Stock Pick of the Week: W. E. 23 Jun 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 "kadee72".  Back to Back!!

Moderators please pin the thread.

Happy Father's Day!

[clarkrl2]

Long TECD (Tech Data Corp. - Electronics)

From the earnings beat MRQ with recent upward estimate revisions screen. The chart shows signs of weakness but I like the fundamentals.

stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=TECD&p=W&b=5&g=0&id=p91141337618

[kadee79]

CLNE, long....Clean Energy Fuels.


HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO ALL THE DADS HERE!  Hope you get to do something fun & special.

[uncle23]

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MU ....again

[ModE98]

No time to research this weekend, so will take a wild shot in the dark and hope OPK will get lucky for the week.  Probably end up near the basement, in not worse.   Oh well, one never knows.  So. OPK ([ong).

[architecto25]

     NVTR     (long)    Nuvectra Corp.

This stock closed Fri. at $12.81 per share.

52 wk. high/low             $13.27/$4.63

Founded 14 Nov. 2008

Hdq. in Plano, Texas

181 employees

Treatment of various disorders associated with

nervous systems.

[architecto25]

Clark,.... just a thought. The starting gates that we're not using this week, why don't we

let Kadee do her gardening. ........

Arch.

      11:25am (Mon.) Tex.time.

      Clark, ref. your post (just below here ) ... my comment was strictly a

      "tongue in cheek" ... wise a__ comment.

      I would enjoy this contest (the way you manage it ), if there were only

      2 of us.

      I keep a dry marker board with some numbers.  For instance, last week,

      Uncle was #1 on Wed., but finished the wk. as #5. (Fri.#) 

      However, my "golf score" line,.... Unc.  has the best score (even on Friday).

      His score:  (2,2,1,2,5)  = a very low score of 12 ..... for the week.

      We all know some very good stock tips are the result of this board.

    

      Thank you, sir.

      And I'm going to a Louisiana casino one day next week......And that's

      where luck HELPS ..... I play dice mostly..... LOL  I've been to Las Vegas

      dozens of trips....we designed a high school there once..... old news, huh.

      Arch. 

[clarkrl2]

architecto25, we've run the contest on several occasions with only five. We've never had fewer than five at this point. I'd rather run the contest every week regardless of the number of participants as long as there is interest in the community to continue. However, if we come to some consensus of what should constitute a minimum number then I will add the to the rules for future weeks.

[clarkrl2]

architecto25 is out of the gate first in this week's contest. uncle23 is second and clarkrl2 third. Those are the only players beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
architecto25	L	NVTR	$12.88	$13.43	4.27%
uncle.23	L	MU	$30.53	$31.20	2.19%
clarkrl2	L	TECD	$96.87	$98.43	1.61%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$139.49	$140.46	0.70%
Mod E	L	OPK	$6.58	$6.59	0.15%
kadee72	L	CLNE	$2.53	$2.53	0.00%

[clarkrl2]

I appreciate the plaudits contestants give me for running the contest and plan on continuing for the foreseeable future. It's not really a very time consuming process on most days.

[ModE98]

Clarkrl, it certainly is nice of you to take whatever time is required to run the contest.  It provides a little fun each week and a challenge to try and pick a possible winner (long or short, as it may be).  You deserve the plaudits for your time devoted to it.  Thanks for your efforts each week.

[clarkrl2]

architecto25 continues to lead as the race nears halfway. clarkrl2 is second and ModE94 is third. uncle23 is the only other player beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
architecto25	L	NVTR	$12.88	$13.85	7.53%
clarkrl2	L	TECD	$96.87	$98.81	2.00%
Mod E	L	OPK	$6.58	$6.70	1.82%
uncle.23	L	MU	$30.53	$30.83	0.98%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$139.49	$139.36	-0.09%
kadee72	L	CLNE	$2.53	$2.48	-1.98%

[kadee79]

I should have stayed with Revlon!

[ModE98]

What's going on with OPK?  No news.  Somebody must know some favorable news may soon develop.  Had no idea on the move.  Just a very lucky pick (so far this week).  A long shot at best at the track   Since it's a long term position in my port, feel good.

[clarkrl2]

ModE94 takes the lead by a half length. architecto25 is second and uncle23 third. clarkrl2 is the only other player beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
Mod E	L	OPK	$6.58	$7.08	7.60%
architecto25	L	NVTR	$12.88	$13.81	7.22%
uncle.23	L	MU	$30.53	$32.01	4.85%
clarkrl2	L	TECD	$96.87	$99.54	2.76%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$139.49	$140.74	0.90%
kadee72	L	CLNE	$2.53	$2.44	-3.56%

[architecto25]

Mod, just flipping thru charts this morning ... OPK got my attention. Thinking about emailing you next few days to

uncover more why it interests you. Remember I'm a chartist. On my "Soft4" chart, the 4 wk. moving average line

is turning north. I know it's in Miami, but as to the medical talk, I know nothing about that. Curious about such

things as  .... How long you've been watching it, etc.. And how would you grade the future rise:  A, B, C., etc.

or another system:  1 thru 10 ?   This morning, I even thought about pushing the "Buy" button for very few

shares ....... but perhaps sometimes in the near future.

