Stock ticker Stock name Last Close Recommendation
AAPL Apple Inc. $174.0900 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. $198.4500 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
ADS Alliance Data Systems Corporation $221.4500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. $262.4200 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
ALXN Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $107.7500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. $56.9400 Very Concerned, may need to wait
AMZN Amazon $1195.8300 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
AYI Acuity Brands, Inc. $159.8500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
BABA Alibaba Group Holding Ltd $188.0300 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
BWLD Buffalo Wild Wings $146.4000 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
CBPO China Biologic Products Inc $82.9700 Very Concerned, may need to wait
COF Capital One Financial Corp. $86.8700 Very Concerned, may need to wait
CRUS Cirrus Logic, Inc. $55.5300 Very Concerned, may need to wait
CVCO Cavco Industries, Inc. $147.9500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. $174.5200 Very Concerned, may need to wait
EW Edwards Lifesciences Corp $109.8600 Strong Buy or Hold
EXR Extra Space Storage, Inc. $87.4000 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
FB Facebook Inc $183.0300 Strong Buy or Hold
GOOGL Alphabet Inc $1072.0100 Strong Buy or Hold
GTN Gray Television, Inc. $16.2000 Strong Buy or Hold
GWR Genesee & Wyoming Inc $74.3400 Strong Buy or Hold
HDSN Hudson Technologies, Inc. $5.6800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
HOG Harley-Davidson Inc $47.5200 Strong Buy or Hold
HSKA Heska Corp $88.6200 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
HZO MarineMax Inc $20.7000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
IDXX IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. $155.4300 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
LNCE Snyder’s-Lance Inc $37.2500 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. $66.1300 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
MCK McKesson Corporation $144.8500 Strong Buy or Hold
MEI Methode Electronics Inc. $46.9000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MET Metlife Inc $51.3700 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MIDD Middleby Corp $120.2200 Strong Buy or Hold
MNST Monster Beverage Corporation $61.7700 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
MRK Merck & Co., Inc. $54.5500 Some Concerns, may need to wait
NFLX Netflix, Inc. $195.0500 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation $214.1400 Very Concerned, may need to wait
PCLN Priceline Group Inc $1763.4000 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
REGN Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc $374.5300 Very Concerned, may need to wait
SAM Boston Beer Company Inc $178.0500 Strong Buy or Hold
SBUX Starbucks Corporation $55.9100 Very Concerned, may need to wait
STZ Constellation Brands, Inc. $220.1200 Strong Buy or Hold
SUI Sun Communities Inc $93.3300 Very Concerned, may need to wait
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc $107.2200 Very Concerned, may need to wait
THRM Gentherm Inc $34.9000 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. $193.9200 Strong Buy or Hold
TRN Trinity Industries Inc $34.0100 Strong Buy or Hold
UA Under Armour Inc $11.3500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc $206.6900 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon

Symbol Stock Price change today
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. 3.0068%
MIDD Middleby Corp 1.8468%
LNCE Snyder’s-Lance Inc 1.8038%
HSKA Heska Corp 1.512%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc 1.4661%
AYI Acuity Brands, Inc. 1.1773%
GTN Gray Television, Inc. 0.9346%
AMZN Amazon 0.8288%
EW Edwards Lifesciences Corp 0.4756%
IDXX IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. 0.4005%
BWLD Buffalo Wild Wings 0.3771%
MRK Merck & Co., Inc. 0.368%
PCLN Priceline Group Inc 0.2832%
HOG Harley-Davidson Inc 0.2532%
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 0.2119%
SAM Boston Beer Company Inc 0.197%
HDSN Hudson Technologies, Inc. 0.1764%
FB Facebook Inc 0.1368%
MCK McKesson Corporation 0.1313%
GWR Genesee & Wyoming Inc 0.0943%
MNST Monster Beverage Corporation 0.0324%
EXR Extra Space Storage, Inc. 0.0229%
TRN Trinity Industries Inc -0.0881%
ADS Alliance Data Systems Corporation -0.2567%
NFLX Netflix, Inc. -0.3576%
AAPL Apple Inc. -0.5029%
COF Capital One Financial Corp. -0.5837%
SUI Sun Communities Inc -0.5964%
MEI Methode Electronics Inc. -0.6356%
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. -0.6458%
ALXN Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. -0.7918%
STZ Constellation Brands, Inc. -0.7932%
MET Metlife Inc -0.8875%
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. -0.9882%
THRM Gentherm Inc -1.1331%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation -1.2998%
CVCO Cavco Industries, Inc. -1.3338%
HZO MarineMax Inc -1.4286%
SBUX Starbucks Corporation -1.5669%
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. -1.5902%
BABA Alibaba Group Holding Ltd -1.6528%
CRUS Cirrus Logic, Inc. -1.6646%
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. -1.675%
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc -1.7493%
UA Under Armour Inc -2.0708%
CBPO China Biologic Products Inc -2.1118%
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc -2.3052%
REGN Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc -2.6816%

