Symbol Stock Price change today
AAPL Apple Inc. 9.3101%
JAZZ Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC 9.1901%
FTNT Fortinet Inc 7.8777%
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. 7.4893%
UNH UnitedHealth Group Inc 7.1188%
LGIH LGI Homes Inc 7.1002%
V Visa Inc 5.8154%
MA Mastercard Inc 5.6813%
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. 5.4362%
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. 5.2849%
SBUX Starbucks Corporation 5.0363%
MTCH Match Group Inc 4.8308%
SUI Sun Communities Inc 4.775%
ILMN Illumina, Inc. 4.7465%
AVGO Broadcom Inc 4.5301%
PYPL Paypal Holdings Inc 4.5097%
ATHM Autohome Inc 4.4161%
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated 4.3927%
SIVB SVB Financial Group 4.1266%
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc 4.0827%
KNX Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc 4.0701%
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. 3.7266%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc Class A 3.5147%
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. 3.51%
TMUS T-Mobile Us Inc 3.4716%
MTZ MasTec, Inc. 3.3211%
NFLX Netflix, Inc. 3.2572%
TNET TriNet Group Inc 3.235%
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. 3.2211%
NSP Insperity Inc 3.1812%
THRM Gentherm Inc 3.1633%
EPAM EPAM Systems Inc 2.9884%
TGS Transportadora de Gas del Sur SA (ADR) 2.852%
STZ Constellation Brands, Inc. Class A 2.8078%
ETFC E*TRADE Financial Corp 2.7304%
MEOH Methanex Corporation 2.7036%
SINA SINA Corp 2.4427%
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. 2.3744%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation 2.3549%
LRCX Lam Research Corporation 2.3515%
EVR Evercore Inc 2.1465%
FB Facebook, Inc. Common Stock 2.0627%
BKNG Booking Holdings Inc 1.965%
ANET Arista Networks Inc 1.7968%
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc 1.517%
BABA Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 1.4327%
FIVE Five Below Inc 1.1655%
PATK Patrick Industries, Inc. 0.7761%
MKSI MKS Instruments, Inc. 0.5889%
CBPO China Biologic Products Holdings Inc 0.4854%
COHR Coherent, Inc. 0.3885%
NXST Nexstar Media Group Inc 0.3479%
HZO MarineMax Inc -3.1305%
GTN Gray Television, Inc. -4.8626%
CVGW Calavo Growers, Inc. -23.7819%

