Stock Pick of the Week: W. E. 21 Jun. 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 "kadee79".

I forgot that June 19 the Juneteenth holiday. The NYSE and Nasdaq will be closed on Wednesday June 19. The contest will also take a break on June 19th and resume Thursday at the market open. 

[djAdvocate]

horrendous and unexpected finish to UNG last week.

i am going to retreat to my favourite short:

DJT

[uncle23]

NVDA....long

[clarkrl2]

Long XYLD (S&P 500 covered call etf)
I'm not likely to win with this pick but I'm still skeptical about the timeliness of most stocks I own. weekly bars

[kadee79]

BLNK, short....ya'al should know by now, it's EV charging stations.

My son is coming to visit for a week starting tomorrow...so I've been busy trying to clean up this messy house.  Hope he finishes pressure washing the deck for us.  He did most of it in March when he was here & then gave a 'lick & a promise' to the rest of it.  I got to put my new furniture out there after he got that one end done.  I've have had that stuff in storage for 2 years.
We will drive to Tallahassee tomorrow to pick him up at the airport.  Then next week he will drive to Huntsville, Al. for meetings.  He works for a military contractor after retiring from the Navy.  Lots more money working for those contractors rather than working as a civilian at military installations. 

[clarkrl2]

See note on the OP for market closure on Wednesday June 19.

[clarkrl2]

djAdvocate is this week's day one leader. kadee79 is second and the benchmark third.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
djAdvocate	S	DJT	$36.8000	$34.7200	5.65%
kadee79	S	BLNK	$3.0100	$2.9200	2.99%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$479.4100	$485.0600	1.18%
clarkrl2	L	XYLD	$40.5900	$40.5900	0.00%
uncle.23	L	NVDA	$132.9000	$130.9800	-1.44%

 

[clarkrl2]

djAdvocate extends the lead as the race goes on a one-day holiday. kadee79 is second and uncle23 third.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
djAdvocate	S	DJT	$36.8000	$31.3100	14.92%
kadee79	S	BLNK	$3.0100	$2.8100	6.64%
uncle.23	L	NVDA	$132.9000	$135.5800	2.02%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$479.4100	$485.2100	1.21%
clarkrl2	L	XYLD	$40.5900	$40.5800	-0.02%

 

[djAdvocate]

DJT was down 14% after hours. could be a rough day for it on Thursday.

[clarkrl2]

djAdvocate extends the lead with one day to go. kadee79 is second and the benchmark third.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
djAdvocate	S	DJT	$36.8000	$26.7500	27.31%
kadee79	S	BLNK	$3.0100	$2.6700	11.30%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$479.4100	$481.4700	0.43%
clarkrl2	L	XYLD	$40.5900	$40.5900	0.00%
uncle.23	L	NVDA	$132.9000	$130.7800	-1.60%

 

[clarkrl2]

I will likely be late posting the update tomorrow. So, if I don't have next week's thread posted and you want to make your pick, then post it to this thread.

[clarkrl2]

djAdvocate is this week's winner posting a double-digit return. kadee79 also had a double-digit gain for second and the benchmark held on for third. The big news was my great nephew hit a homerun in a winning effort by his team. It was his first ever out of the park homerun. 

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
djAdvocate	S	DJT	$36.8000	$27.6600	24.84%
kadee79	S	BLNK	$3.0100	$2.7000	10.30%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$479.4100	$480.1800	0.16%
clarkrl2	L	XYLD	$40.5900	$40.5900	0.00%
uncle.23	L	NVDA	$132.9000	$126.6700	-4.69%

 

[clarkrl2]

2024	results
Name	Return	Games	Win	Place	Show	>Bench	points	ppg
kadee79	3.84	21	8	3	4	11	45	2.14
djADVOCATE	2.84	25	7	1	5	11	39	1.56
BenchMark	0.51	25	4	6	6	0	30	1.70
clarkrl2	0.27	25	1	11	4	12	41	1.64
uncle.23	-0.30	25	5	4	5	11	39	1.56

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	0.39	182	34	19	28	67	235	1.29
BenchMark	0.37	547	35	89	127	0	683.5	1.25
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
kadee79	0.14	524	101	73	51	222	722	1.38
clarkrl2	-0.03	547	66	95	96	256	740	1.35
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	-1.09	546	88	98	65	241	766	1.40
D. I.	-1.84	102	4	11	11	51	96	0.94
alliesmom	-6.82	2	0	0	0	1	1	0.50

[djAdvocate]

congrats to KD!
clark- i will NOT be taking DJT this week.
i will have to find something else.

if i fail to so, i will take the pink sheet ADR for Rolls-Royce.

edit: oh and congrats to your nephew!!!!

[kadee79]

Congrats DJ!