Stock Pick of the Week: W. E. 24 Feb. 2017

[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.

Market Holiday Monday Feb. 20 for Presidents Day.

[ModE98]

ZAYO (Long).  May be time for a new uptrend?
www.finviz.com/quote.ashx?t=ZAYO

[uncle23]

 ...ONVO.....long

[clarkrl2]

Long WTW (Weight Watchers International - Personal Services)

From the earnings beat MRQ with recent upward estimate revisions screen. They are scheduled to release quarterly earnings after the close on Thursday. The weekly chart still looks OK.

stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=WTW&p=W&b=5&g=0&id=p88696307686

EDIT: Finviz has Feb 23 AMC as the earnings release but a recent article has the date as Tue Feb 28 AMC. finance.yahoo.com/news/weight-watchers-announces-fourth-quarter-213000083.html

[clarkrl2]

I didn't include in the OP that Monday markets will be closed for Presidents Day.

[kadee79]

XOXO, long....wedding stuff

[ModE98]

Yes, we have until just before the market open at 9:30 AM EDT, Tuesday, 2/21, to make or change a pick for the short week.  Enjoy the Monday off!

[architecto25]

    RP     (long)     RealPage  Inc.

This stock closed Friday at $34.55 per share.

It's in software .... Real Estate Management Solutions.

52 wk. high/low           $34.55/ $17.43

Founded Nov. 1998

Headquartered in Carrollton, Texas

4,100 employees.

[tyfighter3]

CLR long

[Value Buy]

Should go with PF this week.......but will go with DYN
DYN, long.

[clarkrl2]

Value Buy takes the early lead in this holiday shortened sprint. tyfighter3 has a nose in front of ModE93 for second. Four of seven are beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
Value Buy	L	DYN	$9.00	$9.12	1.33%
tyfighter3	L	CLR	$46.76	$47.18	0.90%
Mod E	L	ZAYO	$30.78	$31.03	0.81%
clarkrl2	L	WTW	$12.60	$12.65	0.40%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$130.06	$130.45	0.30%
architecto25	L	RP	$34.65	$34.35	-0.87%
uncle.23	L	ONVO	$3.04	$3.00	-1.32%
kadee72	L	XOXO	$18.60	$18.25	-1.88%

[clarkrl2]

ModE93 rallies to take the lead as the race reaches halfway. The benchmark is second and Value Buy third. A little more that five percentage points separate first from last.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
Mod E	L	ZAYO	$30.78	$31.56	2.53%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$130.06	$130.50	0.34%
Value Buy	L	DYN	$9.00	$9.00	0.00%
clarkrl2	L	WTW	$12.60	$12.48	-0.95%
architecto25	L	RP	$34.65	$34.20	-1.30%
kadee72	L	XOXO	$18.60	$18.25	-1.88%
uncle.23	L	ONVO	$3.04	$2.97	-2.30%
tyfighter3	L	CLR	$46.76	$45.54	-2.61%

[clarkrl2]

ModE93 is still the leader with only one day to go. The benchmark is second and kadee72 third. About four percent separates first and last.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
Mod E	L	ZAYO	$30.78	$31.16	1.23%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$130.06	$130.01	-0.04%
kadee72	L	XOXO	$18.60	$18.44	-0.86%
tyfighter3	L	CLR	$46.76	$46.22	-1.15%
uncle.23	L	ONVO	$3.04	$2.97	-2.30%
clarkrl2	L	WTW	$12.60	$12.30	-2.38%
Value Buy	L	DYN	$9.00	$8.78	-2.44%
architecto25	L	RP	$34.65	$33.70	-2.74%

[architecto25]

Mod, .... you must feed those horses something very exotic. Again, you're #1, with only one day to go.

And you're the only one with a positive number, today.

The overall market still looks very bullish to me. According to BigCharts, and I just checked.

       NYSE today:         52 wk. highs       215

                                  52 wk. lows only 16

Added note (after a few minutes): Also the Point & Figure chart of the Dow is very bullish ... but

we all know there will be a "topping" one of these days.

stockcharts.com/freecharts/gallery.html

Now it's Friday morning .... & I still don't know why the first part of that link doesn't show on the post.

        It's http://

[Value Buy]

When oh when will I ever learn to go with my first choice?
PF was not a blow away winner this week, but at least it did fairly well.........
Instead I go with a darn utility playing it conservatively.........
With interest rates down, cheap natural gas costs for production, it still goes no where.

[clarkrl2]

ModE93 picked up the win and was the only player beating the benchmark. kadee72 was third.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
Mod E	L	ZAYO	$30.78	$31.08	0.97%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$130.06	$130.26	0.15%
kadee72	L	XOXO	$18.60	$18.57	-0.16%
uncle.23	L	ONVO	$3.04	$2.97	-2.30%
architecto25	L	RP	$34.65	$33.50	-3.32%
clarkrl2	L	WTW	$12.60	$12.11	-3.89%
tyfighter3	L	CLR	$46.76	$44.64	-4.53%
Value Buy	L	DYN	$9.00	$8.48	-5.78%

[clarkrl2]

2017 results

Name	Games	Win	Place	Show	>Bench	Return
kadee72	8	1	1	2	2	4.65
uncle.23	8	3	1	1	5	2.42
Mod E	8	3	0	1	4	1.31
BenchMark	8	0	2	3	0	1.15
clarkrl2	8	1	3	0	4	0.87
tyfighter3	6	0	0	0	1	-0.85
architecto25	8	0	1	1	2	-1.82
Value Buy	5	0	0	0	0	-3.06
D. I.	3	0	0	0	0	-5.38
djADVOCATE	1	0	0	0	0	-12.50

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	112	24	7	10	50	0.95
damnotagain	20	2	3	3	10	0.83
Mod E	163	24	25	23	90	0.64
2kids10horses	10	0	2	1	4	0.33
clarkrl2	165	19	20	24	82	0.28
BenchMark	165	3	16	26	0	0.25
Ombud	108	8	11	17	53	0.19
kadee72	157	22	26	16	75	0.10
tyfighter3	70	5	3	9	26	-0.51
Bluerobin	6	2	0	0	3	-0.66
uncle.23	165	19	29	13	65	-1.11
architecto25	163	30	11	12	67	-1.16
D. I.	102	4	11	11	51	-1.84
alliesmom	2	0	0	0	1	-6.82
djADVOCATE	1	0	0	0	0	-12.50

[ModE98]

Congratulations to kadee for hanging on to Show this week!  Too bad the mean ole' BenchMark had to stick his nose out at the wire.