Stock ticker Stock name Last Close Recommendation
AAPL Apple Inc. $188.5800 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. $394.2800 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated $243.5600 Strong Buy or Hold
ADS Alliance Data Systems Corporation $213.1300 Strong Buy or Hold
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. $318.5400 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
ALXN Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $117.7400 Very Concerned, may need to wait
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. $50.8500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. $1610.1500 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
ANET Arista Networks Inc $255.7500 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
BABA Alibaba Group Holding Ltd $199.2000 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
BKNG Booking Holdings $2110.6200 Some Concerns, may need to wait
CBPO China Biologic Products Holdings, Inc. $79.5300 Very Concerned, may need to wait
CRTO Criteo SA (ADR) $25.3400 Very Concerned, may need to wait
CRUS Cirrus Logic, Inc. $38.7300 Very Concerned, may need to wait
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. $250.3400 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
FB Facebook Inc $184.9200 Very Concerned, may need to wait
GOOGL Alphabet Inc $1084.0800 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
GTN Gray Television, Inc. $11.4000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
GWR Genesee & Wyoming Inc $77.7200 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
HDSN Hudson Technologies, Inc. $2.5100 Some Concerns, may need to wait
HSKA Heska Corp $101.7900 Very Concerned, may need to wait
HZO MarineMax Inc $23.3500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
IBP Installed Building Products Inc $61.7500 Strong Buy or Hold
ILMN Illumina, Inc. $266.2200 Very Concerned, may need to wait
LGIH LGI Homes Inc $61.1000 Some Concerns, may need to wait
LRCX Lam Research Corporation $202.0300 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. $106.1800 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
MCK McKesson Corporation $145.8100 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MEI Methode Electronics Inc. $40.4000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MIDD Middleby Corp $103.9900 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. $210.5500 Strong Buy or Hold
MRK Merck & Co., Inc. $59.0900 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
MU Micron Technology, Inc. $61.3500 Strong Buy or Hold
NFLX Netflix, Inc. $351.2900 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation $249.2800 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
REGN Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc $293.7400 Very Concerned, may need to wait
SBUX Starbucks Corporation $57.9200 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
SCHW Charles Schwab Corp $57.3000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
STZ Constellation Brands, Inc. $216.8100 Very Concerned, may need to wait
SUI Sun Communities Inc $93.7900 Strong Buy or Hold
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc $100.3700 Strong Buy or Hold
TGS Transportadora de Gas del Sur SA (ADR) $17.7200 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
THRM Gentherm Inc $35.1000 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. $213.6500 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
TMUS T-Mobile US Inc $56.5900 Very Concerned, may need to wait
TNET TriNet Group Inc $52.9700 Very Concerned, may need to wait
UNH United HealthGroup Inc $244.9500 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc $251.0500 Very Concerned, may need to wait

Symbol Stock Price change today
LGIH LGI Homes Inc 2.4996%
IBP Installed Building Products Inc 1.5625%
ANET Arista Networks Inc 1.243%
MCK McKesson Corporation 1.2359%
TGS Transportadora de Gas del Sur SA (ADR) 1.1993%
THRM Gentherm Inc 1.1527%
CRUS Cirrus Logic, Inc. 1.1227%
BKNG Booking Holdings 1.0698%
SUI Sun Communities Inc 0.9472%
BABA Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 0.9272%
UNH United HealthGroup Inc 0.9146%
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc 0.7933%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation 0.6419%
NFLX Netflix, Inc. 0.5726%
CBPO China Biologic Products Holdings, Inc. 0.5182%
ALXN Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 0.5122%
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. 0.4731%
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. 0.4417%
SBUX Starbucks Corporation 0.4161%
MIDD Middleby Corp 0.2313%
AAPL Apple Inc. 0.2285%
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. 0.1576%
GTN Gray Television, Inc. 0%
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. -0.0456%
MRK Merck & Co., Inc. -0.0676%
STZ Constellation Brands, Inc. -0.0691%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc -0.1262%
CRTO Criteo SA (ADR) -0.1969%
TNET TriNet Group Inc -0.2072%
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. -0.2161%
MU Micron Technology, Inc. -0.2277%
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc -0.2662%
REGN Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc -0.2953%
HSKA Heska Corp -0.3134%
ADS Alliance Data Systems Corporation -0.36%
GWR Genesee & Wyoming Inc -0.512%
FB Facebook Inc -0.5432%
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. -0.6043%
HZO MarineMax Inc -0.6383%
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated -0.6486%
TMUS T-Mobile US Inc -0.6845%
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. -0.7533%
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. -1.0742%
LRCX Lam Research Corporation -1.145%
SCHW Charles Schwab Corp -1.4448%
ILMN Illumina, Inc. -1.7022%
MEI Methode Electronics Inc. -2.1792%
HDSN Hudson Technologies, Inc. -3.8314%

