Stock Pick of the Week: W. E. 30 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 "ModE93".

Moderators please pin the thread.

[ModE98]

Will try PFE (Long) this week.  (Changed from UA, thinking PFE may be the better choice based on FinViz stats at this time).
www.finviz.com/quote.ashx?t=PFE

[clarkrl2]

Long HIIQ (Health Insurance Innovations Inc. - Health Care Plans)

From the revised earnings beat MRQ with recent upward estimate revisions screen. The weekly chart is improving and the daily chart looks good. This is the weekly chart stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=HIIQ&p=W&b=5&g=0&id=p10203865498

ETA: I retired my pick from the last five weeks LINC due to a story that came out on Thursday the government has severed ties with the largest accrediting body of for-profit schools. I don't know if this will affect LINC or not but accreditation is a very big deal for any school.

[kadee79]

DNR, long....no idea! May depend on the results of the debate tomorrow night!

[architecto25]

    PTCT     (long)     PTC Therapeutics Inc.
This stock closed Friday at $11.66 per share.
The name tells you their business, ....... smart, huh.
Founded 3/31/1998
Headquartered in South Plainfield, NJ.
320 employees
52 wk. high/low      $35.76/ $5.27
Few months ago, a huge down gap; appears to perhaps
starting north again.

[Ombud]

BAC long. Absolutely no idea why 😕

[tyfighter3]

SPXS long

[uncle23]

.....


i thought i entered GPRO ..long last friday nite or sat morning.??....omg i'm losing it?

[ModE98]

Unless this turns around later in the week, things look like PFE will be running very deep in the pack.  What a morning, yak!

[clarkrl2]

clarkrl2 jumps out to the early lead. tyfighter3 is a close second and uncle23 third (I went ahead and included this pick in our friendly game). Four of seven are beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
clarkrl2	L	HIIQ	$5.24	$5.30	1.15%
tyfighter3	L	SPXS	$12.52	$12.64	0.96%
uncle.23	L	GPRO	$16.81	$16.92	0.65%
architecto25	L	PTCT	$11.60	$11.64	0.34%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$117.66	$117.34	-0.27%
Mod E	L	PFE	$33.92	$33.64	-0.83%
Ombud	L	BAC	$15.40	$15.09	-2.01%
kadee71	L	DNR	$2.84	$2.77	-2.46%

[architecto25]

Yes, ....a very weird day...I just now am at a working computer (an old lap top that I haven't used for over

a year.....my desk model goes to a computer shop probably tomorrow. Details later maybe.

[uncle23]

thanks clark..... if i win this week , i'll donate the roses to a charity of your choice 

[clarkrl2]

architecto25 takes over the lead on day two of the contest. clarkrl2 is the only other player beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
architecto25	L	PTCT	$11.60	$11.88	2.41%
clarkrl2	L	HIIQ	$5.24	$5.35	2.10%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$117.66	$118.50	0.71%
uncle.23	L	GPRO	$16.81	$16.79	-0.12%
Mod E	L	PFE	$33.92	$33.83	-0.27%
Ombud	L	BAC	$15.40	$15.29	-0.71%
tyfighter3	L	SPXS	$12.52	$12.41	-0.88%
kadee71	L	DNR	$2.84	$2.63	-7.39%

[clarkrl2]

kadee71 pulls off a worst to first and has a double digit gain. clarkrl2 is second and architecto25 has a nose it front of uncle23 for third. Those are the only players beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
kadee71	L	DNR	$2.84	$3.19	12.32%
clarkrl2	L	HIIQ	$5.24	$5.45	4.01%
architecto25	L	PTCT	$11.60	$11.73	1.12%
uncle.23	L	GPRO	$16.81	$16.99	1.07%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$117.66	$118.70	0.88%
Mod E	L	PFE	$33.92	$33.99	0.21%
Ombud	L	BAC	$15.40	$15.38	-0.13%
tyfighter3	L	SPXS	$12.52	$12.21	-2.48%

[architecto25]

kadee, .... This is a horse race ..... I don't think Clark will allow you to enter

a jet the next 2 days .... but you might ask him .....  LOL. 

[uncle23]

kadee....i thought.....DNR means do not resuscitate...

[kadee79]

Hey guys, I had no idea? What happened? Is it fallout from the debates or something else


 LOL Uncle! 

