Stock ticker Stock name Last Close Recommendation
AAPL Apple Inc. $125.9 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. $321.5 Strong Buy or Hold
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated $491.62 Strong Buy or Hold
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. $547.94 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. $143.05 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. $3226.73 Strong Buy or Hold
ANET Arista Networks Inc $311.62 Strong Buy or Hold
AVGO Broadcom Inc $488.48 Strong Buy or Hold
CSGP CoStar Group Inc $848.24 Strong Buy or Hold
CVGW Calavo Growers, Inc. $78.4 Some Concerns, may need to wait
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. $371.64 Strong Buy or Hold
EPAM EPAM Systems Inc $409.31 Strong Buy or Hold
EVR Evercore Inc $137.61 Strong Buy or Hold
FB Facebook, Inc. Common Stock $308.91 Strong Buy or Hold
FIVE Five Below Inc $199.15 Strong Buy or Hold
FND Floor & Decor Holdings Inc $99.13 Strong Buy or Hold
FSS Federal Signal Corporation $39.54 Strong Buy or Hold
FTNT Fortinet Inc $191.27 Strong Buy or Hold
GOOGL Alphabet Inc Class A $2218.96 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
GTN Gray Television, Inc. $19.24 Some Concerns, may need to wait
ILMN Illumina, Inc. $384.54 Very Concerned, may need to wait
JAZZ Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC $164.71 Very Concerned, may need to wait
KEYS Keysight Technologies Inc $147.33 Strong Buy or Hold
KNX Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc $49.64 Strong Buy or Hold
LGIH LGI Homes Inc $153.54 Strong Buy or Hold
LRCX Lam Research Corporation $660.8 Strong Buy or Hold
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. $298.75 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MA Mastercard Inc $368.32 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
MKSI MKS Instruments, Inc. $196.86 Strong Buy or Hold
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. $520.0 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
MTZ MasTec, Inc. $97.65 Strong Buy or Hold
MU Micron Technology, Inc. $93.75 Strong Buy or Hold
MTCH Match Group Inc $144.15 Some Concerns, may need to wait
NFLX Netflix, Inc. $540.67 Strong Buy or Hold
NSP Insperity Inc $85.14 Some Concerns, may need to wait
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation $559.5 Strong Buy or Hold
NXST Nexstar Media Group Inc $141.41 Very Concerned, may need to wait
PATK Patrick Industries, Inc. $88.28 Strong Buy or Hold
PYPL Paypal Holdings Inc $251.02 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
SBUX Starbucks Corporation $111.02 Strong Buy or Hold
SUI Sun Communities Inc $152.43 Strong Buy or Hold
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc $191.65 Strong Buy or Hold
THRM Gentherm Inc $76.48 Strong Buy or Hold
TMUS T-Mobile Us Inc $131.4 Strong Buy or Hold
TNET TriNet Group Inc $79.95 Some Concerns, may need to wait
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc $319.77 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
UNH UnitedHealth Group Inc $370.18 Very Concerned, may need to wait
V Visa Inc $219.04 Strong Buy or Hold
VEEV Veeva Systems Inc $263.57 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns

Symbol Stock Price change today
THRM Gentherm Inc 5.6835%
MTZ MasTec, Inc. 4.9659%
GTN Gray Television, Inc. 3.9821%
PATK Patrick Industries, Inc. 3.4877%
EVR Evercore Inc 3.1579%
FND Floor & Decor Holdings Inc 3.1059%
NXST Nexstar Media Group Inc 2.2816%
KNX Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc 2.1228%
LGIH LGI Homes Inc 2.0163%
MKSI MKS Instruments, Inc. 1.8675%
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. 1.6143%
NSP Insperity Inc 1.5861%
FSS Federal Signal Corporation 1.4641%
EPAM EPAM Systems Inc 1.4362%
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. 1.3441%
SBUX Starbucks Corporation 1.0446%
TMUS T-Mobile Us Inc 0.9558%
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. 0.8353%
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc 0.5944%
LRCX Lam Research Corporation 0.398%
PYPL Paypal Holdings Inc 0.3692%
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. 0.2942%
SUI Sun Communities Inc 0.2796%
TNET TriNet Group Inc 0.2069%
CVGW Calavo Growers, Inc. 0.1809%
KEYS Keysight Technologies Inc 0.1557%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc Class A 0.0332%
MU Micron Technology, Inc. -0.0577%
NFLX Netflix, Inc. -0.109%
VEEV Veeva Systems Inc -0.1881%
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc -0.4517%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation -0.5908%
JAZZ Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC -0.6149%
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. -0.6646%
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated -0.8225%
FB Facebook, Inc. Common Stock -0.9697%
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. -1.0616%
V Visa Inc -1.2167%
AAPL Apple Inc. -1.2274%
CSGP CoStar Group Inc -1.2414%
MTCH Match Group Inc -1.2542%
FTNT Fortinet Inc -1.274%
MA Mastercard Inc -1.2978%
UNH UnitedHealth Group Inc -1.451%
FIVE Five Below Inc -1.8395%
ANET Arista Networks Inc -2.8698%
AVGO Broadcom Inc -3.4827%
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. -4.0509%
ILMN Illumina, Inc. -6.5924%

Symbol Stock Price change today
PATK Patrick Industries, Inc. 4.7201%
THRM Gentherm Inc 4.0458%
LGIH LGI Homes Inc 3.4%
NXST Nexstar Media Group Inc 3.2459%
FSS Federal Signal Corporation 2.9025%
FIVE Five Below Inc 2.8618%
MTZ MasTec, Inc. 2.802%
ANET Arista Networks Inc 2.6506%
KNX Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc 2.4631%
FND Floor & Decor Holdings Inc 2.4136%
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. 2.3115%
SBUX Starbucks Corporation 2.2673%
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc 1.8571%
JAZZ Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC 1.802%
GTN Gray Television, Inc. 1.4341%
MU Micron Technology, Inc. 1.3133%
EVR Evercore Inc 1.216%
CVGW Calavo Growers, Inc. 1.04%
AVGO Broadcom Inc 0.9688%
TMUS T-Mobile Us Inc 0.9153%
KEYS Keysight Technologies Inc 0.7171%
SUI Sun Communities Inc 0.5493%
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc 0.5491%
AAPL Apple Inc. 0.4164%
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. 0.3768%
MKSI MKS Instruments, Inc. 0.3402%
UNH UnitedHealth Group Inc 0.1322%
TNET TriNet Group Inc 0.0902%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc Class A -0.0034%
PYPL Paypal Holdings Inc -0.0128%
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. -0.0238%
FTNT Fortinet Inc -0.0409%
V Visa Inc -0.0481%
NSP Insperity Inc -0.1096%
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated -0.1152%
CSGP CoStar Group Inc -0.1231%
EPAM EPAM Systems Inc -0.1357%
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. -0.3579%
MA Mastercard Inc -0.3587%
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. -0.6428%
LRCX Lam Research Corporation -0.8001%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation -0.8523%
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. -1.1396%
FB Facebook, Inc. Common Stock -1.2051%
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. -1.322%
VEEV Veeva Systems Inc -1.9733%
ILMN Illumina, Inc. -2.1313%
NFLX Netflix, Inc. -3.4466%
MTCH Match Group Inc -3.7196%

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

 