Stock ticker Stock name Last Close Recommendation
AAPL Apple Inc. $188.5800 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. $394.2800 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated $243.5600 Strong Buy or Hold
ADS Alliance Data Systems Corporation $213.1300 Strong Buy or Hold
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. $318.5400 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
ALXN Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $117.7400 Very Concerned, may need to wait
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. $50.8500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. $1610.1500 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
ANET Arista Networks Inc $255.7500 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
BABA Alibaba Group Holding Ltd $199.2000 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
BKNG Booking Holdings $2110.6200 Some Concerns, may need to wait
CBPO China Biologic Products Holdings, Inc. $79.5300 Very Concerned, may need to wait
CRTO Criteo SA (ADR) $25.3400 Very Concerned, may need to wait
CRUS Cirrus Logic, Inc. $38.7300 Very Concerned, may need to wait
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. $250.3400 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
FB Facebook Inc $184.9200 Very Concerned, may need to wait
GOOGL Alphabet Inc $1084.0800 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
GTN Gray Television, Inc. $11.4000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
GWR Genesee & Wyoming Inc $77.7200 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
HDSN Hudson Technologies, Inc. $2.5100 Some Concerns, may need to wait
HSKA Heska Corp $101.7900 Very Concerned, may need to wait
HZO MarineMax Inc $23.3500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
IBP Installed Building Products Inc $61.7500 Strong Buy or Hold
ILMN Illumina, Inc. $266.2200 Very Concerned, may need to wait
LGIH LGI Homes Inc $61.1000 Some Concerns, may need to wait
LRCX Lam Research Corporation $202.0300 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. $106.1800 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
MCK McKesson Corporation $145.8100 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MEI Methode Electronics Inc. $40.4000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MIDD Middleby Corp $103.9900 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. $210.5500 Strong Buy or Hold
MRK Merck & Co., Inc. $59.0900 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
MU Micron Technology, Inc. $61.3500 Strong Buy or Hold
NFLX Netflix, Inc. $351.2900 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation $249.2800 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
REGN Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc $293.7400 Very Concerned, may need to wait
SBUX Starbucks Corporation $57.9200 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
SCHW Charles Schwab Corp $57.3000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
STZ Constellation Brands, Inc. $216.8100 Very Concerned, may need to wait
SUI Sun Communities Inc $93.7900 Strong Buy or Hold
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc $100.3700 Strong Buy or Hold
TGS Transportadora de Gas del Sur SA (ADR) $17.7200 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
THRM Gentherm Inc $35.1000 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. $213.6500 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
TMUS T-Mobile US Inc $56.5900 Very Concerned, may need to wait
TNET TriNet Group Inc $52.9700 Very Concerned, may need to wait
UNH United HealthGroup Inc $244.9500 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc $251.0500 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
Quarter
ago
Quarter ago
change
Month
ago
Month ago
change
Week
ago
Week ago
change
AAPL Apple Inc. $188.58 $151.24 24.69% $177.70 6.12% $161.69 16.63% $186.31 1.22%
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. $394.28 $138.59 184.49% $271.25 45.36% $301.74 30.67% $384.36 2.58%
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated $243.56 $141.89 71.65% $208.82 16.64% $221.90 9.76% $238.09 2.30%
ADS Alliance Data Systems Corporation $213.13 $241.68 -11.81% $241.73 -11.83% $203.92 4.52% $210.09 1.45%
