Stock Pick of the Week: W. E. 1 Dec. 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 "clarkrl2".

[uncle23]

.....

APLM.....long

[djAdvocate]

i have lost on equities all year long in this game. the only memorable success was a short i did in the first half of the year. but i suck at shorts.

in the Summer, i had a nice long winning streak with commodities, so i am going back there again. my best picks this week are GBTC, URNJ and URA. but i need a grand slam to be in the running for the year, so i am going to do what i did before and look for sector value in Uranium.

Uranium was up 8% last week, it's highest level since 2008. accordingly, the juniors and seniors in this sector should ALSO be at a 15 year high. but many are not even at a 15 MONTH high. so, here is my short list of those: CVV, GXU, AU:AEE, AU:EL8, CUR, FUU, GLO, UROY*, URG*, AU:DYL.

you might recognize that last one. it has been good to me this year. so i will take that same pony, long.

Deep Yellow (AU:DYL)

[clarkrl2]

djAdvocate I found several symbols available on Yahoo. The first was DYL.AX and the second was DYL.XA. A third was DYLLF which is an over the counter. If you have a preference, please let me know otherwise I will try to figure out which is the best in relation to EST time zone. 

[djAdvocate]

clark- i just realized that because of the 18 hour time difference, the stock won't track well except on the pink sheets. let's go with that: DYLLF.

note: i generally prefer to trade the exchange with the best liquidity, but this is a rare exception.

[kadee79]

I'm going to stick with BLNK, but SHORT instead of long....maybe it will go up & I can my shares IRL!  

[clarkrl2]

Long VOYA (Voya Financial - Financial)
I stick with this pick because the chart with weekly bars still looks good. weekly bars 

[clarkrl2]

kadee78 takes the early lead of this week's contest. clarkrl2 is second and the benchmark third.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
kadee78	S	BLNK	$3.6800	$3.4600	5.98%
clarkrl2	L	VOYA	$71.0000	$71.1600	0.23%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$389.0100	$389.1700	0.04%
djAdvocate	L	DYLLF	$0.7700	$0.7502	-2.57%
uncle.23	L	APLM	$1.1900	$1.1400	-4.20%

[clarkrl2]

Update using Tuesday closes: kadee78 has the lead as the race approaches halfway. The benchmark is second and clarkrl2 third.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
kadee78	S	BLNK	$3.6800	$3.4600	5.98%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$389.0100	$390.1900	0.30%
clarkrl2	L	VOYA	$71.0000	$70.5700	-0.61%
djAdvocate	L	DYLLF	$0.7700	$0.7400	-3.90%
uncle.23	L	APLM	$1.1900	$1.1200	-5.88%

 

[djAdvocate]

uranium equities are continuing to drop.
which is a buying opportunity.
and a recipe for last place in this game.

[clarkrl2]

kadee78 is leading as the race moves past halfway. The benchmark is second and clarkrl2 third.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
kadee78	S	BLNK	$3.6800	$3.4200	7.07%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$389.0100	$389.8100	0.21%
clarkrl2	L	VOYA	$71.0000	$70.5800	-0.59%
uncle.23	L	APLM	$1.1900	$1.1300	-5.04%
djAdvocate	L	DYLLF	$0.7700	$0.6858	-10.94%

 

[kadee79]

Well, I guess I'm stuck with this stock for awhile longer.  I'm not going to it while it's down.  Even if I have to wait for a year or more...I'll it when it goes up.

[clarkrl2]

kadee78 extends the lead with one day to go. clarkrl2 is second and the benchmark third.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
kadee78	S	BLNK	$3.6800	$3.2200	12.50%
clarkrl2	L	VOYA	$71.0000	$71.5100	0.72%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$389.0100	$388.8300	-0.05%
djAdvocate	L	DYLLF	$0.7700	$0.7000	-9.09%
uncle.23	L	APLM	$1.1900	$0.9450	-20.59%

  

[djAdvocate]

Uranium was up again this week. no reason for the equities to be down. but they are.

meanwhile.....SalesForce just became my 4th largest holding.

edit: somebody bought 17 MILLION shares of DYL on close yesterday.

[clarkrl2]

kadee78 just missed out on a double-digit return but was easily this week's champion. clarkrl2 is second and the benchmark third.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
kadee78	S	BLNK	$3.6800	$3.3300	9.51%
clarkrl2	L	VOYA	$71.0000	$71.4500	0.63%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$389.0100	$389.9400	0.24%
djAdvocate	L	DYLLF	$0.7700	$0.6925	-10.06%
uncle.23	L	APLM	$1.1900	$0.9425	-20.80%

 

[clarkrl2]

2023	results
Name	Return	Games	Win	Place	Show	>Bench	points	ppg
BenchMark	0.81	48	7	20	14	0	75	1.56
clarkrl2	-0.69	48	6	13	15	17	76	1.58
kadee78	-1.00	47	8	6	8	15	59	1.26
djADVOCATE	-1.36	46	10	2	7	13	54	1.17
uncle.23	-1.78	48	15	7	5	21	85	1.77

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	0.35	518	30	82	120	0	633	1.22
2kids10horses	0.33	10	0	2	1	4	9	0.90
Mod E	0.31	429	58	73	64	214	598	1.39
Ombud	0.24	120	12	13	18	61	141	1.18
kadee78	0.07	500	93	70	47	211	677	1.35
djADVOCATE	0.05	153	26	18	23	55	192	1.25
clarkrl2	-0.05	518	65	82	90	242	691	1.33
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	-1.16	517	81	93	59	227	715	1.38
D. I.	-1.84	102	4	11	11	51	96	0.94
alliesmom	-6.82	2	0	0	0	1	1	0.50

[djAdvocate]

well done, KD and Clark!

clark- i don't like the technicals on DLLYF now.
i am going to switch to an ETF in that sector: URNJ.