[ModE98]

Looks like a tough afternoon is on its way.  Falling!

[clarkrl2]

kadee71 is the leader going into the final day with a double digit gain. clarkrl2 is next and tyfighter3 is the only other player beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
kadee71	L	DNR	$2.84	$3.15	10.92%
clarkrl2	L	HIIQ	$5.24	$5.40	3.05%
tyfighter3	L	SPXS	$12.52	$12.55	0.24%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$117.66	$117.84	0.15%
architecto25	L	PTCT	$11.60	$11.56	-0.34%
uncle.23	L	GPRO	$16.81	$16.60	-1.25%
Ombud	L	BAC	$15.40	$15.16	-1.56%
Mod E	L	PFE	$33.92	$33.32	-1.77%

[kadee79]

A lot can change in one day...and mine this week is the perfect example...and it can still go back where it was on Mon. or Tue.

[ModE98]

What a week, no matter how it ends today.  Some wild swings for PFE; and a good one today so far (whew, hope it holds).
kadee, believe you will hold on for a winner with just an hour and 15 min. to go.  Yah, yah, yah!

[Ombud]

Yeah, kadee79 's got it but hopefully we'll beat benchmark ModE98 💲

[ModE98]

Drat, PFE a bit weak approaching the bell, so may not beat BenchMark.....  bah, humbug!

[clarkrl2]

architecto25 rallies to take this week's championship with a double digit gain. kadee71 also had a great week and a double digit return. Ombud rallied to third and was the only other player beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
architecto25	L	PTCT	$11.60	$14.01	20.78%
kadee71	L	DNR	$2.84	$3.23	13.73%
Ombud	L	BAC	$15.40	$15.65	1.62%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$117.66	$118.72	0.90%
clarkrl2	L	HIIQ	$5.24	$5.25	0.19%
Mod E	L	PFE	$33.92	$33.87	-0.15%
uncle.23	L	GPRO	$16.81	$16.68	-0.77%
tyfighter3	L	SPXS	$12.52	$12.28	-1.92%

[clarkrl2]

2016 results

Name	Games	Win	Place	Show	>Bench	Return
Value Buy	22	5	2	3	11	4.44
Mod E	37	8	3	4	21	1.12
Ombud	26	2	5	4	15	0.87
clarkrl2	39	4	3	4	19	0.80
D. I.	18	0	3	2	10	0.69
architecto25	39	9	2	5	21	0.45
tyfighter3	21	2	1	4	10	0.42
uncle.23	39	4	11	4	20	0.28
BenchMark	39	0	2	6	0	0.21
Bluerobin	6	2	0	0	3	-0.66
kadee71	39	3	7	3	18	-0.87

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	142	17	21	21	77	0.54
2kids10horses	10	0	2	1	4	0.33
clarkrl2	144	14	15	22	70	0.26
BenchMark	144	3	12	17	0	0.25
Ombud	107	8	11	17	53	0.19
kadee71	136	21	23	13	68	0.18
tyfighter3	58	5	3	7	24	-0.27
Bluerobin	6	2	0	0	3	-0.66
architecto25	142	28	9	11	61	-1.04
uncle.23	144	14	26	11	56	-1.36
D. I.	99	4	11	11	51	-1.73
alliesmom	2	0	0	0	1	-6.82

[Ombud]

Congratulations architecto25 for the win & kadee79 for place!

[ModE98]

Wow, architecto, quite a move today to beat kadee and Ombud to the finish line.  Only three to beat BenchMark!  Nice race.

[architecto25]

Yep, Mod, todays race really surprised me ... Remember mid week I kidded

Kadee about flying a jet in lieu of a ride on a horse ..... LOL .... I should tell

her that since I use to instruct jets for the air force, that I would just see

how it works today ..... & the numbers give her the answer .... LOL. 

   And here's part of another score card .... checking positions for all 5

   days, Clark is  No.1 (with a 12 ... the lowest)   [ 1/2/2/2/5 ] 

[uncle23]

.....

did you threaten your horse Arch.?....or did you promised him something


congrats and to you too kadee and Ombud...

[architecto25]

Unc., I left him in the barn .... read my reply #27 ( a few minutes ago )....a jet

will always get to the finish line before a horse .... LOL