Stock ticker Stock name Last Close Recommendation
AAPL Apple Inc. $121.21 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. $301.4 Some Concerns, may need to wait
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated $469.09 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. $528.34 Some Concerns, may need to wait
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. $128.64 Strong Buy or Hold
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. $3052.03 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ANET Arista Networks Inc $311.27 Strong Buy or Hold
AVGO Broadcom Inc $482.04 Strong Buy or Hold
CSGP CoStar Group Inc $816.47 Some Concerns, may need to wait
CVGW Calavo Growers, Inc. $77.7 Very Concerned, may need to wait
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. $371.84 Strong Buy or Hold
EPAM EPAM Systems Inc $387.74 Strong Buy or Hold
EVR Evercore Inc $129.5 Very Concerned, may need to wait
FB Facebook, Inc. Common Stock $283.02 Very Concerned, may need to wait
FIVE Five Below Inc $199.96 Strong Buy or Hold
FND Floor & Decor Holdings Inc $97.68 Strong Buy or Hold
FSS Federal Signal Corporation $38.74 Very Concerned, may need to wait
FTNT Fortinet Inc $182.77 Very Concerned, may need to wait
GOOGL Alphabet Inc Class A $2024.73 Very Concerned, may need to wait
GTN Gray Television, Inc. $18.16 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ILMN Illumina, Inc. $401.46 Very Concerned, may need to wait
JAZZ Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC $168.42 Very Concerned, may need to wait
KEYS Keysight Technologies Inc $142.19 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
KNX Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc $47.77 Strong Buy or Hold
LGIH LGI Homes Inc $151.7 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
LRCX Lam Research Corporation $584.23 Strong Buy or Hold
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. $314.0 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
MA Mastercard Inc $366.14 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MKSI MKS Instruments, Inc. $183.11 Strong Buy or Hold
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. $517.8 Some Concerns, may need to wait
MTZ MasTec, Inc. $90.13 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MU Micron Technology, Inc. $87.99 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MTCH Match Group Inc $138.27 Very Concerned, may need to wait
NFLX Netflix, Inc. $508.05 Very Concerned, may need to wait
NSP Insperity Inc $83.39 Very Concerned, may need to wait
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation $513.57 Some Concerns, may need to wait
NXST Nexstar Media Group Inc $141.85 Very Concerned, may need to wait
PATK Patrick Industries, Inc. $85.15 Very Concerned, may need to wait
PYPL Paypal Holdings Inc $241.03 Very Concerned, may need to wait
SBUX Starbucks Corporation $109.9 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
SUI Sun Communities Inc $150.16 Strong Buy or Hold
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc $182.18 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
THRM Gentherm Inc $69.85 Very Concerned, may need to wait
TMUS T-Mobile Us Inc $122.99 Very Concerned, may need to wait
TNET TriNet Group Inc $78.68 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc $303.0 Very Concerned, may need to wait
UNH UnitedHealth Group Inc $376.48 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
V Visa Inc $213.53 Very Concerned, may need to wait
VEEV Veeva Systems Inc $254.4 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

 

