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Amazon Inc. [stckqut]AMZN[/stckqut] announced recently that its Prime Now one and two-hour delivery service adds wine and beer to its product offerings available for superfast delivery in Cincinnati and Columbus. The company adds hundreds of alcohol-related products to its inventory from popular name brands such as Chateau Ste. Michelle, Bud Light and Veuve Clicquot as well as local favorites like Great Lakes Brewing Company, Rhinegeist and MadTree Brewing.

“We are excited to continue expanding our product offerings and we know customers will love getting wine and beer delivered right to their door in one hour or less,” said Stephenie Landry, vice president of Prime Now worldwide. “Whether you run out of wine at your dinner party or need more chilled champagne for mimosas at a family brunch, Prime Now can save customers time with superfast delivery so they can skip a trip to the store.”

Customers in Prime Now eligible neighborhoods can use the one and two-hour delivery service to order wine and beer along with tens of thousands of other daily essentials. Customers can enter their ZIP code in the Prime Now app or on primenow.com to see if the service is available or can request to be notified when the service becomes available in their area.

Through Prime Now, Prime members can get free two-hour delivery and one-hour delivery is $7.99. Prime members can download the Prime Now app, available on iOS and Android devices, or visit www.primenow.com to place orders and track the status of their delivery in real time. Learn more about Amazon Prime Now at www.primenow.com.

Source: Amazon – Press Room – Press Release

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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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Symbol Stock Price change today
HSKA Heska Corporation 3.82%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation 3.19%
BABA Alibaba Group Holding Limited A 1.55%
CRUS Cirrus Logic Inc. 1.40%
ALGN Align Technology Inc. 1.23%
GTN Gray Communications Systems In 1.10%
AAPL Apple Inc. 1.05%
UA Under Armour Inc. Class C Comm 1.00%
CVCO Cavco Industries Inc. 0.99%
AMAT Applied Materials Inc. 0.74%
MNST Monster Beverage Corporation 0.71%
AMZN Amazon.com Inc. 0.55%
NFLX Netflix Inc. 0.50%
STZ Constellation Brands Inc. Comm 0.49%
REGN Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. 0.45%
MRK Merck & Company Inc. Common St 0.33%
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc. 0.27%
AZPN Aspen Technology Inc. 0.15%
FB Facebook Inc. 0.07%
SBUX Starbucks Corporation 0.05%
EXR Extra Space Storage Inc Common 0.01%
GWR Genesee & Wyoming Inc. Class A -0.20%
SAM Boston Beer Company Inc. (The) -0.20%
ABMD ABIOMED Inc. -0.31%
EW Edwards Lifesciences Corporatio -0.34%
LULU lululemon athletica inc. -0.39%
PCLN The Priceline Group Inc. -0.41%
MET MetLife Inc. Common Stock -0.43%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc. -0.51%
MCK McKesson Corporation Common Sto -0.51%
DPZ Domino’s Pizza Inc Common Stock -0.62%
LNCE Snyder’s-Lance Inc. -0.62%
HOG Harley-Davidson Inc. Common St -0.64%
SUI Sun Communities Inc. Common St -0.67%
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc Co -0.73%
THRM Gentherm Inc -0.79%
MIDD The Middleby Corporation -0.80%
CBPO China Biologic Products Inc. -0.92%
AYI Acuity Brands Inc (Holding Comp -1.01%
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc. -1.07%
ALXN Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. -1.54%
COF Capital One Financial Corporati -1.64%
MEI Methode Electronics Inc. Commo -1.84%
HDSN Hudson Technologies Inc. -1.85%
TRN Trinity Industries Inc. Common -2.01%
HZO MarineMax Inc. (FL) Common St -2.45%
BWLD Buffalo Wild Wings Inc. -3.76%

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Running an airline is incredibly difficult. This video will provide some basic background on seat pricing compared to the class of seat. What the video talks about is income and that is a long way from profitability as it doesn’t spend time on the fixed costs of the airplane and crew but also the many variable costs such as fuel, taxes, advertising, etc.

