Symbol Stock Price change today
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. 7.9295%
MTCH Match Group Inc 5.9074%
EPAM EPAM Systems Inc 5.3534%
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated 5.2842%
VEEV Veeva Systems Inc 4.4666%
FTNT Fortinet Inc 4.3913%
ILMN Illumina, Inc. 3.9047%
MU Micron Technology, Inc. 3.5173%
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. 3.1627%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc Class A 3.0979%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation 3.0314%
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc 2.8742%
PYPL Paypal Holdings Inc 2.8174%
ANET Arista Networks Inc 2.6734%
MA Mastercard Inc 2.5982%
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. 2.2953%
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. 2.1929%
LRCX Lam Research Corporation 2.1602%
AAPL Apple Inc. 2.1074%
NFLX Netflix, Inc. 1.9108%
MKSI MKS Instruments, Inc. 1.7957%
V Visa Inc 1.7325%
FND Floor & Decor Holdings Inc 1.6991%
AVGO Broadcom Inc 1.4135%
FB Facebook, Inc. Common Stock 1.4007%
SBUX Starbucks Corporation 1.0787%
PATK Patrick Industries, Inc. 0.9284%
KNX Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc 0.8217%
TMUS T-Mobile Us Inc 0.7499%
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. 0.3101%
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. 0.2835%
FIVE Five Below Inc 0.2415%
CSGP CoStar Group Inc 0.068%
KEYS Keysight Technologies Inc 0.0614%
EVR Evercore Inc 0%
JAZZ Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC -0.0278%
SUI Sun Communities Inc -0.1913%
NSP Insperity Inc -0.2388%
TNET TriNet Group Inc -0.4972%
LGIH LGI Homes Inc -0.5023%
THRM Gentherm Inc -0.9365%
UNH UnitedHealth Group Inc -1.0015%
CVGW Calavo Growers, Inc. -1.0326%
ETFC E*TRADE Financial Corp -1.0898%
FSS Federal Signal Corporation -1.2404%
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc -1.4483%
MTZ MasTec, Inc. -2.5233%
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. -2.8948%
NXST Nexstar Media Group Inc -3.712%
GTN Gray Television, Inc. -4.8966%

Stock ticker Stock name Last Close Recommendation
AAPL Apple Inc. $385.3100 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. $284.5500 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated $432.4200 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. $322.3000 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. $62.3000 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. $2961.9700 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ANET Arista Networks Inc $219.5700 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
AVGO Broadcom Inc $312.7100 Very Concerned, may need to wait
CSGP CoStar Group Inc $706.2200 Very Concerned, may need to wait
CVGW Calavo Growers, Inc. $61.0100 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. $390.2200 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
ETFC E*TRADE Financial Corp $54.1400 Strong Buy or Hold
EPAM EPAM Systems Inc $264.6900 Strong Buy or Hold
EVR Evercore Inc $57.2100 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
FB Facebook, Inc. Common Stock $242.0300 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
FIVE Five Below Inc $103.5100 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
FND Floor & Decor Holdings Inc $61.2100 Strong Buy or Hold
FSS Federal Signal Corporation $29.8300 Strong Buy or Hold
FTNT Fortinet Inc $129.1200 Very Concerned, may need to wait
GOOGL Alphabet Inc Class A $1516.8500 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
GTN Gray Television, Inc. $14.5000 Strong Buy or Hold
ILMN Illumina, Inc. $383.6400 Strong Buy or Hold
JAZZ Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC $108.0400 Very Concerned, may need to wait
KEYS Keysight Technologies Inc $97.7800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
KNX Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc $45.0300 Strong Buy or Hold
LGIH LGI Homes Inc $111.4800 Strong Buy or Hold
LRCX Lam Research Corporation $346.2700 Strong Buy or Hold
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. $316.8200 Strong Buy or Hold
MA Mastercard Inc $304.0600 Strong Buy or Hold
MKSI MKS Instruments, Inc. $118.0600 Strong Buy or Hold
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. $532.5400 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
MTZ MasTec, Inc. $40.8200 Some Concerns, may need to wait
MU Micron Technology, Inc. $49.4700 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MTCH Match Group Inc $91.7500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
NFLX Netflix, Inc. $492.9900 Very Concerned, may need to wait
NSP Insperity Inc $67.0000 Strong Buy or Hold
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation $408.0600 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
NXST Nexstar Media Group Inc $84.5900 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
PATK Patrick Industries, Inc. $63.5500 Strong Buy or Hold
PYPL Paypal Holdings Inc $173.9200 Very Concerned, may need to wait
SBUX Starbucks Corporation $74.1600 Very Concerned, may need to wait
SUI Sun Communities Inc $135.8900 Very Concerned, may need to wait
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc $133.9500 Strong Buy or Hold
THRM Gentherm Inc $39.5100 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
TMUS T-Mobile Us Inc $105.3500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
TNET TriNet Group Inc $62.3500 Strong Buy or Hold
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc $203.0000 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
UNH UnitedHealth Group Inc $306.5300 Strong Buy or Hold
V Visa Inc $195.0900 Strong Buy or Hold
VEEV Veeva Systems Inc $250.3000 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon

