Stock Pick of the Week: W. E. 21 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 "ModE92".

Moderators please pin the thread.

[ModE98]

May not do much, but will go with OHI (Long) Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. (REIT).  Nice dividend, and growing income.

[uncle23]

.......


NFLX....long

[clarkrl2]

Long DCO (Ducommun Inc. - Aerospace)
From the earnings beat MRQ with recent upward estimate revisions screen.

[kadee79]

CLNE, short....Clean Energy Fuels

[Value Buy]

Jinko Solar Holdings Co. Ltd 
JKS, long

[Ombud]

EVERYDAY HEALTH INC long. Never heard of them b4 but they popped up on my screen

[architecto25]

     EFOI    (long)     Energy Focus, Inc.
This stock closed Friday at $19.18 per share.
Business: LED lighting products.
Founded 1985; Hdq. in Solon, Ohio; 77 employees
chart: very strong uptrend. 
Friday, up 39.90%; last mo., up 72%; last 2 months, up about 165%
52 week high/low:    $19.20/$3.95

[clarkrl2]

I'll be working late today so I'll be posting results later than usual.

[clarkrl2]

Ombud takes the early lead in this week's contest with a good break from the starting gate. kadee66 is second with the week's only short and uncle23 is third. Four of seven are beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
Ombud	L	EVDY	$10.64	$11.11	4.42%
kadee66	S	CLNE	$4.90	$4.72	3.67%
uncle.23	L	NFLX	$123.21	$125.36	1.74%
Value Buy	L	JKS	$22.67	$22.98	1.37%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$110.23	$111.43	1.09%
clarkrl2	L	DCO	$25.25	$25.39	0.55%
Mod E	L	OIH	$31.05	$30.95	-0.32%
architecto25	L	EFOI	$18.80	$16.35	-13.03%

[clarkrl2]

I had the wrong ticker symbol for ModE92 and replaced OIH with the correct symbol OHI.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
Ombud	L	EVDY	$10.64	$11.11	4.42%
kadee66	S	CLNE	$4.90	$4.72	3.67%
uncle.23	L	NFLX	$123.21	$125.36	1.74%
Value Buy	L	JKS	$22.67	$22.98	1.37%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$110.23	$111.43	1.09%
Mod E	L	OHI	$36.54	$36.84	0.82%
clarkrl2	L	DCO	$25.25	$25.39	0.55%
architecto25	L	EFOI	$18.80	$16.35	-13.03%

[Ombud]

Good going kadee79!

[clarkrl2]

kadee66 takes over the lead on day two with the only short entered in this week's contest. Value Buy is second by a quarter length over Ombud. Five of seven are beating the benchmark. I adjusted the open for NFLX and QQQ, and corrected the symbol for ModE92.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
kadee66	S	CLNE	$4.90	$4.57	6.73%
Value Buy	L	JKS	$22.67	$23.31	2.82%
Ombud	L	EVDY	$10.64	$10.91	2.54%
Mod E	L	OHI	$36.54	$37.02	1.31%
uncle.23	L	NFLX	$123.14	$124.05	0.74%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$110.24	$110.86	0.56%
clarkrl2	L	DCO	$25.25	$24.91	-1.35%
architecto25	L	EFOI	$18.80	$15.31	-18.56%

 

[Value Buy]

Looks like I head towards the bottom again this week.

[clarkrl2]

kadee66 extends her lead as the race moves past halfway. ModE92 also has a gain and is the only other player beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
kadee66	S	CLNE	$4.90	$4.26	13.06%
Mod E	L	OHI	$36.54	$36.69	0.41%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$110.24	$110.13	-0.10%
uncle.23	L	NFLX	$123.14	$122.06	-0.88%
Ombud	L	EVDY	$10.64	$10.15	-4.61%
clarkrl2	L	DCO	$25.25	$24.01	-4.91%
Value Buy	L	JKS	$22.67	$21.42	-5.51%
architecto25	L	EFOI	$18.80	$16.73	-11.01%

[ModE98]

kadee called it correctly...Short!  Good lead at midweek.   Market acts like it wants to go down...but how far?