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. $318.54 $142.10 124.17% $263.87 20.72% $257.90 23.51% $298.00 6.89%
ALXN Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $117.74 $97.70 20.51% $118.34 -0.51% $121.37 -2.99% $121.07 -2.75%
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. $50.85 $45.06 12.85% $57.41 -11.43% $49.20 3.34% $49.31 3.11%
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. $1,610.15 $995.78 61.70% $1,511.98 6.49% $1,572.62 2.39% $1,574.37 2.27%
ANET Arista Networks Inc $255.75 $146.45 74.63% $259.14 -1.31% $262.75 -2.66% $248.09 3.09%
BABA Alibaba Group Holding Ltd $199.20 $123.99 60.66% $188.26 5.81% $177.16 12.44% $195.00 2.15%
BKNG Booking Holdings $2,110.62 $1,863.90 13.24% $1,905.01 10.79% $2,141.72 -1.45% $2,066.34 2.14%
CBPO China Biologic Products Holdings, Inc. $79.53 $114.28 -30.41% $82.77 -3.91% $88.15 -9.78% $78.84 0.88%
CRTO Criteo SA (ADR) $25.34 $54.90 -53.84% $29.62 -14.45% $25.77 -1.67% $24.02 5.50%
CRUS Cirrus Logic, Inc. $38.73 $66.43 -41.70% $43.66 -11.29% $36.21 6.96% $38.06 1.76%
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. $250.34 $205.08 22.07% $225.92 10.81% $248.42 0.77% $244.86 2.24%
FB Facebook Inc $184.92 $152.13 21.55% $181.46 1.91% $173.59 6.53% $182.68 1.23%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc $1,084.08 $993.27 9.14% $1,117.51 -2.99% $1,031.45 5.10% $1,069.64 1.35%
GTN Gray Television, Inc. $11.40 $12.55 -9.16% $14.75 -22.71% $11.50 -0.87% $11.60 -1.72%
GWR Genesee & Wyoming Inc $77.72 $66.47 16.92% $71.09 9.33% $73.13 6.28% $77.44 0.36%
HDSN Hudson Technologies, Inc. $2.51 $8.02 -68.70% $6.07 -58.65% $4.48 -43.97% $2.49 0.80%
HSKA Heska Corp $102.16 $97.40 4.89% $59.69 71.15% $82.52 23.80% $102.20 -0.04%
HZO MarineMax Inc $23.65 $18.05 31.02% $21.20 11.56% $23.05 2.60% $23.75 -0.42%
IBP Installed Building Products Inc $61.82 $48.80 26.69% $68.00 -9.08% $59.60 3.73% $62.00 -0.28%
ILMN Illumina, Inc. $269.89 $175.91 53.43% $229.73 17.48% $244.45 10.41% $269.67 0.08%
LGIH LGI Homes Inc $60.42 $32.41 86.42% $62.80 -3.79% $71.09 -15.01% $59.77 1.09%
LRCX Lam Research Corporation $203.76 $153.49 32.75% $193.01 5.57% $187.26 8.81% $195.49 4.23%
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. $106.29 $48.23 120.38% $80.46 32.10% $99.17 7.18% $102.82 3.37%
MCK McKesson Corporation $146.28 $159.82 -8.47% $153.33 -4.60% $158.13 -7.49% $148.92 -1.77%
MEI Methode Electronics Inc. $41.10 $39.86 3.11% $40.24 2.15% $40.55 1.36% $42.45 -3.18%
MIDD Middleby Corp $104.24 $128.38 -18.80% $127.77 -18.42% $127.96 -18.54% $104.45 -0.20%
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. $209.93 $192.67 8.96% $200.60 4.65% $198.85 5.57% $204.72 2.54%
MRK Merck & Co., Inc. $59.00 $62.89 -6.19% $54.24 8.77% $59.47 -0.79% $59.14 -0.24%
MU Micron Technology, Inc. $61.63 $29.76 107.09% $48.58 26.86% $47.52 29.69% $53.39 15.43%
NFLX Netflix, Inc. $352.19 $162.43 116.83% $290.61 21.19% $311.76 12.97% $324.18 8.64%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation $249.61 $141.45 76.47% $245.91 1.50% $226.19 10.35% $245.79 1.55%
REGN Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc $293.20 $455.17 -35.58% $320.97 -8.65% $313.05 -6.34% $301.81 -2.85%
SBUX Starbucks Corporation $58.04 $62.01 -6.40% $56.27 3.14% $58.05 -0.03% $57.16 1.54%
SCHW Charles Schwab Corp $57.04 $39.23 45.41% $53.71 6.20% $55.90 2.05% $59.14 -3.55%
STZ Constellation Brands, Inc. $216.56 $178.97 21.00% $217.33 -0.35% $233.44 -7.23% $220.30 -1.70%
SUI Sun Communities Inc $93.54 $83.90 11.49% $86.16 8.57% $93.94 -0.43% $91.64 2.07%
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc $100.37 $104.60 -4.04% $109.94 -8.71% $86.80 15.63% $98.17 2.24%
TGS Transportadora de Gas del Sur SA (ADR) $17.72 $15.99 10.82% $20.64 -14.15% $18.74 -5.44% $17.77 -0.28%
THRM Gentherm Inc $35.10 $37.75 -7.02% $31.00 13.23% $33.83 3.77% $35.00 0.29%
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. $213.62 $172.86 23.58% $210.51 1.48% $212.84 0.37% $214.94 -0.61%
TMUS T-Mobile US Inc $56.59 $67.80 -16.53% $59.94 -5.59% $64.52 -12.29% $56.93 -0.60%
TNET TriNet Group Inc $52.97 $30.80 71.98% $41.58 27.39% $51.82 2.22% $53.61 -1.19%
UNH United HealthGroup Inc $244.93 $174.94 40.01% $231.75 5.69% $240.18 1.98% $244.64 0.12%
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc $251.05 $302.40 -16.98% $203.06 23.63% $248.81 0.90% $255.59 -1.78%

