Stock Pick of the Week: W. E. 16 Oct. 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 other trading vehicles. Only stocks and ETFs are allowed.
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 "architecto25".

Moderators please pin the thread.

[ModE98]

Will saddle up  BOX (Long) this week.  Insider Buying.  Recovery in sight??
www.finviz.com/quote.ashx?t=BOX

[kadee79]

Try a new to me one....SYRG, short....oil

[architecto25]

    CRWN    (long)   Crown Media Holdings, Inc.
This stock closed Friday at $5.62
52 wk. High/Low  ( $5.87/ $2.94)
Business: Owns, operates pay television networks, (Hallmark
Channel, etc.)
Founded Dec. 1999.
Headquartered in Studio City, CA.
208 employees
Barchart opinion feature: All - 100% buy (green)

[clarkrl2]

Long AGII (Argo Group International Holdings - Insurance)

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

[uncle23]

....


ONVO....long

[Value Buy]

Netflix
nflx, long.
This is a long shot this week. Usually they sell off in the October announcement, but they just raised prices on new subscriptions last week, and if business was bad, I do not think they would have announced an increase in subscription prices.
Then again, if business is bad, they have to raise rates to increase earnings potential.......and their conference call will surmise future earnings to be up.

Options markets see a 14% possible increase or decrease in stock price, on their announcement.

[Ombud]

PLAB long - per Zacks: "Photronics (PLAB - Snapshot Report) delivered the coveted "triple play" back in August: a positive earnings surprise, a positive sales surprise, and management guidance above consensus. Analysts lifted their estimates higher for both this year and next year after the report, sending the stock to a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy).

The valuation picture looks very reasonable for Photronics too with shares trading at less than 13x forward earnings and just 1x tangible book value."

[architecto25]

Good morning, all ...... after Ombud's horse, there's 8 starting gates in use (including QQQ).
Should be an interesting week.

[Deleted]

CAT - (L)

Probably will get crushed this week given it didn't do to bad last week, but maybe not.

[clarkrl2]

kadee66 jumps out to the early lead. ModE92 is also off to a good start and clarkrl2 is third. Five of eight are beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
kadee66	S	SYRG	$11.81	$11.34	3.98%
Mod E	L	BOX	$12.26	$12.63	3.02%
clarkrl2	L	AGII	$59.82	$60.34	0.87%
architecto25	L	CRWN	$5.65	$5.66	0.18%
Ombud	L	PLAB	$9.46	$9.47	0.11%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$106.75	$106.79	0.04%
Value Buy	L	NFLX	$114.45	$113.45	-0.87%
D. I.	L	CAT	$71.51	$70.50	-1.41%
uncle.23	L	ONVO	$3.24	$3.05	-5.86%

[ModE98]

clarkrl2
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Post by clarkrl2 on about an hour ago

kadee66 jumps out to the early lead. ModE92 is also off to a good start and clarkrl2 is third. Five of eight are beating the benchmark.

Player   L or S Symbol  $ Open   $ Close   % Close
kadee66       S  SYRG    $11.81   $11.34   3.98%
Mod E           L  BOX      $12.26   $12.63   3.02%
clarkrl2         L   AGII      $59.82   $60.34   0.87%
architecto25  L  CRWN      $5.65     $5.66   0.18%
Ombud          L  PLAB       $9.46     $9.47   0.11%
BenchMark     L  QQQ    $106.75 $106.79   0.04%
Value Buy      L  NFLX    $114.45 $113.45  -0.87%
D. I.              L   CAT       $71.51   $70.50  -1.41%
uncle.23        L   ONVO      $3.24    $3.05   -5.86%

[clarkrl2]

Test post. Was there a problem with my earlier post.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
kadee66	S	SYRG	$11.81	$11.34	3.98%
Mod E	L	BOX	$12.26	$12.63	3.02%
clarkrl2	L	AGII	$59.82	$60.34	0.87%
architecto25	L	CRWN	$5.65	$5.66	0.18%
Ombud	L	PLAB	$9.46	$9.47	0.11%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$106.75	$106.79	0.04%
Value Buy	L	NFLX	$114.45	$113.45	-0.87%
D. I.	L	CAT	$71.51	$70.50	-1.41%
uncle.23	L	ONVO	$3.24	$3.05	-5.86%

[Ombud]

It's sitting on the Legacy Account thread as of 3 hrs ago

[clarkrl2]

Oops!

[architecto25]

If we get to vote on them ...... I prefer post #11 by far....... LOL
....ARCH

[ModE98]

Thanks, clarkrl, all's well that ends well!  Nice and neat (#12).

