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As an example of the success that my book teaches, in a 7 year time frame from January 3, 2006 to December 31, 2012, Decker Corporation increased 304.7% if you would have implemented a pure buy-and-hold strategy. If you would implemented the strategy that I explain in my book, The Confident Investor, you would have seen a 371.2% return on your investment. This is a 21.8% increase on the profit percentage.

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Symbol Stock Price change today
GTN Gray Communications Systems In 3.11%
NFLX Netflix Inc. 2.01%
HSKA Heska Corporation 1.96%
REGN Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. 0.86%
BWLD Buffalo Wild Wings Inc. 0.78%
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc. 0.56%
EXR Extra Space Storage Inc Common 0.48%
FB Facebook Inc. 0.18%
AMAT Applied Materials Inc. -0.03%
SUI Sun Communities Inc. Common St -0.07%
DPZ Domino’s Pizza Inc Common Stock -0.08%
CVCO Cavco Industries Inc. -0.08%
MRK Merck & Company Inc. Common St -0.17%
LNCE Snyder’s-Lance Inc. -0.18%
TRN Trinity Industries Inc. Common -0.19%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc. -0.21%
PCLN The Priceline Group Inc. -0.28%
AAPL Apple Inc. -0.31%
AZPN Aspen Technology Inc. -0.34%
AMZN Amazon.com Inc. -0.38%
MIDD The Middleby Corporation -0.53%
STZ Constellation Brands Inc. Comm -0.60%
CBPO China Biologic Products Inc. -0.60%
CRUS Cirrus Logic Inc. -0.62%
SBUX Starbucks Corporation -0.74%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation -0.77%
ABMD ABIOMED Inc. -0.78%
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc. -0.92%
BABA Alibaba Group Holding Limited A -0.97%
COF Capital One Financial Corporati -1.00%
MEI Methode Electronics Inc. Commo -1.01%
GWR Genesee & Wyoming Inc. Class A -1.11%
LULU lululemon athletica inc. -1.17%
ALXN Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. -1.23%
ALGN Align Technology Inc. -1.25%
HDSN Hudson Technologies Inc. -1.26%
HZO MarineMax Inc. (FL) Common St -1.33%
MCK McKesson Corporation Common Sto -1.50%
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc Co -1.53%
MET MetLife Inc. Common Stock -1.64%
THRM Gentherm Inc -1.66%
UA Under Armour Inc. Class C Comm -1.77%
HOG Harley-Davidson Inc. Common St -2.11%
MNST Monster Beverage Corporation -2.21%
AYI Acuity Brands Inc (Holding Comp -2.22%
EW Edwards Lifesciences Corporatio -2.69%
SAM Boston Beer Company Inc. (The) -3.94%

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One of the biggest challenges in investing in the stock market is picking the best stocks. In my book, “The Confident Investor” I teach my readers how to pick Good Companies. This page is designed to show the raw performance of these companies. It is not designed to show my personal portfolio, which may or may not exceed the performance stated here. Since I use the trading system described in my book, you can assume that I beat the performance recorded here.

I have created three tables below. The first table is the general market – NASDAQ and S&P500. Every investor should try to beat the average of these two indexes. In this report, my larger Watch List beats this metric easily.

I must caution you, I do not actually propose that you “buy and hold” any given stock, but rather you should “buy to hold” the stock. My investing technique teaches you to efficiently move your money to the stocks that are currently increasing in value the most. I use my Watch List for this work, these are Good Companies that I wait for great buying opportunities. This strategy is well described in my book, “The Confident Investor” and tends to be a very safe strategy in bear markets while typically still providing above market returns in a bull or flat market.

My Short Term Watch List are 15 companies that are hot right now. I select this list every quarter. I evenly divide a portion of my portfolio among these 15 companies. The next quarter, I add or delete companies as necessary and then re-balance the portfolio. This tends to be a more risky strategy because I don’t bail out on bad stock movement (at least until the end of the quarter). In a bull market or a flat market, these very well-run and high-performing companies tend to beat the general market by a significant margin.

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Stock Indexes Performance

1 week ago 1 month ago 1 quarter ago 1 year ago
Index Close Profit % Close Profit % Close Profit % Close Profit
^GSPC $2,367.34 0.67% $2,297.42 3.73% $2,204.71 8.09% $1,999.99 19.16%
^IXIC $5,845.31 0.44% $5,666.77 3.60% $5,308.89 10.58% $4,717.02 24.46%

Week average for Indexes: 0.55%
Month average for Indexes: 3.66%
Quarter average for Indexes: 9.34%
Year average for Indexes: 21.81%

