Stock Pick of the Week: W. E. 17 May 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 "ModE95".



Moderators, please pin the thread.

Happy Mother's Day to all mothers. 

[uncle23]

DDD............long

[ModE98]

CRS (long).  Carpenter Technology Corporation.

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

[clarkrl2]

2019	results
Name	Return	Games	Win	Place	Show	>Bench	points	ppg
Mod E	2.28	19	5	6	1	13	41	2.16
Value Buy	1.51	19	5	2	1	10	30	1.58
BenchMark	1.13	19	2	2	2	0	12	1.13
tyfighter3	0.97	8	1	0	1	3	7	0.88
uncle.23	0.35	19	2	4	5	10	29	1.53
architecto25	-1.16	19	1	3	5	8	22	1.16
clarkrl2	-1.29	19	1	2	2	4	13	0.68
kadee74	-4.85	18	2	0	1	2	9	0.50

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	0.87	163	31	14	16	77	214	1.31
damnotagain	0.83	20	2	3	3	10	25	1.25
Mod E	0.43	277	40	46	35	141	388	1.40
kadee74	0.41	266	48	37	24	117	359	1.35
2kids10horses	0.33	10	0	2	1	4	9	0.90
clarkrl2	0.29	280	37	38	44	138	369	1.32
BenchMark	0.26	280	7	31	58	0	281	1.00
Ombud	0.19	108	8	11	17	53	116	1.07
architecto25	-0.57	278	52	30	26	122	364	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	-1.42	280	35	52	26	116	351	1.25
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

[clarkrl2]

Long ISTR (Investar Holding Corp. - Regional Bank)

From the long term hold screen. This stock has been my hottest of late.

[kadee79]

OPK, long....out on a limb again...hope it doesn't break off.

[Value Buy]

Jack in the Box
JACK, long

[architecto25]

         CHMA        (long)      Chiasma Inc.

This stock closed Friday at $6.61

Clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company.

52 wk. high/low      $7.19/$1.20

Founded in 2001; Hdq. in Waltham, MA; 18 employees

Point & Figure chart: double top breakout on 10 May 2019

[Value Buy]

LOL, wondering if I should change my pick and short just about anything connected to China trade and Tariffs this week...... 

[Value Buy]

Looks like we have a few horses that stumbled out of the gate today.
Today's goal is to beat the Benchmark 

[ModE98]

My horse got stuck in the gate......bringing up the rear.....oooooooh!

[architecto25]

You'all wait on Clark's "official" numbers; but my math has my horse

as #7 (the last place)….

Arch.

[clarkrl2]

Value Buy takes the early lead. The benchmark is second and clarkrl2 third. 

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
Value Buy	L	JACK	$77.29	$77.66	0.48%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$180.30	$178.58	-0.95%
clarkrl2	L	ISTR	$23.74	$23.50	-1.01%
uncle.23	L	DDD	$8.43	$8.26	-2.02%
Mod E	L	CRS	$48.23	$46.85	-2.86%
kadee74	L	OPK	$2.05	$1.96	-4.39%
architecto25	L	CHMA	$6.69	$6.13	-8.37%

 

[clarkrl2]

uncle23 takes over the lead as the race nears halfway. Value Buy is a close second and has a nose in front of the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
uncle.23	L	DDD	$8.43	$8.50	0.83%
Value Buy	L	JACK	$77.29	$77.40	0.14%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$180.30	$180.54	0.13%
clarkrl2	L	ISTR	$23.74	$23.70	-0.17%
kadee74	L	OPK	$2.05	$2.01	-1.95%
Mod E	L	CRS	$48.23	$47.21	-2.11%
architecto25	L	CHMA	$6.69	$6.07	-9.27%

 

[clarkrl2]

uncle23 asserts himself as the one to beat with two days to go. The benchmark is second by a nose over kadee74.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
uncle.23	L	DDD	$8.43	$8.71	3.32%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$180.30	$183.09	1.55%
kadee74	L	OPK	$2.05	$2.08	1.46%
Value Buy	L	JACK	$77.29	$77.84	0.71%
clarkrl2	L	ISTR	$23.74	$23.67	-0.29%
Mod E	L	CRS	$48.23	$48.01	-0.46%
architecto25	L	CHMA	$6.69	$6.01	-10.16%

 

[clarkrl2]

uncle23 is up by two with just one day to go. The benchmark is next and Value Buy third.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
uncle.23	L	DDD	$8.43	$8.78	4.15%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$180.30	$184.93	2.57%
Value Buy	L	JACK	$77.29	$78.84	2.01%
clarkrl2	L	ISTR	$23.74	$23.64	-0.42%
kadee74	L	OPK	$2.05	$2.03	-0.98%
Mod E	L	CRS	$48.23	$47.73	-1.04%
architecto25	L	CHMA	$6.69	$5.90	-11.81%

 

[clarkrl2]

Value Buy rallied for the win. uncle23 had a good gain for second and the benchmark was third.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
Value Buy	L	JACK	$77.29	$82.17	6.31%
uncle.23	L	DDD	$8.43	$8.77	4.03%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$180.30	$183.04	1.52%
kadee74	L	OPK	$2.05	$2.05	0.00%
clarkrl2	L	ISTR	$23.74	$23.60	-0.59%
Mod E	L	CRS	$48.23	$46.50	-3.59%
architecto25	L	CHMA	$6.69	$5.99	-10.46%

 

[clarkrl2]

2019	results
Name	Return	Games	Win	Place	Show	>Bench	points	ppg
Mod E	1.99	20	5	6	1	13	41	2.05
Value Buy	1.75	20	6	2	1	11	34	1.70
BenchMark	1.15	20	2	2	2	0	12	1.10
tyfighter3	0.97	8	1	0	1	3	7	0.88
uncle.23	0.54	20	2	5	5	11	32	1.60
clarkrl2	-1.26	20	1	2	2	4	13	0.65
architecto25	-1.62	20	1	3	5	8	22	1.10
kadee74	-4.59	19	2	0	1	2	9	0.47

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	0.91	164	32	14	16	78	218	1.33
damnotagain	0.83	20	2	3	3	10	25	1.25
Mod E	0.41	278	40	46	35	141	388	1.40
kadee74	0.41	267	48	37	24	117	359	1.34
2kids10horses	0.33	10	0	2	1	4	9	0.90
clarkrl2	0.29	281	37	38	44	138	369	1.31
BenchMark	0.26	281	7	31	58	0	281.5	1.00
Ombud	0.19	108	8	11	17	53	116	1.07
tyfighter3	-0.60	108	11	4	17	40	98	0.91
architecto25	-0.61	279	52	30	26	122	364	1.30
Bluerobin	-0.66	6	2	0	0	3	9	1.50
uncle.23	-1.40	281	35	53	26	117	354	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 Value Buy and uncle for the Win & Place this week!

That bad old BenchMark gave poor kadee the gears, blocking her out of Show.

[kadee79]

Congrats to VB & Uncle.  Mod, that was weird, mine coming out 0 for the week...was down most of the week & today was like a see/saw!