[clarkrl2]

kadee66 extends the lead on day two. clarkrl2 is second and architecto25 third. Those are the only players beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
kadee66	S	SYRG	$11.81	$11.12	5.84%
clarkrl2	L	AGII	$59.82	$60.21	0.65%
architecto25	L	CRWN	$5.65	$5.66	0.18%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$106.75	$106.10	-0.61%
Ombud	L	PLAB	$9.46	$9.38	-0.85%
Mod E	L	BOX	$12.26	$12.06	-1.63%
D. I.	L	CAT	$71.51	$70.17	-1.87%
uncle.23	L	ONVO	$3.24	$3.17	-2.16%
Value Buy	L	NFLX	$114.45	$109.73	-4.12%

[clarkrl2]

kadee66 continues to lead past the halfway point. ModE92 is second and Ombud third. Four of eight are beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
kadee66	S	SYRG	$11.81	$11.01	6.77%
Mod E	L	BOX	$12.26	$12.62	2.94%
Ombud	L	PLAB	$9.46	$9.57	1.16%
clarkrl2	L	AGII	$59.82	$59.81	-0.02%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$106.75	$105.93	-0.77%
D. I.	L	CAT	$71.51	$70.71	-1.12%
architecto25	L	CRWN	$5.65	$5.58	-1.24%
uncle.23	L	ONVO	$3.24	$3.14	-3.09%
Value Buy	L	NFLX	$114.45	$110.23	-3.69%

[ModE98]

BOX, Mon. Up, Tues. Down, Wed. Up again ... must be a bouncing ball!  Two days to go. 

[Ombud]

I'm beating benchmark

[Value Buy]

So far, I am down 12%
Predicted 14% up or down.

Right on target!
In the opposite direction of my pick.......
And I knew this quarter traditionally goes bad........

[ModE98]

Wow, BOX is actually ahead a bit this morning.  How nice, had expected it to follow the first 3-day pattern.  It will probably give me the "gears" on Friday, but as long as it beats the BenchMark at the final wire all will be fine.

[Value Buy]

TEN minutes to go and Dow up 210 points, and my pick this week is down over 8%

At least my real portfolio is looking good. even XOM is up.

My steed, nflx is acting like a penny stock this week rather than a blue chip $100 stock.

[Ombud]

My pick barely budged today

[ModE98]

Saved by a few late buyers...BOX only down one cent at the close...whew!   Should beat the BenchMark for today.

[clarkrl2]

kadee66 still leads but the field is closing ground fast. ModE92 is a half length back in second and Ombud is another half length back for third. There are six of eight beating the benchmark and all of those are within three lengths of the lead.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
kadee66	S	SYRG	$11.81	$11.40	3.47%
Mod E	L	BOX	$12.26	$12.61	2.85%
Ombud	L	PLAB	$9.46	$9.67	2.22%
clarkrl2	L	AGII	$59.82	$60.93	1.86%
uncle.23	L	ONVO	$3.24	$3.28	1.23%
architecto25	L	CRWN	$5.65	$5.70	0.88%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$106.75	$107.67	0.86%
D. I.	L	CAT	$71.51	$70.83	-0.95%
Value Buy	L	NFLX	$114.45	$101.09	-11.67%

[ModE98]

Nice of BenchMark to stay down there. 

[clarkrl2]

ModE92 staged a huge rally on the final day to usurp the victory and score a double digit return in this week's contest. kadee66 was a game second and clarkrl2 was the only other player beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
Mod E	L	BOX	$12.26	$13.62	11.09%
kadee66	S	SYRG	$11.81	$11.35	3.90%
clarkrl2	L	AGII	$59.82	$61.42	2.67%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$106.75	$108.12	1.28%
architecto25	L	CRWN	$5.65	$5.71	1.06%
Ombud	L	PLAB	$9.46	$9.54	0.85%
uncle.23	L	ONVO	$3.24	$3.25	0.31%
D. I.	L	CAT	$71.51	$69.68	-2.56%
Value Buy	L	NFLX	$114.45	$98.99	-13.51%

[clarkrl2]

2015 results

Name	Games	Win	Place	Show	>Bench	Return
clarkrl2	42	5	4	9	22	0.64
kadee66	41	8	4	8	22	0.55
Mod E	42	5	12	5	26	0.38
tyfighter3	15	2	2	2	8	0.30
Ombud	29	1	4	3	15	0.27
BenchMark	42	2	3	8	0	0.21
Value Buy	32	6	1	3	13	-1.35
architecto25	40	8	3	0	14	-2.62
uncle.23	42	3	7	4	14	-3.21
damnotagain	3	0	0	0	1	-4.30
D. I.	23	2	2	0	9	-8.94

lifetime results

Name	Games	Win	Place	Show	>Bench	Return
bimetalaupt	4	1	0	0	1	2.78
m2w	8	2	1	0	3	1.15
damnotagain	20	2	3	3	10	0.83
Value Buy	77	17	4	7	35	0.56
Mod E	94	9	16	15	54	0.41
2kids10horses	10	0	2	1	4	0.33
BenchMark	94	2	8	11	0	0.26
clarkrl2	94	10	12	14	46	0.13
kadee66	86	14	13	10	43	0.08
Ombud	74	5	6	13	37	-0.04
tyfighter3	37	3	2	3	14	-0.66
architecto25	92	17	6	5	36	-1.53
uncle.23	94	9	13	6	31	-2.22
D. I.	70	3	8	6	36	-2.63
alliesmom	2	0	0	0	1	-6.82