Stock Pick of the Week: W. E. 29 Dec. 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 "clarkrl2".

Moderators please pin the thread.

Have a merry Christmas!!!

[uncle23]

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NXTD.....long

Christmas  !Merry !!

[ModE98]

PTI (long)
www.finviz.com/quote.ashx?t=PTI

[clarkrl2]

Long ADS (Alliance Data Systems Corp. - Business Services)

From the earnings beat MRQ with recent upward estimate revisions screen. The weekly chart still looks OK. stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=ADS&p=W&b=5&g=0&id=p48148832476

[kadee79]

MERRY CHRISTMAS guys!  Hope everyone has a good one!



Back later with a pick.

[ModE98]

M<rry Christmas to kadee, and all the boys!  Ho, Ho, Ho!

[kadee79]

Going out on a limb....


OPK, long

[ModE98]

kadee, be careful, that limb appears to be very thin.  "When the bough breaks, down comes OPK and all".  Do not climb out too far!

GOOD LUCK !!!!!!  (if you're right, we both win.)  Keeping my fingers crossed.

[tyfighter3]

OAS lomg

[architecto25]

            BOMN     (long)      Boston Omaha Corp.

This stock closed Friday at $28.33 per share.

Real Estate and Business Consulting services.

52 wk. high/low            $28.75/ $12.1498

36 employees

[Value Buy]

CHK
Chesapeake Energy.
Cold weather across the country this week should push natural gas futures up, and I am hoping it pulls this stock upward this week.
Since we are awash in NG in the states, it may not happen......but history says the traders will go long.

[kadee79]

Dec 25, 2017 11:21:22 GMT -5 ModE98 said:

kadee, be careful, that limb appears to be very thin.  "When the bough breaks, down comes OPK and all".  Do not climb out too far!

GOOD LUCK !!!!!!  (if you're right, we both win.)  Keeping my fingers crossed.

I've got my fingers crossed too.  If it tanks, I'll buy more, if it goes up enough I'll sell what I have and then buy again when it goes back down.

[clarkrl2]

ModE94 gets the hole shot in this week's contest. tyfighter3 has a good start in second and Value Buy is a contender in third. architecto25 and clarkrl2 are also beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
Mod E	L	PTI	$5.69	$6.06	6.50%
tyfighter3	L	OAS	$8.11	$8.38	3.33%
Value Buy	L	CHK	$3.89	$4.00	2.83%
architecto25	L	BOMN	$30.56	$30.73	0.56%
clarkrl2	L	ADS	$250.50	$250.64	0.06%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$156.53	$156.52	-0.01%
kadee72	L	OPK	$4.94	$4.92	-0.40%
uncle.23	L	NXTD	$5.49	$4.75	-13.48%

[Value Buy]

architecto25 had a really bad opening today.
He should be up about 8% if it had not gapped up about $2 on the open.

[Value Buy]

I am wondering if LFIN might have been the correct choice this week based on a short trading week.

[clarkrl2]

architecto25 rallied to a big lead at the halfway point. ModE94 is second and tyfighter3 third. Those are the only players beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
architecto25	L	BOMN	$30.56	$33.75	10.44%
Mod E	L	PTI	$5.69	$5.88	3.34%
tyfighter3	L	OAS	$8.11	$8.32	2.59%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$156.53	$156.54	0.01%
clarkrl2	L	ADS	$250.50	$250.42	-0.03%
Value Buy	L	CHK	$3.89	$3.88	-0.26%
kadee72	L	OPK	$4.94	$4.92	-0.40%
uncle.23	L	NXTD	$5.49	$3.86	-29.69%

[clarkrl2]

architecto25 has the lead with one day to go in the weekly contest and the year. ModE94 is second and Value Buy has the edge over tyfighter3 for third. clarkrl2 and kadee72 are also beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
architecto25	L	BOMN	$30.56	$33.50	9.62%
Mod E	L	PTI	$5.69	$5.99	5.27%
Value Buy	L	CHK	$3.89	$4.04	3.86%
tyfighter3	L	OAS	$8.11	$8.36	3.08%
clarkrl2	L	ADS	$250.50	$251.35	0.34%
kadee72	L	OPK	$4.94	$4.95	0.20%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$156.53	$156.73	0.13%
uncle.23	L	NXTD	$5.49	$3.43	-37.52%

[clarkrl2]

architecto25 glides home to win this week's blue ribbon. tyfighter3 rallied to second and ModE94 is third. Value Buy and clarkrl2 also beat the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
architecto25	L	BOMN	$30.56	$32.39	5.99%
tyfighter3	L	OAS	$8.11	$8.41	3.70%
Mod E	L	PTI	$5.69	$5.83	2.46%
Value Buy	L	CHK	$3.89	$3.96	1.80%
clarkrl2	L	ADS	$250.50	$253.48	1.19%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$156.53	$155.76	-0.49%
kadee72	L	OPK	$4.94	$4.90	-0.81%
uncle.23	L	NXTD	$5.49	$3.50	-36.25%

[clarkrl2]

architecto25 is the top performer for 2017

2017 results

Name	Games	Win	Place	Show	>Bench	Return
architecto25	52	12	7	4	25	2.19
clarkrl2	52	10	8	7	28	1.23
kadee72	49	11	7	5	21	1.13
Mod E	52	9	7	7	22	0.46
BenchMark	52	0	6	14	0	0.45
Value Buy	34	2	5	5	17	-0.19
uncle.23	52	7	11	7	25	-0.57
tyfighter3	17	1	1	2	5	-1.27
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
damnotagain	20	2	3	3	10	0.83
Value Buy	141	26	12	15	67	0.82
Mod E	207	30	32	29	108	0.57
clarkrl2	209	28	25	31	106	0.50
2kids10horses	10	0	2	1	4	0.33
BenchMark	209	3	20	37	0	0.27
Ombud	108	8	11	17	53	0.19
kadee72	198	32	32	19	94	0.17
architecto25	207	42	17	15	90	-0.29
tyfighter3	81	6	4	11	30	-0.65
Bluerobin	6	2	0	0	3	-0.66
uncle.23	209	23	39	19	85	-1.11
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]

CONGRATS to architecto, tyfighter for this week's Win and Place.
And VB, clarkrl for beating BenchMark.