Stock Pick of the Week: W. E. 4 Sept 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 "benchmark".

Moderators please pin the thread.

[Deleted]

ACI - (L)

[clarkrl2]

Long DCO (Ducommun Inc. - Aerospace)

Third time for this pick from the earnings beat MRQ with recent upward estimate revisions screen. The major indexes are no longer oversold but they are not overbought either.

[ModE98]

ANF (Long)  With current market, anything might occur, so this is a wild shot in the dark. 
www.finviz.com/quote.ashx?t=ANF

[tyfighter3]

SPH long. Propane for the winter.

[kadee79]

OPK, long....drugs!

[Value Buy]

Netflix, and short it.
NFLX, short
Stock futures are starting out poorly this week.......

DI,  You have an interesting pick this week.
I am taking NAV on a possible continuing rebound in metals this week.
NAV was my original pick. I changed it to NFLX short

[uncle23]

......


ARIA.......long

[architecto25]

      BTU      (long)     Peabody Energy Corp.
This stock closed Friday at only $2.39; however, when looking at the chart for the
past year, it appears to be starting an uptrend .... will be interesting to watch it for
awhile.
Business: mining of coal
Founded 1883; headquartered in St. Louis, MO.
8,300 employees
52 week high/low       $15.94/$.99

[Deleted]

DI, You have an interesting pick this week.

Value Buy

May be ACI will fall on it's face and I can get a bookend match to my last weeks (-195.32%),

last place finish?

I mean from what I can see ACI is a perfect stock for a short; but folks are buying it hand over fist; so why not go LONG ACI and see what shakes.

If folks gain their head and backtrack away from the craziness engaged in ACI last week, I almost will certainly lose the week, and it would probably be by big numbers.

ACI - (L) {restated}

[Value Buy]

DI, 
I see we have Peabody coal in the race this week too.
Good chance we have a winner between the two, but futures are bad this morning.......
I have to go back and change my pick this week

[Value Buy]

right now,
btu up 9%
aci up 19%

Good call(s)

[ModE98]

Just another weird day on the markets.  Down, up. down, etc.

[clarkrl2]

Disinfranched Investor is out of the gate with a double digit gain. architecto24 in second also has a double digit gain and uncle23 is third by a neck over ModE92. Seven of eight are beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
D. I.	L	ACI	$7.74	$9.31	20.28%
architecto25	L	BTU	$2.40	$2.70	12.50%
uncle.23	L	ARIA	$9.20	$9.44	2.61%
Mod E	L	ANF	$19.39	$19.86	2.42%
tyfighter3	L	SPH	$37.00	$37.40	1.08%
clarkrl2	L	DCO	$23.43	$23.62	0.81%
Value Buy	S	NFLX	$115.24	$115.03	0.18%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$105.03	$104.31	-0.69%
kadee66	L	OPK	$11.14	$10.82	-2.87%

[Value Buy]

This week should be very interesting.
We have a full week of trading, but will the traders want to sit on their stocks over a three day holiday weekend?
Friday can be very big this week, with oil trading the way it is.

Will traders want to hold onto oil over the weekend, or to lock in some huge profits, creating some problems for stocks.

[kadee79]

Looks like I may have the bottom locked up...at least for now!

[ModE98]

www.finviz.com/quote.ashx?t=ANF
Looking at this chart, ANF is either set to break out a few dollars or retreat/flatten out iin current area. 

[tyfighter3]

Volume or is there enough conviction to push it over it's trend line?

[Value Buy]

I wonder if we will see some moves today with everything opening down based on futures this morning.
Even the ten year is down.
Dow futures down 402 right now
wti down too.

[ModE98]

"The wheel of fortune spins, round and round she goes, where she stops nobody knows."  (q...Major Bowes Amateur Hour, circa 1930's). Evening Radio, long before TV. 

