Stock Pick of the Week: W. E. 31 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 "uncle23".



Moderators, please pin the thread.

Have a great Memorial Day! Thanks to all who have served!!!  

[uncle23]

VFF.....long

[ModE98]

WMT (long)

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

[clarkrl2]

Long ISTR (Investar Holding Corp. - Regional Bank)
From the long term screen. The chart still looks OK.     schrts.co/iNsgIgpp
    

[kadee79]

INFY, long....

Infosys Limited is engaged in consulting, technology, outsourcing and next-generation services. The Company, along with its subsidiaries, provides business information technology services comprising application development and maintenance, independent validation, infrastructure management, engineering services comprising product engineering and life cycle solutions and business process management; consulting and systems integration services comprising consulting, enterprise solutions, systems integration and advanced technologies; products, business platforms and solutions to accelerate intellectual property-led innovation, including Finacle, its banking solution, and offerings in the areas of Analytics, Cloud and Digital Transformation. Its segments are Financial Services and Insurance (FSI), Manufacturing and Hi-tech (MFG & Hi-TECH), Energy & utilities, Communication and Services (ECS), Retail, Consumer packaged goods and Logistics (RCL), and Life Sciences and Healthcare (LSH).

[architecto25]

         KTOS     (long)      Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.

This stock closed Friday at $21.86 per share.

Founded: 19 Dec. 1994

Hdq. in San Diego, CA; 2,600 employees

      Note: since I've been at the bottom the last 2 weeks; perhaps I should give

      up this "horse racing fun stuff" and get back to my jet flying (just a few

      decades ago....  LOL)

[Value Buy]

Splunk, SPLK, Long.
They reported Friday and dropped, and I think they will rebound this week.

[clarkrl2]

Value Buy is the early leader in this holiday shortened week. clarkrl2 is next and ModE95 is the only other player beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
Value Buy	L	SPLK	$120.09	$122.19	1.75%
clarkrl2	L	ISTR	$24.04	$24.12	0.33%
Mod E	L	WMT	$102.56	$102.42	-0.14%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$178.67	$177.49	-0.66%
uncle.23	L	VFF	$13.27	$13.18	-0.68%
architecto25	L	KTOS	$22.35	$22.18	-0.76%
kadee74	L	INFY	$10.40	$10.30	-0.96%

 

[clarkrl2]

ModE95 takes over the lead on day two. architecto25 is second and Value Buy third. kadee74 is also beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
Mod E	L	WMT	$102.56	$102.12	-0.43%
architecto25	L	KTOS	$22.35	$22.13	-0.98%
Value Buy	L	SPLK	$120.09	$118.77	-1.10%
kadee74	L	INFY	$10.40	$10.27	-1.25%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$178.67	$176.03	-1.48%
clarkrl2	L	ISTR	$24.04	$23.35	-2.87%
uncle.23	L	VFF	$13.27	$12.72	-4.14%

[kadee79]

Well, we are all negative.  Not a good week it seems...at least so far.

[architecto25]

Kadee, yes, I had some of the same thoughts. The DJIA just broke down on a

double bottom ( I think that was a couple of days ago). But today at 9:30am (Tex.time)

the NYSE had 2060 advances; & only 679 declines. Someday, we'll learn that the stock

market does bounce UP and DOWN sometimes. But I'll never forget that day in 1987.

I think it was Oct. 19. The Dow plummeted about 23%. I had a good friend that was a floor

trader (Chicago Bd. of Options). He witnessed it all first hand. You have a good day.!!!!

     An added note: that double bottom breakdown was on a Point & Figure chart.

[clarkrl2]

kadee74 took care of the red ink problem and is the new leader with one day to go. clarkrl2 is second and architecto25 third. ModE95 is also beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
kadee74	L	INFY	$10.40	$10.57	1.63%
clarkrl2	L	ISTR	$24.04	$24.20	0.67%
architecto25	L	KTOS	$22.35	$22.38	0.13%
Mod E	L	WMT	$102.56	$102.19	-0.36%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$178.67	$176.77	-1.06%
Value Buy	L	SPLK	$120.09	$117.60	-2.07%
uncle.23	L	VFF	$13.27	$12.70	-4.30%

 

[kadee79]

Well, that is a switch.  Guess I'd better pay attention tomorrow.