Watch List Performance

1 week ago 1 month ago 1 quarter ago 1 year ago
Stock Close Profit % Close Profit % Close Profit % Close Profit
AAPL $136.66 2.28% $128.52 8.76% $108.64 28.66% $100.88 38.56%
ABMD $117.14 3.06% $104.96 15.02% $109.95 9.80% $84.00 43.73%
ALGN $102.89 1.12% $95.82 8.58% $94.01 10.67% $70.39 47.81%
ALXN $131.54 2.62% $126.98 6.31% $124.93 8.05% $144.46 -6.56%
AMAT $36.30 1.57% $35.21 4.72% $31.44 17.27% $19.12 92.80%
AMZN $845.24 0.55% $810.20 4.90% $759.36 11.92% $575.14 47.77%
AYI $218.13 -3.92% $206.35 1.56% $252.16 -16.89% $219.82 -4.66%
AZPN $58.37 1.59% $54.95 7.92% $52.77 12.37% $34.42 72.28%
BABA $102.95 0.35% $100.39 2.91% $90.99 13.54% $72.22 43.05%
BWLD $153.20 0.69% $150.00 2.83% $170.85 -9.72% $168.64 -8.53%
CBPO $109.10 -8.05% $113.94 -11.95% $115.09 -12.83% $110.00 -8.80%
COF $92.61 1.44% $87.52 7.34% $86.31 8.84% $68.09 37.97%
CRUS $55.66 -3.61% $56.11 -4.38% $51.84 3.49% $36.35 47.59%
CVCO $115.30 3.25% $97.30 22.35% $95.85 24.20% $87.97 35.33%
DPZ $186.28 1.48% $175.89 7.48% $165.90 13.95% $131.57 43.68%
EW $94.76 -2.45% $90.47 2.18% $82.49 12.06% $87.36 5.82%
EXR $79.49 -0.52% $73.01 8.31% $69.68 13.49% $80.97 -2.34%
FB $135.44 1.28% $130.98 4.73% $117.43 16.81% $108.39 26.55%
GOOGL $847.81 0.15% $820.13 3.53% $778.22 9.11% $730.22 16.28%
GTN $13.35 8.24% $12.10 19.42% $10.20 41.67% $12.50 15.60%
GWR $74.31 -0.52% $75.62 -2.25% $75.99 -2.72% $60.89 21.40%
HDSN $7.16 -0.42% $7.33 -2.73% $6.84 4.24% $3.42 108.48%
HOG $56.56 4.00% $56.09 4.87% $59.26 -0.74% $45.52 29.21%
HSKA $81.38 8.72% $79.37 11.48% $67.23 31.61% $30.05 194.44%
HZO $22.70 -0.66% $20.70 8.94% $20.15 11.91% $18.80 19.95%
LNCE $39.66 0.38% $38.73 2.79% $36.43 9.28% $31.04 28.26%
LULU $65.32 0.58% $66.39 -1.04% $57.12 15.02% $61.22 7.32%
MCK $150.57 1.30% $138.58 10.06% $144.73 5.39% $161.66 -5.65%
MEI $42.20 5.45% $42.05 5.83% $37.82 17.67% $27.86 59.71%
MET $52.49 4.46% $51.77 5.91% $55.26 -0.78% $40.90 34.06%
MIDD $139.05 0.83% $133.00 5.41% $139.36 0.60% $101.11 38.66%
MNST $43.55 10.31% $42.64 12.66% $44.89 7.02% $42.96 11.82%
MRK $66.16 0.63% $64.29 3.56% $59.79 11.35% $50.45 31.97%
NFLX $143.25 -2.87% $140.25 -0.79% $119.16 16.77% $101.58 36.98%
NVDA $101.46 -2.99% $114.24 -13.84% $91.76 7.26% $32.32 204.58%
PCLN $1,631.62 6.34% $1,583.38 9.58% $1,499.76 15.69% $1,297.71 33.70%
REGN $361.01 4.89% $358.26 5.69% $369.82 2.39% $403.82 -6.23%
SAM $159.20 1.35% $155.00 4.10% $175.00 -7.80% $198.72 -18.81%
SBUX $57.48 -0.66% $54.81 4.17% $57.24 -0.25% $57.76 -1.15%
STZ $158.85 -0.06% $148.67 6.79% $148.48 6.92% $142.45 11.45%
SUI $83.52 -1.96% $78.49 4.32% $71.53 14.46% $65.19 25.61%
SWKS $94.70 0.23% $91.56 3.67% $74.59 27.25% $71.92 31.98%
THRM $36.55 -1.09% $35.90 0.70% $31.30 15.50% $42.63 -15.20%
TMO $158.98 0.74% $151.43 5.77% $141.23 13.40% $139.72 14.63%
TRN $27.35 -1.83% $28.25 -4.96% $27.89 -3.73% $16.64 61.36%
UA $19.83 -6.00% $18.19 2.47% $25.06 -25.62% $0.00 0.00%
ULTA $276.33 0.66% $272.06 2.24% $257.60 7.98% $168.97 64.62%

