In the seventh week since our Volatile Markets stock recommendations, only a few of our picks have seen significant movement.
After stalling last week, South Korean steelmaker Posco (NYSE: PKX), has jumped another $7.39. The 4.08% gain brings Peter Cohan's tip to $188.52, 52.02% higher than its August 16 opening price of $124.01.

Sheldon Liber's recommendation, Huaneng Power International Inc. (NYSE: HNP), gave back some of last week's 18.08% gain this week. Despite the Chinese utility's 6.53% knock, Huaneng still stands a formidable 30.40% higher since our volatile markets feature ran.
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' 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










