Stock Pick of the Week: W. E. 12 Aug. 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 "architecto25".

Moderators please pin the thread.

[uncle23]

......

DDD..........long

[ModE98]

Go with VFC (Long).   VF Corporation.
www.finviz.com/quote.ashx?t=VFC

[clarkrl2]

Long UIS (Unisys Corp. - Information Technology services)

From the earnings beat MRQ with recent upward estimate revisions screen. Same pick as last week. The daily chart looks overbought but the weekly chart looks OK. stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=UIS&p=D&b=5&g=0&id=p69396729675

[Ombud]

AAOI - long

Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells fiber-optic networking products primarily for Internet data center, cable television (CATV), and fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) networking end-markets. It offers optical modules, optical transceivers, lasers, transmitters, and turn-key equipment, as well as headend, node, and distribution equipment. The company sells its products to internet data center operators, CATV and telecommunications equipment manufacturers, and internet service providers through its direct and indirect sales channels worldwide. Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Sugar Land, Texas.

[tyfighter3]

CLR long

[kadee79]

SYRG, short....just guessing!

[architecto25]

I got on the computer a few minutes ago ... to pick a submittal for the contest; but I'm too sleepy.
Hope to pick one tomorrow morning prior to market time.

However, if I don't ...... then write me down for BCOV again (long).  He was my last week's choice
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It's now Mon. morning; Void my last night's pick ..... here's one for this week. 


      EXEL    (long)    Exelixis, Inc.
This stock closed Friday at $11.17; & I think I selected it once before.
52 wk. high/low      $11.66/ $3.55
Company founded 11/15/1994;  Located in So.San Francisco, CA.
115 employees.
     Market opens in about 20 minutes. Good luck to everyone......

[clarkrl2]

uncle23 takes the early lead. kadee71 is second with the only short and tyfighter3 is third. Four of seven are beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
uncle.23	L	DDD	$14.89	$15.36	3.16%
kadee71	S	SYRG	$6.38	$6.31	1.10%
tyfighter3	L	CLR	$45.31	$45.73	0.93%
Mod E	L	VFC	$62.38	$62.42	0.06%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$116.84	$116.65	-0.16%
clarkrl2	L	UIS	$10.23	$10.16	-0.68%
architecto25	L	EXEL	$11.14	$10.93	-1.89%
Ombud	L	AAOI	$14.79	$14.29	-3.38%

[clarkrl2]

uncle23 is still the leader after day two. kadee71 is a length back and the only other player beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
uncle.23	L	DDD	$14.89	$15.36	3.16%
kadee71	S	SYRG	$6.38	$6.25	2.04%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$116.84	$116.92	0.07%
clarkrl2	L	UIS	$10.23	$10.20	-0.29%
tyfighter3	L	CLR	$45.31	$45.11	-0.44%
Mod E	L	VFC	$62.38	$61.31	-1.72%
architecto25	L	EXEL	$11.14	$10.87	-2.42%
Ombud	L	AAOI	$14.79	$13.97	-5.54%

[Ombud]

Oh I really did pick the wrong direction this week

[clarkrl2]

uncle23 has the lead and is the only player beating the benchmark. clarkrl2 is third.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
uncle.23	L	DDD	$14.89	$15.46	3.83%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$116.84	$116.62	-0.19%
clarkrl2	L	UIS	$10.23	$10.17	-0.59%
Mod E	L	VFC	$62.38	$61.72	-1.06%
tyfighter3	L	CLR	$45.31	$44.50	-1.79%
kadee71	S	SYRG	$6.38	$6.55	-2.66%
architecto25	L	EXEL	$11.14	$10.37	-6.91%
Ombud	L	AAOI	$14.79	$13.60	-8.05%

[clarkrl2]

uncle23 is still leading with one day to go. tyfighter3 is beginning to press the pace along with ModE92 and clarkrl2. Those four are the only players beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
uncle.23	L	DDD	$14.89	$15.40	3.43%
tyfighter3	L	CLR	$45.31	$46.58	2.80%
Mod E	L	VFC	$62.38	$63.93	2.48%
clarkrl2	L	UIS	$10.23	$10.45	2.15%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$116.84	$117.12	0.24%
architecto25	L	EXEL	$11.14	$10.66	-4.31%
kadee71	S	SYRG	$6.38	$6.88	-7.84%
Ombud	L	AAOI	$14.79	$13.55	-8.38%

[Ombud]

This is my last time going with tech

[Ombud]

Is clarkrl2 ok?

[clarkrl2]

uncle23 holds off all challengers as they came into the stretch four wide to finish with a game wire to wire victory. tyfighter3 won a photo finish with clarkrl2 for second. ModE93 couldn't finish in the money but had a very respectable fourth only one length back. Four of seven beat the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
uncle.23	L	DDD	$14.89	$15.39	3.36%
tyfighter3	L	CLR	$45.31	$46.75	3.18%
clarkrl2	L	UIS	$10.23	$10.55	3.13%
Mod E	L	VFC	$62.38	$63.86	2.37%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$116.84	$117.20	0.31%
architecto25	L	EXEL	$11.14	$10.66	-4.31%
Ombud	L	AAOI	$14.79	$14.01	-5.27%
kadee71	S	SYRG	$6.38	$6.83	-7.05%

[ModE98]

CONGRATULATIONS to uncle for the Win, tyfighter for Place and clarkrl for Show this week in a very close run to the wire.






















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[clarkrl2]

2016 results

Name	Games	Win	Place	Show	>Bench	Return
Value Buy	22	5	2	3	11	4.44
tyfighter3	15	1	1	4	8	1.32
uncle.23	32	4	10	3	18	0.91
Mod E	30	7	2	3	16	0.73
D. I.	18	0	3	2	10	0.69
BenchMark	32	0	2	6	0	0.20
Ombud	20	1	4	2	10	0.19
clarkrl2	32	2	3	3	15	0.16
architecto25	32	7	1	5	17	-0.41
Bluerobin	6	2	0	0	3	-0.66
kadee71	32	3	4	1	13	-1.87

lifetime results

Name	Games	Win	Place	Show	>Bench	Return
bimetalaupt	4	1	0	0	1	2.78
Value Buy	104	23	7	10	48	1.21
m2w	8	2	1	0	3	1.15
damnotagain	20	2	3	3	10	0.83
Mod E	135	16	20	20	72	0.42
2kids10horses	10	0	2	1	4	0.33
BenchMark	137	3	12	17	0	0.25
clarkrl2	137	12	15	21	66	0.08
Ombud	101	7	10	15	48	0.02
kadee71	129	21	20	11	63	-0.02
tyfighter3	52	4	3	7	22	-0.09
Bluerobin	6	2	0	0	3	-0.66
uncle.23	137	14	25	10	54	-1.30
architecto25	135	26	8	11	57	-1.32
D. I.	99	4	11	11	51	-1.73
alliesmom	2	0	0	0	1	-6.82