Volatile Markets: Checking our stock picks, Week 7

Little change for our next three top performers:

• Anadarko Petroleum (NYSE: APC), another pick from Sheldon Liber, climbed 1.77% this week to $54.55, 14.89% higher over the past seven weeks.
  

• Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA), Steven Halpern's pick, slipped 96 cents since last Thursday, a 0.91% fall which lowered its seven-week gains to 12.73%.

• General Electric (NYSE: GE), also recommended by Steven Halpern, picked up 31 cents this week, raising GE 0.75% for a seven-week gain of 12.10%.

Georges Yared's pick, Target Corp. (NYSE: TGT), has recovered nicely from last week's 6.04% loss. Target has made up $3.49 of last week's loss for a total seven-week gain of 9.05% -- behind the NASDAQ (higher by 11.17% since our feature) but outpacing the Dow index (up 8.65% in the last seven weeks).



Georges' two other recommendations posted gains in week seven as well. Coca-Cola Co. (NYSE: KO) rose to 8.39% higher since mid-August with this week's modest 54-cent rise, but Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) has turned definitively higher after performing sluggishly since late August. Just 1.50% higher last week, the banking giant has added $1.80 since last Thursday, a 3.56% gain that left BAC up 5.12%, its best standing in the last seven weeks.

Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX) had another little spill this week. With its second losing week, Steven Halpern's recommended java joint slipped 9 cents below its August 16 price, and now sits 0.34 under.



FreightCar America Inc. (NYSE: RAIL), Sheldon Liber's pick, may be back on track. After three losing weeks, FreightCar has added $1.45 since last Thursday, lowering its total seven-week loss to just 7.44% under. On the flipside, after its first up-week in a month, Steven Madden (NASDAQ: SHOO), picked by Kevin Kelly, dropped 34 cents last week, falling to -21.45% since our Volatile Markets feature.

So! How's our Volatile Markets Index doing? Hanging in there -- in week seven, our index stands 10.5% higher, trailing the NASDAQ: but nearly 2 percentage points ahead of the Dow. Check back next week to see if we improve!



See all the posts in this special report:

• Volatile Markets: 11 stock plays for turbulent times
• Steven Halpern: Stick with General Electric (GE)
• Sheldon Liber: Huaneng Power (HNP) is my pick for the next 50 years
• Georges Yared: Target (TGT) is the retailer of choice
• Georges Yared: Bank of America (BAC) offers low risk, high reward
• Steven Halpern: Starbucks (SBUX) is ready for a comeback
• Georges Yared: Coca-Cola (KO) is the Real Thing
• Steven Halpern: Bet on Boeing (BA)
• Sheldon Liber: Ride FreightCar America (RAIL)
• Sheldon Liber: Anadarko Petroleum (APC) has valuable fuel reserves
• Peter Cohan: Dip makes Posco (PKX) a bigger bargain
• Kevin Kelly: Steven Madden (SHOO) will wear well
• Gary E. Sattler: Precious metals are the safest place to be
• Zac Bissonnette: Just ignore it; don't try to time it