Stock Pick of the Week: W. E. 16 Dec. 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 "uncle23".

Moderators please pin the thread.

[uncle23]

LUV........southwest airlines....long

[ModE98]

HBI (Long).  Hanesbrands, Inc, has been beaten up for months.  Time for some recovery?   If not, will probably end up in the basement again.

Note:  Wonder how long the Trump rally will last without some sort of correction  Appears DOW may make 20,000 soon.  This has surpassed already what many would expect.  Oh well, just go with the flow for now.  Keeping a cash reserve for the inevitable correction, when that time comes. 

[clarkrl2]

Long NSIT (Insight Technologies - Electronic Equipment)

From the revised earnings beat MRQ with recent upward estimate revisions screen. The stock is getting to the point it is a little overbought on the weekly chart but I couldn't find anything I liked better. stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=NSIT&p=W&b=5&g=0&id=p67523019658

[Value Buy]

Congratulations to last week's winners!

This week I will go with Sanderson Farms.
SAFM, let's go long with it.

UPDATE...
Changed direction this week.
Will go with Transocean Ltd

RIG, long

[kadee79]

VB, we have a Sanderson Farms processing plant on the edge of town and many, many farmers around that raise chickens for them....I'm surrounded by chicken houses but not too close...at least we don't get the smell like some folks do!


FCEL, long....just a guess.

[architecto25]

CONN      (long)         Conn's Inc.

   after typing my normal paragraph twice; finally

   you get this condensed version for now.

[Value Buy]

Darn!
Taken out on the gap up opening......hate when that happens

[clarkrl2]

uncle23 is back at the top in this week's contest. The benchmark is second and clarkrl2 third.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
uncle.23	L	LUV	$49.36	$49.37	0.02%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$118.95	$118.96	0.01%
clarkrl2	L	NSIT	$38.40	$38.15	-0.65%
architecto25	L	CONN	$14.35	$14.25	-0.70%
Mod E	L	HBI	$23.40	$23.08	-1.37%
Value Buy	L	RIG	$16.33	$15.54	-4.84%
kadee71	L	FCEL	$2.05	$1.90	-7.32%

[clarkrl2]

clarkrl2 surges to the lead on day two. The benchmark is second and uncle23 third.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
clarkrl2	L	NSIT	$38.40	$39.56	3.02%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$118.95	$120.46	1.27%
uncle.23	L	LUV	$49.36	$49.55	0.38%
Mod E	L	HBI	$23.40	$23.00	-1.71%
architecto25	L	CONN	$14.35	$14.00	-2.44%
kadee71	L	FCEL	$2.05	$1.95	-4.88%
Value Buy	L	RIG	$16.33	$15.35	-6.00%

[clarkrl2]

I have correct the closing data for RIG.

[clarkrl2]

clarkrl2 remains in the lead with two days to go. The benchmark is second and uncle23 third.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
clarkrl2	L	NSIT	$38.40	$40.01	4.19%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$118.95	$120.21	1.06%
uncle.23	L	LUV	$49.36	$49.28	-0.16%
Mod E	L	HBI	$23.40	$22.46	-4.02%
kadee71	L	FCEL	$2.05	$1.90	-7.32%
architecto25	L	CONN	$14.35	$13.05	-9.06%
Value Buy	L	RIG	$16.33	$14.58	-10.72%

[clarkrl2]

clarkrl2 retains the lead by four lengths with one day to go. uncle23 is now second and the benchmark third.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
clarkrl2	L	NSIT	$38.40	$41.00	6.77%
uncle.23	L	LUV	$49.36	$50.59	2.49%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$118.95	$120.40	1.22%
Mod E	L	HBI	$23.40	$22.08	-5.64%
kadee71	L	FCEL	$2.05	$1.90	-7.32%
Value Buy	L	RIG	$16.33	$14.92	-8.63%
architecto25	L	CONN	$14.35	$13.05	-9.06%

[clarkrl2]

clarkrl2 takes home this week's championship. uncle23 is the only other player beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
clarkrl2	L	NSIT	$38.40	$41.12	7.08%
uncle.23	L	LUV	$49.36	$49.93	1.15%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$118.95	$119.60	0.55%
kadee71	L	FCEL	$2.05	$1.95	-4.88%
Mod E	L	HBI	$23.40	$21.55	-7.91%
Value Buy	L	RIG	$16.33	$15.01	-8.08%
architecto25	L	CONN	$14.35	$12.75	-11.15%

[clarkrl2]

2016 results

Name	Games	Win	Place	Show	>Bench	Return
Value Buy	24	5	2	3	12	3.95
Mod E	48	11	6	5	28	1.16
Ombud	27	2	5	4	15	0.82
clarkrl2	50	8	5	5	26	0.73
D. I.	18	0	3	2	10	0.69
BenchMark	50	0	4	11	0	0.12
uncle.23	50	6	13	5	24	0.12
architecto25	50	11	2	5	24	-0.13
tyfighter3	26	2	1	6	11	-0.25
Bluerobin	6	2	0	0	3	-0.66
kadee71	50	3	9	4	23	-1.30

lifetime results

Name	Games	Win	Place	Show	>Bench	Return
bimetalaupt	4	1	0	0	1	2.78
Value Buy	106	23	7	10	49	1.16
m2w	8	2	1	0	3	1.15
damnotagain	20	2	3	3	10	0.83
Mod E	153	20	24	22	84	0.59
2kids10horses	10	0	2	1	4	0.33
clarkrl2	155	18	17	23	77	0.27
BenchMark	155	3	14	22	0	0.22
Ombud	108	8	11	17	53	0.19
kadee71	147	21	25	14	73	-0.05
tyfighter3	63	5	3	9	25	-0.49
Bluerobin	6	2	0	0	3	-0.66
architecto25	153	30	9	11	64	-1.12
uncle.23	155	16	28	12	60	-1.30
D. I.	99	4	11	11	51	-1.73
alliesmom	2	0	0	0	1	-6.82

[ModE98]

Congratulations to clarkrl and uncle for this week's Win & Place, and for beating the BenchMark.

[architecto25]

CONGRATULATIONS .....    Clark (win), Uncle (place)

.....and also to the other 3 good riders for fine selections.

I think I should change my horse's diet .... perhaps......

And in your spare time, check out the Point & Figure chart for the Dow Industrials.

stockcharts.com/freecharts/gallery.html

I don't recall ever seeing a rise as healthy as this one this month.

There's 41 up x's .....without even one correction (jump to next col. with

a min. of 3 0's)

And just one more X ... it'll be at 20,000 on the Dow.

In case you don't follow P&F charts.

      the 9 is Sept.; the A is Oct.; the B is Nov., & the C is Dec.

     (keeps months all single digits).

[kadee79]

Congrats Clark & Uncle!