Stock Pick of the Week: W. E. 30 Apr. 2021

[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".

[uncle23]

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ABML..... long


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[kadee79]

ZIXI, long....I have no idea.  With Biden talking about doubling the capital gains...it could go either way this coming week.

[clarkrl2]

Long ISTR (Investar Holding - Regional Bank)
I like this for the long term. It hasn't done too much since March. finviz.com/quote.ashx?t=ISTR&ty=c&ta=1&p=d 

[ModE98]

CDW (long)      CDW Corp.

[architecto25]

           SNAP        (long)        Snap, Inc.

This stock closed Friday at $61.30 per share.

Operation of its camera platform

52 wk. low/high        16.1021 / 73.59

Founded: 2010    Hdq.:  Santa Monica, CA.

3,863 employees. Firms primary source of  revenue is advertising

       ( it's now 8:45pm/Sun./25 Apr. 2021/Tex.time)

       I'm adding this short note to once again express mucho

       thanks to Clark for all his efforts managing this contest

       I think it's going to an interesting week.

[clarkrl2]

kadee76 jumps out to an early lead in this week's stock picking derby. The benchmark is second and clarkrl2 third.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
kadee76	L	ZIXI	$7.5500	$7.8700	4.24%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$339.6700	$341.6300	0.58%
clarkrl2	L	ISTR	$21.4900	$21.6000	0.51%
Mod E	L	CDW	$182.7600	$183.1100	0.19%
architecto25	L	SNAP	$60.9700	$60.0200	-1.56%
uncle.23	L	ABML	$1.8600	$1.7400	-6.45%

 

[clarkrl2]

kadee76 still leads after day two. clarkrl2 is second and ModE97 third.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
kadee76	L	ZIXI	$7.5500	$7.9000	4.64%
clarkrl2	L	ISTR	$21.4900	$21.8100	1.49%
Mod E	L	CDW	$182.7600	$183.4900	0.40%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$339.6700	$340.1500	0.14%
architecto25	L	SNAP	$60.9700	$60.5100	-0.75%
uncle.23	L	ABML	$1.8600	$1.6100	-13.44%

 

[clarkrl2]

kadee76 has a narrower lead with two days to go. architecto25 has the edge over clarkrl2 for second. 

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
kadee76	L	ZIXI	$7.5500	$7.8300	3.71%
architecto25	L	SNAP	$60.9700	$62.0400	1.75%
clarkrl2	L	ISTR	$21.4900	$21.8500	1.68%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$339.6700	$339.0000	-0.20%
Mod E	L	CDW	$182.7600	$182.0300	-0.40%
uncle.23	L	ABML	$1.8600	$1.7150	-7.80%

[clarkrl2]

kadee76 leads by two going into the final day. clarkrl2 is second and architecto25 third.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
kadee76	L	ZIXI	$7.5500	$7.9200	4.90%
clarkrl2	L	ISTR	$21.4900	$22.1000	2.84%
architecto25	L	SNAP	$60.9700	$62.2800	2.15%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$339.6700	$340.2200	0.16%
Mod E	L	CDW	$182.7600	$182.5000	-0.14%
uncle.23	L	ABML	$1.8600	$1.6200	-12.90%

[clarkrl2]

kadee76 wins this week's trophy in wire to wire fashion. clarkrl2 is second and architecto25 third.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
kadee76	L	ZIXI	$7.5500	$7.8900	4.50%
clarkrl2	L	ISTR	$21.4900	$22.1100	2.89%
architecto25	L	SNAP	$60.9700	$61.8200	1.39%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$339.6700	$337.9900	-0.49%
Mod E	L	CDW	$182.7600	$178.3300	-2.42%
uncle.23	L	ABML	$1.8600	$1.6850	-9.41%

 

[clarkrl2]

2021	results
Name	Return	Games	Win	Place	Show	>Bench	points	ppg
djADVOCATE	8.86	14	4	0	2	6	20	1.43
uncle.23	2.37	17	5	3	3	9	33	1.94
BenchMark	0.24	17	3	2	3	0	24.5	1.44
kadee75	0.18	17	2	4	2	7	23	1.35
Mod E	0.04	13	2	3	1	6	19	1.46
clarkrl2	-0.39	17	0	3	4	8	18	1.06
architecto25	-3.25	16	1	2	2	4	13	0.81

Lifetime	results
Name	Return	Games	Win	Place	Show	>Bench	points	ppg
bimetalaupt	2.78	4	1	0	0	1	4	1.00
djADVOCATE	2.33	41	6	4	6	15	47	1.15
m2w	1.15	8	2	1	0	3	11	1.38
damnotagain	0.83	20	2	3	3	10	25	1.25
Mod E	0.57	375	52	68	53	193	538	1.43
Value Buy	0.48	198	39	15	20	90	257	1.30
BenchMark	0.38	383	16	44	83	0	410.5	1.07
2kids10horses	0.33	10	0	2	1	4	9	0.90
Ombud	0.26	111	9	11	18	56	123	1.11
kadee75	0.25	368	65	51	31	157	485	1.32
clarkrl2	0.12	383	46	52	62	183	487	1.27
architecto25	-0.31	373	75	41	36	164	507	1.36
tyfighter3	-0.53	108	11	4	17	40	98	0.91
Bluerobin	-0.66	6	2	0	0	3	9	1.50
uncle.23	-0.95	382	52	77	38	163	511	1.34
D. I.	-1.84	102	4	11	11	51	96	0.94
alliesmom	-6.82	2	0	0	0	1	1	0.50

[ModE98]

Congrats kadee (W), clark (P)  and arch (S).

[kadee79]

Thank you Mod!  I was just lucky this week.
Congrats to Clark & Arch.