Stock ticker Stock name Last Close Recommendation
AAPL Apple Inc. $273.3600 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. $150.2600 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated $345.1200 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. $218.3500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. $58.1200 Very Concerned, may need to wait
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. $1883.7500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ANET Arista Networks Inc $193.1200 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ATHM Autohome Inc $77.6700 Very Concerned, may need to wait
AVGO Broadcom Inc $272.6200 Very Concerned, may need to wait
BABA Alibaba Group Holding Ltd $208.0000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
BKNG Booking Holdings Inc $1695.6600 Very Concerned, may need to wait
CBPO China Biologic Products Holdings Inc $115.3700 Very Concerned, may need to wait
COHR Coherent, Inc. $128.7100 Very Concerned, may need to wait
CVGW Calavo Growers, Inc. $72.4500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. $339.4600 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
ETFC E*TRADE Financial Corp $45.7800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
EPAM EPAM Systems Inc $223.2000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
EVR Evercore Inc $66.6200 Very Concerned, may need to wait
FB Facebook, Inc. Common Stock $192.4700 Very Concerned, may need to wait
FIVE Five Below Inc $96.9500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
FTNT Fortinet Inc $102.0600 Very Concerned, may need to wait
GOOGL Alphabet Inc Class A $1339.2500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
GTN Gray Television, Inc. $18.9200 Very Concerned, may need to wait
HZO MarineMax Inc $16.9300 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ILMN Illumina, Inc. $265.6700 Very Concerned, may need to wait
JAZZ Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC $114.5800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
KNX Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc $31.9400 Very Concerned, may need to wait
LGIH LGI Homes Inc $75.3500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
LRCX Lam Research Corporation $293.4300 Very Concerned, may need to wait
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. $217.4100 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MA Mastercard Inc $290.2500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MEOH Methanex Corporation $28.8500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MKSI MKS Instruments, Inc. $100.1900 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. $324.3300 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MTZ MasTec, Inc. $49.0800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MTCH Match Group Inc $65.0000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
NFLX Netflix, Inc. $369.0300 Very Concerned, may need to wait
NSP Insperity Inc $67.2700 Very Concerned, may need to wait
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation $270.0700 Very Concerned, may need to wait
NXST Nexstar Media Group Inc $114.9800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
PATK Patrick Industries, Inc. $52.8300 Very Concerned, may need to wait
PYPL Paypal Holdings Inc $107.9900 Very Concerned, may need to wait
SBUX Starbucks Corporation $78.4300 Very Concerned, may need to wait
SINA SINA Corp $32.7500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
SIVB SVB Financial Group $208.1600 Very Concerned, may need to wait
STZ Constellation Brands, Inc. Class A $172.3800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
SUI Sun Communities Inc $152.8800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc $100.1800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
TGS Transportadora de Gas del Sur SA (ADR) $5.6100 Very Concerned, may need to wait
THRM Gentherm Inc $40.7800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
TMUS T-Mobile Us Inc $90.1600 Very Concerned, may need to wait
TNET TriNet Group Inc $52.8600 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc $257.0900 Very Concerned, may need to wait
UNH UnitedHealth Group Inc $254.9600 Very Concerned, may need to wait
V Visa Inc $181.7600 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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You can purchase my book wherever books are sold such as Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Books A Million. It is available in paperback as well as e-book formats for Nook, Kindle, and iPad.

