Stock ticker Stock name Last Close Recommendation
AAPL Apple Inc. $161.4700 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. $147.9000 Strong Buy or Hold
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. $175.1100 Strong Buy or Hold
ALXN Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $139.0200 Strong Buy or Hold
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. $43.6300 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. $946.0200 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
AYI Acuity Brands, Inc. $174.7900 Very Concerned, may need to wait
AZPN Aspen Technology, Inc. $60.3900 Strong Buy or Hold
BABA Alibaba Group Holding Ltd $168.3000 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
BWLD Buffalo Wild Wings $103.5000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
CBPO China Biologic Products Inc $89.8300 Very Concerned, may need to wait
COF Capital One Financial Corp. $80.5500 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
CRUS Cirrus Logic, Inc. $55.6800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
CVCO Cavco Industries, Inc. $134.1500 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. $178.7600 Very Concerned, may need to wait
EW Edwards Lifesciences Corp $113.1100 Very Concerned, may need to wait
EXR Extra Space Storage, Inc. $77.2700 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
FB Facebook Inc $167.2400 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
GOOGL Alphabet Inc $928.1300 Very Concerned, may need to wait
GTN Gray Television, Inc. $14.2000 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
GWR Genesee & Wyoming Inc $66.1800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
HDSN Hudson Technologies, Inc. $8.6300 Very Concerned, may need to wait
HOG Harley-Davidson Inc $47.0600 Very Concerned, may need to wait
HSKA Heska Corp $97.6800 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
HZO MarineMax Inc $16.1500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
IDXX IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. $150.4400 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
LNCE Snyder’s-Lance Inc $35.9600 Strong Buy or Hold
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. $60.1300 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MCK McKesson Corporation $148.3300 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MEI Methode Electronics Inc. $39.0500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MET Metlife Inc $47.5700 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MIDD Middleby Corp $118.7000 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
MNST Monster Beverage Corporation $55.1600 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
MRK Merck & Co., Inc. $63.3200 Very Concerned, may need to wait
NFLX Netflix, Inc. $167.1200 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation $164.9700 Very Concerned, may need to wait
PCLN Priceline Group Inc $1789.9100 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
REGN Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc $479.2200 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
SAM Boston Beer Company Inc $148.8000 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
SBUX Starbucks Corporation $54.4000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
STZ Constellation Brands, Inc. $197.8800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
SUI Sun Communities Inc $89.6700 Strong Buy or Hold
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc $100.7000 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
THRM Gentherm Inc $30.1000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. $178.4300 Very Concerned, may need to wait
TRN Trinity Industries Inc $28.7400 Very Concerned, may need to wait
UA Under Armour Inc $15.7800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc $207.7500 Very Concerned, may need to wait

Symbol Stock Price change today
CVCO Cavco Industries Inc. 4.40%
HSKA Heska Corporation 1.96%
ALGN Align Technology Inc. 1.48%
MIDD The Middleby Corporation 1.41%
EW Edwards Lifesciences Corporatio 1.21%
ALXN Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. 1.08%
AAPL Apple Inc. 1.01%
HDSN Hudson Technologies Inc. 0.94%
AMAT Applied Materials Inc. 0.74%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation 0.71%
NFLX Netflix Inc. 0.71%
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc 0.68%
CRUS Cirrus Logic Inc. 0.63%
MRK Merck & Company Inc. (new) 0.60%
FB Facebook Inc. 0.55%
BWLD Buffalo Wild Wings Inc. 0.53%
MCK McKesson Corporation 0.51%
EXR Extra Space Storage Inc 0.48%
SAM Boston Beer Company Inc. (The) 0.37%
HZO MarineMax Inc. (FL) 0.31%
REGN Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. 0.30%
LNCE Snyder’s-Lance Inc. 0.28%
MEI Methode Electronics Inc. 0.26%
AZPN Aspen Technology Inc. 0.17%
ABMD ABIOMED Inc. 0.16%
AMZN Amazon.com Inc. 0.08%
SBUX Starbucks Corporation 0.07%
DPZ Domino’s Pizza Inc 0.02%
MNST Monster Beverage Corporation -0.11%
LULU lululemon athletica inc. -0.13%
SUI Sun Communities Inc. -0.17%
PCLN The Priceline Group Inc. -0.20%
STZ Constellation Brands Inc. -0.22%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc. -0.25%
GWR Genesee & Wyoming Inc. Class A -0.27%
THRM Gentherm Inc -0.33%
GTN Gray Communications Systems In -0.35%
IDXX IDEXX Laboratories Inc. -0.42%
MET MetLife Inc. -0.88%
TRN Trinity Industries Inc. -0.96%
UA Under Armour Inc. Class C -1.00%
AYI Acuity Brands Inc (Holding Comp -1.11%
COF Capital One Financial Corporati -1.15%
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc. -1.26%
HOG Harley-Davidson Inc. -1.38%
CBPO CHINA BIOLOGIC SHS -1.90%
BABA Alibaba Group Holding Limited A -2.00%
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc. -2.17%

