Symbol Stock Price change today
UA Under Armour Inc. Class C 4.32%
HSKA Heska Corporation 2.57%
CVCO Cavco Industries Inc. 2.03%
EXR Extra Space Storage Inc 2.03%
DPZ Domino’s Pizza Inc 1.86%
SAM Boston Beer Company Inc. (The) 1.79%
HDSN Hudson Technologies Inc. 1.63%
COF Capital One Financial Corporati 1.42%
ABMD ABIOMED Inc. 1.26%
MIDD The Middleby Corporation 1.15%
CBPO CHINA BIOLOGIC SHS 1.10%
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc. 1.05%
HZO MarineMax Inc. (FL) 0.67%
AZPN Aspen Technology Inc. 0.46%
MEI Methode Electronics Inc. 0.25%
PCLN The Priceline Group Inc. 0.22%
GWR Genesee & Wyoming Inc. Class A -0.02%
SBUX Starbucks Corporation -0.04%
TRN Trinity Industries Inc. -0.11%
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc -0.25%
EW Edwards Lifesciences Corporatio -0.29%
LULU lululemon athletica inc. -0.31%
MRK Merck & Company Inc. (new) -0.36%
MCK McKesson Corporation -0.39%
HOG Harley-Davidson Inc. -0.39%
MET MetLife Inc. -0.45%
ALXN Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. -0.47%
AAPL Apple Inc. -0.52%
IDXX IDEXX Laboratories Inc. -0.63%
STZ Constellation Brands Inc. -0.64%
SUI Sun Communities Inc. -0.68%
AYI Acuity Brands Inc (Holding Comp -0.72%
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc. -0.84%
BWLD Buffalo Wild Wings Inc. -0.90%
GTN Gray Communications Systems In -1.00%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation -1.14%
CRUS Cirrus Logic Inc. -1.16%
MNST Monster Beverage Corporation -1.24%
NFLX Netflix Inc. -1.29%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc. -1.34%
BABA Alibaba Group Holding Limited A -1.66%
FB Facebook Inc. -1.86%
LNCE Snyder’s-Lance Inc. -2.06%
AMAT Applied Materials Inc. -2.08%
AMZN Amazon.com Inc. -3.16%
REGN Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. -3.36%
ALGN Align Technology Inc. -3.37%
THRM Gentherm Inc -3.81%