I rarely invest in airlines simply because they have such a difficult time controlling their variable costs. When those variable costs drop, they tend to drop for all of the airlines. This results in price-cutting to attract more customers which significantly lowers the income. While there is a significant “moat” for any new entries into the airline business, the companies that are there are extremely competitive to each other.

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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 $2,372.60 0.24% $2,351.16 1.15% $2,262.53 5.11% $2,049.58 16.04%
^IXIC $5,861.73 0.67% $5,838.58 1.07% $5,457.44 8.13% $4,795.65 23.05%

Week average for Indexes: 0.45%
Month average for Indexes: 1.11%
Quarter average for Indexes: 6.62%
Year average for Indexes: 19.54%

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 $139.14 0.61% $135.72 3.15% $116.14 20.54% $103.73 34.96%
ABMD $121.21 2.28% $116.57 6.35% $116.77 6.17% $87.53 41.63%
ALGN $105.32 6.20% $101.77 9.90% $100.25 11.57% $68.90 62.34%
ALXN $127.31 -4.11% $128.82 -5.23% $114.56 6.56% $128.45 -4.96%
AMAT $38.12 3.04% $35.67 10.12% $32.35 21.43% $20.21 94.38%
AMZN $852.46 -0.02% $845.07 0.86% $766.00 11.27% $552.08 54.38%
AYI $211.59 -1.54% $220.29 -5.42% $245.42 -15.11% $219.76 -5.20%
AZPN $58.48 1.52% $57.06 4.05% $54.57 8.80% $36.13 64.32%
BABA $103.39 2.15% $100.52 5.06% $88.93 18.76% $76.25 38.50%
BWLD $152.55 0.26% $159.05 -3.84% $165.40 -7.53% $149.34 2.42%
CBPO $97.87 3.00% $110.14 -8.47% $109.77 -8.16% $111.27 -9.40%
COF $92.19 -4.30% $91.81 -3.90% $89.63 -1.56% $69.05 27.78%
CRUS $54.76 6.70% $55.33 5.60% $57.74 1.20% $35.90 62.76%
CVCO $116.15 0.52% $114.50 1.97% $101.30 15.25% $89.95 29.79%
DPZ $186.27 -0.77% $187.47 -1.41% $160.83 14.92% $129.46 42.77%
EW $92.74 1.79% $89.74 5.19% $91.48 3.19% $85.81 10.01%
EXR $73.96 1.89% $76.44 -1.42% $74.16 1.62% $86.10 -12.47%
FB $138.79 0.76% $133.53 4.73% $119.24 17.28% $111.45 25.47%
GOOGL $861.41 1.27% $846.55 3.05% $812.50 7.37% $755.41 15.48%
GTN $14.10 -3.19% $12.55 8.76% $10.45 30.62% $12.69 7.57%
GWR $70.19 -2.11% $75.39 -8.86% $71.20 -3.50% $64.17 7.07%
HDSN $7.07 -8.49% $7.73 -16.30% $7.38 -12.33% $3.49 85.39%
HOG $60.05 3.66% $56.93 9.34% $58.85 5.77% $48.29 28.91%
HSKA $97.05 -4.06% $83.06 12.10% $71.06 31.03% $27.99 232.65%
HZO $22.35 0.45% $22.70 -1.10% $19.80 13.38% $18.95 18.47%
LNCE $39.94 1.55% $38.84 4.43% $38.03 6.64% $31.16 30.18%
LULU $65.08 -1.60% $66.73 -4.03% $66.70 -3.99% $62.51 2.45%
MCK $147.67 0.18% $149.97 -1.36% $141.30 4.69% $157.23 -5.91%
MEI $42.85 8.05% $42.20 9.72% $42.56 8.80% $28.24 63.95%
MET $54.02 -1.22% $52.97 0.74% $53.52 -0.30% $43.22 23.47%
MIDD $137.71 1.19% $138.21 0.82% $133.91 4.06% $102.84 35.50%
MNST $46.82 -0.75% $43.63 6.51% $43.87 5.93% $136.53 -65.96%
MRK $65.13 -1.89% $64.92 -1.57% $60.70 5.27% $50.69 26.06%
NFLX $140.89 3.00% $142.22 2.03% $125.45 15.67% $101.12 43.50%
NVDA $99.12 7.01% $107.09 -0.96% $101.50 4.50% $33.57 215.99%
PCLN $1,754.24 1.05% $1,637.40 8.26% $1,488.83 19.06% $1,344.22 31.87%
REGN $388.23 -2.05% $371.18 2.45% $371.75 2.30% $364.51 4.33%
SAM $146.60 1.91% $169.75 -11.99% $172.20 -13.24% $190.45 -21.55%
SBUX $54.53 2.29% $57.35 -2.74% $57.39 -2.81% $58.75 -5.05%
STZ $157.56 2.66% $161.32 0.27% $156.35 3.45% $145.56 11.13%
SUI $79.15 1.77% $80.93 -0.47% $75.06 7.31% $66.86 20.48%
SWKS $98.18 -0.25% $96.35 1.64% $77.21 26.84% $75.87 29.08%
THRM $35.95 5.98% $35.70 6.72% $35.25 8.09% $41.03 -7.14%
TMO $159.18 -0.81% $158.49 -0.38% $141.12 11.89% $139.44 13.23%
TRN $25.95 5.51% $28.84 -5.06% $28.23 -3.01% $18.84 45.35%
UA $17.75 1.86% $19.75 -8.46% $25.37 -28.73% $0.00 0.00%
ULTA $286.42 0.83% $275.15 4.96% $259.97 11.09% $191.39 50.90%

