Stock Pick of the Week: W. E. 11 Dec. 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 "kadee66".  Back to Back!!

Moderators please pin the thread.

[ModE98]

Will take a gamble on CMG and Short it. 
The spreading E-Coli problem may weigh a bit on current price.  It appears the problem has not been solved and sales are declining accordingly.  Thus, it would appear earnings will be in decline (at least for the coming quarter).  Will customers return quickly if they can solve the problem near term?  It is a moot question for now.  Only time will tell. 
www.wsj.com/articles/chipotle-linked-e-coli-outbreak-widens-to-three-more-states-1449251438?ru=yahoo?mod=yahoo_itp

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BAC- (L)

[uncle23]

...

DDD..long

[clarkrl2]

Long DF (Dean Foods Company - Dairy Products)

From the earnings beat MRQ with recent upward estimate revisions screen. I bought some shares last week.

[Value Buy]

I will go with Restoration Hardware Holdings, symbol, RH, Long.

[architecto25]

     FPRX     (long)      Five Prime Therapeutics Inc.
This stock closed Friday at $40.43
52 wk. high/low      $40.58/$14.70
Clinical stage biotechnological company
Founded Dec. 2001
Hdq. in South San Francisco, CA.
124 employees
Point & Figure chart: Ascending triple top breakout on 30 Nov.

[kadee79]

I have no feelings one way or another about what any stock will do this week....

So, here is my "wild hair" pick....

NUGT, short....gold

[ModE98]

Drat....Opened way down, and immediately changed course.  These openings ruin these picks!  Foiled again!
Oh well, 4 more days, but need a lot of really bad news to recover on this short.

[Value Buy]

Dec 7, 2015 10:47:49 GMT -5 ModE98 said:

Drat....Opened way down, and immediately changed course.  These openings ruin these picks!  Foiled again!
Oh well, 4 more days, but need a lot of really bad news to recover on this short.

Well your intentions and thought process were good, and in real life, you would have waited on the opening to decide your decision!

I was originally going to go with Smith and Wesson this week, but I was afraid they would gap up on the opening, (terrorist attack) negating a good run the rest of the week.

[clarkrl2]

kadee66 continues to impress with the early lead in this week's contest. uncle23 is a solid second and Value Buy third. Four of seven are beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
kadee66	S	NUGT	$30.23	$27.55	8.87%
uncle.23	L	DDD	$9.00	$9.20	2.22%
Value Buy	L	RH	$92.20	$93.17	1.05%
clarkrl2	L	DF	$18.71	$18.68	-0.16%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$115.22	$114.62	-0.52%
D. I.	L	BAC	$17.79	$17.54	-1.41%
architecto25	L	FPRX	$40.16	$39.41	-1.87%
Mod E	S	CMG	$516.83	$551.75	-6.76%

[Value Buy]

kadee66 is just flat out toying with all of us.

[kadee79]

If only it were this good in RL!  If I ever win the lottery, I'm going to have FUN!

But I'll probably end up loosing my b*tt if I do!

ETA....And don't forget, there are weeks when I'm sitting on the bottom too!

[clarkrl2]

kadee66 still has a big lead after day two. uncle23 also has a good gain in second and architecto25 is third. Four of seven are beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
kadee66	S	NUGT	$30.23	$26.94	10.88%
uncle.23	L	DDD	$9.00	$9.37	4.11%
architecto25	L	FPRX	$40.16	$40.73	1.42%
Value Buy	L	RH	$92.20	$92.34	0.15%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$115.22	$114.63	-0.51%
D. I.	L	BAC	$17.79	$17.19	-3.37%
Mod E	S	CMG	$516.83	$542.24	-4.92%
clarkrl2	L	DF	$18.71	$17.29	-7.59%

[kadee79]

Yo-Yo!

[clarkrl2]

kadee66 still holds the lead with two days to go. uncle23 in second made up a lot of ground and was the only player with a gain. Those were the only players beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
kadee66	S	NUGT	$30.23	$27.89	7.74%
uncle.23	L	DDD	$9.00	$9.39	4.33%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$115.22	$112.89	-2.02%
architecto25	L	FPRX	$40.16	$39.28	-2.19%
D. I.	L	BAC	$17.79	$17.10	-3.88%
Value Buy	L	RH	$92.20	$88.20	-4.34%
Mod E	S	CMG	$516.83	$548.01	-6.03%
clarkrl2	L	DF	$18.71	$17.17	-8.23%

 

[kadee79]

Mod, are you ok? You haven't made any comments like you usually do.....what's up?