Ticker Comp.
name
Last
price
Last
year
Last
year
chg
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Q
Last
Q
chg
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Mo.
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Mo.
chg
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wk
Last
wk
chg
AAPL Apple Inc. $119.99 $56.87 110.99% $128.04 -6.29% $129.87 -7.61% $121.03 -0.86%
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. $299.81 $130.51 129.72% $295.81 1.35% $331.97 -9.69% $303.55 -1.23%
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated $441.50 $295.34 49.49% $498.39 -11.41% $479.12 -7.85% $444.30 -0.63%
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. $529.46 $144.82 265.60% $530.71 -0.24% $599.25 -11.65% $536.44 -1.30%
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. $114.86 $37.54 205.96% $86.26 33.16% $119.25 -3.68% $114.29 0.50%
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. $3,074.96 $1,846.09 66.57% $3,206.18 -4.09% $3,249.90 -5.38% $3,089.49 -0.47%
ANET Arista Networks Inc $285.22 $164.48 73.41% $287.26 -0.71% $310.95 -8.27% $279.61 2.01%
AVGO Broadcom Inc $474.46 $185.48 155.80% $425.65 11.47% $486.27 -2.43% $447.77 5.96%
CSGP CoStar Group Inc $818.66 $550.96 48.59% $915.86 -10.61% $913.25 -10.36% $818.55 0.01%
CVGW Calavo Growers, Inc. $78.51 $52.32 50.06% $72.27 8.63% $75.28 4.29% $81.05 -3.13%
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. $363.70 $297.35 22.31% $396.15 -8.19% $370.50 -1.83% $361.11 0.72%
EPAM EPAM Systems Inc $379.60 $168.07 125.86% $340.63 11.44% $376.00 0.96% $364.15 4.24%
EVR Evercore Inc $137.40 $34.66 296.44% $107.74 27.53% $117.95 16.49% $140.84 -2.44%
FB Facebook, Inc. Common Stock $290.11 $149.73 93.76% $272.79 6.35% $261.56 10.92% $268.40 8.09%
FIVE Five Below Inc $196.63 $52.46 274.82% $156.37 25.75% $194.32 1.19% $190.80 3.06%
FND Floor & Decor Holdings Inc $97.61 $28.57 241.65% $98.94 -1.34% $102.43 -4.71% $94.12 3.71%
FSS Federal Signal Corporation $37.70 $25.47 48.04% $32.32 16.63% $36.00 4.73% $39.56 -4.70%
FTNT Fortinet Inc $174.49 $84.91 105.50% $145.96 19.55% $171.93 1.49% $188.35 -7.36%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc Class A $2,026.96 $1,068.21 89.75% $1,734.56 16.86% $2,088.81 -2.96% $2,050.00 -1.12%
GTN Gray Television, Inc. $19.91 $9.80 103.12% $16.64 19.68% $18.47 7.81% $20.66 -3.63%
ILMN Illumina, Inc. $415.90 $242.00 71.86% $362.63 14.69% $486.26 -14.47% $405.12 2.66%
JAZZ Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC $172.35 $96.13 79.29% $150.13 14.80% $160.60 7.32% $167.52 2.88%
KEYS Keysight Technologies Inc $134.77 $83.09 62.20% $126.97 6.14% $142.19 -5.22% $136.01 -0.91%
KNX Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc $45.63 $30.13 51.43% $42.31 7.84% $44.04 3.61% $46.08 -0.98%
LGIH LGI Homes Inc $141.56 $43.39 226.25% $112.42 25.92% $119.00 18.96% $138.59 2.14%
LRCX Lam Research Corporation $542.31 $184.63 193.72% $482.08 12.49% $596.99 -9.16% $523.58 3.58%
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. $308.71 $165.01 87.09% $373.40 -17.32% $332.23 -7.08% $306.08 0.86%
MA Mastercard Inc $356.51 $210.32 69.51% $333.95 6.76% $333.17 7.01% $382.71 -6.85%
MKSI MKS Instruments, Inc. $172.24 $74.28 131.89% $149.34 15.33% $170.35 1.11% $166.16 3.66%
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. $510.12 $309.18 64.99% $577.76 -11.71% $550.21 -7.29% $518.97 -1.71%
MTZ MasTec, Inc. $92.33 $26.74 245.29% $67.05 37.70% $85.88 7.51% $98.93 -6.67%
MU Micron Technology, Inc. $90.51 $36.11 150.65% $71.47 26.64% $90.96 -0.49% $87.77 3.12%
MTCH Match Group Inc $152.70 $47.35 222.49% $154.15 -0.94% $160.95 -5.13% $153.38 -0.44%
NFLX Netflix, Inc. $512.18 $332.83 53.89% $528.91 -3.16% $540.22 -5.19% $518.02 -1.13%
NSP Insperity Inc $86.90 $30.29 186.88% $86.31 0.68% $78.83 10.24% $95.20 -8.72%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation $513.83 $205.47 150.08% $533.12 -3.62% $596.87 -13.91% $514.24 -0.08%
NXST Nexstar Media Group Inc $153.99 $48.77 215.77% $99.37 54.96% $124.62 23.57% $155.56 -1.01%
PATK Patrick Industries, Inc. $84.51 $19.04 343.85% $68.48 23.40% $81.68 3.47% $89.72 -5.81%
PYPL Paypal Holdings Inc $241.28 $86.68 178.36% $237.72 1.50% $286.92 -15.91% $250.35 -3.62%
SBUX Starbucks Corporation $106.34 $56.89 86.93% $102.50 3.75% $103.37 2.87% $107.81 -1.36%
SUI Sun Communities Inc $149.13 $109.64 36.02% $143.14 4.18% $152.51 -2.22% $147.75 0.93%
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc $175.79 $72.68 141.86% $147.32 19.32% $192.17 -8.52% $172.31 2.02%
THRM Gentherm Inc $77.18 $28.31 172.62% $65.55 17.74% $72.80 6.02% $79.49 -2.91%
TMUS T-Mobile Us Inc $124.19 $74.55 66.59% $130.22 -4.63% $120.10 3.41% $127.12 -2.30%
TNET TriNet Group Inc $80.72 $36.16 123.23% $81.99 -1.55% $80.01 0.89% $87.13 -7.36%
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc $321.84 $148.06 117.37% $268.14 20.03% $321.79 0.02% $318.15 1.16%
UNH UnitedHealth Group Inc $365.58 $203.41 79.72% $334.90 9.16% $323.44 13.03% $356.02 2.69%
V Visa Inc $206.90 $145.91 41.80% $208.69 -0.86% $204.73 1.06% $224.36 -7.78%
VEEV Veeva Systems Inc $260.31 $133.45 95.06% $270.83 -3.88% $313.82 -17.05% $257.77 0.99%