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. $273.36 $172.69 58.29% $266.61 2.53% $308.77 -11.47% $313.05 -12.68%
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. $150.26 $348.06 -56.83% $196.18 -23.41% $186.29 -19.34% $166.74 -9.88%
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated $345.12 $264.01 30.72% $309.53 11.50% $351.14 -1.71% $372.95 -7.46%
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. $218.35 $263.35 -17.09% $277.34 -21.27% $257.10 -15.07% $260.26 -16.10%
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. $58.12 $37.93 53.22% $57.71 0.70% $57.80 0.55% $64.27 -9.57%
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. $1,883.75 $1,671.73 12.68% $1,800.80 4.61% $2,008.72 -6.22% $2,095.97 -10.13%
ANET Arista Networks Inc $193.12 $286.54 -32.60% $195.13 -1.03% $223.34 -13.53% $223.46 -13.58%
ATHM Autohome Inc $77.67 $93.04 -16.52% $68.05 14.14% $76.48 1.56% $83.70 -7.20%
AVGO Broadcom Inc $272.62 $262.55 3.83% $313.02 -12.91% $305.16 -10.66% $304.50 -10.47%
BABA Alibaba Group Holding Ltd $208.00 $183.88 13.12% $200.00 4.00% $206.59 0.68% $212.59 -2.16%
BKNG Booking Holdings Inc $1,695.66 $1,714.08 -1.07% $1,904.03 -10.94% $1,830.55 -7.37% $1,928.72 -12.08%
CBPO China Biologic Products Holdings Inc $115.37 $81.00 42.43% $116.61 -1.06% $115.90 -0.46% $116.93 -1.33%
COHR Coherent, Inc. $128.71 $135.59 -5.07% $150.86 -14.68% $141.43 -8.99% $142.54 -9.70%
CVGW Calavo Growers, Inc. $72.45 $84.47 -14.23% $89.19 -18.77% $76.61 -5.43% $77.71 -6.77%
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. $339.46 $248.30 36.72% $293.66 15.60% $281.75 20.48% $371.96 -8.74%
ETFC E*TRADE Financial Corp $45.78 $49.91 -8.27% $44.18 3.63% $42.50 7.71% $53.20 -13.95%
EPAM EPAM Systems Inc $223.20 $163.55 36.47% $211.85 5.36% $228.14 -2.17% $231.36 -3.53%
EVR Evercore Inc $66.62 $90.80 -26.63% $76.73 -13.18% $75.98 -12.32% $78.48 -15.11%
FB Facebook, Inc. Common Stock $192.47 $162.28 18.60% $201.64 -4.55% $201.91 -4.68% $210.18 -8.43%
FIVE Five Below Inc $96.95 $119.15 -18.63% $123.71 -21.63% $113.22 -14.37% $115.65 -16.17%
FTNT Fortinet Inc $102.06 $86.93 17.40% $105.11 -2.90% $115.36 -11.53% $114.48 -10.85%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc Class A $1,339.25 $1,148.52 16.61% $1,304.09 2.70% $1,432.78 -6.53% $1,483.46 -9.72%
GTN Gray Television, Inc. $18.92 $22.57 -16.17% $20.24 -6.52% $20.28 -6.71% $20.30 -6.80%
HZO MarineMax Inc $16.93 $19.69 -14.02% $16.56 2.23% $19.93 -15.05% $20.93 -19.11%
ILMN Illumina, Inc. $265.67 $321.18 -17.28% $320.76 -17.17% $290.07 -8.41% $295.94 -10.23%
JAZZ Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC $114.58 $138.98 -17.56% $151.12 -24.18% $143.35 -20.07% $134.82 -15.01%
KNX Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc $31.94 $33.49 -4.64% $36.93 -13.51% $37.08 -13.86% $39.24 -18.60%
LGIH LGI Homes Inc $75.35 $58.43 28.96% $72.27 4.26% $79.74 -5.51% $94.12 -19.94%
LRCX Lam Research Corporation $293.43 $173.06 69.56% $265.69 10.44% $298.21 -1.60% $316.80 -7.38%
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. $217.41 $151.38 43.62% $225.69 -3.67% $239.39 -9.18% $255.90 -15.04%
MA Mastercard Inc $290.25 $226.08 28.38% $291.85 -0.55% $315.94 -8.13% $339.70 -14.56%
MEOH Methanex Corporation $28.85 $55.82 -48.31% $37.02 -22.07% $32.45 -11.09% $33.69 -14.37%
MKSI MKS Instruments, Inc. $100.19 $83.09 20.58% $106.09 -5.56% $104.63 -4.25% $112.01 -10.55%
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. $324.33 $241.51 34.29% $403.11 -19.54% $353.56 -8.27% $340.09 -4.63%
MTZ MasTec, Inc. $49.08 $46.89 4.67% $66.34 -26.02% $57.75 -15.01% $61.60 -20.32%
MTCH Match Group Inc $65.00 $55.60 16.91% $70.48 -7.78% $78.22 -16.90% $73.50 -11.56%
NFLX Netflix, Inc. $369.03 $357.32 3.28% $314.66 17.28% $345.09 6.94% $380.07 -2.90%
NSP Insperity Inc $67.27 $126.30 -46.74% $77.47 -13.17% $87.37 -23.01% $71.94 -6.49%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation $270.07 $155.90 73.23% $216.60 24.68% $236.28 14.30% $293.88 -8.10%
NXST Nexstar Media Group Inc $114.98 $99.79 15.22% $107.23 7.23% $120.61 -4.67% $121.05 -5.01%
PATK Patrick Industries, Inc. $52.83 $47.45 11.34% $49.28 7.20% $51.88 1.83% $61.68 -14.35%
PYPL Paypal Holdings Inc $107.99 $98.80 9.30% $108.01 -0.02% $113.89 -5.18% $119.49 -9.62%
SBUX Starbucks Corporation $78.43 $69.59 12.70% $85.03 -7.76% $84.43 -7.11% $87.36 -10.22%
SINA SINA Corp $32.75 $67.35 -51.37% $34.89 -6.13% $38.74 -15.46% $37.00 -11.49%
SIVB SVB Financial Group $208.16 $249.67 -16.63% $231.73 -10.17% $240.33 -13.39% $261.42 -20.37%
STZ Constellation Brands, Inc. Class A $172.38 $169.34 1.80% $185.37 -7.01% $187.60 -8.11% $207.40 -16.89%
SUI Sun Communities Inc $152.88 $111.28 37.38% $163.88 -6.71% $162.17 -5.73% $172.66 -11.46%
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc $100.18 $80.38 24.64% $97.49 2.76% $112.72 -11.13% $114.63 -12.61%
TGS Transportadora de Gas del Sur SA (ADR) $5.61 $12.40 -54.76% $6.03 -6.97% $6.19 -9.37% $6.43 -12.75%
THRM Gentherm Inc $40.78 $41.62 -2.02% $41.85 -2.56% $46.11 -11.56% $48.36 -15.67%
TMUS T-Mobile Us Inc $90.16 $72.34 24.63% $78.55 14.78% $79.19 13.85% $98.57 -8.53%
TNET TriNet Group Inc $52.86 $61.73 -14.37% $54.75 -3.45% $57.06 -7.36% $59.60 -11.31%
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc $257.09 $315.30 -18.46% $233.86 9.93% $267.91 -4.04% $299.40 -14.13%
UNH UnitedHealth Group Inc $254.96 $242.09 5.32% $278.80 -8.55% $272.45 -6.42% $301.43 -15.42%
V Visa Inc $181.76 $148.57 22.34% $184.24 -1.35% $198.68 -8.52% $208.81 -12.95%

