Stock Pick of the Week: W. E. 3 May 2024

[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 "djAdvocate". 

[uncle23]

CMG...LONG

[clarkrl2]

Long ISTR (Investar Holding Corp. - Regional Bank)
The earnings report was good and the chart is improving. I've owned this for a while and it has been languishing since COVID and the recent regional bank turmoil. weekly bars 

[djAdvocate]

COPJ, long

still liking copper. also liking gold and bitcoin. just not as much!

[kadee79]

ERIC, short.....who knows?


Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), together with its subsidiaries, provides mobile connectivity solutions for telcom operators and enterprise customers in various sectors in North America, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, Africa, North East Asia, South East Asia, Oceania, and India. It operates in four segments: Networks; Cloud Software and Services; Enterprise; and Other. The Networks segment offers radio access network (RAN) solutions for various network spectrum bands, including purpose-built and open RAN-prepared hardware and software. This segment also provides cloud RAN; transport solutions; passive and active antennas; and a range of service portfolios covering network deployment and support. The Cloud Software and Services segment offers core networks, business and operational support systems, network design and optimization, and managed network services. The Enterprise segment offers a global communications platform, including cloud-based unified communications as a service, contact center as a service, and communications platform as a service; enterprise wireless solutions comprising private wireless networks and wireless wan pre-packaged solutions; and technologies and new business solutions, such as mobile financial services, security solutions, and advertising services. The Other segment includes Redbee media that prepares and distributes live and video services for broadcasters, sports leagues, and communications service providers. It offers its services through wholesalers and distributors. The company was formerly known as Allmanna Telefon AB LM Ericsson and changed its name to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) in January 192

[clarkrl2]

clarkrl2 has the early lead in this week's contest. djAdvocate is second and the benchmark third.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
clarkrl2	L	ISTR	$16.4600	$16.6800	1.34%
djAdvocate	L	COPJ	$23.3500	$23.4500	0.43%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$433.1000	$432.7500	-0.08%
uncle.23	L	CMG	$3,216.3500	$3,209.4700	-0.21%
kadee79	S	ERIC	$5.1200	$5.1500	-0.59%

 

[djAdvocate]

surprised by that. copper equities had a VERY bad opening this week. when i looked this AM, they were down nearly 2% (after being briefly up 1%). and that all happened in the first hour!

[clarkrl2]

kadee79 takes over the lead on day two. clarkrl2 is on the pace in second and uncle23 is third.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
kadee79	S	ERIC	$5.1200	$5.0200	1.95%
clarkrl2	L	ISTR	$16.4600	$16.6800	1.34%
uncle.23	L	CMG	$3,216.3500	$3,159.6000	-1.76%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$433.1000	$424.5900	-1.96%
djAdvocate	L	COPJ	$23.3500	$22.4200	-3.98%

 

[clarkrl2]

kadee79 still has the lead with two days to go. clarkrl2 is a quarter of a length back in second and uncle23 is third.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
kadee79	S	ERIC	$5.1200	$5.0800	0.78%
clarkrl2	L	ISTR	$16.4600	$16.5500	0.55%
uncle.23	L	CMG	$3,216.3500	$3,138.6600	-2.42%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$433.1000	$421.5200	-2.67%
djAdvocate	L	COPJ	$23.3500	$22.2800	-4.58%

 

[clarkrl2]

kadee79 is in the lead with one day to go. clarkrl2 is second and the benchmark third.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
kadee79	S	ERIC	$5.1200	$5.1500	-0.59%
clarkrl2	L	ISTR	$16.4600	$16.3000	-0.97%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$433.1000	$426.9000	-1.43%
uncle.23	L	CMG	$3,216.3500	$3,141.9900	-2.31%
djAdvocate	L	COPJ	$23.3500	$22.3900	-4.11%

 

[clarkrl2]

The pesky benchmark rallied on the final day for this week's championship. clarkrl2 is second and kadee78 is third. Only three and a half lengths separated the field.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$433.1000	$435.4800	0.55%
clarkrl2	L	ISTR	$16.4600	$16.3400	-0.73%
kadee79	S	ERIC	$5.1200	$5.2100	-1.76%
uncle.23	L	CMG	$3,216.3500	$3,155.3800	-1.90%
djAdvocate	L	COPJ	$23.3500	$22.6600	-2.96%

 

[clarkrl2]

2024	results
Name	Return	Games	Win	Place	Show	>Bench	points	ppg
kadee79	3.85	14	5	1	3	7	27	1.93
djADVOCATE	2.58	18	5	1	2	8	27	1.50
uncle.23	2.38	18	4	4	5	10	35	1.94
clarkrl2	0.61	18	1	10	2	11	36	2.00
BenchMark	0.26	18	3	2	5	0	18	1.50

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	540	34	85	126	0	668	1.24
2kids10horses	0.33	10	0	2	1	4	9	0.90
Mod E	0.31	429	58	73	64	214	598	1.39
djADVOCATE	0.26	175	32	19	25	64	223	1.27
Ombud	0.24	120	12	13	18	61	141	1.18
kadee79	0.09	517	98	71	50	218	704	1.36
clarkrl2	-0.02	540	66	94	94	255	735	1.36
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	-1.01	539	87	98	65	240	762	1.41
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 Clark!  It was a wild week.