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
Month
ago
Month ago
change
Week
ago
Week ago
change
AAPL Apple Inc. $149.50 $102.26 46.20% $144.02 3.81% $150.27 -0.51%
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. $146.25 $117.97 23.97% $143.30 2.06% $144.10 1.49%
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. $173.06 $89.15 94.12% $150.12 15.28% $158.87 8.93%
ALXN Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $137.99 $128.60 7.30% $121.67 13.41% $131.79 4.70%
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. $45.25 $25.99 74.11% $41.31 9.54% $46.81 -3.33%
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. $1,020.04 $758.81 34.43% $968.00 5.38% $1,025.67 -0.55%
AYI Acuity Brands, Inc. $204.11 $261.77 -22.03% $203.15 0.47% $205.26 -0.56%
AZPN Aspen Technology, Inc. $56.61 $41.89 35.14% $55.26 2.44% $56.30 0.55%
BABA Alibaba Group Holding Ltd $157.56 $82.48 91.03% $140.90 11.82% $151.89 3.73%
BWLD Buffalo Wild Wings $108.47 $167.96 -35.42% $126.70 -14.39% $122.35 -11.34%
CBPO China Biologic Products Inc $98.42 $119.38 -17.56% $113.10 -12.98% $102.80 -4.26%
COF Capital One Financial Corp. $84.97 $65.70 29.32% $82.62 2.84% $87.94 -3.38%
CRUS Cirrus Logic, Inc. $62.16 $48.59 27.93% $62.72 -0.89% $63.34 -1.86%
CVCO Cavco Industries, Inc. $127.80 $99.38 28.60% $129.65 -1.43% $130.05 -1.73%
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. $183.09 $145.90 25.49% $211.53 -13.44% $213.22 -14.13%
EW Edwards Lifesciences Corp $115.51 $114.52 0.86% $118.24 -2.31% $118.01 -2.12%
EXR Extra Space Storage, Inc. $77.92 $82.50 -5.55% $78.00 -0.10% $78.97 -1.33%
FB Facebook Inc $172.45 $123.94 39.14% $150.98 14.22% $164.43 4.88%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc $958.33 $791.34 21.10% $929.68 3.08% $993.84 -3.57%
GTN Gray Television, Inc. $15.05 $9.90 52.02% $13.70 9.85% $14.50 3.79%
GWR Genesee & Wyoming Inc $65.17 $64.75 0.65% $68.39 -4.71% $67.27 -3.12%
HDSN Hudson Technologies, Inc. $7.96 $4.92 61.79% $8.45 -5.80% $8.32 -4.33%
HOG Harley-Davidson Inc $48.86 $51.56 -5.24% $54.02 -9.55% $48.26 1.24%
HSKA Heska Corp $106.80 $42.55 151.00% $102.07 4.63% $100.17 6.62%
HZO MarineMax Inc $14.85 $20.20 -26.49% $19.55 -24.04% $14.65 1.37%
IDXX IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. $167.52 $93.79 78.61% $161.42 3.78% $166.62 0.54%
LNCE Snyder’s-Lance Inc $35.52 $33.67 5.48% $34.62 2.60% $35.59 -0.20%
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. $61.83 $77.65 -20.37% $59.67 3.62% $61.94 -0.18%
MCK McKesson Corporation $162.51 $193.19 -15.88% $164.54 -1.23% $165.92 -2.06%
MEI Methode Electronics Inc. $39.65 $34.79 13.97% $41.11 -3.55% $40.50 -2.10%
MET Metlife Inc $55.25 $41.32 33.72% $54.94 0.56% $54.65 1.10%
MIDD Middleby Corp $129.20 $120.38 7.33% $121.51 6.33% $129.87 -0.52%
MNST Monster Beverage Corporation $53.41 $53.54 -0.25% $49.68 7.51% $52.58 1.58%
MRK Merck & Co., Inc. $64.11 $56.94 12.58% $64.09 0.03% $62.63 2.36%
NFLX Netflix, Inc. $184.04 $91.25 101.69% $149.41 23.18% $188.54 -2.39%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation $164.39 $56.78 189.52% $144.56 13.72% $168.10 -2.21%
PCLN Priceline Group Inc $2,024.06 $1,350.81 49.84% $1,870.52 8.21% $1,994.89 1.46%
REGN Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc $508.71 $425.12 19.66% $491.14 3.58% $515.92 -1.40%
SAM Boston Beer Company Inc $154.05 $182.88 -15.76% $132.15 16.57% $137.30 12.20%
SBUX Starbucks Corporation $54.00 $57.09 -5.41% $58.31 -7.39% $57.98 -6.86%
STZ Constellation Brands, Inc. $194.59 $162.91 19.44% $193.73 0.44% $198.52 -1.98%
SUI Sun Communities Inc $89.62 $76.60 16.99% $87.69 2.20% $89.89 -0.30%
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc $105.76 $65.12 62.41% $95.95 10.22% $107.47 -1.59%
THRM Gentherm Inc $34.78 $33.56 3.64% $38.80 -10.36% $39.70 -12.39%
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. $175.97 $158.23 11.21% $174.47 0.86% $182.18 -3.41%
TRN Trinity Industries Inc $27.44 $22.92 19.73% $27.90 -1.64% $27.82 -1.37%
UA Under Armour Inc $17.36 $35.70 -51.37% $20.16 -13.89% $18.84 -7.86%
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc $248.60 $261.21 -4.83% $287.34 -13.48% $253.40 -1.89%

Over the last year, my Watch List returned 25.43%
Over the last month, my Watch List returned 3.76%
Over the last week, my Watch List returned -0.65%

 

SHORT TERM WATCH LIST STOCK RESULTS

 

