Stock Pick of the Week: W. E. 14 Apr. 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 "uncle23"

[uncle23]

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BCAB ….long

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[djAdvocate]

ca:nkl

this is a nickel royalty stock.  penny play.  very thinly traded.
Nickel 28

[clarkrl2]

Long VOYA (Voya Financial - Financial)
The chart with weekly bars looks good to me. weekly bars

[kadee79]

I'm going back to my old stand-by...  It's time for it to go up some.

SPTN, long...


SpartanNash Company distributes and retails grocery products. It operates through Wholesale and Retail segments. The Wholesale segment offers grocery products and perishable food products, 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 accounts, food service distributors, e-commerce providers, and corporate owned retail stores. This segment also offers various value-added services to retailers. The Retail segment operates retail supermarkets, pharmacies, fuel centers, and convenience stores primarily under the banners of Family Fare, Martin's Super Markets, D&W Fresh Market, VG's Grocery, and Dan's Supermarket. It also distributes grocery products to military commissaries. 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 based in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

[clarkrl2]

uncle23 jumps out to the early lead in this week's championship. clarkrl2 is second and the benchmark has the edge over djAdvocate for  third.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
uncle.23	L	BCAB	$3.2900	$3.4600	5.17%
clarkrl2	L	VOYA	$70.8100	$71.7200	1.29%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$315.0700	$317.8700	0.89%
djAdvocate	L	NKL.V	$1.2000	$1.2100	0.83%
kadee78	L	SPTN	$24.6300	$24.6500	0.08%

 

[djAdvocate]

i just realized that NKL is trying to fight off a merger.  it is going to be a slow mover, unfortunately.  looks like uncle has a burner!

[clarkrl2]

uncle23 continues to lead with the race approaching half-way. clarkrl2 is second and djAdvocate third. kadee78 is also beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
uncle.23	L	BCAB	$3.2900	$3.6000	9.42%
clarkrl2	L	VOYA	$70.8100	$72.9300	2.99%
djAdvocate	L	NKL.V	$1.2000	$1.2100	0.83%
kadee78	L	SPTN	$24.6300	$24.7300	0.41%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$315.0700	$315.8300	0.24%

[kadee79]

Uncle must have put some jet fuel in his horse's feed!  

[clarkrl2]

clarkrl2 takes over p1 as the race moves past half-way. kadee78 is second and uncle23 third. djAdvocate is also beating the benchmark.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
clarkrl2	L	VOYA	$70.8100	$73.7600	4.17%
kadee78	L	SPTN	$24.6300	$25.0000	1.50%
uncle.23	L	BCAB	$3.2900	$3.3100	0.61%
djAdvocate	L	NKL.V	$1.2000	$1.2000	0.00%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$315.0700	$313.0400	-0.64%

 

[kadee79]

WOW!  Whlat a difference a day makes!  

[clarkrl2]

uncle23 is back to the lead going into the final day. clarkrl2 is second and the benchmark third.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
uncle.23	L	BCAB	$3.2900	$3.5700	8.51%
clarkrl2	L	VOYA	$70.8100	$74.0900	4.63%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$315.0700	$319.1700	1.30%
kadee78	L	SPTN	$24.6300	$24.8400	0.85%
djAdvocate	L	NKL.V	$1.2000	$1.2000	0.00%

 

[clarkrl2]

uncle23 is this week's clear winner with almost a double-digit return. clarkrl2 is second and the benchmark third.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
uncle.23	L	BCAB	$3.2900	$3.6000	9.42%
clarkrl2	L	VOYA	$70.8100	$74.7400	5.55%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$315.0700	$318.5700	1.11%
djAdvocate	L	NKL.V	$1.2000	$1.1900	-0.83%
kadee78	L	SPTN	$24.6300	$24.3500	-1.14%

[clarkrl2]

2023	results
Name	Return	Games	Win	Place	Show	>Bench	points	ppg
BenchMark	1.36	15	2	9	3	0	27	1.80
kadee78	0.56	14	5	2	1	6	26	1.86
uncle.23	-0.47	15	4	2	2	5	23	1.53
clarkrl2	-0.55	15	2	2	7	4	21	1.40
djADVOCATE	-2.31	15	2	0	2	3	11	0.73

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
BenchMark	0.33	485	25	71	109	0	568.5	1.17
2kids10horses	0.33	10	0	2	1	4	9	0.90
Mod E	0.31	429	58	73	64	214	598	1.39
djADVOCATE	0.29	122	18	16	18	45	149	1.22
Ombud	0.24	120	12	13	18	61	141	1.18
kadee78	0.19	467	90	66	40	202	644	1.38
clarkrl2	0.00	485	61	71	82	229	636	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	-1.07	484	70	88	56	211	653	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

[kadee79]

Congrats to Uncle & Clark!  Mine failed me this past week.

[uncle23]

Thanks Kadee.... irl i,d take profit now and start looking for next trade ..