Stock Pick of the Week: W. E. 20 May 2016

[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 "ModE92".  

Moderators please pin the thread.

I will update the winner later today along with the weekly results and statistics.

[ModE98]

This may end flat to down, but will saddle up OPK (Long) and go for a long shot.

[uncle23]

YHOO.....long

[clarkrl2]

Long KTCC (Keytronic Corp. - Electronic Equipment)

From the revised earnings beat MRQ with recent upward estimate revisions screen. Last week's pick TPX no longer has an acceptable chart. Here is the chart for KTCC stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=KTCC&p=W&b=5&g=0&id=p24052251650

[architecto25]

     NLST     (long)       Netlist, Inc.
Stock closed on Friday at $1.46.
Company designs, manufacturers, & sells
memory subsystems for the datacenter server. 
Founded June 2000.
Hdq. in Irvine, CA.
110 employees.
   Company will report 1st qtr. earnings after 4pm,
   on Thursday, 5/17/2016           (Negative on the Thursday; it's Tuesday)
52 wk. high/low     $1.75/ $.28

[kadee79]

LFVN, long....a new to me one.  It's in an upswing recently.

Their profile....

"LifeVantage Corporation identifies, researches, develops, and distributes nutraceutical dietary supplements and skin care products. It offers Protandim, a scientifically-validated dietary supplement; LifeVantage TrueScience, an anti-aging skin care product; and Axio energy drink mixes, as well as Canine Health, a companion pet supplement formulated to combat oxidative stress in dogs. The company also provides skin care products, including ultra gentle facial cleanser, perfecting lotion, eye corrector serum, and other versions of anti-aging cream products under the LifeVantage TrueScience brand name. LifeVantage Corporation sells its products through a network of independent distributors and preferred customers in the United States, Japan, Hong Kong, Australia, Canada, the Philippines, Mexico, and Thailand. In addition, the company sells its products through online. LifeVantage Corporation is headquartered in Sandy, Utah."

[ModE98]

This market had better regain an upward bias.  Been too "choppy" and negative of late. 
stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui

[tyfighter3]

CLR long

[clarkrl2]

kadee71 is out the gate first in this week's contest. architecto25 has the inside rail on ModE92 for second. Four of six are beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
kadee71	L	LFVN	$11.80	$12.34	4.58%
architecto25	L	NLST	$1.40	$1.42	1.43%
Mod E	L	OPK	$9.83	$9.97	1.42%
uncle.23	L	YHOO	$37.03	$37.48	1.22%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$105.66	$106.82	1.10%
clarkrl2	L	KTCC	$7.50	$7.49	-0.13%
tyfighter3	L	CLR	$41.04	$40.95	-0.22%

[clarkrl2]

kadee71 still has the lead after day two. ModE92 is second and tyfighter3 catapults into third with the days only gain. Four of six are beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
kadee71	L	LFVN	$11.80	$12.16	3.05%
Mod E	L	OPK	$9.83	$9.96	1.32%
tyfighter3	L	CLR	$41.04	$41.46	1.02%
uncle.23	L	YHOO	$37.03	$37.27	0.65%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$105.66	$105.48	-0.17%
clarkrl2	L	KTCC	$7.50	$7.39	-1.47%
architecto25	L	NLST	$1.40	$1.36	-2.86%

[clarkrl2]

kadee71 has a three length lead as the race moves past halfway. ModE92 is second and tyfighter3 third. Four of six are beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
kadee71	L	LFVN	$11.80	$12.36	4.75%
Mod E	L	OPK	$9.83	$10.00	1.73%
tyfighter3	L	CLR	$41.04	$41.46	1.02%
uncle.23	L	YHOO	$37.03	$37.24	0.57%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$105.66	$105.86	0.19%
clarkrl2	L	KTCC	$7.50	$7.41	-1.20%
architecto25	L	NLST	$1.40	$1.38	-1.43%

[clarkrl2]

kadee71 increases her lead to five lengths and is the only player with a gain. uncle23 is second best in a hotly contested battle with tyfighter3 and ModE92. Those four are the only players beating the benchmark going into the final day.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
kadee71	L	LFVN	$11.80	$12.42	5.25%
uncle.23	L	YHOO	$37.03	$37.02	-0.03%
tyfighter3	L	CLR	$41.04	$40.97	-0.17%
Mod E	L	OPK	$9.83	$9.81	-0.20%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$105.66	$105.31	-0.33%
clarkrl2	L	KTCC	$7.50	$7.44	-0.80%
architecto25	L	NLST	$1.40	$1.33	-5.36%

[kadee79]

One day to go and who knows?....the Shadow knows!

[clarkrl2]

Kadee71 holds on for the wire to wire victory. ModE92 rallies for second and the benchmark was third.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
kadee71	L	LFVN	$11.80	$12.39	5.00%
Mod E	L	OPK	$9.83	$10.15	3.26%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$105.66	$106.47	0.77%
clarkrl2	L	KTCC	$7.50	$7.49	-0.13%
tyfighter3	L	CLR	$41.04	$40.96	-0.19%
uncle.23	L	YHOO	$37.03	$36.50	-1.43%
architecto25	L	NLST	$1.40	$1.30	-7.14%

[clarkrl2]

2016 results

Name	Games	Win	Place	Show	>Bench	Return
Value Buy	12	3	1	2	7	6.18
tyfighter3	5	1	0	1	4	3.15
Mod E	18	5	2	3	12	1.23
D. I.	17	0	3	2	10	1.02
BenchMark	20	0	0	5	0	-0.17
uncle.23	20	1	7	1	10	-0.22
kadee71	20	3	3	0	10	-0.53
clarkrl2	20	1	2	1	8	-0.56
Ombud	14	1	1	2	6	-0.64
Bluerobin	6	2	0	0	3	-0.66
architecto25	20	3	1	3	10	-2.13

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
Value Buy	94	21	6	9	44	1.08
damnotagain	20	2	3	3	10	0.83
Mod E	123	14	20	20	68	0.46
kadee71	117	21	19	10	60	0.40
2kids10horses	10	0	2	1	4	0.33
BenchMark	125	3	10	16	0	0.19
clarkrl2	125	11	14	19	59	-0.04
Ombud	95	7	7	15	44	-0.12
tyfighter3	42	4	2	4	18	-0.20
Bluerobin	6	2	0	0	3	-0.66
architecto25	123	22	8	9	50	-1.69
uncle.23	125	11	22	8	46	-1.69
D. I.	98	4	11	11	51	-1.70
alliesmom	2	0	0	0	1	-6.82

[ModE98]

CONGRATULATIONS, kadee, on a great race this week  Good pick!

[kadee79]

Thank you Mod & congrats to you for your 'place'! It was a weird week for sure!

[ModE98]

As the King of Siam might say to Anna... "This market is a puzzlement."