Over the last year, my Watch List returned 6.57%
Over the last quarter, my Watch List returned -2.62%
Over the last month, my Watch List returned -6.08%
Over the last week, my Watch List returned -10.71%

 

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
AAPL Apple Inc. $273.36 $172.69 58.29% $266.61 2.53% $308.77 -11.47% $313.05 -12.68%
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated $345.12 $264.01 30.72% $309.53 11.50% $351.14 -1.71% $372.95 -7.46%
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. $218.35 $263.35 -17.09% $277.34 -21.27% $257.10 -15.07% $260.26 -16.10%
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. $58.12 $37.93 53.22% $57.71 0.70% $57.80 0.55% $64.27 -9.57%
BABA Alibaba Group Holding Ltd $208.00 $183.88 13.12% $200.00 4.00% $206.59 0.68% $212.59 -2.16%
EPAM EPAM Systems Inc $223.20 $163.55 36.47% $211.85 5.36% $228.14 -2.17% $231.36 -3.53%
FTNT Fortinet Inc $102.06 $86.93 17.40% $105.11 -2.90% $115.36 -11.53% $114.48 -10.85%
LRCX Lam Research Corporation $293.43 $173.06 69.56% $265.69 10.44% $298.21 -1.60% $316.80 -7.38%
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. $217.41 $151.38 43.62% $225.69 -3.67% $239.39 -9.18% $255.90 -15.04%
MA Mastercard Inc $290.25 $226.08 28.38% $291.85 -0.55% $315.94 -8.13% $339.70 -14.56%
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. $324.33 $241.51 34.29% $403.11 -19.54% $353.56 -8.27% $340.09 -4.63%
MTCH Match Group Inc $65.00 $55.60 16.91% $70.48 -7.78% $78.22 -16.90% $73.50 -11.56%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation $270.07 $155.90 73.23% $216.60 24.68% $236.28 14.30% $293.88 -8.10%
SUI Sun Communities Inc $152.88 $111.28 37.38% $163.88 -6.71% $162.17 -5.73% $172.66 -11.46%
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc $100.18 $80.38 24.64% $97.49 2.76% $112.72 -11.13% $114.63 -12.61%

Over the last year, my Short Term Watch List returned 32.70%
Over the last quarter, my Short Term Watch List returned -0.67%
Over the last month, my Short Term Watch List returned -5.41%
Over the last week, my Short Term Watch List returned -9.62%

Short Term List returned 33%
High growth stock: NVIDIA Corporation ($NVDA) at 73%
Total Execution Time: 0.86530590057373 Sec