Stock ticker Stock name Last Close Recommendation
AAPL Apple Inc. $185.1100 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. $409.0500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated $243.8100 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ADS Alliance Data Systems Corporation $233.2000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. $342.1400 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ALXN Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $124.1500 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. $46.1900 Very Concerned, may need to wait
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. $1699.8000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ANET Arista Networks Inc $257.4900 Very Concerned, may need to wait
BABA Alibaba Group Holding Ltd $185.5300 Very Concerned, may need to wait
BKNG Booking Holdings $2027.0900 Very Concerned, may need to wait
CBPO China Biologic Products Holdings, Inc. $99.3300 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
CRTO Criteo SA (ADR) $32.8500 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
CRUS Cirrus Logic, Inc. $38.3300 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. $282.1700 Very Concerned, may need to wait
FB Facebook Inc $194.3200 Very Concerned, may need to wait
GOOGL Alphabet Inc $1129.1900 Very Concerned, may need to wait
GTN Gray Television, Inc. $15.8000 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
HSKA Heska Corp $103.7900 Very Concerned, may need to wait
HZO MarineMax Inc $18.9500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
IBP Installed Building Products Inc $56.5500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ILMN Illumina, Inc. $279.2900 Very Concerned, may need to wait
LGIH LGI Homes Inc $57.7300 Some Concerns, may need to wait
LRCX Lam Research Corporation $172.8500 Some Concerns, may need to wait
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. $124.8500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MCK McKesson Corporation $133.4000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MEI Methode Electronics Inc. $40.3000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MIDD Middleby Corp $104.4200 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. $197.8600 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MRK Merck & Co., Inc. $60.7000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MU Micron Technology, Inc. $52.4400 Very Concerned, may need to wait
NFLX Netflix, Inc. $391.4300 Very Concerned, may need to wait
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation $236.9000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
REGN Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc $344.9900 Strong Buy or Hold
SBUX Starbucks Corporation $48.8500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
SCHW Charles Schwab Corp $51.1000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
STZ Constellation Brands, Inc. $218.8700 Very Concerned, may need to wait
SUI Sun Communities Inc $97.8800 Strong Buy or Hold
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc $96.6500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
TGS Transportadora de Gas del Sur SA (ADR) $12.1400 Very Concerned, may need to wait
THRM Gentherm Inc $39.3000 Strong Buy or Hold
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. $207.1400 Very Concerned, may need to wait
TMUS T-Mobile US Inc $59.7500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
TNET TriNet Group Inc $55.9400 Very Concerned, may need to wait
UNH United HealthGroup Inc $245.3400 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc $233.4600 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. $185.11 $141.80 30.54% $167.13 10.76% $190.24 -2.70% $184.92 0.10%
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. $409.05 $143.30 185.45% $290.99 40.57% $392.25 4.28% $427.29 -4.27%
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated $243.81 $141.44 72.38% $216.08 12.83% $251.31 -2.98% $243.63 0.07%
ADS Alliance Data Systems Corporation $233.20 $254.21 -8.27% $212.28 9.86% $209.90 11.10% $236.62 -1.45%
