Stock Pick of the Week: W. E. 13 Sep. 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".

[djAdvocate]

i'll take UNG long

[uncle23]

AAPL....long

[clarkrl2]

Long CI (Cigna Group - Healthcare Plans)
The chart looks OK at best, but it was better than others I looked at. weekly bars 

[kadee79]

I forgot again guys...sorry.  My DH had back surgery on Thur. & came home yesterday so I've been pretty busy.
Hope ya'al have a good week.

[clarkrl2]

The benchmark takes the early lead in this week's contest. clarkrl2 is second and uncle23 is third. kadee79 I hope your DH has a full and speedy recovery.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$453.0600	$454.4600	0.31%
clarkrl2	L	CI	$356.5500	$357.6100	0.30%
uncle.23	L	AAPL	$220.8200	$220.9100	0.04%
djAdvocate	L	UNG	$13.8900	$13.4800	-2.95%

 

[uncle23]

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sorry to hear Kadee..........get well soon to your DH

[clarkrl2]

djAdvocate leads a tightly grouped field into the backstretch on day two. The benchmark is second and clarkrl2 third.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
djAdvocate	L	UNG	$13.8900	$14.0700	1.30%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$453.0600	$458.6600	1.24%
clarkrl2	L	CI	$356.5500	$358.1000	0.43%
uncle.23	L	AAPL	$220.8200	$220.1100	-0.32%

 

[clarkrl2]

The benchmark takes over p1. djAdvocate is second and uncle23 third. Three lengths separate the field with two days to go.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$453.0600	$468.6200	3.43%
djAdvocate	L	UNG	$13.8900	$14.2500	2.59%
uncle.23	L	AAPL	$220.8200	$222.6600	0.83%
clarkrl2	L	CI	$356.5500	$357.7800	0.34%

 

[djAdvocate]

wow. what an incredible day in the market!

[clarkrl2]

djAdvocate retakes the lead with one day to go. The benchmark is second and clarkrl2 third. 

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
djAdvocate	L	UNG	$13.8900	$14.8300	6.77%
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$453.0600	$473.2200	4.45%
clarkrl2	L	CI	$356.5500	$362.1700	1.58%
uncle.23	L	AAPL	$220.8200	$222.7700	0.88%

 

[clarkrl2]

The benchmark rallied down the stretch for this week's championship. djAdvocate is second and clarkrl2 third.

Player	L or S	Symbol	$ Open	$ Close	% Close
BenchMark	L	QQQ	$453.0600	$475.3400	4.92%
djAdvocate	L	UNG	$13.8900	$14.4900	4.32%
clarkrl2	L	CI	$356.5500	$364.7200	2.29%
uncle.23	L	AAPL	$220.8200	$222.5000	0.76%

 

[clarkrl2]

2024	results
Name	Return	Games	Win	Place	Show	>Bench	points	ppg
kadee79	2.42	30	11	4	4	15	60	2.00
djADVOCATE	2.32	35	11	3	5	16	60	1.71
clarkrl2	0.74	37	4	14	6	18	64	1.73
BenchMark	0.42	37	5	7	15	0	44	1.69
uncle.23	-0.91	37	6	9	6	18	60	1.62

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	0.42	192	38	21	28	72	256	1.33
BenchMark	0.36	559	36	90	136	0	703.5	1.26
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	0.12	533	104	74	51	226	737	1.38
clarkrl2	0.01	559	69	98	98	262	763	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	-1.11	558	89	103	66	248	787	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