Stock
Ticker
Company
name
Current
price
Year
ago
Year ago
change
Month
ago
Month ago
change
Week
ago
Week ago
change
AAPL Apple Inc. $149.50 $102.26 46.20% $144.02 3.81% $150.27 -0.51%
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. $146.25 $117.97 23.97% $143.30 2.06% $144.10 1.49%
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. $173.06 $89.15 94.12% $150.12 15.28% $158.87 8.93%
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. $45.25 $25.99 74.11% $41.31 9.54% $46.81 -3.33%
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. $1,020.04 $758.81 34.43% $968.00 5.38% $1,025.67 -0.55%
AZPN Aspen Technology, Inc. $56.61 $41.89 35.14% $55.26 2.44% $56.30 0.55%
CRUS Cirrus Logic, Inc. $62.16 $48.59 27.93% $62.72 -0.89% $63.34 -1.86%
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. $183.09 $145.90 25.49% $211.53 -13.44% $213.22 -14.13%
HDSN Hudson Technologies, Inc. $7.96 $4.92 61.79% $8.45 -5.80% $8.32 -4.33%
HSKA Heska Corp $106.80 $42.55 151.00% $102.07 4.63% $100.17 6.62%
MEI Methode Electronics Inc. $39.65 $34.79 13.97% $41.11 -3.55% $40.50 -2.10%
NFLX Netflix, Inc. $184.04 $91.25 101.69% $149.41 23.18% $188.54 -2.39%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation $164.39 $56.78 189.52% $144.56 13.72% $168.10 -2.21%
SUI Sun Communities Inc $89.62 $76.60 16.99% $87.69 2.20% $89.89 -0.30%
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc $248.60 $261.21 -4.83% $287.34 -13.48% $253.40 -1.89%

Over the last year, my Short Term Watch List returned 41.00%
Over the last month, my Short Term Watch List returned 3.09%
Over the last week, my Short Term Watch List returned -1.13%

Short Term List returned 41.00%
High growth stock: NVIDIA Corporation ($NVDA) at 189.52%
Total Execution Time: 72.088334083557 Sec

Symbol Stock Price change today
SAM Boston Beer Company Inc. (The) 13.56%
ALGN Align Technology Inc. 10.05%
ALXN Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. 3.04%
ABMD ABIOMED Inc. 2.29%
HSKA Heska Corporation 2.27%
BABA Alibaba Group Holding Limited A 2.21%
IDXX IDEXX Laboratories Inc. 1.90%
EXR Extra Space Storage Inc 1.86%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation 1.64%
HZO MarineMax Inc. (FL) 1.37%
FB Facebook Inc. 1.18%
SUI Sun Communities Inc. 0.84%
NFLX Netflix Inc. 0.74%
MRK Merck & Company Inc. (new) 0.66%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc. 0.61%
LULU lululemon athletica inc. 0.59%
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc 0.40%
AYI Acuity Brands Inc (Holding Comp 0.39%
MET MetLife Inc. 0.38%
DPZ Domino’s Pizza Inc 0.36%
COF Capital One Financial Corporati 0.20%
STZ Constellation Brands Inc. 0.07%
REGN Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. 0.06%
GWR Genesee & Wyoming Inc. Class A 0.00%
MCK McKesson Corporation -0.01%
AZPN Aspen Technology Inc. -0.04%
PCLN The Priceline Group Inc. -0.05%
UA Under Armour Inc. Class C -0.06%
LNCE Snyder’s-Lance Inc. -0.28%
GTN Gray Communications Systems In -0.33%
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc. -0.33%
HDSN Hudson Technologies Inc. -0.50%
BWLD Buffalo Wild Wings Inc. -0.527%
CVCO Cavco Industries Inc. -0.54%
TRN Trinity Industries Inc. -0.58%
AAPL Apple Inc. -0.70%
EW Edwards Lifesciences Corporatio -0.73%
MIDD The Middleby Corporation -0.80%
THRM Gentherm Inc -1.067%
MNST Monster Beverage Corporation -1.15%
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc. -1.16%
MEI Methode Electronics Inc. -1.49%
AMAT Applied Materials Inc. -1.72%
CRUS Cirrus Logic Inc. -2.11%
CBPO CHINA BIOLOGIC SHS -2.46%
AMZN Amazon.com Inc. -2.48%
HOG Harley-Davidson Inc. -2.79%
SBUX Starbucks Corporation -9.24%

