Stock Pick of the Week: W. E. 26 Jul 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 "architecto25".

Moderators, please pin the thread.

[ModE98]

HELE (Short)     Helen of Troy.  Appears toppish to me, so going short.  Went into RED for close last Friday.
www.finviz.com/quote.ashx?t=HELE

[uncle23]

TSM............long

[clarkrl2]

Long VLO (Valero - Refinery)
From one of my favorite value screens. The chart looks OK schrts.co/GtrQXuVg             

[kadee79]

DNR, long...no idea, having chills & fever so just picking one.  Been in bed but can't stand to just lay there any  longer.

[architecto25]

         BKE     (long)      The Buckle Inc.

This stock closed Friday at $19.90

Manufacturing & trading of apparel, footwear & accessories.

Founded 1948. Hdq. in Kearney, NE. 7,400 employees

[Value Buy]

Freeport McMoRan Inc.
FCX long, price of silver on an upswing, maybe the stock has some legs this week.

[clarkrl2]

ModE96 has the early lead in this week's contest. uncle23 and architecto25 are pressing the pace in second and third. It's a tightly bunched field on day one.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
Mod E	S	HELE	$148.32	$146.28	1.38%
uncle.23	L	TSM	$44.20	$44.60	0.90%
architecto25	L	BKE	$19.92	$20.07	0.75%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$191.50	$192.53	0.54%
clarkrl2	L	VLO	$84.31	$84.35	0.05%
Value Buy	L	FCX	$11.56	$11.49	-0.61%
kadee74	L	DNR	$1.12	$1.11	-0.89%

 

[Value Buy]

We saw some movement in the horses today, but does not look like anyone is going to run away with it this week!

[Value Buy]

My biggest loss here was shorting CMG  a couple of years ago and have considered doing it the last two qtrs.
Glad I did not do it. Up $27  share in after hours at $770 a share........

Did I ever mention I hate this stock?

[ModE98]

HELE came to life this afternoon, so down it goes.    Oh well, king for a day, then a surf for the week.

[clarkrl2]

architecto25 leads the way after day two. The benchmark is second with kadee74 third. The field is seven wide going into the backstretch.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
architecto25	L	BKE	$19.92	$20.20	1.41%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$191.50	$193.79	1.20%
kadee74	L	DNR	$1.12	$1.13	0.89%
Value Buy	L	FCX	$11.56	$11.65	0.78%
Mod E	S	HELE	$148.32	$147.36	0.65%
clarkrl2	L	VLO	$84.31	$84.77	0.55%
uncle.23	L	TSM	$44.20	$44.42	0.50%

 

[clarkrl2]

architect025 decides to control the pace with just two days to go. Value Buy is second and clarkrl2 third as the fields begins to string out.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
architecto25	L	BKE	$19.92	$20.99	5.37%
Value Buy	L	FCX	$11.56	$11.94	3.29%
clarkrl2	L	VLO	$84.31	$86.17	2.21%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$191.50	$195.15	1.91%
kadee74	L	DNR	$1.12	$1.13	0.89%
uncle.23	L	TSM	$44.20	$44.54	0.77%
Mod E	S	HELE	$148.32	$148.33	-0.01%

[Value Buy]

Mod E is making a move and everyone else is going backwards in the early hours today.......maybe the afternoon will treat the rest of us better.........

[ModE98]

VB, yeah, making a move that will bury me in the dirt cellar for the week,  HELE UP in a big way.....12 ft. under.  I shorted it!

[architecto25]

11:40am (Thur.) 25 July 2019 (Tex.time)

I just got on here (after a long breakfast break). And just read the 2 above comments.

Here's what I planned to post (before reading the comments):

"I'm absolutely amazed at our stock picking talents …. LOL    6 entries besides the

benchmark. 5 are down ….. in the red …… and the one short is UP." Another LOL.

Arch.

[clarkrl2]

architecto25 is in command with one day to go. The benchmark is second and ModE96 third.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
architecto25	L	BKE	$19.92	$20.36	2.21%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$191.50	$193.30	0.94%
Mod E	S	HELE	$148.32	$149.63	-0.88%
clarkrl2	L	VLO	$84.31	$83.45	-1.02%
Value Buy	L	FCX	$11.56	$11.42	-1.21%
uncle.23	L	TSM	$44.20	$43.62	-1.31%
kadee74	L	DNR	$1.12	$1.08	-3.57%

 

[kadee79]

Anyone else going to join me in the basement tomorrow?

[architecto25]

What's on the menu ….?

Arch.

[ModE98]

What a crazy day, the market is weird.

 

[clarkrl2]

architecto25 had a big stretch run to leave no doubt that he was best in this week's contest. The benchmark was second and clarkrl2 along with Value Buy opted for money tucked under the mattress for a rare dead heat and will split third place honors.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
architecto25	L	BKE	$19.92	$20.88	4.82%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$191.50	$195.29	1.98%
clarkrl2	L	VLO	$84.31	$84.31	0.00%
Value Buy	L	FCX	$11.56	$11.56	0.00%
uncle.23	L	TSM	$44.20	$43.46	-1.67%
Mod E	S	HELE	$148.32	$152.00	-2.48%
kadee74	L	DNR	$1.12	$1.05	-6.25%

 

[clarkrl2]

2019	results
Name	Return	Games	Win	Place	Show	>Bench	points	ppg
Mod E	1.25	30	5	7	4	19	52	1.73
tyfighter3	0.97	8	1	0	1	3	7	0.88
BenchMark	0.95	30	2	4	5	0	19	1.13
Value Buy	0.39	29	7	2	2	13	40	1.38
uncle.23	0.19	30	4	8	5	16	49	1.63
architecto25	-0.71	30	5	4	6	14	43	1.43
clarkrl2	-0.98	30	1	5	5	9	27	0.90
kadee74	-3.55	29	5	0	1	5	21	0.72

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
damnotagain	0.83	20	2	3	3	10	25	1.25
Value Buy	0.72	173	33	14	17	80	224	1.29
Mod E	0.39	288	40	47	38	147	399	1.39
kadee74	0.34	277	51	37	24	120	371	1.34
2kids10horses	0.33	10	0	2	1	4	9	0.90
BenchMark	0.27	291	7	33	61	0	293.5	1.01
clarkrl2	0.26	291	37	41	47	143	383	1.32
Ombud	0.19	108	8	11	17	53	116	1.07
architecto25	-0.55	289	56	31	27	128	385	1.33
tyfighter3	-0.60	108	11	4	17	40	98	0.91
Bluerobin	-0.66	6	2	0	0	3	9	1.50
uncle.23	-1.37	291	37	56	26	122	371	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]

Jul 25, 2019 23:05:59 GMT -5 architecto25 said:

What's on the menu ….?

Arch.

Tonight is strip steaks...cooked in my cast iron skillet on the stove, baked tater & salad.  Anything else...you are on your own.  Today is the first day since last Sat. I have not had a fever so far....hoping the worst of this is over...so celebrating.

Congrats to Arch, Clark/VB! 

[ModE98]

Second the motion, Arch, Clark/VB.