Stock ticker Stock name Last Close Recommendation
AAPL Apple Inc. $159.8600 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. $147.6700 Strong Buy or Hold
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. $172.5500 Strong Buy or Hold
ALXN Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $137.5400 Strong Buy or Hold
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. $43.3100 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. $945.2600 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
AYI Acuity Brands, Inc. $176.7500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
AZPN Aspen Technology, Inc. $60.2900 Strong Buy or Hold
BABA Alibaba Group Holding Ltd $171.7400 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
BWLD Buffalo Wild Wings $102.9500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
CBPO China Biologic Products Inc $91.5700 Very Concerned, may need to wait
COF Capital One Financial Corp. $81.4900 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
CRUS Cirrus Logic, Inc. $55.3300 Very Concerned, may need to wait
CVCO Cavco Industries, Inc. $128.5000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. $178.7300 Very Concerned, may need to wait
EW Edwards Lifesciences Corp $111.7600 Very Concerned, may need to wait
EXR Extra Space Storage, Inc. $76.9000 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
FB Facebook Inc $166.3200 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
GOOGL Alphabet Inc $930.5000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
GTN Gray Television, Inc. $14.2500 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
GWR Genesee & Wyoming Inc $66.3600 Very Concerned, may need to wait
HDSN Hudson Technologies, Inc. $8.5500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
HOG Harley-Davidson Inc $47.7200 Very Concerned, may need to wait
HSKA Heska Corp $95.8000 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
HZO MarineMax Inc $16.1000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
IDXX IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. $151.0800 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
LNCE Snyder’s-Lance Inc $35.8600 Strong Buy or Hold
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. $60.2100 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MCK McKesson Corporation $147.5800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MEI Methode Electronics Inc. $38.9500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MET Metlife Inc $47.9900 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MIDD Middleby Corp $117.0500 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
MNST Monster Beverage Corporation $55.2200 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
MRK Merck & Co., Inc. $62.9400 Very Concerned, may need to wait
NFLX Netflix, Inc. $165.9500 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation $163.8100 Very Concerned, may need to wait
PCLN Priceline Group Inc $1793.4800 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
REGN Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc $477.8000 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
SAM Boston Beer Company Inc $148.2500 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
SBUX Starbucks Corporation $54.3600 Very Concerned, may need to wait
STZ Constellation Brands, Inc. $198.3200 Very Concerned, may need to wait
SUI Sun Communities Inc $89.8200 Strong Buy or Hold
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc $101.9800 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
THRM Gentherm Inc $30.2000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. $177.2200 Very Concerned, may need to wait
TRN Trinity Industries Inc $29.0200 Very Concerned, may need to wait
UA Under Armour Inc $15.9400 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc $212.3600 Very Concerned, may need to wait

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 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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WATCH LIST STOCK RESULTS

 

