Symbol Stock Price change today
NFLX Netflix, Inc. 3.7346%
TGS Transportadora de Gas del Sur SA (ADR) 3.6934%
REGN Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc 3.6311%
ALXN Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2.7303%
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. 2.009%
CRTO Criteo SA (ADR) 1.7863%
IBP Installed Building Products Inc 1.505%
MU Micron Technology, Inc. 1.3687%
GTN Gray Television, Inc. 1.2397%
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. 0.6375%
MCK McKesson Corporation 0.4793%
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. 0.476%
ADS Alliance Data Systems Corporation 0.4369%
SBUX Starbucks Corporation 0.367%
TNET TriNet Group Inc 0.353%
TMUS T-Mobile US Inc 0.2982%
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. 0.2151%
MRK Merck & Co., Inc. 0.0656%
THRM Gentherm Inc 0%
STZ Constellation Brands, Inc. -0.1765%
BKNG Booking Holdings -0.2778%
SCHW Charles Schwab Corp -0.3785%
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc -0.4044%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc -0.4132%
FB Facebook Inc -0.4135%
LGIH LGI Homes Inc -0.4556%
LRCX Lam Research Corporation -0.4879%
UNH United HealthGroup Inc -0.7259%
SUI Sun Communities Inc -0.7879%
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. -0.7921%
ILMN Illumina, Inc. -1.0767%
CRUS Cirrus Logic, Inc. -1.123%
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. -1.226%
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. -1.3132%
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. -1.358%
HZO MarineMax Inc -1.3636%
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated -1.5448%
MEI Methode Electronics Inc. -1.5855%
AAPL Apple Inc. -1.616%
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc -1.6419%
CBPO China Biologic Products Holdings, Inc. -1.6501%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation -1.856%
ANET Arista Networks Inc -1.9411%
BABA Alibaba Group Holding Ltd -1.9849%
HSKA Heska Corp -2.2128%
MIDD Middleby Corp -2.2874%

Rule #1 Don’t lose money!

Rule #2 If you do lose money, get out fast and find a better investment.

You do not need to stay with the same investment that put you into a hole. It takes far more growth to recover from a drop in stock price than it originally took to get there.

profile12345 (Ivan Ivanoff) on StockTwits put out a great chart to show the difficulty. I have reproduced it here.

It may be easier to understand with some simple math:

You have $100 investment in a stock. It has a bad run and drops $20 to $80 (a 20% loss). You now have $80. In order for you to grow $80 back to $100, you would need to increase the value of your holding 25% (or $20). Therefore a 20% loss takes a 25% gain to recover (see the image above).

The great thing is that you do not have to go home with the girl that you brought to the dance. Dump a bad stock. The chances that this stock will be the most efficient stock to recover your portfolio is almost zero. Surely, there is a different stock out there that is growing at the same time that this dog stock is falling. Even if your dog stock is starting to recover, there is probably a stock that is already running hard while your stock is trying to reverse course. Cut your losses and ride a better horse to the finish. There is no loyalty in the stock market.

 

Stock ticker Stock name Last Close Recommendation
AAPL Apple Inc. $188.7400 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. $443.1500 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated $255.6900 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
ADS Alliance Data Systems Corporation $233.4700 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. $370.1000 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
ALXN Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $118.6700 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. $48.3200 Very Concerned, may need to wait
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. $1723.7900 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
ANET Arista Networks Inc $279.2200 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
BABA Alibaba Group Holding Ltd $208.5700 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
BKNG Booking Holdings $2145.2200 Strong Buy or Hold
CBPO China Biologic Products Holdings, Inc. $99.3900 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
CRTO Criteo SA (ADR) $29.6700 Strong Buy or Hold
CRUS Cirrus Logic, Inc. $38.2900 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. $281.7300 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
FB Facebook Inc $198.3100 Strong Buy or Hold
GOOGL Alphabet Inc $1183.5800 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
GTN Gray Television, Inc. $12.1000 Strong Buy or Hold
HSKA Heska Corp $108.9100 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
HZO MarineMax Inc $22.0000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
IBP Installed Building Products Inc $59.8000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ILMN Illumina, Inc. $288.8500 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
LGIH LGI Homes Inc $57.0700 Very Concerned, may need to wait
LRCX Lam Research Corporation $174.2000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. $129.6900 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
MCK McKesson Corporation $146.0400 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
MEI Methode Electronics Inc. $44.1500 Strong Buy or Hold
MIDD Middleby Corp $106.6700 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. $213.8700 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MRK Merck & Co., Inc. $60.9900 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MU Micron Technology, Inc. $58.4500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
NFLX Netflix, Inc. $390.4000 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation $265.0900 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
REGN Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc $315.6100 Strong Buy or Hold
SBUX Starbucks Corporation $57.2200 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
SCHW Charles Schwab Corp $55.4800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
STZ Constellation Brands, Inc. $232.2600 Strong Buy or Hold
SUI Sun Communities Inc $96.4600 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc $101.1000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
TGS Transportadora de Gas del Sur SA (ADR) $14.3500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
THRM Gentherm Inc $37.9500 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. $212.8200 Very Concerned, may need to wait
TMUS T-Mobile US Inc $60.3600 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
TNET TriNet Group Inc $56.6500 Strong Buy or Hold
UNH United HealthGroup Inc $254.8700 Strong Buy or Hold
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc $247.2600 Very Concerned, may need to wait