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. $342.14 $150.12 127.91% $251.13 36.24% $333.09 2.72% $353.27 -3.15%
ALXN Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $124.15 $121.67 2.04% $111.46 11.39% $119.01 4.32% $127.57 -2.68%
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. $46.19 $40.91 12.90% $55.39 -16.61% $52.24 -11.58% $47.96 -3.69%
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. $1,699.80 $968.00 75.60% $1,447.34 17.44% $1,641.54 3.55% $1,715.67 -0.93%
ANET Arista Networks Inc $257.49 $149.79 71.90% $255.30 0.86% $261.22 -1.43% $272.65 -5.56%
BABA Alibaba Group Holding Ltd $185.53 $140.90 31.67% $183.54 1.08% $204.34 -9.21% $202.01 -8.16%
BKNG Booking Holdings $2,027.09 $1,870.52 8.37% $2,080.39 -2.56% $2,128.94 -4.78% $2,102.85 -3.60%
CBPO China Biologic Products Holdings, Inc. $99.33 $113.10 -12.18% $81.00 22.63% $87.38 13.68% $100.99 -1.64%
CRTO Criteo SA (ADR) $32.85 $49.05 -33.03% $25.84 27.13% $24.27 35.35% $33.86 -2.98%
CRUS Cirrus Logic, Inc. $38.33 $62.72 -38.89% $40.63 -5.66% $36.45 5.16% $37.60 1.94%
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. $282.17 $209.56 34.65% $233.09 21.06% $252.34 11.82% $292.39 -3.50%
FB Facebook Inc $194.32 $150.98 28.71% $159.79 21.61% $193.99 0.17% $201.74 -3.68%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc $1,129.19 $929.68 21.46% $1,037.14 8.88% $1,135.00 -0.51% $1,169.29 -3.43%
GTN Gray Television, Inc. $15.80 $13.70 15.33% $12.70 24.41% $10.90 44.95% $12.80 23.44%
HSKA Heska Corp $103.79 $102.07 1.69% $79.07 31.26% $105.80 -1.90% $102.03 1.72%
HZO MarineMax Inc $18.95 $19.55 -3.07% $19.45 -2.57% $23.55 -19.53% $22.10 -14.25%
IBP Installed Building Products Inc $57.65 $52.95 8.88% $60.05 -4.00% $60.45 -4.63% $58.25 -1.03%
ILMN Illumina, Inc. $278.05 $173.52 60.24% $236.42 17.61% $276.33 0.62% $282.65 -1.63%
LGIH LGI Homes Inc $57.66 $40.18 43.50% $70.57 -18.29% $61.52 -6.27% $56.91 1.32%
LRCX Lam Research Corporation $174.29 $139.57 24.87% $202.06 -13.74% $201.58 -13.54% $174.70 -0.23%
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. $126.00 $59.67 111.16% $89.12 41.38% $122.19 3.12% $124.18 1.47%
MCK McKesson Corporation $133.03 $163.02 -18.40% $140.53 -5.34% $142.24 -6.47% $148.88 -10.65%
MEI Methode Electronics Inc. $40.28 $40.80 -1.29% $38.99 3.30% $41.15 -2.13% $40.20 0.19%
MIDD Middleby Corp $104.86 $121.51 -13.70% $123.79 -15.29% $99.57 5.31% $104.90 -0.04%
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. $203.46 $199.55 1.96% $216.99 -6.24% $216.85 -6.17% $211.00 -3.57%
MRK Merck & Co., Inc. $60.88 $62.07 -1.91% $54.05 12.64% $60.09 1.31% $61.47 -0.96%
MU Micron Technology, Inc. $52.95 $29.86 77.33% $52.14 1.55% $58.74 -9.86% $57.10 -7.27%
NFLX Netflix, Inc. $391.47 $149.41 162.01% $295.35 32.54% $359.93 8.76% $411.09 -4.77%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation $238.08 $144.16 65.15% $231.45 2.86% $257.62 -7.59% $250.95 -5.13%
REGN Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc $348.63 $491.14 -29.02% $344.36 1.24% $306.88 13.60% $331.97 5.02%
SBUX Starbucks Corporation $48.81 $57.12 -14.55% $57.59 -15.24% $56.91 -14.23% $51.24 -4.74%
SCHW Charles Schwab Corp $51.83 $42.64 21.55% $52.13 -0.58% $56.73 -8.64% $54.90 -5.59%
STZ Constellation Brands, Inc. $221.56 $191.63 15.62% $227.16 -2.47% $222.75 -0.53% $231.52 -4.30%
SUI Sun Communities Inc $98.39 $85.09 15.62% $90.71 8.47% $96.66 1.79% $96.58 1.88%
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc $97.31 $94.78 2.67% $99.94 -2.63% $100.97 -3.62% $98.55 -1.26%
TGS Transportadora de Gas del Sur SA (ADR) $12.05 $16.61 -27.45% $20.34 -40.76% $16.80 -28.27% $15.72 -23.35%
THRM Gentherm Inc $39.35 $38.80 1.42% $33.95 15.91% $36.10 9.00% $38.15 3.15%
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. $207.14 $173.92 19.10% $206.30 0.41% $211.66 -2.14% $208.75 -0.77%
TMUS T-Mobile US Inc $59.79 $60.62 -1.37% $61.04 -2.05% $56.87 5.13% $60.79 -1.65%
TNET TriNet Group Inc $55.93 $32.74 70.83% $46.32 20.75% $54.90 1.88% $54.66 2.32%
UNH United HealthGroup Inc $245.42 $182.86 34.21% $213.25 15.09% $242.50 1.21% $254.37 -3.52%
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc $233.46 $287.34 -18.75% $204.27 14.29% $245.15 -4.77% $249.76 -6.53%