Over the last year, my Watch List returned 128.66%
Over the last quarter, my Watch List returned 8.79%
Over the last month, my Watch List returned -0.61%
Over the last week, my Watch List returned -0.64%

 

SHORT TERM WATCH LIST STOCK RESULTS

 

Ticker Comp.
name
Last
price
Last
year
Last
year
chg
Last
Q
Last
Q
chg
Last
Mo.
Last
Mo.
chg
Last
wk
Last
wk
chg
AAPL Apple Inc. $119.99 $56.87 110.99% $128.04 -6.29% $129.87 -7.61% $121.03 -0.86%
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated $441.50 $295.34 49.49% $498.39 -11.41% $479.12 -7.85% $444.30 -0.63%
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. $529.46 $144.82 265.60% $530.71 -0.24% $599.25 -11.65% $536.44 -1.30%
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. $3,074.96 $1,846.09 66.57% $3,206.18 -4.09% $3,249.90 -5.38% $3,089.49 -0.47%
CSGP CoStar Group Inc $818.66 $550.96 48.59% $915.86 -10.61% $913.25 -10.36% $818.55 0.01%
EPAM EPAM Systems Inc $379.60 $168.07 125.86% $340.63 11.44% $376.00 0.96% $364.15 4.24%
FND Floor & Decor Holdings Inc $97.61 $28.57 241.65% $98.94 -1.34% $102.43 -4.71% $94.12 3.71%
LGIH LGI Homes Inc $141.56 $43.39 226.25% $112.42 25.92% $119.00 18.96% $138.59 2.14%
LRCX Lam Research Corporation $542.31 $184.63 193.72% $482.08 12.49% $596.99 -9.16% $523.58 3.58%
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. $308.71 $165.01 87.09% $373.40 -17.32% $332.23 -7.08% $306.08 0.86%
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. $510.12 $309.18 64.99% $577.76 -11.71% $550.21 -7.29% $518.97 -1.71%
MTCH Match Group Inc $152.70 $47.35 222.49% $154.15 -0.94% $160.95 -5.13% $153.38 -0.44%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation $513.83 $205.47 150.08% $533.12 -3.62% $596.87 -13.91% $514.24 -0.08%
PYPL Paypal Holdings Inc $241.28 $86.68 178.36% $237.72 1.50% $286.92 -15.91% $250.35 -3.62%
VEEV Veeva Systems Inc $260.31 $133.45 95.06% $270.83 -3.88% $313.82 -17.05% $257.77 0.99%

