Stock Pick of the Week: W. E. 29 Mar. 2019

[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 "uncle23".


Moderators please pin the thread.

[uncle23]

SRNE ..... long

[ModE98]

PVTL (Long)  Pivotal Software.   (Probably should short based on market, the chart is not clear, so trying to stay positive).

[clarkrl2]

Long VLO (Valero Energy Corp. - Refining)

From my favorite value screen. The chart still looks OK. schrts.co/nEVDucnM 

[architecto25]

       PTGX    (long)      Protagonist Therapeutics Inc.

This stock closed Friday at $13.74 per share.

Clinical stage biopharmaceutical company.

Founded: 22 Aug. 2006; Hdq. in Newark, CA.

64 employees; 2018 sales growth 54.1%

[Value Buy]

Another week with no actual pick.
Too busy with the NCAA BB Tournament and catching up this morning on the politics page and realized the market is ready to open....
RH, formerly Restoration Hardware, now simply RH
Earnings expectations are high this week. Not sure if they will hit their number. If they do not, big drop, if they do, big pop.
Will go long on RH,
 

[kadee79]

Dang, I thought I'd made a pick...sorry!  Was going to pic MDT...the company that makes the implant I have monitoring my heart.

[uncle23]

i vote to give kadee a break.... im sure we all agree...Clark please ?

[clarkrl2]

Value Buy jumps out to the early lead in this week's edition of Pick of the Week. clarkrl2 is second and ModE95 third.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
Value Buy	L	RH	$130.53	$133.69	2.42%
clarkrl2	L	VLO	$84.50	$85.48	1.16%
Mod E	L	PVTL	$20.28	$20.45	0.84%
kadee74	L	MDT	$90.38	$90.62	0.27%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$177.92	$178.22	0.17%
uncle.23	L	SRNE	$5.37	$5.37	0.00%
architecto25	L	PTGX	$13.72	$13.21	-3.72%

 

[architecto25]

I'm late joining this board tonight; …. OOPS, I'm in last place.

But the week has 4 more days, huh …. LOL

And I thoroughly agree with Uncle's vote to let Kadee break into

the race. And Clark's decision to put her name into the race results.

Kadee, I think you're officially in... Good numbers for you.

Arch.

[kadee79]

Thank you guys.  I was not expecting that....ya'al are sweet.  


We have had problems with the base unit of my monitor...the part that collects signals from my implant & then sends them to the collection point for the Dr.s & nurses to access.  FINALLY got it working late Sat. after having sent 3 different "boosters" & those not fixing the problem, they finally sent a new base & after moving it umpteen times, it finally got a cell signal and worked.
This is really stupid cause we can see a cell tower from our house and there is another one about 6 mi. from us in another direction & there should be no problem getting a cell signal. 

[clarkrl2]

clarkrl2 grabs the lead on day two. ModE95 is pressing the pace in second and kadee74 third.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
clarkrl2	L	VLO	$84.50	$87.00	2.96%
Mod E	L	PVTL	$20.28	$20.75	2.32%
kadee74	L	MDT	$90.38	$91.07	0.76%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$177.92	$179.05	0.64%
architecto25	L	PTGX	$13.72	$13.77	0.36%
Value Buy	L	RH	$130.53	$130.55	0.02%
uncle.23	L	SRNE	$5.37	$5.14	-4.28%

 

[clarkrl2]

clarkrl2 leads with two days to go. ModE95 is second and the benchmark third. There was a lot of carnage today.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
clarkrl2	L	VLO	$84.50	$86.02	1.80%
Mod E	L	PVTL	$20.28	$20.28	0.00%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$177.92	$177.90	-0.01%
kadee74	L	MDT	$90.38	$90.26	-0.13%
Value Buy	L	RH	$130.53	$129.40	-0.87%
architecto25	L	PTGX	$13.72	$13.28	-3.21%
uncle.23	L	SRNE	$5.37	$4.71	-12.29%

 

[clarkrl2]

ModE95 takes over the race lead with one day to go. Value Buy is second and clarkrl2 third.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
Mod E	L	PVTL	$20.28	$20.71	2.12%
Value Buy	L	RH	$130.53	$131.93	1.07%
clarkrl2	L	VLO	$84.50	$84.83	0.39%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$177.92	$178.31	0.22%
kadee74	L	MDT	$90.38	$89.96	-0.46%
architecto25	L	PTGX	$13.72	$12.32	-10.20%
uncle.23	L	SRNE	$5.37	$4.78	-10.99%

[Value Buy]

Cough cough cough
Someone throw me a life preserver!