Over the last year, my Watch List returned 26.97%
Over the last quarter, my Watch List returned 8.42%
Over the last month, my Watch List returned -0.09%
Over the last week, my Watch List returned -2.67%

 

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. $409.05 $143.30 185.45% $290.99 40.57% $392.25 4.28% $427.29 -4.27%
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated $243.81 $141.44 72.38% $216.08 12.83% $251.31 -2.98% $243.63 0.07%
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. $342.14 $150.12 127.91% $251.13 36.24% $333.09 2.72% $353.27 -3.15%
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. $1,699.80 $968.00 75.60% $1,447.34 17.44% $1,641.54 3.55% $1,715.67 -0.93%
ANET Arista Networks Inc $257.49 $149.79 71.90% $255.30 0.86% $261.22 -1.43% $272.65 -5.56%
BABA Alibaba Group Holding Ltd $185.53 $140.90 31.67% $183.54 1.08% $204.34 -9.21% $202.01 -8.16%
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. $282.17 $209.56 34.65% $233.09 21.06% $252.34 11.82% $292.39 -3.50%
LGIH LGI Homes Inc $57.66 $40.18 43.50% $70.57 -18.29% $61.52 -6.27% $56.91 1.32%
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. $126.00 $59.67 111.16% $89.12 41.38% $122.19 3.12% $124.18 1.47%
MU Micron Technology, Inc. $52.95 $29.86 77.33% $52.14 1.55% $58.74 -9.86% $57.10 -7.27%
NFLX Netflix, Inc. $391.47 $149.41 162.01% $295.35 32.54% $359.93 8.76% $411.09 -4.77%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation $238.08 $144.16 65.15% $231.45 2.86% $257.62 -7.59% $250.95 -5.13%
SCHW Charles Schwab Corp $51.83 $42.64 21.55% $52.13 -0.58% $56.73 -8.64% $54.90 -5.59%
TNET TriNet Group Inc $55.93 $32.74 70.83% $46.32 20.75% $54.90 1.88% $54.66 2.32%

Over the last year, my Short Term Watch List returned 82.94%
Over the last quarter, my Short Term Watch List returned 18.29%
Over the last month, my Short Term Watch List returned 2.00%
Over the last week, my Short Term Watch List returned -2.72%

Short Term List returned 83%
High growth stock: ABIOMED, Inc. ($ABMD) at 185%
Total Execution Time: 2.7664330005646 Sec

Symbol Stock Price change today
CBPO China Biologic Products Holdings, Inc. 2.8474%
ALXN Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2.0467%
TNET TriNet Group Inc 1.9872%
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. 1.9872%
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated 1.668%
ILMN Illumina, Inc. 1.361%
HSKA Heska Corp 1.3277%
LRCX Lam Research Corporation 1.1588%
CRTO Criteo SA (ADR) 1.1392%
REGN Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc 0.9274%
LGIH LGI Homes Inc 0.7856%
THRM Gentherm Inc 0.7692%
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 0.7441%
MRK Merck & Co., Inc. 0.6633%
SBUX Starbucks Corporation 0.6386%
MIDD Middleby Corp 0.5489%
BKNG Booking Holdings 0.3763%
MEI Methode Electronics Inc. 0.2488%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc 0.2139%
UNH United HealthGroup Inc 0.1797%
SUI Sun Communities Inc 0.1637%
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc 0.0932%
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. 0.0284%
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. -0.072%
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. -0.097%
TMUS T-Mobile US Inc -0.1838%
AAPL Apple Inc. -0.2102%
ANET Arista Networks Inc -0.302%
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. -0.4828%
GTN Gray Television, Inc. -0.9404%
FB Facebook Inc -0.9733%
ADS Alliance Data Systems Corporation -1.0019%
NFLX Netflix, Inc. -1.0091%
CRUS Cirrus Logic, Inc. -1.1604%
SCHW Charles Schwab Corp -1.1797%
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. -1.1813%
MU Micron Technology, Inc. -1.3173%
BABA Alibaba Group Holding Ltd -1.5129%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation -1.6441%
MCK McKesson Corporation -1.7673%
HZO MarineMax Inc -1.8135%
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. -2.3637%
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc -2.5911%
IBP Installed Building Products Inc -3.1678%
STZ Constellation Brands, Inc. -5.7935%
TGS Transportadora de Gas del Sur SA (ADR) -7.54%