Week average for Watch List stocks: 0.91% compared to indexes for same period at: 0.55%
Month average for Watch List stocks: 4.64% compared to indexes for same period at: 3.66%
Quarter average for Watch List stocks: 8.86% compared to indexes for same period at: 9.34%
Year average for Watch List stocks: 34.19% compared to indexes for same period at: 21.81%

Short Term Watch List

1 week ago 1 month ago 1 quarter ago 1 year ago
Stock Close Profit % Close Profit % Close Profit % Close Profit
ABMD $117.14 3.06% $104.96 15.02% $109.95 9.80% $84.00 43.73%
ALGN $102.89 1.12% $95.82 8.58% $94.01 10.67% $70.39 47.81%
AMAT $36.30 1.57% $35.21 4.72% $31.44 17.27% $19.12 92.80%
AMZN $845.24 0.55% $810.20 4.90% $759.36 11.92% $575.14 47.77%
AYI $218.13 -3.92% $206.35 1.56% $252.16 -16.89% $219.82 -4.66%
CBPO $109.10 -8.05% $113.94 -11.95% $115.09 -12.83% $110.00 -8.80%
CRUS $55.66 -3.61% $56.11 -4.38% $51.84 3.49% $36.35 47.59%
DPZ $186.28 1.48% $175.89 7.48% $165.90 13.95% $131.57 43.68%
EW $94.76 -2.45% $90.47 2.18% $82.49 12.06% $87.36 5.82%
HDSN $7.16 -0.42% $7.33 -2.73% $6.84 4.24% $3.42 108.48%
HSKA $81.38 8.72% $79.37 11.48% $67.23 31.61% $30.05 194.44%
NVDA $101.46 -2.99% $114.24 -13.84% $91.76 7.26% $32.32 204.58%
STZ $158.85 -0.06% $148.67 6.79% $148.48 6.92% $142.45 11.45%
SUI $83.52 -1.96% $78.49 4.32% $71.53 14.46% $65.19 25.61%
ULTA $276.33 0.66% $272.06 2.24% $257.60 7.98% $168.97 64.62%

Week average for Short Term Watch List stocks: -0.42% compared to indexes for same period at: 0.55%
Month average for Short Term Watch List stocks: 2.42% compared to indexes for same period at: 3.66%
Quarter average for Short Term Watch List stocks: 8.13% compared to indexes for same period at: 9.34%
Year average for Short Term Watch List stocks: 61.66% compared to indexes for same period at: 21.81%

Total Execution Time: 53.513526916504 Sec

This information was calculated on Mar 05, 2017 and is based on the closing value of the most recent trading day which may not be today.
This information is based on the Yahoo Historical Pricing and is only as good or as current as that data.
My Short Term Watch List (including $ALGN) grew by 61.66% over the last year

My Watch List (including $NFLX) grew by 34.19% over the last year

My Short Term Watch List (including $CBPO) grew by 61.66% over the last year

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The total amount of debt held by American households climbed in 2016 by the most in a decade, driven by broad and steady increases in credit card debt, auto and student loans, and a fourth-quarter surge to the highest amount of mortgage originations since before the financial crisis.

Total household debt climbed by $226 billion in the final three months of 2016, according to a report Thursday from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Total household debts are now just $99 billion shy of the all-time peak of $12.7 trillion set in the third quarter of 2008 just as the banking system began crashing down. The New York Fed estimates that debt is highly likely to set a new record in 2017.

“Debt held by Americans is approaching its previous peak, yet its composition today is vastly different as the growth in balances has been driven by non-housing debt,” said Wilbert van der Klaauw, an economist at the New York Fed.

Households shed nearly $1.5 trillion in housing debt between 2008 and 2013, through a combination of foreclosure and the grindingly slow pay down of debt. New mortgage originations plunged from $600 billion or $700 billion a quarter throughout 2006 and 2007 to less than $300 billion in 2013.

Loans to borrowers with credit scores below 620, considered subprime for their high risk of being unable to pay their debts, nearly disappeared from the market, falling by more than 90%. Subprime originations at the end of 2016 were more than 80% lower than in 2007.

But the biggest force driving household debts higher over the past decade has come from the rise of student loans and auto loans.

Source: U.S. Household Debts Climbed in 2016 by Most in a Decade – WSJ

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As an example of the success that my book teaches, in a 7 year time frame from January 3, 2006 to December 31, 2012, Decker Corporation increased 304.7% if you would have implemented a pure buy-and-hold strategy. If you would implemented the strategy that I explain in my book, The Confident Investor, you would have seen a 371.2% return on your investment. This is a 21.8% increase on the profit percentage.

Can your investment system beat the market by that much?

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You can purchase my book wherever books are sold such as Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Books A Million. It is available in paperback as well as e-book formats for Nook, Kindle, and iPad. 

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