Stock ticker Stock name Last Close Recommendation
AAPL Apple Inc. $174.9700 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. $199.7400 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
ADS Alliance Data Systems Corporation $222.0200 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. $254.7600 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
ALXN Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $108.6100 Very Concerned, may need to wait
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. $57.9100 Strong Buy or Hold
AMZN Amazon $1186.0000 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
AYI Acuity Brands, Inc. $157.9900 Very Concerned, may need to wait
BABA Alibaba Group Holding Ltd $191.1900 Strong Buy or Hold
BWLD Buffalo Wild Wings $145.8500 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
CBPO China Biologic Products Inc $84.7600 Very Concerned, may need to wait
COF Capital One Financial Corp. $87.3800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
CRUS Cirrus Logic, Inc. $56.4700 Strong Buy or Hold
CVCO Cavco Industries, Inc. $149.9500 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. $177.3400 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
EW Edwards Lifesciences Corp $109.3400 Strong Buy or Hold
EXR Extra Space Storage, Inc. $87.3800 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
FB Facebook Inc $182.7800 Strong Buy or Hold
GOOGL Alphabet Inc $1056.5200 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
GTN Gray Television, Inc. $16.0500 Strong Buy or Hold
GWR Genesee & Wyoming Inc $74.2700 Strong Buy or Hold
HDSN Hudson Technologies, Inc. $5.6700 Very Concerned, may need to wait
HOG Harley-Davidson Inc $47.4000 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
HSKA Heska Corp $87.3000 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
HZO MarineMax Inc $21.0000 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
IDXX IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. $154.8100 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
LNCE Snyder’s-Lance Inc $36.5900 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. $66.7900 Strong Buy or Hold
MCK McKesson Corporation $144.6600 Strong Buy or Hold
MEI Methode Electronics Inc. $47.2000 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
MET Metlife Inc $51.8300 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MIDD Middleby Corp $118.0400 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
MNST Monster Beverage Corporation $61.7500 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
MRK Merck & Co., Inc. $54.3500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
NFLX Netflix, Inc. $195.7500 Strong Buy or Hold
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation $216.9600 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
PCLN Priceline Group Inc $1758.4200 Some Concerns, may need to wait
REGN Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc $384.8500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
SAM Boston Beer Company Inc $177.7000 Strong Buy or Hold
SBUX Starbucks Corporation $56.8000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
STZ Constellation Brands, Inc. $221.8800 Strong Buy or Hold
SUI Sun Communities Inc $93.8900 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc $109.7500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
THRM Gentherm Inc $35.3000 Strong Buy or Hold
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. $193.5100 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
TRN Trinity Industries Inc $34.0400 Strong Buy or Hold
UA Under Armour Inc $11.5900 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc $210.3700 Strong Buy or Hold

