Stock Pick of the Week: W. E. 3 Mar. 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".  Back to Back!!



Moderators please pin the thread.

[uncle23]

ONVO...long

[ModE98]

Going with RiCE (long).
www.finviz.com/quote.ashx?t=RICE

Hoping for a "bounce" off the downtrend this week.  (Fingers crossed!)

[clarkrl2]

Long WTW (Weight Watchers International - Personal Services)

From the earnings beat MRQ with recent upward estimate revisions screen. I think they are supposed to report earnings this week. An important number will be how many new subscribers they are getting. stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=WTW&p=W&b=5&g=0&id=p96044231666

[kadee79]

STML, long


Stemline Therapeutics Inc is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company. The Company is engaged in discovering, acquiring, developing and commercializing proprietary therapeutics that target both cancer stem cells, or CSCs, and tumor bulk.


I have no idea and haven't had time to watch anything the last couple of weeks.  Hope everyone is doing well!

[architecto25]

           VSAR       (long)       Versartis, Inc.

well, I walked my horse here to fill one more gate .....

This stock closed Friday at $22.30

52 wk. high/low            $22.50/$6.275

Headquarters:   Redwood City, CA

Founded 10 Dec. 2008

44 employees

[Value Buy]

I have been on a huge losing streak recently. Will try to break that streak this week......
CTIC,

CTi Biopharma Corp.

Let's go long this week.
With President Trumps speech to the joint session of Congress this week, the markets may be a bit messy this week.
I do not know which Donald will show up......

[clarkrl2]

uncle23 gets the hole shot this week. clarkrl2 is second and Value Buy has the edge by a half length over architecto25 for third. Five of six are beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
uncle.23	L	ONVO	$2.97	$3.20	7.74%
clarkrl2	L	WTW	$12.55	$13.09	4.30%
Value Buy	L	CTIC	$4.28	$4.44	3.74%
architecto25	L	VSAR	$22.30	$23.05	3.36%
kadee72	L	STML	$7.00	$7.05	0.71%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$130.02	$130.42	0.31%
Mod E	L	RICE	$18.62	$18.60	-0.11%

[clarkrl2]

clarkrl2 reaches double digits and takes over the lead on day two. uncle23 is second and ModE93 has a nose in front of kadee72 and the benchmark for third.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
clarkrl2	L	WTW	$12.55	$14.39	14.66%
uncle.23	L	ONVO	$2.97	$3.12	5.05%
Mod E	L	RICE	$18.62	$18.65	0.16%
kadee72	L	STML	$7.00	$7.00	0.00%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$130.02	$130.02	0.00%
Value Buy	L	CTIC	$4.28	$4.21	-1.64%
architecto25	L	VSAR	$22.30	$21.85	-2.02%

[uncle23]

....

clark is taking off for Mars and beyond..!!!

[clarkrl2]

clarkrl2 turned on the afterburners and extended his lead as the race moves past halfway. kadee72 also has a double digit gain and uncle23 is third by a half length over ModE93. Five of six are beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
clarkrl2	L	WTW	$12.55	$18.35	46.22%
kadee72	L	STML	$7.00	$8.00	14.29%
uncle.23	L	ONVO	$2.97	$3.17	6.73%
Mod E	L	RICE	$18.62	$19.80	6.34%
Value Buy	L	CTIC	$4.28	$4.33	1.17%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$130.02	$131.44	1.09%
architecto25	L	VSAR	$22.30	$21.85	-2.02%

[kadee79]

What did you feed your horse Clark? It must have had super powers!  

[clarkrl2]

kadee, it does have Oprah's backing as a customer and spokesperson and she is on the board. Never underestimate the power of Oprah.

[clarkrl2]

clarkrl2 carries a big lead going into the final day. kadee72 also has a double digit gain in second and Value Buy leads ModE93 in a hotly contest battle for third. Five of six are beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
clarkrl2	L	WTW	$12.55	$17.89	42.55%
kadee72	L	STML	$7.00	$8.25	17.86%
Value Buy	L	CTIC	$4.28	$4.49	4.91%
Mod E	L	RICE	$18.62	$19.52	4.83%
uncle.23	L	ONVO	$2.97	$2.99	0.67%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$130.02	$130.78	0.58%
architecto25	L	VSAR	$22.30	$21.15	-5.16%

[clarkrl2]

clarkrl2 romps home with this week's trophy. kadee72 also had a big gain to finish second and ModE93 finished a strong third. Five of six beat the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
clarkrl2	L	WTW	$12.55	$17.79	41.75%
kadee72	L	STML	$7.00	$8.80	25.71%
Mod E	L	RICE	$18.62	$19.98	7.30%
Value Buy	L	CTIC	$4.28	$4.45	3.97%
uncle.23	L	ONVO	$2.97	$3.01	1.35%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$130.02	$131.02	0.77%
architecto25	L	VSAR	$22.30	$21.30	-4.48%

[clarkrl2]

2017 results

Name	Games	Win	Place	Show	>Bench	Return
kadee72	9	1	2	2	3	6.99
clarkrl2	9	2	3	0	5	5.41
uncle.23	9	3	1	1	6	2.30
Mod E	9	3	0	2	5	1.98
BenchMark	9	0	2	3	0	1.11
tyfighter3	6	0	0	0	1	-0.85
Value Buy	6	0	0	0	1	-1.89
architecto25	9	0	1	1	2	-2.11
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	113	24	7	10	51	0.98
damnotagain	20	2	3	3	10	0.83
Mod E	164	24	25	24	91	0.68
clarkrl2	166	20	20	24	83	0.53
2kids10horses	10	0	2	1	4	0.33
kadee72	158	22	27	16	76	0.26
BenchMark	166	3	16	26	0	0.25
Ombud	108	8	11	17	53	0.19
tyfighter3	70	5	3	9	26	-0.51
Bluerobin	6	2	0	0	3	-0.66
uncle.23	166	19	29	13	66	-1.10
architecto25	164	30	11	12	67	-1.18
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

[kadee79]

Congrats to Clark & Mod! What a week it was!

[ModE98]

Congrats to clarkrl for the big Win and kadee for a strong Show this week.