Arch.

[ModE98]

Architecto, I have followed OPK about 3 years, traded it several times in 15/16 for some decent profits.  But this year the stock "fell out of bed" the last few days before start of the new year.  Believe OPK has a lot of LONG TERM potential.  I do not know anything about why the stock moved in the last few days (but guessing something is "cooking" on the backburner.  Expect it may be some development that may be announced in the next few weeks (maybe).  It's a gamble.  I have accumulated a decent position in my port since January, avg 7.98.  We shall see if I rolled "snake eyes" or not by the end of this yeer.   Just remember, I am a gambler when it comes down to stocks.  Win or lose $150 per penny rise or fall.

www.finviz.com/quote.ashx?t=OPK

www.opko.com/

[architecto25]

Mod, not too long after I typed post #15 to you, I looked thru some material. It appears to me that the short interest is

a little high ... & the shareholders mtg. was last week ( 15th, as I recall ).... could this rally be some short covering.

.... maybe a coin flip or a dart board will give us the answer .... LOL

For many years, my favorite indicator is my "SOFT4" graph. Strength of Trend/ 4 wk. mov. avg. line .... the angle of it.

That's a weekly graph; not a daily graph. But I still use hourly/daily graphs ..... whatever works....

Cheers.  Arch. 

[ModE98]

Architecto......OPK not too good this morning.   Meager news, not strong enough to hold.  This will take time, but that is all I have is time these days, however long it may turn out to be.  Any bit of some bad news and the shorts win.

EDIT:  Wham, slam.........probably last after today........good "haircut" going on.........Whooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
          It was nice few days, then...KABOOM!!!!!!

[clarkrl2]

architecto25 retakes the lead with one day to go. uncle23 is a head back and clarkrl2 makes it three wide at the top of the stretch. ModE93 is also beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
architecto25	L	NVTR	$12.88	$13.48	4.66%
uncle.23	L	MU	$30.53	$31.89	4.45%
clarkrl2	L	TECD	$96.87	$101.00	4.26%
Mod E	L	OPK	$6.58	$6.69	1.67%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$139.49	$140.70	0.87%
kadee72	L	CLNE	$2.53	$2.40	-5.14%

[kadee79]

Mod, at least you are still beating the BenchMark. And I'm going to hold down the bottom all week it looks like! Bad choice for me this week. I thought they would go a bit higher since they had gotten some contracts recently.

[ModE98]

Thought I'd "bought the farm" with big drop, but guess it wasn't as bad as it could have been. (Whew!).  Maybe a bit of a comeback today   Good luck to you, kadee.

[architecto25]

It's Friday ..... & I think these horses don't even use a calendar when they show off their skills..... LOL

[clarkrl2]

clarkrl2 takes over the lead on the final day. ModE94 rallied for second and uncle23 was the only other player beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
clarkrl2	L	TECD	$96.87	$103.68	7.03%
Mod E	L	OPK	$6.58	$6.99	6.23%
uncle.23	L	MU	$30.53	$31.73	3.93%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$139.49	$141.24	1.25%
architecto25	L	NVTR	$12.88	$12.87	-0.08%
kadee72	L	CLNE	$2.53	$2.49	-1.58%

[clarkrl2]

2017 results

Name	Games	Win	Place	Show	>Bench	Return
kadee72	24	7	3	3	11	4.29
clarkrl2	25	6	6	1	13	1.73
Mod E	25	4	4	4	11	1.10
BenchMark	25	0	3	8	0	0.66
Value Buy	16	2	2	2	8	0.43
uncle.23	25	4	4	3	12	-0.08
architecto25	25	2	3	4	10	-2.18
tyfighter3	10	0	0	0	1	-2.48
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	123	26	9	12	58	1.04
damnotagain	20	2	3	3	10	0.83
Mod E	180	25	29	26	97	0.67
kadee72	173	28	28	17	84	0.47
clarkrl2	182	24	23	25	91	0.46
2kids10horses	10	0	2	1	4	0.33
BenchMark	182	3	17	31	0	0.27
Ombud	108	8	11	17	53	0.19
Bluerobin	6	2	0	0	3	-0.66
tyfighter3	74	5	3	9	26	-0.75
uncle.23	182	20	32	15	72	-1.13
architecto25	180	32	13	15	75	-1.27
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]

OMG, what a wild ride down and up Thursday & Friday!  CONGRATULATIONS to clarkrl for the Win and uncle for Show this week and beating BenchMark.

[kadee79]

Congrats to Clark, Mod & Uncle.

Sorry I'm so late here, but couldn't get anything to post earlier today.