Ticker Comp.
name
Last
price
Last
year
Last
year
chg
Last
Q
Last
Q
chg
Last
Mo.
Last
Mo.
chg
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wk
Last
wk
chg
AAPL Apple Inc. $121.21 $61.46 97.22% $136.49 -11.19% $121.26 -0.04% $119.99 1.02%
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. $301.40 $145.24 107.52% $312.91 -3.68% $324.55 -7.13% $299.81 0.53%
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated $469.09 $305.83 53.38% $498.95 -5.98% $459.67 2.05% $441.50 6.25%
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. $528.34 $177.04 198.43% $520.86 1.44% $567.11 -6.84% $529.46 -0.21%
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. $128.64 $44.52 188.96% $84.72 51.84% $118.19 8.84% $114.86 12.00%
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. $3,052.03 $1,900.10 60.62% $3,283.96 -7.06% $3,092.93 -1.32% $3,074.96 -0.75%
ANET Arista Networks Inc $311.27 $191.29 62.72% $290.94 6.99% $279.84 11.23% $285.22 9.13%
AVGO Broadcom Inc $482.04 $222.60 116.55% $428.63 12.46% $466.33 3.37% $474.46 1.60%
CSGP CoStar Group Inc $816.47 $580.99 40.53% $939.50 -13.10% $823.76 -0.88% $818.66 -0.27%
CVGW Calavo Growers, Inc. $77.70 $52.61 47.70% $69.24 12.22% $75.25 3.26% $78.51 -1.03%
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. $371.84 $335.81 10.73% $399.14 -6.84% $345.61 7.59% $363.70 2.24%
EPAM EPAM Systems Inc $387.74 $175.22 121.29% $353.63 9.65% $373.61 3.78% $379.60 2.14%
EVR Evercore Inc $129.50 $45.09 187.20% $111.00 16.66% $119.77 8.12% $137.40 -5.75%
FB Facebook, Inc. Common Stock $283.02 $156.79 80.51% $277.00 2.17% $257.62 9.86% $290.11 -2.44%
FIVE Five Below Inc $199.96 $71.43 179.94% $165.56 20.78% $186.12 7.44% $196.63 1.69%
FND Floor & Decor Holdings Inc $97.68 $33.12 194.93% $95.20 2.61% $95.09 2.72% $97.61 0.07%
FSS Federal Signal Corporation $38.74 $26.37 46.93% $32.63 18.71% $36.33 6.65% $37.70 2.76%
FTNT Fortinet Inc $182.77 $97.28 87.88% $149.29 22.43% $168.85 8.24% $174.49 4.75%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc Class A $2,024.73 $1,110.26 82.37% $1,773.96 14.14% $2,021.91 0.14% $2,026.96 -0.11%
GTN Gray Television, Inc. $18.16 $11.89 52.68% $17.86 1.67% $18.08 0.44% $19.91 -8.79%
ILMN Illumina, Inc. $401.46 $269.05 49.21% $366.78 9.46% $439.41 -8.64% $415.90 -3.47%
JAZZ Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC $168.42 $96.96 73.70% $159.64 5.50% $168.04 0.23% $172.35 -2.28%
KEYS Keysight Technologies Inc $142.19 $78.28 81.64% $131.82 7.87% $141.52 0.47% $134.77 5.51%
KNX Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc $47.77 $31.73 50.55% $42.08 13.51% $43.12 10.78% $45.63 4.69%
LGIH LGI Homes Inc $151.70 $47.77 217.56% $109.35 38.73% $109.25 38.86% $141.56 7.16%
LRCX Lam Research Corporation $584.23 $238.22 145.25% $474.97 23.00% $565.85 3.25% $542.31 7.73%
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. $314.00 $188.84 66.28% $351.36 -10.63% $311.68 0.74% $308.71 1.71%
MA Mastercard Inc $366.14 $246.36 48.62% $344.04 6.42% $353.85 3.47% $356.51 2.70%
MKSI MKS Instruments, Inc. $183.11 $79.47 130.43% $151.09 21.19% $164.90 11.04% $172.24 6.31%
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. $517.80 $341.18 51.77% $565.10 -8.37% $555.94 -6.86% $510.12 1.51%
MTZ MasTec, Inc. $90.13 $29.50 205.53% $70.40 28.03% $86.75 3.90% $92.33 -2.38%
MU Micron Technology, Inc. $87.99 $43.48 102.37% $70.66 24.53% $91.53 -3.87% $90.51 -2.78%
MTCH Match Group Inc $138.27 $62.48 121.30% $150.08 -7.87% $152.85 -9.54% $152.70 -9.45%
NFLX Netflix, Inc. $508.05 $357.12 42.26% $519.12 -2.13% $538.85 -5.72% $512.18 -0.81%
NSP Insperity Inc $83.39 $37.96 119.71% $83.86 -0.56% $88.32 -5.58% $86.90 -4.04%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation $513.57 $252.39 103.49% $515.84 -0.44% $548.40 -6.35% $513.83 -0.05%
NXST Nexstar Media Group Inc $141.85 $60.92 132.86% $107.94 31.41% $137.55 3.13% $153.99 -7.88%
PATK Patrick Industries, Inc. $85.15 $29.21 191.52% $69.89 21.84% $78.67 8.24% $84.51 0.76%
PYPL Paypal Holdings Inc $241.03 $93.48 157.84% $235.73 2.25% $259.85 -7.24% $241.28 -0.10%
SBUX Starbucks Corporation $109.90 $65.04 68.99% $103.89 5.78% $108.03 1.73% $106.34 3.35%
SUI Sun Communities Inc $150.16 $120.25 24.87% $147.98 1.47% $151.95 -1.18% $149.13 0.69%
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc $182.18 $85.92 112.03% $152.82 19.21% $177.82 2.45% $175.79 3.64%
THRM Gentherm Inc $69.85 $32.44 115.32% $64.92 7.59% $70.79 -1.33% $77.18 -9.50%
TMUS T-Mobile Us Inc $122.99 $81.72 50.50% $133.00 -7.53% $119.97 2.52% $124.19 -0.97%
TNET TriNet Group Inc $78.68 $38.60 103.83% $82.56 -4.70% $80.27 -1.98% $80.72 -2.53%
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc $303.00 $174.45 73.69% $278.17 8.93% $322.33 -6.00% $321.84 -5.85%
UNH UnitedHealth Group Inc $376.48 $238.72 57.71% $344.74 9.21% $331.06 13.72% $365.58 2.98%
V Visa Inc $213.53 $160.55 33.00% $212.31 0.58% $212.39 0.54% $206.90 3.20%
VEEV Veeva Systems Inc $254.40 $145.55 74.79% $275.30 -7.59% $280.11 -9.18% $260.31 -2.27%