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. $174.97 $110.01 59.05% $156.84 11.56% $170.15 2.83%
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. $199.74 $113.67 75.72% $179.59 11.22% $194.32 2.79%
ADS Alliance Data Systems Corporation $222.02 $232.59 -4.54% $232.05 -4.32% $224.35 -1.04%
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. $254.76 $96.19 164.85% $202.98 25.51% $253.89 0.34%
ALXN Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $108.61 $118.83 -8.60% $126.07 -13.85% $110.87 -2.04%
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. $57.91 $31.59 83.29% $55.83 3.72% $56.39 2.69%
AMZN Amazon $1,186.00 $780.37 51.98% $972.43 21.96% $1,129.88 4.97%
AYI Acuity Brands, Inc. $157.99 $256.81 -38.48% $159.21 -0.77% $161.82 -2.37%
BABA Alibaba Group Holding Ltd $191.19 $93.01 105.56% $170.32 12.25% $185.13 3.27%
BWLD Buffalo Wild Wings $145.85 $170.55 -14.48% $120.95 20.59% $138.25 5.50%
CBPO China Biologic Products Inc $84.76 $119.92 -29.32% $81.00 4.64% $86.07 -1.52%
COF Capital One Financial Corp. $87.38 $83.00 5.28% $92.10 -5.12% $87.83 -0.51%
CRUS Cirrus Logic, Inc. $56.47 $57.47 -1.74% $54.26 4.07% $55.77 1.26%
CVCO Cavco Industries, Inc. $149.95 $95.35 57.26% $155.55 -3.60% $147.05 1.97%
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. $177.34 $170.64 3.92% $185.68 -4.49% $178.65 -0.73%
EW Edwards Lifesciences Corp $109.34 $85.80 27.44% $103.37 5.78% $107.09 2.10%
EXR Extra Space Storage, Inc. $87.38 $67.23 29.97% $78.70 11.03% $87.20 0.21%
FB Facebook Inc $182.78 $120.38 51.84% $170.63 7.12% $179.00 2.11%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc $1,056.52 $780.23 35.41% $991.42 6.57% $1,035.89 1.99%
GTN Gray Television, Inc. $16.05 $9.85 62.94% $15.50 3.55% $15.70 2.23%
GWR Genesee & Wyoming Inc $74.27 $76.96 -3.50% $73.06 1.66% $72.66 2.22%
HDSN Hudson Technologies, Inc. $5.67 $8.18 -30.68% $5.91 -4.06% $5.76 -1.56%
HOG Harley-Davidson Inc $47.40 $58.57 -19.08% $48.80 -2.87% $47.25 0.32%
HSKA Heska Corp $87.30 $66.32 31.63% $96.77 -9.79% $85.50 2.11%
HZO MarineMax Inc $21.00 $18.60 12.90% $16.20 29.63% $20.90 0.48%
IDXX IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. $154.81 $120.27 28.72% $164.25 -5.75% $154.88 -0.05%
LNCE Snyder’s-Lance Inc $36.59 $37.70 -2.95% $37.72 -3.01% $36.28 0.85%
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. $66.79 $57.99 15.18% $62.01 7.71% $66.31 0.72%
MCK McKesson Corporation $144.66 $141.95 1.91% $143.54 0.78% $142.13 1.78%
MEI Methode Electronics Inc. $47.20 $37.83 24.78% $46.30 1.94% $47.25 -0.11%
MET Metlife Inc $51.83 $42.78 21.15% $53.82 -3.69% $51.65 0.35%
MIDD Middleby Corp $118.04 $139.21 -15.21% $118.06 -0.02% $113.69 3.83%
MNST Monster Beverage Corporation $61.75 $44.85 37.68% $56.75 8.81% $62.17 -0.68%
MRK Merck & Co., Inc. $54.35 $60.41 -10.03% $61.99 -12.32% $55.20 -1.54%
NFLX Netflix, Inc. $195.75 $117.41 66.72% $195.21 0.28% $193.20 1.32%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation $216.96 $93.80 131.31% $195.55 10.95% $211.21 2.72%
PCLN Priceline Group Inc $1,758.42 $1,521.68 15.56% $1,939.29 -9.33% $1,747.22 0.64%
REGN Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc $384.85 $398.16 -3.34% $416.04 -7.50% $391.59 -1.72%
SAM Boston Beer Company Inc $177.70 $174.90 1.60% $176.05 0.94% $174.60 1.78%
SBUX Starbucks Corporation $56.80 $56.38 0.75% $54.62 3.99% $56.93 -0.23%
STZ Constellation Brands, Inc. $221.88 $154.77 43.36% $211.23 5.04% $216.29 2.58%
SUI Sun Communities Inc $93.89 $69.65 34.79% $89.63 4.75% $92.60 1.39%
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc $109.75 $76.11 44.21% $105.21 4.31% $109.68 0.06%
THRM Gentherm Inc $35.30 $31.70 11.36% $34.40 2.62% $34.25 3.07%
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. $193.51 $143.66 34.70% $200.37 -3.42% $190.17 1.76%
TRN Trinity Industries Inc $34.04 $26.92 26.43% $31.54 7.93% $33.63 1.22%
UA Under Armour Inc $11.59 $24.14 -51.99% $14.65 -20.89% $11.73 -1.19%
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc $210.37 $263.62 -20.20% $200.51 4.92% $215.10 -2.20%

