Symbol Stock Price change today
ILMN Illumina, Inc. 7.6512%
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. 6.5543%
LGIH LGI Homes Inc 5.29%
MKSI MKS Instruments, Inc. 3.7186%
TNET TriNet Group Inc 3.3438%
SINA SINA Corp 2.4113%
CBPO China Biologic Products Holdings Inc 2.3028%
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. 1.821%
EPAM EPAM Systems Inc 1.7004%
COHR Coherent, Inc. 1.024%
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc 0.7279%
FIVE Five Below Inc 0.3635%
NFLX Netflix, Inc. 0.2409%
BABA Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 0.2322%
TGS Transportadora de Gas del Sur SA (ADR) -0.9756%
AVGO Broadcom Inc -1.1468%
BKNG Booking Holdings Inc -1.1792%
FTNT Fortinet Inc -1.4508%
KNX Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc -1.4606%
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. -1.7398%
SUI Sun Communities Inc -1.7942%
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. -1.8523%
MTZ MasTec, Inc. -1.9435%
FB Facebook, Inc. Common Stock -2.2203%
PATK Patrick Industries, Inc. -2.6647%
STZ Constellation Brands, Inc. Class A -2.7304%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation -3.3901%
V Visa Inc -3.5599%
THRM Gentherm Inc -3.6091%
LRCX Lam Research Corporation -3.6511%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc Class A -3.9094%
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated -3.9576%
ETFC E*TRADE Financial Corp -4.2933%
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc -4.6713%
NSP Insperity Inc -5.2358%
SBUX Starbucks Corporation -5.504%
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. -5.5917%
MEOH Methanex Corporation -5.7765%
UNH UnitedHealth Group Inc -6.01%
GTN Gray Television, Inc. -6.0172%
ATHM Autohome Inc -6.1294%
TMUS T-Mobile Us Inc -6.1674%
AAPL Apple Inc. -6.3486%
MTCH Match Group Inc -6.7179%
MA Mastercard Inc -6.9249%
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. -7.1169%
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. -7.1765%
PYPL Paypal Holdings Inc -7.4821%
ANET Arista Networks Inc -7.5332%
HZO MarineMax Inc -7.7908%
JAZZ Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC -8.2379%
EVR Evercore Inc -9.4249%
SIVB SVB Financial Group -10.424%
CVGW Calavo Growers, Inc. -11.3981%
NXST Nexstar Media Group Inc -19.0915%

I regularly tell people that they need to try and time the market to accelerate their investment income. This puts me at odds with many financial advisers.

However, most of those financial advisers have a vested interest in creating a steady stream of investments. They don’t want that regular and anticipated stream of investments to dry up or be diverted to other investment opportunities. So, while their advice to regularly invest is good advice, the advice to not vary your investment vehicles could be more self-servicing for them then is prudent.

The reality is that the best of the best investors regularly time their investments. They don’t invest when the price is high and they heavily invest when low price opportunities are available to them.

As I write this, we are a couple of weeks into a fairly major drop in the stock market due to the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 outbreak. I thought this article on Bloomberg.com was very revealing and it produced the following table:

Buyer Company Money
spent
($M)
Carl Icahn Hertz, Newell 120
Carlos Slim PBF Energy 48
Kelcy Warren Energy Transfer 91
Rausing family International Flavors
& Fragrances
317
Reimann family Keurig Dr Pepper 200
Tammy Hughes Gustavson,
Bradley Hughes
American Homes 4 Rent 108
Warren Buffett Delta Air Lines 45

Source: Regulatory filings
Note: Transactions made since Jan. 1. Includes purchases made by firms partially or fully controlled by the person, such as Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway and Slim’s Inversora Carso.

If the biggest and most successful investors are timing the market, then doesn’t it make sense that you should as well?

Stock ticker Stock name Last Close Recommendation
AAPL Apple Inc. $244.7800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. $140.5100 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated $307.5100 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. $142.2300 Very Concerned, may need to wait
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. $40.1900 Very Concerned, may need to wait
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. $1880.9300 Some Concerns, may need to wait
ANET Arista Networks Inc $177.8800 Some Concerns, may need to wait
ATHM Autohome Inc $67.8700 Very Concerned, may need to wait
AVGO Broadcom Inc $194.4500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
BABA Alibaba Group Holding Ltd $180.8800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
BKNG Booking Holdings Inc $1191.4800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
CBPO China Biologic Products Holdings Inc $108.1300 Very Concerned, may need to wait
COHR Coherent, Inc. $88.8700 Very Concerned, may need to wait
CVGW Calavo Growers, Inc. $60.0100 Some Concerns, may need to wait
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. $323.1400 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ETFC E*TRADE Financial Corp $30.2800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
EPAM EPAM Systems Inc $165.2600 Very Concerned, may need to wait
EVR Evercore Inc $39.4700 Very Concerned, may need to wait
FB Facebook, Inc. Common Stock $153.1300 Very Concerned, may need to wait
FIVE Five Below Inc $52.2700 Very Concerned, may need to wait
FTNT Fortinet Inc $86.1600 Some Concerns, may need to wait
GOOGL Alphabet Inc Class A $1111.6700 Very Concerned, may need to wait
GTN Gray Television, Inc. $10.4700 Very Concerned, may need to wait
HZO MarineMax Inc $9.3700 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ILMN Illumina, Inc. $224.8000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
JAZZ Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC $104.7600 Very Concerned, may need to wait
KNX Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc $30.8100 Very Concerned, may need to wait
LGIH LGI Homes Inc $41.2100 Very Concerned, may need to wait
LRCX Lam Research Corporation $195.0100 Very Concerned, may need to wait
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. $154.8600 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MA Mastercard Inc $227.1500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MEOH Methanex Corporation $10.5600 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MKSI MKS Instruments, Inc. $72.0700 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. $316.1300 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MTZ MasTec, Inc. $27.2700 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MTCH Match Group Inc $50.7600 Very Concerned, may need to wait
NFLX Netflix, Inc. $332.0300 Very Concerned, may need to wait
NSP Insperity Inc $32.6600 Very Concerned, may need to wait
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation $212.9700 Very Concerned, may need to wait
NXST Nexstar Media Group Inc $61.8600 Very Concerned, may need to wait
PATK Patrick Industries, Inc. $19.8900 Very Concerned, may need to wait
PYPL Paypal Holdings Inc $93.6900 Very Concerned, may need to wait
SBUX Starbucks Corporation $61.4100 Very Concerned, may need to wait
SINA SINA Corp $28.2000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
SIVB SVB Financial Group $168.1700 Some Concerns, may need to wait
STZ Constellation Brands, Inc. Class A $123.0600 Very Concerned, may need to wait
SUI Sun Communities Inc $114.2600 Very Concerned, may need to wait
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc $77.2800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
TGS Transportadora de Gas del Sur SA (ADR) $4.1000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
THRM Gentherm Inc $29.3700 Very Concerned, may need to wait
TMUS T-Mobile Us Inc $79.4500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
TNET TriNet Group Inc $34.9900 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc $146.9900 Very Concerned, may need to wait
UNH UnitedHealth Group Inc $219.8000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
V Visa Inc $152.2500 Very Concerned, may need to wait