[kadee79]

My reasoning for choosing this one and going short....oil glut & oil prices going down so not going to be a lot of demand for CLNE services or products right now! Does that make sense to anyone?

[ModE98]

Yes, it is good reason.  Oil still falling.

[clarkrl2]

kadee66 has a double digit lead over her nearest competitor ModE92. Those are the only two players with a gain and the only two players beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
kadee66	S	CLNE	$4.90	$4.17	14.90%
Mod E	L	OHI	$36.54	$36.73	0.52%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$110.24	$107.08	-2.87%
Ombud	L	EVDY	$10.64	$10.22	-3.95%
clarkrl2	L	DCO	$25.25	$23.22	-8.04%
uncle.23	L	NFLX	$123.14	$112.49	-8.65%
architecto25	L	EFOI	$18.80	$17.13	-8.88%
Value Buy	L	JKS	$22.67	$18.35	-19.06%

[ModE98]

kadee is so far in the lead we might as well concede the race to her now.  Over 14 lengths and who knows how big it may be at the wire tomorrow if the market keeps falling?  Yikes!  Zoom.....

[Value Buy]

I cannot believe I am this bad this week.
My "picker" is off the last few weeks. 

[kadee79]

A lot can happen in one day in these markets. I try not to count my chickens before they have hatched!

I wasn't expecting to see this big a drop this week.

[Value Buy]

Aug 20, 2015 17:17:44 GMT -5 kadee79 said:

A lot can happen in one day in these markets. I try not to count my chickens before they have hatched!

I wasn't expecting to see this big a drop this week.

Unless oil futures rebound about $15 a barrel tomorrow, I think you are golden.

[Value Buy]

JKS beat eps by twenty cents, revenue beat estimates, and it still collapses.
Of course with solar stocks getting downgraded earlier this week, I guess it was expected.

[architecto25]

Someone let the bears out this morning. The DJIA just added 4 zeros to the Point & Figure chart.
At the moment, that's 15 zeros in this row..... YUK....

.....correction: .... now there's 18 zeros, and the market closes in 2 hrs + 45 min.
the last zero (now) is at 16,650.


Market closes in 30 minutes; now there's 20 zeros in the column... VERY BEARISH. 

[ModE98]

This could get MEAN, and many people could lose a lot (on paper).  But, always remember, historically, markets rise again.  One does not take a real loss until a stock or stocks are sold. 

If this becomes a bear market, true Long Term investors will wait this out and add to solid core positions after a low is reached and the market starts firming up again.  No need to panic and lose real money.  This is a test of nerves.  We'll see how low it will go, all in the fullness of time.  Could turn out to be nothing but a cub, or perhaps a small black bear, let's hope not a huge grizzly.

[ModE98]

For other than kadee, it's survival of the fittest....of the longs, who declined the least?

[architecto25]

Mod, naturally, my math is unofficial ( only Clark's is official )., I calculated you to be No.2 (Place), and
Clark No. 3 ( Show ). And thanks to Value Buy, I'm only one step above the basement floor.
You all have a good weekend.  Will we be running with the bears or bulls next week .... I'm not going
to make that prediction.  

[ModE98]

architecto, believe the market will likely have some more "swooning" to do.  There may be a day or two of slowdown or up tick, but would not be too surprised to see 14,000 something or less before this current downswing is over.  (Just my op.)

[Ombud]

Aug 21, 2015 11:09:17 GMT -5 ModE98 said:

This could get MEAN, and many people could lose a lot (on paper).  But, always remember, historically, markets rise again.  One does not take a real loss until a stock or stocks are sold.

I've decided I don't mind paying capital gains so I'm out of JPM, MCK, & SCHB. 2 up, 1 dn but I'd rather pay cap gains & get in lower.

I'm staying put in SPY, SCHA, SCHD as I'll be in that core over a decade. And we all learned in 2008-2011 that markets recover but I can't pick in this market so sitting out next week while I get my bearings