it's cheapness.  So always be careful when you believe you are buying low.  I know the feeling.

[Ombud]

Yeah. Happened to me last week on Disney. Took my eye off ESPN & Shanghai

[ModE98]

Looks like the market is going to end on the plus side today.

[clarkrl2]

ModE92 surges on the final day to retake the lead and win this week's contest by a nose. architecto25 is second and kadee66 finishes three quarters of a length behind the leader in third. Four of seven beat the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
Mod E	L	MWE	$53.77	$56.34	4.78%
architecto25	S	PSIX	$33.62	$32.04	4.70%
kadee66	S	SODA	$16.71	$16.05	3.95%
clarkrl2	L	EIG	$25.09	$25.57	1.91%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$111.05	$110.51	-0.49%
Ombud	L	DIS	$110.05	$107.16	-2.63%
Value Buy	S	AAP	$174.87	$187.03	-6.95%
uncle.23	L	MU	$18.57	$16.95	-8.72%

[clarkrl2]

2015 results

Name	Games	Win	Place	Show	>Bench	Return
tyfighter3	12	2	2	2	8	1.61
Ombud	23	1	4	2	13	0.70
kadee66	32	7	3	7	19	0.54
clarkrl2	33	4	3	4	15	0.51
BenchMark	33	1	3	7	0	0.13
Value Buy	26	5	1	3	12	0.05
Mod E	33	4	7	5	19	-0.07
D. I.	15	0	2	0	7	-0.46
architecto25	31	7	3	0	13	-0.50
uncle.23	33	2	5	3	11	-3.04
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	71	16	4	7	34	1.23
m2w	8	2	1	0	3	1.15
damnotagain	20	2	3	3	10	0.83
2kids10horses	10	0	2	1	4	0.33
D. I.	62	1	8	6	34	0.24
Mod E	85	8	11	15	47	0.23
BenchMark	85	1	8	10	0	0.23
Ombud	68	5	6	12	35	0.08
clarkrl2	85	9	11	9	39	0.03
kadee66	77	13	12	9	40	0.02
tyfighter3	34	3	2	3	14	-0.28
architecto25	83	16	6	5	35	-0.62
uncle.23	85	8	11	5	28	-2.05
alliesmom	2	0	0	0	1	-6.82

[ModE98]

Sorry to "nose" you out today achitecto, did not expect a late surge; but, anything can happen in the race to the wire.
CONGRATULATIONS to architecto for Place and kadee for Show.  It was close!

[Robert not Bobby]

ALPHABET...Google search is one division. I like it.

Time for me to go get around...be well all.