Stock Pick of the Week: W. E. 15 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 "uncle23".

[uncle23]

HOOD. …. long

[djAdvocate]

CA:LAM long

i changed my mind AGAIN.
BTC is down 4% today, from an intermediate high that might be an inflection point.

i am taking LAM this week because Uranium has continued higher, but this and other equities in the area are down 10% during a time that the metal shows no sign of pulling back.  there is a ton of bullish news on Uranium right now, other than oil prices, which continue to soften.  the pressure is on because of what Uranium represents in the green equation.  demand will likely triple in the short term, and that is going to wildly outstrip supply.  the metal has not really responded RECENTLY in proportion to that demand.  so we will see if that happens.

in the mean time, the junior mines are WELL behind the metal.
so i will continue to harvest from this area until the metal turns.

[clarkrl2]

Long VOYA (Voya Financial - Financials)
The chart with weekly bars still looks OK. weekly bars

[kadee79]

Well, let's pull a reverse....


PLUG, short.....see how this works!

[clarkrl2]

uncle23 is out of the gate first in this week's race. The benchmark is second and clarkrl2 third. Less than 4% separates the field.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
uncle.23	L	HOOD	$11.5500	$11.7100	1.39%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$391.7400	$395.5200	0.96%
clarkrl2	L	VOYA	$73.1000	$72.9800	-0.16%
djAdvocate	L	LAM.TO	$0.7000	$0.6900	-1.43%
kadee78	S	PLUG	$4.0000	$4.0900	-2.25%

 

[clarkrl2]

The benchmark has taken the lead on day two. kadee78 trails by a flared nostril and clarkrl2 is third less than a length behind the leader. Less than 2% separates the field.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$391.7400	$398.6700	1.77%
kadee78	S	PLUG	$4.0000	$3.9300	1.75%
clarkrl2	L	VOYA	$73.1000	$73.8500	1.03%
uncle.23	L	HOOD	$11.5500	$11.6300	0.69%
djAdvocate	L	LAM.TO	$0.7000	$0.7000	0.00%

 

[clarkrl2]

uncle23 retakes the lead with two days to go. The benchmark is second and clarkrl2 third.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
uncle.23	L	HOOD	$11.5500	$11.9900	3.81%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$391.7400	$403.7400	3.06%
clarkrl2	L	VOYA	$73.1000	$74.1000	1.37%
djAdvocate	L	LAM.TO	$0.7000	$0.6600	-5.71%
kadee78	S	PLUG	$4.0000	$4.3100	-7.75%

 

[clarkrl2]

uncle23 has 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	HOOD	$11.5500	$12.0900	4.68%
clarkrl2	L	VOYA	$73.1000	$75.3000	3.01%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$391.7400	$403.3900	2.97%
djAdvocate	L	LAM.TO	$0.7000	$0.7100	1.43%
kadee78	S	PLUG	$4.0000	$4.7900	-19.75%

 

[djAdvocate]

i hope you own some PLUG, kd.

[kadee79]

I wish DJ, but my grandson might own some.  It was one of his pics a long time ago.  I'll have to ask him.

[clarkrl2]

The benchmark rallied down the stretch for the win. clarkrl2 edged uncle23 for second.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$391.7400	$405.3400	3.47%
clarkrl2	L	VOYA	$73.1000	$74.0700	1.33%
uncle.23	L	HOOD	$11.5500	$11.6900	1.21%
djAdvocate	L	LAM.TO	$0.7000	$0.6800	-2.86%
kadee78	S	PLUG	$4.0000	$4.7100	-17.75%

 

[clarkrl2]

2023	results
Name	Return	Games	Win	Place	Show	>Bench	points	ppg
BenchMark	0.88	50	8	20	15	0	79	1.58
clarkrl2	-0.60	50	6	15	15	18	81	1.62
djADVOCATE	-1.43	48	10	2	7	13	54	1.13
kadee78	-1.59	49	8	6	8	15	59	1.20
uncle.23	-1.62	50	16	7	6	22	90	1.80

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	0.36	520	31	82	121	0	638	1.23
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	0.01	502	93	70	47	211	677	1.35
djADVOCATE	0.01	155	26	18	23	55	192	1.24
clarkrl2	-0.04	520	65	84	90	243	696	1.34
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	-1.14	519	82	93	60	228	720	1.39
D. I.	-1.84	102	4	11	11	51	96	0.94
alliesmom	-6.82	2	0	0	0	1	1	0.50

[djAdvocate]

oh man. this has been such a frustrating year.
congratulations to everyone who did better than me.

[kadee79]

Congrats to Clark & Uncle.  

DJ, I don't think any of us did great this past year.... I know I sure didn't, not IRL   But it will soon be a new year, so sort of a fresh start.