[ModE98]

VB, you have my sympathy....WOW, what a drop today!  RH took it HARD on the chin, kapow! 

[clarkrl2]

ModE95 coasts home with this week's championship. The benchmark is second and kadee74 third. 

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
Mod E	L	PVTL	$20.28	$20.85	2.81%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$177.92	$179.66	0.98%
kadee74	L	MDT	$90.38	$91.08	0.77%
clarkrl2	L	VLO	$84.50	$84.83	0.39%
architecto25	L	PTGX	$13.72	$12.57	-8.38%
uncle.23	L	SRNE	$5.37	$4.75	-11.55%
Value Buy	L	RH	$130.53	$102.95	-21.13%

 

[clarkrl2]

2019	results
Name	Return	Games	Win	Place	Show	>Bench	points	ppg
Value Buy	3.63	13	4	2	1	8	25	1.92
Mod E	3.58	13	3	6	0	9	30	2.31
BenchMark	1.30	13	1	1	2	0	7	1.04
tyfighter3	0.97	8	1	0	1	3	7	0.88
uncle.23	0.96	13	2	2	5	8	23	1.77
clarkrl2	-1.71	13	1	0	1	2	6	0.46
architecto25	-2.00	13	1	2	1	5	13	1.00
kadee74	-6.03	12	0	0	1	0	1	0.08

Lifetime	results
Name	Return	Games	Win	Place	Show	>Bench	points	ppg
bimetalaupt	2.78	4	1	0	0	1	4	1.00
m2w	1.15	8	2	1	0	3	11	1.38
Value Buy	1.02	157	30	14	16	75	209	1.33
damnotagain	0.83	20	2	3	3	10	25	1.25
kadee74	0.48	260	46	37	24	115	351	1.35
Mod E	0.45	271	38	46	34	137	377	1.39
2kids10horses	0.33	10	0	2	1	4	9	0.90
clarkrl2	0.31	274	37	36	43	136	362	1.32
BenchMark	0.25	274	6	30	58	0	273	1.00
Ombud	0.19	108	8	11	17	53	116	1.07
architecto25	-0.60	272	52	29	22	119	355	1.31
tyfighter3	-0.60	108	11	4	17	40	98	0.91
Bluerobin	-0.66	6	2	0	0	3	9	1.50
uncle.23	-1.43	274	35	50	26	114	345	1.26
D. I.	-1.84	102	4	11	11	51	96	0.94
alliesmom	-6.82	2	0	0	0	1	1	0.50
djADVOCATE	-12.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00

[ModE98]

CONGRATS to Kadee for her Show finish this week.

[kadee79]

Thank you Mod & congrats to you on the win.  


What happened to VB...that was like the bottom fell out of that one.

[Value Buy]

Mar 29, 2019 22:23:16 GMT -5 kadee79 said:

Thank you Mod & congrats to you on the win.  


What happened to VB...that was like the bottom fell out of that one.

I guess hubris kicked me you know where Friday!
I said the stock might pop up or down, but did not expect more than a 7 to10 percent move either way.
Fifteen minutes after the market close on Thusday I noticed after market prices were showing over an $8 pop on the stock. I was ready to pop the champagne!
Then it was a six dollar gain, a fifty cent gain, then ten dollars south, than $15 down, then around $19 down.
They actually beat their profit per share expectations number fairly easily, but said really bad forward projections ahead for them.
I am thinking with lower interest rates also announced this week those expectations will be beat handily, but for this week, I stunk up the contest.....
And congratulations to Mod and you!