Over the last year, my Watch List returned 24.73%
Over the last quarter, my Watch List returned 6.71%
Over the last month, my Watch List returned 3.56%
Over the last week, my Watch List returned 1.76%

 

SHORT TERM WATCH LIST STOCK RESULTS

 

Stock
Ticker
Company
name
Current
price
Year
ago
Year ago
change
Quarter
ago
Quarter ago
change
Month
ago
Month ago
change
Week
ago
Week ago
change
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. $394.28 $138.59 184.49% $271.25 45.36% $301.74 30.67% $384.36 2.58%
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated $243.56 $141.89 71.65% $208.82 16.64% $221.90 9.76% $238.09 2.30%
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. $318.54 $142.10 124.17% $263.87 20.72% $257.90 23.51% $298.00 6.89%
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. $1,610.15 $995.78 61.70% $1,511.98 6.49% $1,572.62 2.39% $1,574.37 2.27%
ANET Arista Networks Inc $255.75 $146.45 74.63% $259.14 -1.31% $262.75 -2.66% $248.09 3.09%
BABA Alibaba Group Holding Ltd $199.20 $123.99 60.66% $188.26 5.81% $177.16 12.44% $195.00 2.15%
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. $250.34 $205.08 22.07% $225.92 10.81% $248.42 0.77% $244.86 2.24%
LGIH LGI Homes Inc $60.42 $32.41 86.42% $62.80 -3.79% $71.09 -15.01% $59.77 1.09%
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. $106.29 $48.23 120.38% $80.46 32.10% $99.17 7.18% $102.82 3.37%
MU Micron Technology, Inc. $61.63 $29.76 107.09% $48.58 26.86% $47.52 29.69% $53.39 15.43%
NFLX Netflix, Inc. $352.19 $162.43 116.83% $290.61 21.19% $311.76 12.97% $324.18 8.64%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation $249.61 $141.45 76.47% $245.91 1.50% $226.19 10.35% $245.79 1.55%
SCHW Charles Schwab Corp $57.04 $39.23 45.41% $53.71 6.20% $55.90 2.05% $59.14 -3.55%
TNET TriNet Group Inc $52.97 $30.80 71.98% $41.58 27.39% $51.82 2.22% $53.61 -1.19%

Over the last year, my Short Term Watch List returned 77.11%
Over the last quarter, my Short Term Watch List returned 12.23%
Over the last month, my Short Term Watch List returned 7.84%
Over the last week, my Short Term Watch List returned 3.20%

Short Term List returned 77%
High growth stock: ABIOMED, Inc. ($ABMD) at 184%
Total Execution Time: 3.0189380645752 Sec

Symbol Stock Price change today
LGIH LGI Homes Inc 2.4996%
IBP Installed Building Products Inc 1.5625%
ANET Arista Networks Inc 1.243%
MCK McKesson Corporation 1.2359%
TGS Transportadora de Gas del Sur SA (ADR) 1.1993%
THRM Gentherm Inc 1.1527%
CRUS Cirrus Logic, Inc. 1.1227%
BKNG Booking Holdings 1.0698%
SUI Sun Communities Inc 0.9472%
BABA Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 0.9272%
UNH United HealthGroup Inc 0.9146%
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc 0.7933%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation 0.6419%
NFLX Netflix, Inc. 0.5726%
CBPO China Biologic Products Holdings, Inc. 0.5182%
ALXN Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 0.5122%
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. 0.4731%
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. 0.4417%
SBUX Starbucks Corporation 0.4161%
MIDD Middleby Corp 0.2313%
AAPL Apple Inc. 0.2285%
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. 0.1576%
GTN Gray Television, Inc. 0%
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. -0.0456%
MRK Merck & Co., Inc. -0.0676%
STZ Constellation Brands, Inc. -0.0691%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc -0.1262%
CRTO Criteo SA (ADR) -0.1969%
TNET TriNet Group Inc -0.2072%
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. -0.2161%
MU Micron Technology, Inc. -0.2277%
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc -0.2662%
REGN Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc -0.2953%
HSKA Heska Corp -0.3134%
ADS Alliance Data Systems Corporation -0.36%
GWR Genesee & Wyoming Inc -0.512%
FB Facebook Inc -0.5432%
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. -0.6043%
HZO MarineMax Inc -0.6383%
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated -0.6486%
TMUS T-Mobile US Inc -0.6845%
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. -0.7533%
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. -1.0742%
LRCX Lam Research Corporation -1.145%
SCHW Charles Schwab Corp -1.4448%
ILMN Illumina, Inc. -1.7022%
MEI Methode Electronics Inc. -2.1792%
HDSN Hudson Technologies, Inc. -3.8314%