Stock ticker Stock name Last Close Recommendation
AAPL Apple Inc. $185.5000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. $413.9400 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated $239.8100 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ADS Alliance Data Systems Corporation $235.5600 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. $343.8000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ALXN Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $121.6600 Very Concerned, may need to wait
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. $45.2900 Very Concerned, may need to wait
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. $1701.4500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ANET Arista Networks Inc $258.2700 Very Concerned, may need to wait
BABA Alibaba Group Holding Ltd $188.3800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
BKNG Booking Holdings $2019.4900 Very Concerned, may need to wait
CBPO China Biologic Products Holdings, Inc. $96.5800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
CRTO Criteo SA (ADR) $32.4800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
CRUS Cirrus Logic, Inc. $38.7800 Strong Buy or Hold
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. $282.0900 Very Concerned, may need to wait
FB Facebook Inc $196.2300 Very Concerned, may need to wait
GOOGL Alphabet Inc $1126.7800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
GTN Gray Television, Inc. $15.9500 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
HSKA Heska Corp $102.4300 Very Concerned, may need to wait
HZO MarineMax Inc $19.3000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
IBP Installed Building Products Inc $58.4000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ILMN Illumina, Inc. $275.5400 Very Concerned, may need to wait
LGIH LGI Homes Inc $57.2800 Some Concerns, may need to wait
LRCX Lam Research Corporation $170.8700 Very Concerned, may need to wait
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. $124.9400 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MCK McKesson Corporation $135.8000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MEI Methode Electronics Inc. $40.2000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MIDD Middleby Corp $103.8500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. $202.6500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MRK Merck & Co., Inc. $60.3000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MU Micron Technology, Inc. $53.1400 Very Concerned, may need to wait
NFLX Netflix, Inc. $395.4200 Very Concerned, may need to wait
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation $240.8600 Very Concerned, may need to wait
REGN Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc $341.8200 Strong Buy or Hold
SBUX Starbucks Corporation $48.5400 Very Concerned, may need to wait
SCHW Charles Schwab Corp $51.7100 Very Concerned, may need to wait
STZ Constellation Brands, Inc. $232.3300 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
SUI Sun Communities Inc $97.7200 Strong Buy or Hold
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc $96.5600 Very Concerned, may need to wait
TGS Transportadora de Gas del Sur SA (ADR) $13.1300 Very Concerned, may need to wait
THRM Gentherm Inc $39.0000 Strong Buy or Hold
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. $205.6100 Very Concerned, may need to wait
TMUS T-Mobile US Inc $59.8600 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
TNET TriNet Group Inc $54.8500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
UNH United HealthGroup Inc $244.9000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc $239.6700 Very Concerned, may need to wait

Symbol Stock Price change today
HZO MarineMax Inc 2.9333%
ADS Alliance Data Systems Corporation 2.4842%
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. 2.4655%
TNET TriNet Group Inc 2.2558%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation 2.1806%
THRM Gentherm Inc 1.9608%
ILMN Illumina, Inc. 1.8331%
BABA Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 1.816%
MU Micron Technology, Inc. 1.6839%
ANET Arista Networks Inc 1.5651%
REGN Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc 1.5478%
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc 1.5336%
NFLX Netflix, Inc. 1.2885%
STZ Constellation Brands, Inc. 1.2728%
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. 1.1682%
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 1.0965%
BKNG Booking Holdings 0.8988%
CBPO China Biologic Products Holdings, Inc. 0.8985%
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated 0.8962%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc 0.881%
TMUS T-Mobile US Inc 0.8763%
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. 0.8557%
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. 0.8036%
AAPL Apple Inc. 0.7276%
MRK Merck & Co., Inc. 0.7014%
LRCX Lam Research Corporation 0.6302%
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc 0.5729%
HSKA Heska Corp 0.4511%
SUI Sun Communities Inc 0.411%
CRUS Cirrus Logic, Inc. 0.3104%
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. 0.2976%
LGIH LGI Homes Inc 0.2801%
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. 0.2203%
FB Facebook Inc 0.1991%
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. 0.0884%
ALXN Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. -0.1477%
IBP Installed Building Products Inc -0.3413%
SCHW Charles Schwab Corp -0.3661%
MEI Methode Electronics Inc. -1.107%
GTN Gray Television, Inc. -1.2384%
UNH United HealthGroup Inc -1.3176%
TGS Transportadora de Gas del Sur SA (ADR) -1.5742%
MIDD Middleby Corp -1.7688%
CRTO Criteo SA (ADR) -2.2276%
SBUX Starbucks Corporation -2.6083%
MCK McKesson Corporation -6.1247%