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

 

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price
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AAPL Apple Inc. $444.45 $199.02 123.32% $309.56 43.58% $382.30 16.26% $424.26 4.76%
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. $310.82 $191.00 62.73% $187.07 66.15% $265.68 16.99% $299.94 3.63%
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated $449.57 $294.83 52.48% $367.51 22.33% $460.84 -2.45% $444.32 1.18%
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. $305.81 $183.33 66.81% $210.03 45.60% $274.08 11.58% $293.82 4.08%
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. $63.57 $46.44 36.87% $53.60 18.59% $63.49 0.13% $64.33 -1.18%
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. $3,167.46 $1,807.58 75.23% $2,379.61 33.11% $3,182.63 -0.48% $3,164.68 0.09%
ANET Arista Networks Inc $230.80 $228.73 0.90% $218.01 5.87% $218.79 5.49% $259.77 -11.15%
AVGO Broadcom Inc $325.93 $263.11 23.88% $272.11 19.78% $321.50 1.38% $316.75 2.90%
CSGP CoStar Group Inc $830.42 $633.74 31.03% $657.42 26.31% $726.25 14.34% $849.76 -2.28%
CVGW Calavo Growers, Inc. $63.41 $90.19 -29.69% $57.94 9.44% $57.61 10.07% $57.77 9.76%
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. $389.12 $245.53 58.48% $368.35 5.64% $385.50 0.94% $386.61 0.65%
ETFC E*TRADE Financial Corp $52.41 $41.68 25.75% $41.06 27.63% $49.14 6.65% $50.77 3.23%
EPAM EPAM Systems Inc $298.00 $186.50 59.79% $223.30 33.45% $262.10 13.70% $290.08 2.73%
EVR Evercore Inc $61.96 $76.10 -18.58% $51.99 19.18% $53.70 15.38% $55.30 12.04%
FB Facebook, Inc. Common Stock $268.44 $187.85 42.90% $212.35 26.41% $244.50 9.79% $253.67 5.82%
FIVE Five Below Inc $102.46 $109.16 -6.14% $90.50 13.22% $100.52 1.93% $108.91 -5.92%
FND Floor & Decor Holdings Inc $67.85 $42.00 61.55% $42.90 58.16% $58.43 16.12% $65.90 2.96%
FSS Federal Signal Corporation $32.15 $29.80 7.88% $27.71 16.00% $27.37 17.46% $30.91 4.01%
FTNT Fortinet Inc $131.00 $83.53 56.83% $136.84 -4.27% $149.60 -12.43% $138.30 -5.28%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc Class A $1,498.37 $1,188.90 26.03% $1,384.34 8.24% $1,518.66 -1.34% $1,487.95 0.70%
GTN Gray Television, Inc. $14.74 $14.57 1.17% $13.15 12.09% $13.27 11.08% $14.34 2.79%
ILMN Illumina, Inc. $355.66 $294.00 20.97% $309.87 14.78% $372.60 -4.55% $382.16 -6.93%
JAZZ Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC $126.08 $137.37 -8.22% $110.44 14.16% $105.46 19.55% $108.25 16.47%
KEYS Keysight Technologies Inc $98.14 $87.39 12.30% $100.69 -2.53% $99.83 -1.69% $99.89 -1.75%
KNX Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc $42.78 $33.57 27.44% $37.66 13.61% $43.98 -2.73% $43.49 -1.63%
LGIH LGI Homes Inc $112.04 $75.57 48.26% $71.18 57.40% $98.69 13.53% $114.11 -1.81%
LRCX Lam Research Corporation $372.44 $191.84 94.14% $264.40 40.86% $335.76 10.92% $377.16 -1.25%
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. $342.12 $182.82 87.13% $237.99 43.75% $315.08 8.58% $325.59 5.08%
MA Mastercard Inc $328.02 $273.48 19.94% $282.06 16.29% $294.59 11.35% $308.53 6.32%
MKSI MKS Instruments, Inc. $123.11 $74.35 65.57% $101.50 21.29% $114.40 7.61% $127.44 -3.40%
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. $508.20 $360.12 41.12% $483.17 5.18% $547.96 -7.26% $516.09 -1.53%
MTZ MasTec, Inc. $44.27 $61.28 -27.76% $36.50 21.29% $37.14 19.20% $39.78 11.29%
MU Micron Technology, Inc. $48.75 $41.52 17.41% $48.25 1.04% $49.98 -2.46% $50.06 -2.61%
MTCH Match Group Inc $115.88 $85.63 35.33% $79.99 44.87% $96.32 20.31% $102.70 12.83%
NFLX Netflix, Inc. $494.73 $308.93 60.14% $435.55 13.59% $507.76 -2.57% $488.88 1.20%
NSP Insperity Inc $69.81 $93.11 -25.02% $53.98 29.34% $60.97 14.50% $66.86 4.41%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation $447.98 $153.75 191.38% $312.36 43.42% $420.36 6.57% $424.59 5.51%
NXST Nexstar Media Group Inc $88.14 $95.32 -7.53% $77.25 14.09% $75.57 16.64% $87.10 1.19%
PATK Patrick Industries, Inc. $64.39 $41.26 56.06% $44.87 43.49% $55.17 16.71% $63.95 0.69%
PYPL Paypal Holdings Inc $198.63 $104.82 89.50% $144.96 37.02% $183.23 8.40% $196.07 1.31%
SBUX Starbucks Corporation $75.79 $94.36 -19.68% $77.45 -2.14% $73.17 3.58% $76.12 -0.43%
SUI Sun Communities Inc $149.65 $138.11 8.36% $133.39 12.19% $138.16 8.32% $149.93 -0.19%
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc $144.37 $76.14 89.61% $110.80 30.29% $132.73 8.77% $145.58 -0.83%
THRM Gentherm Inc $42.62 $38.60 10.41% $39.09 9.03% $37.23 14.48% $38.77 9.93%
TMUS T-Mobile Us Inc $115.09 $77.52 48.46% $98.52 16.82% $106.17 8.40% $107.38 7.18%
TNET TriNet Group Inc $68.67 $72.79 -5.66% $51.60 33.08% $58.79 16.81% $66.00 4.05%
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc $203.88 $346.70 -41.19% $230.07 -11.38% $192.30 6.02% $192.99 5.64%
UNH UnitedHealth Group Inc $317.03 $244.51 29.66% $285.77 10.94% $291.16 8.89% $302.78 4.71%
V Visa Inc $196.36 $177.94 10.35% $184.78 6.27% $192.21 2.16% $190.40 3.13%
VEEV Veeva Systems Inc $261.22 $162.16 61.09% $192.34 35.81% $256.69 1.76% $264.57 -1.27%

