Stock Pick of the Week: W. E. 9 Dec. 2022

[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 "kadee77".

[djAdvocate]

HDSN, L

backstory: this is a refrigeration company that i used to own and recently purchased again.  they specialize in recycled refrigerant, which makes them somewhat green.  i really like the basic management of this company, but i ended up selling it as it went on a multi-year bear trend that put the stock at around $1.  it recently came up on my screener, and i noted that it had a very bullish move by filling a gap earlier this year.  had i been watching it, i would have bought it around $7.50.  it is now over $11, and reporting record earnings, which should push it higher.

[uncle23]

LAC …. long

[kadee79]

SPCE, long....
fingers crossed on this one...so it will likely go to the bottom.

Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. focuses on the development, manufacture, and operation of spaceships and related technologies for conducting commercial human spaceflight and flying commercial research and development payloads into space. It is also involved in the ground and flight testing, and post-flight maintenance of its spaceflight system vehicles. The company serves private individuals, researchers, and government agencies. Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. was founded in 2017 is headquartered in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. was a former subsidiary of Virgin Orbit Holdings, Inc.

[clarkrl2]

Long MGPI (MGP Ingredients - Food and Beverage)
The weekly chart still looks OK despite last week's relative under-performance. weekly bars

[clarkrl2]

kadee77 has the early lead in this week's contest. djAdvocate is second and the benchmark third. 

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
kadee77	L	SPCE	$5.1000	$5.1200	0.39%
djAdvocate	L	HDSN	$11.3700	$11.2700	-0.88%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$290.3800	$287.6400	-0.94%
clarkrl2	L	MGPI	$121.7800	$117.3300	-3.65%
uncle.23	L	LAC	$25.0400	$23.9000	-4.55%

 

[kadee79]

Well, I may be leading today...but that sure is a poor showing.  Hope the rest of the week gets better for all of us.

[clarkrl2]

djAdvocate is the new leader at the end of day two. The benchmark is second and clarkrl2 third.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
djAdvocate	L	HDSN	$11.3700	$11.4400	0.62%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$290.3800	$281.6800	-3.00%
clarkrl2	L	MGPI	$121.7800	$117.2800	-3.70%
uncle.23	L	LAC	$25.0400	$23.2400	-7.19%
kadee77	L	SPCE	$5.1000	$4.6200	-9.41%

 

[kadee79]

I looked earlier today & saw I was down over 10%...figured I'd be at the bottom today!   What a difference a day makes!

[clarkrl2]

djAdvocate has the lead and only positive return with two days to go. The benchmark is second and clarkrl2 third.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
djAdvocate	L	HDSN	$11.3700	$11.6100	2.11%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$290.3800	$280.5300	-3.39%
clarkrl2	L	MGPI	$121.7800	$116.5000	-4.34%
uncle.23	L	LAC	$25.0400	$23.8300	-4.83%
kadee77	L	SPCE	$5.1000	$4.5800	-10.20%

[clarkrl2]

djAdvocate leads by six lengths going into the final day. The benchmark is second and clarkrl2 third.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
djAdvocate	L	HDSN	$11.3700	$11.8300	4.05%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$290.3800	$283.8500	-2.25%
clarkrl2	L	MGPI	$121.7800	$116.0300	-4.72%
uncle.23	L	LAC	$25.0400	$23.4700	-6.27%
kadee77	L	SPCE	$5.1000	$4.6800	-8.24%

[clarkrl2]

djAdvocate score a gain in a difficult week to become this week's easy winner. The benchmark is second and clarkrl2 third.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
djAdvocate	L	HDSN	$11.3700	$11.6100	2.11%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$290.3800	$282.0400	-2.87%
clarkrl2	L	MGPI	$121.7800	$116.7900	-4.10%
uncle.23	L	LAC	$25.0400	$23.2200	-7.27%
kadee77	L	SPCE	$5.1000	$4.6500	-8.82%

 

[clarkrl2]

2022	results
Name	Return	Games	Win	Place	Show	>Bench	points	ppg
Value Buy	1.19	28	6	6	2	14	46	1.64
djADVOCATE	0.24	48	9	8	8	21	72	1.50
kadee77	-0.18	47	11	6	2	20	67	1.43
BenchMark	-0.32	49	3	9	16	1	44	0.90
clarkrl2	-0.40	49	7	10	7	25	73	1.49
Ombud	-0.87	9	3	2	0	5	18	2.00
Mod E	-1.50	20	1	4	2	11	24	1.20
uncle.23	-2.71	49	8	4	12	27	71	1.45
architecto25	-4.15	6	1	0	0	1	4	0.67

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
djADVOCATE	0.62	104	15	15	15	40	130	1.25
Value Buy	0.57	226	45	21	22	104	303	1.34
2kids10horses	0.33	10	0	2	1	4	9	0.90
BenchMark	0.32	467	23	61	105	1	530.5	1.14
Mod E	0.31	429	58	73	64	214	598	1.39
Ombud	0.24	120	12	13	18	61	141	1.18
kadee77	0.23	450	85	64	38	195	616	1.37
clarkrl2	0.01	467	57	68	75	222	604	1.29
architecto25	-0.36	406	83	46	39	177	557	1.37
tyfighter3	-0.53	108	11	4	17	40	98	0.91
Bluerobin	-0.66	6	2	0	0	3	9	1.50
uncle.23	-1.04	466	66	86	54	206	630	1.35
D. I.	-1.84	102	4	11	11	51	96	0.94
alliesmom	-6.82	2	0	0	0	1	1	0.50

[djAdvocate]

congrats to clark.

[kadee79]

Congrats to DJ & Clark.  I get the booby prize for being on the bottom....again!