Stock
Ticker
Company
name
Current
price
Year
ago
Year ago
change
Month
ago
Month ago
change
Week
ago
Week ago
change
AAPL Apple Inc. $159.86 $105.07 52.14% $149.95 6.61% $157.50 1.50%
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. $147.67 $118.76 24.34% $142.97 3.29% $152.14 -2.94%
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. $172.55 $92.67 86.20% $157.26 9.72% $168.61 2.34%
ALXN Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $137.54 $129.63 6.10% $133.92 2.70% $133.40 3.10%
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. $43.31 $29.66 46.03% $45.94 -5.72% $44.20 -2.01%
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. $945.26 $769.00 22.92% $1,046.00 -9.63% $958.47 -1.38%
AYI Acuity Brands, Inc. $176.75 $272.37 -35.11% $203.32 -13.07% $178.33 -0.89%
AZPN Aspen Technology, Inc. $60.29 $45.07 33.77% $56.63 6.46% $58.38 3.27%
BABA Alibaba Group Holding Ltd $171.74 $95.06 80.66% $154.15 11.41% $167.50 2.53%
BWLD Buffalo Wild Wings $102.95 $163.53 -37.05% $109.05 -5.59% $108.70 -5.29%
CBPO China Biologic Products Inc $91.57 $112.02 -18.26% $100.90 -9.25% $89.97 1.78%
COF Capital One Financial Corp. $81.49 $67.83 20.14% $84.40 -3.45% $81.53 -0.05%
CRUS Cirrus Logic, Inc. $55.33 $51.33 7.79% $63.50 -12.87% $54.63 1.28%
CVCO Cavco Industries, Inc. $128.50 $104.13 23.40% $128.50 0.00% $123.70 3.88%
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. $178.73 $146.94 21.63% $182.43 -2.03% $188.66 -5.26%
EW Edwards Lifesciences Corp $111.76 $115.26 -3.04% $116.36 -3.95% $113.11 -1.19%
EXR Extra Space Storage, Inc. $76.90 $76.61 0.38% $76.50 0.52% $74.74 2.89%
FB Facebook Inc $166.32 $124.96 33.10% $170.44 -2.42% $167.41 -0.65%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc $930.50 $793.22 17.31% $952.51 -2.31% $926.18 0.47%
GTN Gray Television, Inc. $14.25 $11.10 28.38% $15.10 -5.63% $13.85 2.89%
GWR Genesee & Wyoming Inc $66.36 $68.85 -3.62% $65.17 1.83% $65.56 1.22%
HDSN Hudson Technologies, Inc. $8.55 $6.25 36.80% $8.00 6.88% $8.56 -0.12%
HOG Harley-Davidson Inc $47.72 $51.22 -6.84% $50.26 -5.05% $46.88 1.79%
HSKA Heska Corp $95.80 $51.60 85.66% $104.43 -8.26% $97.79 -2.03%
HZO MarineMax Inc $16.10 $19.64 -18.02% $14.65 9.90% $15.05 6.98%
IDXX IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. $151.08 $110.15 37.16% $164.40 -8.10% $150.44 0.43%
LNCE Snyder’s-Lance Inc $35.86 $35.16 2.00% $35.47 1.11% $37.08 -3.29%
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. $60.21 $78.19 -23.00% $61.47 -2.05% $58.13 3.58%
MCK McKesson Corporation $147.58 $181.51 -18.69% $162.53 -9.20% $146.00 1.08%
MEI Methode Electronics Inc. $38.95 $36.55 6.57% $40.25 -3.23% $38.35 1.56%
MET Metlife Inc $47.99 $36.13 32.81% $48.74 -1.53% $47.02 2.06%
MIDD Middleby Corp $117.05 $128.86 -9.16% $130.24 -10.13% $116.06 0.85%
MNST Monster Beverage Corporation $55.22 $52.35 5.49% $54.03 2.20% $54.05 2.16%
MRK Merck & Co., Inc. $62.94 $61.01 3.16% $63.69 -1.18% $61.49 2.36%
NFLX Netflix, Inc. $165.95 $97.58 70.07% $182.68 -9.16% $166.54 -0.35%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation $163.81 $61.74 165.31% $161.60 1.37% $161.36 1.52%
PCLN Priceline Group Inc $1,793.48 $1,419.79 26.32% $2,025.09 -11.44% $1,810.00 -0.91%
REGN Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc $477.80 $402.97 18.57% $508.41 -6.02% $467.98 2.10%
SAM Boston Beer Company Inc $148.25 $192.05 -22.81% $135.65 9.29% $146.00 1.54%
SBUX Starbucks Corporation $54.36 $56.28 -3.41% $59.23 -8.22% $52.70 3.15%
STZ Constellation Brands, Inc. $198.32 $163.83 21.05% $193.94 2.26% $197.88 0.22%
SUI Sun Communities Inc $89.82 $72.49 23.91% $88.87 1.07% $88.78 1.17%
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc $101.98 $73.91 37.99% $106.67 -4.39% $102.21 -0.23%
THRM Gentherm Inc $30.20 $32.66 -7.53% $35.15 -14.08% $30.20 0.00%
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. $177.22 $151.77 16.77% $175.27 1.11% $172.57 2.69%
TRN Trinity Industries Inc $29.02 $24.04 20.72% $27.60 5.14% $28.20 2.91%
UA Under Armour Inc $15.94 $38.00 -58.05% $17.37 -8.23% $15.64 1.92%
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc $212.36 $254.85 -16.67% $249.43 -14.86% $244.20 -13.04%

Over the last year, my Watch List returned 15.98%
Over the last month, my Watch List returned -5.48%
Over the last week, my Watch List returned -0.29%