Over the last year, my Watch List returned 34.98%
Over the last quarter, my Watch List returned 22.41%
Over the last month, my Watch List returned 7.69%
Over the last week, my Watch List returned 2.26%

 

SHORT TERM WATCH LIST STOCK RESULTS

 

Stock
Ticker
Company
name
Latest
price
Year
ago
Year ago
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ago
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ago
Month ago
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AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. $3,167.46 $1,807.58 75.23% $2,379.61 33.11% $3,182.63 -0.48% $3,164.68 0.09%
AAPL Apple Inc. $444.45 $199.02 123.32% $309.56 43.58% $382.30 16.26% $424.26 4.76%
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated $449.57 $294.83 52.48% $367.51 22.33% $460.84 -2.45% $444.32 1.18%
EPAM EPAM Systems Inc $298.00 $186.50 59.79% $223.30 33.45% $262.10 13.70% $290.08 2.73%
FTNT Fortinet Inc $131.00 $83.53 56.83% $136.84 -4.27% $149.60 -12.43% $138.30 -5.28%
LRCX Lam Research Corporation $372.44 $191.84 94.14% $264.40 40.86% $335.76 10.92% $377.16 -1.25%
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. $342.12 $182.82 87.13% $237.99 43.75% $315.08 8.58% $325.59 5.08%
MKSI MKS Instruments, Inc. $123.11 $74.35 65.57% $101.50 21.29% $114.40 7.61% $127.44 -3.40%
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. $508.20 $360.12 41.12% $483.17 5.18% $547.96 -7.26% $516.09 -1.53%
MTCH Match Group Inc $115.88 $85.63 35.33% $79.99 44.87% $96.32 20.31% $102.70 12.83%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation $447.98 $153.75 191.38% $312.36 43.42% $420.36 6.57% $424.59 5.51%
PYPL Paypal Holdings Inc $198.63 $104.82 89.50% $144.96 37.02% $183.23 8.40% $196.07 1.31%
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc $144.37 $76.14 89.61% $110.80 30.29% $132.73 8.77% $145.58 -0.83%
TMUS T-Mobile Us Inc $115.09 $77.52 48.46% $98.52 16.82% $106.17 8.40% $107.38 7.18%
VEEV Veeva Systems Inc $261.22 $162.16 61.09% $192.34 35.81% $256.69 1.76% $264.57 -1.27%

Over the last year, my Short Term Watch List returned 78.06%
Over the last quarter, my Short Term Watch List returned 29.83%
Over the last month, my Short Term Watch List returned 5.91%
Over the last week, my Short Term Watch List returned 1.81%

Short Term List returned 78%
High growth stock: NVIDIA Corporation ($NVDA) at 191%
Total Execution Time: 0.66631412506104 Sec