Week average for Watch List stocks: 0.93% compared to indexes for same period at: 0.45%
Month average for Watch List stocks: 0.97% compared to indexes for same period at: 1.11%
Quarter average for Watch List stocks: 6.21% compared to indexes for same period at: 6.62%
Year average for Watch List stocks: 31.85% compared to indexes for same period at: 19.54%

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 $121.21 2.28% $116.57 6.35% $116.77 6.17% $87.53 41.63%
ALGN $105.32 6.20% $101.77 9.90% $100.25 11.57% $68.90 62.34%
AMAT $38.12 3.04% $35.67 10.12% $32.35 21.43% $20.21 94.38%
AMZN $852.46 -0.02% $845.07 0.86% $766.00 11.27% $552.08 54.38%
AYI $211.59 -1.54% $220.29 -5.42% $245.42 -15.11% $219.76 -5.20%
CBPO $97.87 3.00% $110.14 -8.47% $109.77 -8.16% $111.27 -9.40%
CRUS $54.76 6.70% $55.33 5.60% $57.74 1.20% $35.90 62.76%
DPZ $186.27 -0.77% $187.47 -1.41% $160.83 14.92% $129.46 42.77%
EW $92.74 1.79% $89.74 5.19% $91.48 3.19% $85.81 10.01%
HDSN $7.07 -8.49% $7.73 -16.30% $7.38 -12.33% $3.49 85.39%
HSKA $97.05 -4.06% $83.06 12.10% $71.06 31.03% $27.99 232.65%
NVDA $99.12 7.01% $107.09 -0.96% $101.50 4.50% $33.57 215.99%
STZ $157.56 2.66% $161.32 0.27% $156.35 3.45% $145.56 11.13%
SUI $79.15 1.77% $80.93 -0.47% $75.06 7.31% $66.86 20.48%
ULTA $286.42 0.83% $275.15 4.96% $259.97 11.09% $191.39 50.90%

Week average for Short Term Watch List stocks: 1.36% compared to indexes for same period at: 0.45%
Month average for Short Term Watch List stocks: 1.49% compared to indexes for same period at: 1.11%
Quarter average for Short Term Watch List stocks: 6.10% compared to indexes for same period at: 6.62%
Year average for Short Term Watch List stocks: 64.68% compared to indexes for same period at: 19.54%

Total Execution Time: 53.676451921463 Sec

This information was calculated on Mar 19, 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 $AMAT) grew by 64.68% over the last year

My Watch List (including $LNCE) grew by 31.85% over the last year

My Short Term Watch List (including $STZ) grew by 64.68% over the last year