[clarkrl2]

Value Buy is this week's only short and he rallies to the lead. ModE92 is the only other player with a gain and clarkrl2 is a neck in front of uncle23 for third. Six of eight are beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
Value Buy	S	NFLX	$115.24	$105.79	8.20%
Mod E	L	ANF	$19.39	$20.05	3.40%
clarkrl2	L	DCO	$23.43	$23.20	-0.98%
uncle.23	L	ARIA	$9.20	$9.10	-1.09%
tyfighter3	L	SPH	$37.00	$36.03	-2.62%
kadee66	L	OPK	$11.14	$10.81	-2.96%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$105.03	$101.05	-3.79%
architecto25	L	BTU	$2.40	$2.20	-8.33%
D. I.	L	ACI	$7.74	$6.41	-17.18%

[tyfighter3]

What a swing. The top 2 went to the bottom 2.

[kadee79]

Sept 1, 2015 10:35:18 GMT -5 ModE98 said:

"The wheel of fortune spins, round and round she goes, where she stops nobody knows."  (q...Major Bowes Amateur Hour, circa 1930's). Evening Radio, long before TV. 

Ok, what was still playing on the radio in the late 40's?....cause I remember something about "Amateur Hour" from way back then. Also, "The Shadow Knows", the Lone Ranger, Amos & Andy......

Someone stole my bottom spot today!  What a mess!

Should be some good bargain buys out there now!

[ModE98]

I remember all of those very well.  And Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy, Mortimer Snerd......
Believe it was 1948 or 49 when we got a Zenith TV with a small circular tube, perhaps 10 to 12 inches.  Upgraded to a larger rectangular tube RCA set 1951.   Nothing like today's standards, but those were pioneer TV days for the public at large.

See ANF moved up today in the standings, but not likely to last.

[Value Buy]

If the market is fairly negative after 1 pm tomorrow, I would look for a lot of negative movement the last hour.
I am thinking many funds are going to have redemption requests on their books at the close tomorrow.
If we are fairly negative in the afternoon, the selling will escalate.

I am hoping oil does not break down again tomorrow. If it stabilizes tomorrow, we should be okay.
Of course we have to see where China closes tomorrow as well as Europe.

[ModE98]

Good start today, then some signs of weakening, we will see how afternoon develops.  Another volatile day seems likely.
EDIT:  Positive day, good afternoon rally.

[clarkrl2]

Value Buy continues to lead going into the final two days. ModE92 is second and kadee66 is now third. Those are the only players beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
Value Buy	S	NFLX	$115.24	$105.44	8.50%
Mod E	L	ANF	$19.39	$20.43	5.36%
kadee66	L	OPK	$11.14	$11.30	1.44%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$105.03	$103.90	-1.08%
clarkrl2	L	DCO	$23.43	$23.13	-1.28%
tyfighter3	L	SPH	$37.00	$35.32	-4.54%
D. I.	L	ACI	$7.74	$7.20	-6.98%
architecto25	L	BTU	$2.40	$2.14	-10.83%
uncle.23	L	ARIA	$9.20	$7.55	-17.93%

[ModE98]

Good move, kadee.  They are on their way back up.  A good stock to "buy & hold" as a long term, in at this price range.

[Value Buy]

I do not see NFLX dropping anymore this week.
I expect it to gain a couple of dollars.

[clarkrl2]

Value Buy has a double digit gain with the only short in this week's contest. ModE92 has a good gain as well in second and clarkrl2 is third. Those are the only players beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
Value Buy	S	NFLX	$115.24	$101.06	12.30%
Mod E	L	ANF	$19.39	$20.40	5.21%
clarkrl2	L	DCO	$23.43	$23.13	-1.28%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$105.03	$103.39	-1.56%
kadee66	L	OPK	$11.14	$10.94	-1.80%
tyfighter3	L	SPH	$37.00	$36.14	-2.32%
architecto25	L	BTU	$2.40	$2.17	-9.58%
D. I.	L	ACI	$7.74	$6.44	-16.80%
uncle.23	L	ARIA	$9.20	$7.57	-17.72%