 

SHORT TERM WATCH LIST STOCK RESULTS

 

Stock
Ticker
Company
name
Current
price
Year
ago
Year ago
change
Month
ago
Month ago
change
Week
ago
Week ago
change
AAPL Apple Inc. $159.86 $105.07 52.14% $149.95 6.61% $157.50 1.50%
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. $147.67 $118.76 24.34% $142.97 3.29% $152.14 -2.94%
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. $172.55 $92.67 86.20% $157.26 9.72% $168.61 2.34%
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. $43.31 $29.66 46.03% $45.94 -5.72% $44.20 -2.01%
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. $945.26 $769.00 22.92% $1,046.00 -9.63% $958.47 -1.38%
BABA Alibaba Group Holding Ltd $171.74 $95.06 80.66% $154.15 11.41% $167.50 2.53%
CRUS Cirrus Logic, Inc. $55.33 $51.33 7.79% $63.50 -12.87% $54.63 1.28%
CVCO Cavco Industries, Inc. $128.50 $104.13 23.40% $128.50 0.00% $123.70 3.88%
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. $178.73 $146.94 21.63% $182.43 -2.03% $188.66 -5.26%
FB Facebook Inc $166.32 $124.96 33.10% $170.44 -2.42% $167.41 -0.65%
HDSN Hudson Technologies, Inc. $8.55 $6.25 36.80% $8.00 6.88% $8.56 -0.12%
HSKA Heska Corp $95.80 $51.60 85.66% $104.43 -8.26% $97.79 -2.03%
NFLX Netflix, Inc. $165.95 $97.58 70.07% $182.68 -9.16% $166.54 -0.35%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation $163.81 $61.74 165.31% $161.60 1.37% $161.36 1.52%
PCLN Priceline Group Inc $1,793.48 $1,419.79 26.32% $2,025.09 -11.44% $1,810.00 -0.91%

Over the last year, my Short Term Watch List returned 34.27%
Over the last month, my Short Term Watch List returned -6.90%
Over the last week, my Short Term Watch List returned -0.68%

Short Term List returned 34%
High growth stock: NVIDIA Corporation ($NVDA) at 165%
Total Execution Time: 99.402236938477 Sec

Symbol Stock Price change today
SAM Boston Beer Company Inc. (The) 2.07%
CVCO Cavco Industries Inc. 1.50%
UA Under Armour Inc. Class C 1.34%
MIDD The Middleby Corporation 1.15%
HOG Harley-Davidson Inc. 1.10%
TRN Trinity Industries Inc. 1.01%
HZO MarineMax Inc. (FL) 0.94%
MET MetLife Inc. 0.82%
SBUX Starbucks Corporation 0.78%
STZ Constellation Brands Inc. 0.73%
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc 0.72%
AYI Acuity Brands Inc (Holding Comp 0.72%
GWR Genesee & Wyoming Inc. Class A 0.70%
MCK McKesson Corporation 0.48%
MNST Monster Beverage Corporation 0.44%
MEI Methode Electronics Inc. 0.39%
MRK Merck & Company Inc. (new) 0.37%
AAPL Apple Inc. 0.37%
LULU lululemon athletica inc. 0.32%
COF Capital One Financial Corporati 0.07%
THRM Gentherm Inc 0.00%
HDSN Hudson Technologies Inc. 0.00%
CRUS Cirrus Logic Inc. -0.02%
ALXN Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. -0.17%
AZPN Aspen Technology Inc. -0.28%
SUI Sun Communities Inc. -0.33%
GTN Gray Communications Systems In -0.35%
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc. -0.51%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc. -0.68%
CBPO CHINA BIOLOGIC SHS -0.72%
AMZN Amazon.com Inc. -0.75%
EXR Extra Space Storage Inc -0.81%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation -0.84%
ABMD ABIOMED Inc. -0.85%
FB Facebook Inc. -0.85%
EW Edwards Lifesciences Corporatio -0.88%
AMAT Applied Materials Inc. -0.94%
IDXX IDEXX Laboratories Inc. -0.98%
BWLD Buffalo Wild Wings Inc. -1.06%
PCLN The Priceline Group Inc. -1.21%
NFLX Netflix Inc. -1.30%
LNCE Snyder’s-Lance Inc. -1.46%
REGN Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. -1.54%
ALGN Align Technology Inc. -1.57%
BABA Alibaba Group Holding Limited A -1.86%
DPZ Domino’s Pizza Inc -2.49%
HSKA Heska Corporation -3.25%
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc. -9.14%