[Value Buy]

OKAY, I SHOULD HAVE GONE SHORT THIS WEEK

Please slap me across the face if I go long on ANY PICK next week

[ModE98]

Today, another miserable DOWN day (at least the first few hours).  Let's see who gets hit the hardest by the closing bell.....WMT getting hit. so it'll be sinking fairly well.  Clark's final listings will be interesting tonight.  Good luck, everyone. 

[architecto25]

Mod, my horse turned his head up to me a few minutes ago. And here's

what he said: "wow. Value Buy should have put his "WSM blanket" on his

horse this week again. He would be leading the pack, I think."

Arch.

          And I noticed a few minutes ago., the point & figure chart

          for DJIA just added another (red zero/on the downside).

          That makes 6 zeros down from the "5" (that's at the start

          of May) ……….Where are the Bulls? When are they coming

         out again?

[Value Buy]

May 31, 2019 13:11:29 GMT -5 architecto25 said:

Mod, my horse turned his head up to me a few minutes ago. And here's

what he said: "wow. Value Buy should have put his "WSM blanket" on his

horse this week again. He would be leading the pack, I think."

Arch.

          And I noticed a few minutes ago., the point & figure chart

          for DJIA just added another (red zero/on the downside).

          That makes 6 zeros down from the "5" (that's at the start

          of May) ……….Where are the Bulls? When are they coming

         out again?

lol, up plus 11% today........the kicker is my secondary choice this week was RRBG Red Robin Burgers. I wanted to go long but sis not think it would bust much of an up tick to make it worth while.
Now if I had shorted RRGB this week that would be a horse of a different color.
Like I said in an earlier post, if I do not short something next week, slap me........

[clarkrl2]

kadee74 manages a small gain which was more than enough to win this week's trophy. clarkrl2 is second and ModE95 third. architecto25 also beat the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
kadee74	L	INFY	$10.40	$10.47	0.67%
clarkrl2	L	ISTR	$24.04	$23.89	-0.62%
Mod E	L	WMT	$102.56	$101.44	-1.09%
architecto25	L	KTOS	$22.35	$22.05	-1.34%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$178.67	$173.95	-2.64%
Value Buy	L	SPLK	$120.09	$113.99	-5.08%
uncle.23	L	VFF	$13.27	$12.10	-8.82%

 

[clarkrl2]

2019	results
Name	Return	Games	Win	Place	Show	>Bench	points	ppg
Mod E	1.72	22	5	6	3	15	45	2.05
Value Buy	1.28	22	6	2	1	11	34	1.55
tyfighter3	0.97	8	1	0	1	3	7	0.88
BenchMark	0.86	22	2	2	2	0	12	1.05
uncle.23	0.24	22	3	5	5	12	36	1.64
clarkrl2	-1.05	22	1	4	2	6	19	0.86
architecto25	-2.12	22	1	3	5	9	23	1.05
kadee74	-4.26	21	3	0	1	3	13	0.62

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	0.85	166	32	14	16	78	218	1.31
damnotagain	0.83	20	2	3	3	10	25	1.25
Mod E	0.40	280	40	46	37	143	392	1.40
kadee74	0.40	269	49	37	24	118	363	1.35
2kids10horses	0.33	10	0	2	1	4	9	0.90
clarkrl2	0.29	283	37	40	44	140	375	1.33
BenchMark	0.25	283	7	31	58	0	282.5	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	-0.65	281	52	30	26	123	365	1.30
Bluerobin	-0.66	6	2	0	0	3	9	1.50
uncle.23	-1.41	283	36	53	26	118	358	1.27
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

[kadee79]

Congrats to Mod & Clark.  Didn't think I'd make all the way to the end.

[ModE98]

A  big CONGRATS to kadee for a tough Win this week.  Also to Clarkrl for his Place!  What a week it was!!!

And a nod to architecto for beating the BenchMark.