Stock ticker Stock name Last Close Recommendation
AAPL Apple Inc. $150.5600 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. $142.9700 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. $157.2600 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
ALXN Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $133.9200 Strong Buy or Hold
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. $46.0400 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. $1046.0000 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
AYI Acuity Brands, Inc. $203.3200 Very Concerned, may need to wait
AZPN Aspen Technology, Inc. $56.6300 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
BABA Alibaba Group Holding Ltd $154.1500 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
BWLD Buffalo Wild Wings $109.0500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
CBPO China Biologic Products Inc $100.9000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
COF Capital One Financial Corp. $84.8000 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
CRUS Cirrus Logic, Inc. $63.5000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
CVCO Cavco Industries, Inc. $128.5000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. $182.4300 Very Concerned, may need to wait
EW Edwards Lifesciences Corp $116.3600 Very Concerned, may need to wait
EXR Extra Space Storage, Inc. $76.5000 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
FB Facebook Inc $170.4400 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
GOOGL Alphabet Inc $952.5100 Very Concerned, may need to wait
GTN Gray Television, Inc. $15.1000 Strong Buy or Hold
GWR Genesee & Wyoming Inc $65.1700 Very Concerned, may need to wait
HDSN Hudson Technologies, Inc. $8.0000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
HOG Harley-Davidson Inc $50.2600 Very Concerned, may need to wait
HSKA Heska Corp $104.4300 Strong Buy or Hold
HZO MarineMax Inc $14.6500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
IDXX IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. $164.4000 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
LNCE Snyder’s-Lance Inc $35.6200 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. $61.4700 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MCK McKesson Corporation $162.5300 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MEI Methode Electronics Inc. $40.2500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MET Metlife Inc $55.0400 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MIDD Middleby Corp $130.2400 Strong Buy or Hold
MNST Monster Beverage Corporation $54.0300 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
MRK Merck & Co., Inc. $63.6900 Very Concerned, may need to wait
NFLX Netflix, Inc. $182.6800 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation $161.7400 Very Concerned, may need to wait
PCLN Priceline Group Inc $2025.0900 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
REGN Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc $508.4100 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
SAM Boston Beer Company Inc $135.6500 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
SBUX Starbucks Corporation $59.5000 Some Concerns, may need to wait
STZ Constellation Brands, Inc. $194.4600 Very Concerned, may need to wait
SUI Sun Communities Inc $88.8700 Strong Buy or Hold
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc $107.0000 Strong Buy or Hold
THRM Gentherm Inc $35.1500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. $175.2700 Very Concerned, may need to wait
TRN Trinity Industries Inc $27.6000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
UA Under Armour Inc $17.3700 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc $249.4300 Very Concerned, may need to wait

Symbol Stock Price change today
HOG Harley-Davidson Inc. 3.33%
MRK Merck & Company Inc. (new) 3.06%
FB Facebook Inc. 2.92%
SBUX Starbucks Corporation 2.69%
TRN Trinity Industries Inc. 2.37%
ALXN Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. 2.17%
GTN Gray Communications Systems In 1.34%
SAM Boston Beer Company Inc. (The) 1.27%
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc. 0.89%
MNST Monster Beverage Corporation 0.86%
EW Edwards Lifesciences Corporatio 0.65%
SUI Sun Communities Inc. 0.61%
MET MetLife Inc. 0.57%
STZ Constellation Brands Inc. 0.56%
AYI Acuity Brands Inc (Holding Comp 0.18%
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc 0.12%
MEI Methode Electronics Inc. 0.12%
HSKA Heska Corporation 0.10%
MIDD The Middleby Corporation 0.10%
LULU lululemon athletica inc. 0.00%
CBPO CHINA BIOLOGIC SHS -0.25%
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc. -0.31%
HZO MarineMax Inc. (FL) -0.34%
PCLN The Priceline Group Inc. -0.40%
LNCE Snyder’s-Lance Inc. -0.45%
AMZN Amazon.com Inc. -0.65%
ALGN Align Technology Inc. -0.90%
UA Under Armour Inc. Class C -1.03%
BABA Alibaba Group Holding Limited A -1.05%
COF Capital One Financial Corporati -1.06%
GWR Genesee & Wyoming Inc. Class A -1.30%
AZPN Aspen Technology Inc. -1.32%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc. -1.33%
REGN Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. -1.40%
ABMD ABIOMED Inc. -1.45%
IDXX IDEXX Laboratories Inc. -1.46%
CRUS Cirrus Logic Inc. -1.54%
CVCO Cavco Industries Inc. -1.72%
AAPL Apple Inc. -1.89%
DPZ Domino’s Pizza Inc -2.15%
MCK McKesson Corporation -2.30%
HDSN Hudson Technologies Inc. -2.91%
AMAT Applied Materials Inc. -2.97%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation -3.30%
NFLX Netflix Inc. -3.38%
EXR Extra Space Storage Inc -4.73%
THRM Gentherm Inc -10.33%
BWLD Buffalo Wild Wings Inc. -11.09%