Stock Pick of the Week: W. E. 6 Apr. 2018

[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 "kadee73". Back to Back!!

Moderators please pin the thread.

Have a happy Easter!

[ModE98]

Will try ATHN (long) this week. 
www.finviz.com/quote.ashx?t=ATHN

[uncle23]

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SRNE.....LONG

[clarkrl2]

Long CNC (Centene Corp. - Healthcare)

From the earnings beat MRQ with recent upward estimate revisions screen. I bought some shares a while back. schrts.co/SaVSWc

[kadee79]

MTBC, long....I have no idea, I haven't looked at anything...cooking Easter dinner now

HAPPY EASTER TO ALL!!! 

[architecto25]

         VICR       (long)        Vicor Corp.

This stock closed Thursday at $28.55 per share.

Molecular Power components. Founded 1981.

Hdq. Andover, MA.;      980 employees.

52 wk. high/low           $29.00/ $15.50

[ModE98]

ATHN...should have gone short again!

KABOOM!!!!!!!!!! What a day!!  Good luck to all in avoiding a crash on this dingbat start for April.  Good Grief, Charley Brown!
Addendum:  Sure glad we received a bit of relief in last hour....Whew!

[clarkrl2]

architecto25 takes the early lead on a difficult day. clarkrl2 is second and kadee73 third. Those are the only players beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
architecto25	L	VICR	$28.55	$28.60	0.18%
clarkrl2	L	CNC	$107.47	$106.25	-1.14%
kadee73	L	MTBC	$3.35	$3.30	-1.49%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$159.00	$155.51	-2.19%
Mod E	L	ATHN	$142.45	$137.62	-3.39%
uncle.23	L	SRNE	$5.10	$4.75	-6.86%

[clarkrl2]

kadee73 is back to the number one spot again this week. uncle23 rallied to second and those are the only players beating the benchmark after two days.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
kadee73	L	MTBC	$3.35	$3.39	1.19%
uncle.23	L	SRNE	$5.10	$5.10	0.00%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$159.00	$157.26	-1.09%
clarkrl2	L	CNC	$107.47	$106.21	-1.17%
architecto25	L	VICR	$28.55	$28.00	-1.93%
Mod E	L	ATHN	$142.45	$137.89	-3.20%

[ModE98]

What a surprise...+2.69% today (ATHN).  Must have been some good news reported (or?).  Up, that is nice for a change.  I hope everyone had a nice day too.  With Trump and a possible full scale trade war starting, things could be bad for some companies.

[clarkrl2]

uncle23 continues his rally into first place. kadee73 is second and architecto25 third. Those are the only players beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
uncle.23	L	SRNE	$5.10	$5.50	7.84%
kadee73	L	MTBC	$3.35	$3.43	2.39%
architecto25	L	VICR	$28.55	$29.00	1.58%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$159.00	$159.74	0.47%
Mod E	L	ATHN	$142.45	$141.60	-0.60%
clarkrl2	L	CNC	$107.47	$106.41	-0.99%

[kadee79]

You have had quite a jump so far this week Uncle!  Way to go!!!

[clarkrl2]

uncle23 leads by three going into the final day. kadee73 is next and clarkrl2 has his nose in front of ModE94 for third.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
uncle.23	L	SRNE	$5.10	$5.40	5.88%
kadee73	L	MTBC	$3.35	$3.45	2.99%
clarkrl2	L	CNC	$107.47	$108.95	1.38%
Mod E	L	ATHN	$142.45	$144.39	1.36%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$159.00	$160.65	1.04%
architecto25	L	VICR	$28.55	$28.25	-1.05%

[architecto25]

For you young traders that might be concerned about today's big drop on the Dow:

I just looked up "historical quotes" for a day I remember. It was much worse.

Friday, 16 Oct. 1987, Dow closed at 2,246.74

Monday, 19 Oct. 1987, Dow closed at 1,738.41 [down 508.33] down 22.625%

Source of these numbers: BigCharts, Historical quotes button.

                Addendum typed at 3:50pm CST:

                Now compare that % to today's %

                Today's Dow closed at 23,932.76 down 572.46 [ down 2.34% ]

[clarkrl2]

uncle23 finishes this week with a double digit gain and captures the victory. kadee73 had a solid gain in second. clarkrl2 is third and the only other player beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
uncle.23	L	SRNE	$5.10	$5.70	11.76%
kadee73	L	MTBC	$3.35	$3.44	2.69%
clarkrl2	L	CNC	$107.47	$107.03	-0.41%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$159.00	$156.63	-1.49%
Mod E	L	ATHN	$142.45	$138.78	-2.58%
architecto25	L	VICR	$28.55	$27.80	-2.63%

[clarkrl2]

2018 results    

Name	Games	Win	Place	Show	>Bench	Return
architecto25	14	4	5	1	8	2.70
tyfighter3	5	1	0	0	1	0.95
BenchMark	14	0	2	7	0	0.02
clarkrl2	14	1	4	2	7	-0.03
Value Buy	3	0	0	0	0	-0.58
kadee72	14	4	1	0	5	-1.31
Mod E	14	0	0	3	3	-2.19
uncle.23	14	4	2	1	7	-4.06

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	144	26	12	15	67	0.79
clarkrl2	223	29	29	33	113	0.46
Mod E	221	30	32	32	111	0.39
2kids10horses	10	0	2	1	4	0.33
BenchMark	223	3	22	44	0	0.25
Ombud	108	8	11	17	53	0.19
kadee72	212	36	33	19	99	0.08
architecto25	221	46	22	16	98	-0.10
tyfighter3	86	7	4	11	31	-0.55
Bluerobin	6	2	0	0	3	-0.66
uncle.23	223	27	41	20	92	-1.30
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 Uncle & Clark!  And what will next week bring

[ModE98]

CONGRATS to  uncle, kadee, and Clark for this weeks Win, Place and Show!