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
Latest
price
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ago
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ago
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AAPL Apple Inc. $385.31 $200.21 92.46% $282.05 36.61% $349.72 10.18% $383.68 0.42%
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. $284.55 $260.47 9.24% $166.02 71.40% $257.09 10.68% $264.51 7.58%
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated $432.42 $306.87 40.91% $344.11 25.66% $428.01 1.03% $466.20 -7.25%
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. $322.30 $281.21 14.61% $193.00 66.99% $260.91 23.53% $273.29 17.93%
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. $62.30 $47.10 32.29% $53.00 17.56% $60.95 2.21% $62.59 -0.46%
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. $2,961.97 $1,964.52 50.77% $2,375.00 24.71% $2,675.01 10.73% $3,200.00 -7.44%
ANET Arista Networks Inc $219.57 $282.74 -22.34% $210.02 4.55% $218.01 0.72% $216.11 1.60%
AVGO Broadcom Inc $312.71 $276.72 13.00% $263.06 18.88% $302.77 3.28% $319.44 -2.11%
CSGP CoStar Group Inc $706.22 $582.95 21.15% $635.55 11.12% $710.68 -0.63% $722.03 -2.19%
CVGW Calavo Growers, Inc. $61.01 $89.76 -32.03% $65.05 -6.21% $60.75 0.43% $59.26 2.95%
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. $390.22 $255.53 52.71% $362.22 7.73% $378.41 3.12% $398.31 -2.03%
ETFC E*TRADE Financial Corp $54.14 $46.74 15.83% $39.73 36.27% $48.43 11.79% $51.44 5.25%
EPAM EPAM Systems Inc $264.69 $192.87 37.24% $209.94 26.08% $252.32 4.90% $261.14 1.36%
EVR Evercore Inc $57.21 $84.34 -32.17% $54.60 4.77% $57.75 -0.94% $55.34 3.38%
FB Facebook, Inc. Common Stock $242.03 $198.36 22.02% $179.24 35.03% $238.79 1.36% $245.07 -1.24%
FIVE Five Below Inc $103.51 $125.41 -17.46% $86.47 19.71% $107.25 -3.49% $101.13 2.35%
FND Floor & Decor Holdings Inc $61.21 $39.65 54.38% $36.87 66.02% $56.57 8.20% $59.62 2.67%
FSS Federal Signal Corporation $29.83 $27.65 7.90% $27.47 8.61% $29.50 1.12% $28.36 5.18%
FTNT Fortinet Inc $129.12 $87.36 47.80% $112.96 14.31% $136.71 -5.55% $145.80 -11.44%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc Class A $1,516.85 $1,131.55 34.05% $1,279.00 18.60% $1,424.64 6.47% $1,539.01 -1.44%
GTN Gray Television, Inc. $14.50 $17.76 -18.36% $10.93 32.66% $14.22 1.97% $13.91 4.24%
ILMN Illumina, Inc. $383.64 $293.20 30.85% $316.36 21.27% $368.77 4.03% $370.25 3.62%
JAZZ Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC $108.04 $136.62 -20.92% $111.19 -2.83% $113.97 -5.20% $106.60 1.35%
KEYS Keysight Technologies Inc $97.77 $87.46 11.79% $95.84 2.01% $106.44 -8.15% $97.64 0.13%
KNX Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc $45.03 $36.69 22.72% $36.52 23.31% $42.16 6.81% $43.86 2.67%
LGIH LGI Homes Inc $111.48 $71.54 55.83% $49.65 124.53% $87.59 27.27% $101.61 9.71%
LRCX Lam Research Corporation $346.27 $194.94 77.63% $277.97 24.57% $315.25 9.84% $339.98 1.85%
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. $316.82 $187.94 68.58% $225.86 40.27% $297.38 6.54% $314.39 0.77%
MA Mastercard Inc $304.06 $274.13 10.92% $259.62 17.12% $296.11 2.69% $295.68 2.83%
MKSI MKS Instruments, Inc. $118.06 $78.54 50.32% $92.55 27.56% $110.93 6.43% $112.49 4.95%
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. $532.54 $364.86 45.96% $429.26 24.06% $520.28 2.36% $537.23 -0.87%
MTZ MasTec, Inc. $40.82 $49.78 -18.00% $34.80 17.30% $44.75 -8.78% $38.07 7.22%
MU Micron Technology, Inc. $49.47 $45.52 8.68% $45.70 8.25% $50.83 -2.68% $50.70 -2.43%
MTCH Match Group Inc $91.75 $76.02 20.69% $80.00 14.69% $95.73 -4.16% $100.39 -8.61%
NFLX Netflix, Inc. $492.99 $315.10 56.46% $422.96 16.56% $453.72 8.66% $548.73 -10.16%
NSP Insperity Inc $67.00 $132.77 -49.54% $40.74 64.46% $62.75 6.77% $62.81 6.67%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation $408.06 $167.97 142.94% $292.19 39.66% $370.45 10.15% $419.17 -2.65%
NXST Nexstar Media Group Inc $84.59 $101.77 -16.88% $65.70 28.76% $86.26 -1.93% $79.79 6.02%
PATK Patrick Industries, Inc. $63.55 $42.55 49.35% $31.30 103.04% $60.02 5.88% $59.02 7.68%
PYPL Paypal Holdings Inc $173.92 $118.63 46.61% $111.85 55.49% $164.36 5.82% $178.40 -2.51%
SBUX Starbucks Corporation $74.16 $88.62 -16.32% $76.69 -3.29% $75.40 -1.64% $74.29 -0.17%
SUI Sun Communities Inc $135.89 $128.48 5.76% $126.74 7.22% $141.53 -3.98% $135.55 0.25%
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc $133.95 $79.87 67.70% $95.04 40.94% $127.35 5.18% $131.22 2.08%
THRM Gentherm Inc $39.51 $39.04 1.20% $35.00 12.89% $39.46 0.13% $38.08 3.76%
TMUS T-Mobile Us Inc $105.35 $77.43 36.06% $90.99 15.78% $106.90 -1.45% $107.05 -1.59%
TNET TriNet Group Inc $62.35 $71.72 -13.06% $46.25 34.81% $58.87 5.91% $59.88 4.12%
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc $203.00 $357.00 -43.14% $215.51 -5.80% $212.19 -4.33% $195.99 3.58%
UNH UnitedHealth Group Inc $306.53 $252.40 21.45% $289.32 5.95% $291.24 5.25% $291.23 5.25%
V Visa Inc $195.09 $178.13 9.52% $169.25 15.27% $192.20 1.50% $192.55 1.32%
VEEV Veeva Systems Inc $250.30 $169.49 47.68% $181.12 38.20% $226.67 10.42% $254.16 -1.52%

