Stock Pick of the Week: W. E. 5 Jul. 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 "uncle23".

The U.S. markets will be closed Thursday July 4 and resume Friday morning. Happy Independence Day!!! 

[clarkrl2]

For uncle23


PLTR……long for 2 weeks …



Ill be in Puerto Vallarta till July 5th

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Thanks Clark 

[djAdvocate]

i will take the same symbol as last week, long.
although i am really tempted to short DJT again.

i can't remember the symbol now, but it is Platinum Group Metals.

[clarkrl2]

Long SPFI (South Plains Financial - Bank)
The chart is improving. weekly bars

[kadee79]

Darn, I did it again...I forgot to come post my pick.  Ya'al have a good week & i'll try harder to remember!

But I did get 2 1/2 gal. of peaches put up in the freezer yesterday!

[clarkrl2]

clarkrl2 jumps out to the early lead. uncle23 is second and the benchmark third.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
clarkrl2	L	SPFI	$26.9800	$27.8900	3.37%
uncle.23	L	PLTR	$25.4800	$25.8800	1.57%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$480.0300	$481.9200	0.39%
djAdvocate	L	PLG	$1.7100	$1.7000	-0.58%

 

[clarkrl2]

clarkrl2 still leads after day two. The benchmark is second and uncle23 third.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
clarkrl2	L	SPFI	$26.9800	$27.6900	2.63%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$480.0300	$486.9800	1.45%
uncle.23	L	PLTR	$25.4800	$25.8300	1.37%
djAdvocate	L	PLG	$1.7100	$1.7200	0.58%

 

[clarkrl2]

djAdvocate takes over the lead as the race enters a one-day hiatus. The benchmark is second and uncle23 third.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
djAdvocate	L	PLG	$1.7100	$1.8200	6.43%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$480.0300	$491.0400	2.29%
uncle.23	L	PLTR	$25.4800	$25.8500	1.45%
clarkrl2	L	SPFI	$26.9800	$27.2300	0.93%

 

[djAdvocate]

LOL. i intended to do some trades today when i got to work.....15 minutes after the market closed.....

[clarkrl2]

djAdvocate holds on for this week's championship title. uncle23 rallied to second and the benchmark is third place.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
djAdvocate	L	PLG	$1.7100	$1.8700	9.36%
uncle.23	L	PLTR	$25.4800	$27.2300	6.87%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$480.0300	$496.1600	3.36%
clarkrl2	L	SPFI	$26.9800	$26.4700	-1.89%

 

[clarkrl2]

2024	results
Name	Return	Games	Win	Place	Show	>Bench	points	ppg
kadee79	3.33	22	8	3	4	11	45	2.05
djADVOCATE	2.79	27	8	1	5	12	43	1.59
BenchMark	0.60	27	4	7	7	1	34	1.76
uncle.23	0.28	27	6	5	5	13	46	1.70
clarkrl2	0.05	27	1	11	5	12	42	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	0.41	184	35	19	28	68	239	1.30
BenchMark	0.37	549	35	90	128	1	688.5	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	0.13	525	101	73	51	222	722	1.38
clarkrl2	-0.04	549	66	95	97	256	741	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	-1.06	548	89	99	65	243	773	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

[djAdvocate]

oh man. that was closer than i would have liked. if my pony had frozen, Uncle would have beaten me.

well done, Uncle!