public ActionResult Index2007(MyViewModelSO myViewModel) 
 {
     //save
     var value = myViewModel.tickers.Where(r => r.Value == myViewModel.selectedValue.ToString()).
         Select(s => s.Text).ToList();
     
     //put breakpoint here to see value contains text
     //...rest of save
     
     return View(myViewModel);
 }
 public ActionResult Index2007()
 {
     var myViewModel = new MyViewModelSO();
     return View(myViewModel);
 }