Over the last year, my Watch List returned 22.48%
Over the last month, my Watch List returned 2.46%
Over the last week, my Watch List returned 1.45%

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. $174.97 $110.01 59.05% $156.84 11.56% $170.15 2.83%
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. $199.74 $113.67 75.72% $179.59 11.22% $194.32 2.79%
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. $254.76 $96.19 164.85% $202.98 25.51% $253.89 0.34%
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. $57.91 $31.59 83.29% $55.83 3.72% $56.39 2.69%
BABA Alibaba Group Holding Ltd $191.19 $93.01 105.56% $170.32 12.25% $185.13 3.27%
CVCO Cavco Industries, Inc. $149.95 $95.35 57.26% $155.55 -3.60% $147.05 1.97%
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. $177.34 $170.64 3.92% $185.68 -4.49% $178.65 -0.73%
FB Facebook Inc $182.78 $120.38 51.84% $170.63 7.12% $179.00 2.11%
GTN Gray Television, Inc. $16.05 $9.85 62.94% $15.50 3.55% $15.70 2.23%
HSKA Heska Corp $87.30 $66.32 31.63% $96.77 -9.79% $85.50 2.11%
NFLX Netflix, Inc. $195.75 $117.41 66.72% $195.21 0.28% $193.20 1.32%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation $216.96 $93.80 131.31% $195.55 10.95% $211.21 2.72%
PCLN Priceline Group Inc $1,758.42 $1,521.68 15.56% $1,939.29 -9.33% $1,747.22 0.64%
STZ Constellation Brands, Inc. $221.88 $154.77 43.36% $211.23 5.04% $216.29 2.58%
TRN Trinity Industries Inc $34.04 $26.92 26.43% $31.54 7.93% $33.63 1.22%

Over the last year, my Short Term Watch List returned 38.89%
Over the last month, my Short Term Watch List returned -1.10%
Over the last week, my Short Term Watch List returned 1.34%

Short Term List returned 39%
High growth stock: Align Technology, Inc. ($ALGN) at 165%
Total Execution Time: 113.34414100647 Sec

Symbol Stock Price change today
AMZN Amazon 2.581%
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc 1.1148%
FB Facebook Inc 1.056%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation 0.9445%
ALXN Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 0.9387%
MNST Monster Beverage Corporation 0.7834%
SUI Sun Communities Inc 0.7728%
MEI Methode Electronics Inc. 0.7471%
BABA Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 0.7111%
CVCO Cavco Industries, Inc. 0.6714%
STZ Constellation Brands, Inc. 0.6487%
EW Edwards Lifesciences Corp 0.4871%
IDXX IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. 0.4868%
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. 0.4475%
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. 0.4425%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc 0.4373%
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. 0.3988%
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 0.3943%
GWR Genesee & Wyoming Inc 0.392%
SAM Boston Beer Company Inc 0.3105%
MET Metlife Inc 0.2321%
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. 0.1494%
COF Capital One Financial Corp. 0.1375%
ADS Alliance Data Systems Corporation 0.0947%
CRUS Cirrus Logic, Inc. 0.0354%
AAPL Apple Inc. 0.0057%
TRN Trinity Industries Inc 0%
GTN Gray Television, Inc. 0%
HZO MarineMax Inc 0%
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. -0.015%
MRK Merck & Co., Inc. -0.0368%
PCLN Priceline Group Inc -0.0438%
EXR Extra Space Storage, Inc. -0.0458%
BWLD Buffalo Wild Wings -0.0685%
MIDD Middleby Corp -0.0931%
THRM Gentherm Inc -0.1414%
CBPO China Biologic Products Inc -0.1649%
LNCE Snyder’s-Lance Inc -0.2726%
NFLX Netflix, Inc. -0.2903%
HOG Harley-Davidson Inc -0.5872%
SBUX Starbucks Corporation -0.595%
HSKA Heska Corp -0.6034%
UA Under Armour Inc -0.6855%
REGN Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc -0.6941%
MCK McKesson Corporation -0.7819%
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc -0.9091%
HDSN Hudson Technologies, Inc. -1.5625%
AYI Acuity Brands, Inc. -2.1673%