Over the last year, my Watch List returned 22.70%
Over the last quarter, my Watch List returned 27.06%
Over the last month, my Watch List returned 3.61%
Over the last week, my Watch List returned 1.29%

 

SHORT TERM WATCH LIST STOCK RESULTS

 

Stock
Ticker
Company
name
Latest
price
Year
ago
Year ago
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ago
Quarter ago
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Month
ago
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AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. $2,961.97 $1,964.52 50.77% $2,375.00 24.71% $2,675.01 10.73% $3,200.00 -7.44%
AAPL Apple Inc. $385.31 $200.21 92.46% $282.05 36.61% $349.72 10.18% $383.68 0.42%
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated $432.42 $306.87 40.91% $344.11 25.66% $428.01 1.03% $466.20 -7.25%
EPAM EPAM Systems Inc $264.69 $192.87 37.24% $209.94 26.08% $252.32 4.90% $261.14 1.36%
FTNT Fortinet Inc $129.12 $87.36 47.80% $112.96 14.31% $136.71 -5.55% $145.80 -11.44%
LRCX Lam Research Corporation $346.27 $194.94 77.63% $277.97 24.57% $315.25 9.84% $339.98 1.85%
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. $316.82 $187.94 68.58% $225.86 40.27% $297.38 6.54% $314.39 0.77%
MKSI MKS Instruments, Inc. $118.06 $78.54 50.32% $92.55 27.56% $110.93 6.43% $112.49 4.95%
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. $532.54 $364.86 45.96% $429.26 24.06% $520.28 2.36% $537.23 -0.87%
MTCH Match Group Inc $91.75 $76.02 20.69% $80.00 14.69% $95.73 -4.16% $100.39 -8.61%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation $408.06 $167.97 142.94% $292.19 39.66% $370.45 10.15% $419.17 -2.65%
PYPL Paypal Holdings Inc $173.92 $118.63 46.61% $111.85 55.49% $164.36 5.82% $178.40 -2.51%
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc $133.95 $79.87 67.70% $95.04 40.94% $127.35 5.18% $131.22 2.08%
TMUS T-Mobile Us Inc $105.35 $77.43 36.06% $90.99 15.78% $106.90 -1.45% $107.05 -1.59%
VEEV Veeva Systems Inc $250.30 $169.49 47.68% $181.12 38.20% $226.67 10.42% $254.16 -1.52%

Over the last year, my Short Term Watch List returned 58.22%
Over the last quarter, my Short Term Watch List returned 29.91%
Over the last month, my Short Term Watch List returned 4.83%
Over the last week, my Short Term Watch List returned -2.16%

Short Term List returned 58%
High growth stock: NVIDIA Corporation ($NVDA) at 143%
Total Execution Time: 0.60513806343079 Sec