[ModE98]

I'm OK, kadee.  Just busy shopping and saw my chiropractor today.  See you are still leading the pack.  Nice!

[kadee79]

Ok, you just worry me when you don't do your normal things.

Shopping huh? What did you get me?

Some times chiropractors hurt more that they help!  I had one that was great....in a small town in Ill.  Just before he manipulated a particular spot.....he'd tell you not to p** on his table!      He was fun!

[clarkrl2]

Going into the final day kadee66 still has the lead but has been engaged by a hard charging uncle23. architecto25 is the only other player beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
kadee66	S	NUGT	$30.23	$27.63	8.60%
uncle.23	L	DDD	$9.00	$9.65	7.22%
architecto25	L	FPRX	$40.16	$40.00	-0.40%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$115.22	$113.40	-1.58%
D. I.	L	BAC	$17.79	$17.20	-3.32%
Value Buy	L	RH	$92.20	$87.59	-5.00%
clarkrl2	L	DF	$18.71	$17.18	-8.18%
Mod E	S	CMG	$516.83	$575.43	-11.34%

[ModE98]

KABOOM!  Finally captured the bottom....horse fading badly.  Kadee, look out, uncle is on your tail.

[kadee79]

So far today...which could change at any minute...mine is down further which means I'm up a bit....now to check out Uncle's and see how his is doing!  

Uh Oh....Uncle is slipping!  I think he needs to drag out the whip!

[clarkrl2]

kadee66 widened her lead on the final day to score this week's trophy. uncle23 posted a solid gain and architecto25 was the only other player beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
kadee66	S	NUGT	$30.23	$28.44	5.92%
uncle.23	L	DDD	$9.00	$9.28	3.11%
architecto25	L	FPRX	$40.16	$39.13	-2.56%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$115.22	$110.79	-3.84%
D. I.	L	BAC	$17.79	$16.73	-5.96%
clarkrl2	L	DF	$18.71	$17.17	-8.23%
Value Buy	L	RH	$92.20	$83.81	-9.10%
Mod E	S	CMG	$516.83	$565.00	-9.32%

[clarkrl2]

2015 results

Name	Games	Win	Place	Show	>Bench	Return
kadee66	49	12	5	8	27	1.50
clarkrl2	50	5	4	12	26	0.45
tyfighter3	15	2	2	2	8	0.30
Mod E	50	5	14	6	28	0.29
Ombud	33	1	4	3	15	0.25
BenchMark	50	3	4	8	0	0.24
Value Buy	37	7	2	3	15	-1.58
architecto25	48	10	4	1	18	-2.42
uncle.23	50	3	9	5	18	-2.62
damnotagain	3	0	0	0	1	-4.30
D. I.	31	2	2	2	12	-6.64

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
kadee66	94	18	14	10	48	0.61
Mod E	102	9	18	16	56	0.36
Value Buy	82	18	5	7	37	0.34
2kids10horses	10	0	2	1	4	0.33
BenchMark	102	3	9	11	0	0.27
clarkrl2	102	10	12	17	50	0.08
Ombud	78	5	6	13	37	-0.03
tyfighter3	37	3	2	3	14	-0.66
architecto25	100	19	7	6	40	-1.52
uncle.23	102	9	15	7	35	-2.01
D. I.	78	3	8	8	39	-2.36
alliesmom	2	0	0	0	1	-6.82

[ModE98]

Well, CONGRATULATIONS to kadee who survived the week to Win, with uncle making a challenge but fading a bit in the stretch and capturing Place.  architecto survived to beat BenchMark and finish in Show.  Everyone else was a also-ran.

VB almost ruined my week by finishing last, but had just enough strength to hang on a long nose ahead.

[kadee79]

Congrats to Uncle & Arch!

Thank you Mod! It was a rough week and today was really a yo-yo!