Over the last year, my Short Term Watch List returned 141.79%
Over the last quarter, my Short Term Watch List returned -1.34%
Over the last month, my Short Term Watch List returned -6.88%
Over the last week, my Short Term Watch List returned 0.43%

Short Term List returned 142%
High growth stock: Patrick Industries, Inc. ($PATK) at 344%
Total Execution Time: 0.55993103981018 Sec

Stock ticker Stock name Last Close Recommendation
AAPL Apple Inc. $121.96 Some Concerns, may need to wait
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. $304.37 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated $451.06 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. $544.0 Very Concerned, may need to wait
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. $117.19 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. $3113.59 Some Concerns, may need to wait
ANET Arista Networks Inc $275.58 Some Concerns, may need to wait
AVGO Broadcom Inc $453.69 Very Concerned, may need to wait
CSGP CoStar Group Inc $817.29 Some Concerns, may need to wait
CVGW Calavo Growers, Inc. $80.42 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. $358.37 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
EPAM EPAM Systems Inc $366.02 Very Concerned, may need to wait
EVR Evercore Inc $135.3 Strong Buy or Hold
FB Facebook, Inc. Common Stock $273.88 Strong Buy or Hold
FIVE Five Below Inc $191.69 Very Concerned, may need to wait
FND Floor & Decor Holdings Inc $95.13 Some Concerns, may need to wait
FSS Federal Signal Corporation $38.8 Strong Buy or Hold
FTNT Fortinet Inc $187.53 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
GOOGL Alphabet Inc Class A $2100.54 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
GTN Gray Television, Inc. $20.47 Strong Buy or Hold
ILMN Illumina, Inc. $412.89 Very Concerned, may need to wait
JAZZ Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC $165.04 Very Concerned, may need to wait
KEYS Keysight Technologies Inc $136.24 Very Concerned, may need to wait
KNX Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc $45.07 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
LGIH LGI Homes Inc $138.41 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
LRCX Lam Research Corporation $535.39 Very Concerned, may need to wait
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. $310.34 Some Concerns, may need to wait
MA Mastercard Inc $384.38 Strong Buy or Hold
MKSI MKS Instruments, Inc. $169.66 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. $523.82 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MTZ MasTec, Inc. $95.99 Strong Buy or Hold
MU Micron Technology, Inc. $89.31 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MTCH Match Group Inc $155.35 Some Concerns, may need to wait
NFLX Netflix, Inc. $523.06 Very Concerned, may need to wait
NSP Insperity Inc $94.44 Strong Buy or Hold
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation $519.74 Very Concerned, may need to wait
NXST Nexstar Media Group Inc $154.29 Strong Buy or Hold
PATK Patrick Industries, Inc. $90.32 Strong Buy or Hold
PYPL Paypal Holdings Inc $253.83 Very Concerned, may need to wait
SBUX Starbucks Corporation $107.32 Strong Buy or Hold
SUI Sun Communities Inc $143.97 Very Concerned, may need to wait
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc $173.75 Very Concerned, may need to wait
THRM Gentherm Inc $79.26 Strong Buy or Hold
TMUS T-Mobile Us Inc $125.99 Strong Buy or Hold
TNET TriNet Group Inc $84.86 Strong Buy or Hold
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc $347.5 Strong Buy or Hold
UNH UnitedHealth Group Inc $353.1 Strong Buy or Hold
V Visa Inc $226.15 Strong Buy or Hold
VEEV Veeva Systems Inc $261.27 Very Concerned, may need to wait