Stock Pick of the Week: W. E. 2 Sept. 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 "tyfighter3".

Moderators please pin the thread.

[Ombud]

QADB (s)

meets my screen for a long (insiders buying / positive surprise) BUT: provides enterprise software solutions and I've had software / tech do the opposite with my screen. So unless I have a change of heart by Sunday night, going short

[uncle23]

...


AVID....long

[clarkrl2]

Long LINC (Lincoln Educational Services - Diversified Consumer Services)

From the revised earnings beat MRQ with recent upward estimate revisions screen. Third week. stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=LINC&p=W&b=5&g=0&id=p83096246989

[ModE98]

For lack of time, will just go with OPK (Long) and suffer the consequences by next Friday,  

[tyfighter3]

EPD long.

marketrealist.com/2016/08/lies-ahead-enterprise-products-partners-stock/

[kadee79]

Well, my shorts are bombing so....


CLNE, long


Congrats to last weeks winners!

[architecto25]

Computer signal problems last few hours; .... just now got reconnected.
Just so my horse and I are entered .....     LNTH  (long) again.
...... but holding the option to change horses (by 8:30am) ...... if computer 
continues to "work".......
     Arch.

[clarkrl2]

architecto25 gets the hole shot this week and already has a double digit gain. kadee71 is second and ModE93 is the only other player beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
architecto25	L	LNTH	$8.46	$9.70	14.66%
kadee71	L	CLNE	$4.31	$4.40	2.09%
Mod E	L	OPK	$9.10	$9.28	1.98%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$116.81	$116.94	0.11%
tyfighter3	L	EPD	$26.60	$26.60	0.00%
Ombud	S	QADB	$20.20	$20.20	0.00%
clarkrl2	L	LINC	$1.86	$1.85	-0.54%
uncle.23	L	AVID	$9.25	$9.18	-0.76%

[clarkrl2]

architecto25 is still the leader with a double digit return. kadee71 is second and ModE93 third in a strung out field. Five of seven are beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
architecto25	L	LNTH	$8.46	$9.59	13.36%
kadee71	L	CLNE	$4.31	$4.61	6.96%
Mod E	L	OPK	$9.10	$9.33	2.53%
clarkrl2	L	LINC	$1.86	$1.88	1.08%
Ombud	S	QADB	$20.20	$20.12	0.40%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$116.81	$116.56	-0.21%
tyfighter3	L	EPD	$26.60	$26.47	-0.49%
uncle.23	L	AVID	$9.25	$9.18	-0.76%

[clarkrl2]

architecto25 leads the was as the race moves past halfway. Ombud is second with the week's only short and kadee71 holds third. Five of seven are beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
architecto25	L	LNTH	$8.46	$9.52	12.53%
Ombud	S	QADB	$20.20	$19.05	5.69%
kadee71	L	CLNE	$4.31	$4.37	1.39%
Mod E	L	OPK	$9.10	$9.10	0.00%
clarkrl2	L	LINC	$1.86	$1.86	0.00%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$116.81	$116.44	-0.32%
tyfighter3	L	EPD	$26.60	$26.40	-0.75%
uncle.23	L	AVID	$9.25	$8.99	-2.81%

[clarkrl2]

architecto25 remains the leader with a double digit gain going into the final day. kadee71 is second and Ombud third. Four of seven are beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
architecto25	L	LNTH	$8.46	$9.50	12.29%
kadee71	L	CLNE	$4.31	$4.61	6.96%
Ombud	S	QADB	$20.20	$19.03	5.79%
Mod E	L	OPK	$9.10	$9.29	2.09%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$116.81	$116.74	-0.06%
tyfighter3	L	EPD	$26.60	$26.52	-0.30%
clarkrl2	L	LINC	$1.86	$1.85	-0.54%
uncle.23	L	AVID	$9.25	$9.04	-2.27%

[clarkrl2]

architecto25 coasts home with a double digit gain and this week's victory. kadee71 had a good return in second and ModE93 edged Ombud for third. Quotes for Ombud's QADB have been somewhat problematic all week long but the rules say we will use the Yahoo close listed at Yahoo. Six of seven are beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
architecto25	L	LNTH	$8.46	$9.40	11.11%
kadee71	L	CLNE	$4.31	$4.57	6.03%
Mod E	L	OPK	$9.10	$9.33	2.53%
Ombud	S	QADB	$20.20	$19.73	2.33%
clarkrl2	L	LINC	$1.86	$1.89	1.61%
tyfighter3	L	EPD	$26.60	$26.82	0.83%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$116.81	$117.12	0.27%
uncle.23	L	AVID	$9.25	$9.12	-1.41%

[clarkrl2]

2016 results

Name	Games	Win	Place	Show	>Bench	Return
Value Buy	22	5	2	3	11	4.44
tyfighter3	17	2	1	4	10	1.41
Ombud	23	2	4	3	13	0.82
D. I.	18	0	3	2	10	0.69
Mod E	33	7	2	4	18	0.66
uncle.23	35	4	10	3	18	0.65
BenchMark	35	0	2	6	0	0.18
clarkrl2	35	2	3	4	17	0.15
architecto25	35	8	2	5	19	0.02
Bluerobin	6	2	0	0	3	-0.66
kadee71	35	3	6	1	15	-1.57

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	138	16	20	21	74	0.41
2kids10horses	10	0	2	1	4	0.33
BenchMark	140	3	12	17	0	0.24
Ombud	104	8	10	16	51	0.16
clarkrl2	140	12	15	22	68	0.08
kadee71	132	21	22	11	65	0.02
tyfighter3	54	5	3	7	24	-0.01
Bluerobin	6	2	0	0	3	-0.66
architecto25	138	27	9	11	59	-1.19
uncle.23	140	14	25	10	54	-1.31
D. I.	99	4	11	11	51	-1.73
alliesmom	2	0	0	0	1	-6.82

[ModE98]

CONGRATULATIONS to architecto for a good Win, and kadee for Place this week.  Also Ombud for a 4th (could see her horse's nose to
my right side).

[Ombud]

CONGRATULATIONS to architecto25 for win, kadee79 for place, and ModE98 for show!

I'm FINALLY starting to close in on QQQ, 0.08% behind 😊