Stock Pick of the Week: W. E. 3 Mar. 2023

[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 "benchmark"

[uncle23]

WMT……long

[clarkrl2]

Long MGPI (MGP Ingredients - Food and Beverages)
They had a good earnings report and the recent downtrend may be broken. weekly bars 

[kadee79]

SPTN, long....time for an up bounce!


SpartanNash Company distributes and retails grocery products. It operates in three segments: Food Distribution, Military, and Retail. The Food Distribution segment offers approximately 65,000 stock-keeping units, such as dry groceries, produce, dairy products, meat, delicatessen items, bakery goods, frozen food, seafood, floral products, general merchandise, beverages, tobacco products, health and beauty care, and pharmacy products to independent retailers, national retailers, food service distributors, e-commerce providers, and corporate owned retail stores. This segment also offers various value-added services to retailers. The Military segment sells and distributes grocery products to 160 military commissaries and approximately 400 exchanges located in 39 states across the United States and the District of Columbia, Europe, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Honduras, Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Djibouti. The Retail segment primarily operates 145 corporate owned retail stores and 36 fuel centers, primarily under the banners of Family Fare, Martin's Super Markets, D&W Fresh Market, VG's Grocery, and Dan's Supermarket. SpartanNash Company also markets and distributes private brand items primarily under the Our Family brand name. The company was formerly known as Spartan Stores, Inc. and changed its name to SpartanNash Company in November 2013. SpartanNash Company was founded in 1917 and is headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

[djAdvocate]

AMYZF, long

[clarkrl2]

djAdvocate is off to a good start in this week's contest. The benchmark is second and uncle23 third.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
djAdvocate	L	AMYZF	$0.3510	$0.3693	5.21%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$295.0700	$293.9400	-0.38%
uncle.23	L	WMT	$142.7100	$141.4400	-0.89%
kadee78	L	SPTN	$26.9400	$26.5800	-1.34%
clarkrl2	L	MGPI	$104.5000	$99.5800	-4.71%

 

[clarkrl2]

djAdvocate continues to lead on day two. uncle23 has the edge over the benchmark for second and the benchmark has the edge over kadee78 for third.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
djAdvocate	L	AMYZF	$0.3510	$0.3680	4.84%
uncle.23	L	WMT	$142.7100	$142.1300	-0.41%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$295.0700	$293.5600	-0.51%
kadee78	L	SPTN	$26.9400	$26.7600	-0.67%
clarkrl2	L	MGPI	$104.5000	$101.4400	-2.93%

 

[clarkrl2]

djAdvocate extends the lead with two days to go. kadee78 is second and the benchmark third.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
djAdvocate	L	AMYZF	$0.3510	$0.3810	8.55%
kadee78	L	SPTN	$26.9400	$27.2400	1.11%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$295.0700	$291.2000	-1.31%
uncle.23	L	WMT	$142.7100	$140.1500	-1.79%
clarkrl2	L	MGPI	$104.5000	$99.4100	-4.87%

 

[clarkrl2]

djAdvocate holds the lead by ten lengths going into the final leg. kadee78 is second and the benchmark third.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
djAdvocate	L	AMYZF	$0.3510	$0.3899	11.08%
kadee78	L	SPTN	$26.9400	$27.1500	0.78%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$295.0700	$293.6100	-0.49%
uncle.23	L	WMT	$142.7100	$140.5000	-1.55%
clarkrl2	L	MGPI	$104.5000	$99.9700	-4.33%

 

[clarkrl2]

djAdvocate has a double-digit return and is this week's champion. kadee78  is second and the benchmark third.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
djAdvocate	L	AMYZF	$0.3510	$0.4062	15.73%
kadee78	L	SPTN	$26.9400	$27.9700	3.82%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$295.0700	$299.6800	1.56%
uncle.23	L	WMT	$142.7100	$140.6700	-1.43%
clarkrl2	L	MGPI	$104.5000	$101.5600	-2.81%

[clarkrl2]

2023	results
Name	Return	Games	Win	Place	Show	>Bench	points	ppg
kadee78	3.32	9	4	2	1	5	22	2.44
BenchMark	1.33	9	1	6	1	0	16	1.78
clarkrl2	0.32	9	2	0	5	2	13	1.44
uncle.23	-1.35	9	1	1	1	2	8	0.89
djADVOCATE	-2.54	9	1	0	1	2	6	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
Value Buy	0.57	226	45	21	22	104	303	1.34
djADVOCATE	0.40	116	17	16	17	44	144	1.24
2kids10horses	0.33	10	0	2	1	4	9	0.90
BenchMark	0.32	479	24	68	107	0	554.5	1.16
Mod E	0.31	429	58	73	64	214	598	1.39
kadee78	0.24	462	89	66	40	201	640	1.39
Ombud	0.24	120	12	13	18	61	141	1.18
clarkrl2	0.02	479	61	69	80	227	628	1.31
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	-1.10	478	67	87	55	208	638	1.33
D. I.	-1.84	102	4	11	11	51	96	0.94
alliesmom	-6.82	2	0	0	0	1	1	0.50

[djAdvocate]

i had super low expectations.  congrats to the rest of you.  you are crushing me this year.

[kadee79]

Congrats DJ...you finally beat the bench mark!  LOL! 

[djAdvocate]

Mar 3, 2023 21:36:30 GMT -5 kadee79 said:

Congrats DJ...you finally beat the bench mark!  LOL! 

ikr?  sheesh.  painful.