Over the last year, my Watch List returned 98.46%
Over the last quarter, my Watch List returned 7.81%
Over the last month, my Watch List returned 2.02%
Over the last week, my Watch List returned 0.46%

 

SHORT TERM WATCH LIST STOCK RESULTS

 

Ticker Comp.
name
Last
price
Last
year
Last
year
chg
Last
Q
Last
Q
chg
Last
Mo.
Last
Mo.
chg
Last
wk
Last
wk
chg
AAPL Apple Inc. $121.21 $61.46 97.22% $136.49 -11.19% $121.26 -0.04% $119.99 1.02%
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated $469.09 $305.83 53.38% $498.95 -5.98% $459.67 2.05% $441.50 6.25%
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. $528.34 $177.04 198.43% $520.86 1.44% $567.11 -6.84% $529.46 -0.21%
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. $3,052.03 $1,900.10 60.62% $3,283.96 -7.06% $3,092.93 -1.32% $3,074.96 -0.75%
CSGP CoStar Group Inc $816.47 $580.99 40.53% $939.50 -13.10% $823.76 -0.88% $818.66 -0.27%
EPAM EPAM Systems Inc $387.74 $175.22 121.29% $353.63 9.65% $373.61 3.78% $379.60 2.14%
FND Floor & Decor Holdings Inc $97.68 $33.12 194.93% $95.20 2.61% $95.09 2.72% $97.61 0.07%
LGIH LGI Homes Inc $151.70 $47.77 217.56% $109.35 38.73% $109.25 38.86% $141.56 7.16%
LRCX Lam Research Corporation $584.23 $238.22 145.25% $474.97 23.00% $565.85 3.25% $542.31 7.73%
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. $314.00 $188.84 66.28% $351.36 -10.63% $311.68 0.74% $308.71 1.71%
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. $517.80 $341.18 51.77% $565.10 -8.37% $555.94 -6.86% $510.12 1.51%
MTCH Match Group Inc $138.27 $62.48 121.30% $150.08 -7.87% $152.85 -9.54% $152.70 -9.45%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation $513.57 $252.39 103.49% $515.84 -0.44% $548.40 -6.35% $513.83 -0.05%
PYPL Paypal Holdings Inc $241.03 $93.48 157.84% $235.73 2.25% $259.85 -7.24% $241.28 -0.10%
VEEV Veeva Systems Inc $254.40 $145.55 74.79% $275.30 -7.59% $280.11 -9.18% $260.31 -2.27%

Over the last year, my Short Term Watch List returned 113.65%
Over the last quarter, my Short Term Watch List returned 0.36%
Over the last month, my Short Term Watch List returned 0.21%
Over the last week, my Short Term Watch List returned 0.97%

Short Term List returned 114%
High growth stock: LGI Homes Inc ($LGIH) at 218%
Total Execution Time: 0.58588409423828 Sec

Symbol Stock Price change today
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. 7.4507%
MKSI MKS Instruments, Inc. 7.0318%
FTNT Fortinet Inc 6.7395%
LRCX Lam Research Corporation 6.6055%
ANET Arista Networks Inc 6.5993%
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc 5.8386%
EPAM EPAM Systems Inc 5.3613%
PATK Patrick Industries, Inc. 4.8645%
LGIH LGI Homes Inc 4.7941%
MU Micron Technology, Inc. 4.6379%
AVGO Broadcom Inc 4.4055%
KNX Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc 4.3925%
KEYS Keysight Technologies Inc 4.375%
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. 4.0365%
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated 4.0134%
FSS Federal Signal Corporation 3.0867%
PYPL Paypal Holdings Inc 2.8987%
MTCH Match Group Inc 2.7266%
V Visa Inc 2.6735%
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. 2.544%
CVGW Calavo Growers, Inc. 2.5337%
THRM Gentherm Inc 2.4945%
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. 2.4682%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation 2.4252%
SBUX Starbucks Corporation 2.3754%
FND Floor & Decor Holdings Inc 2.3149%
MA Mastercard Inc 2.171%
FIVE Five Below Inc 2.0777%
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. 2.0217%
VEEV Veeva Systems Inc 2.0171%
MTZ MasTec, Inc. 1.934%
NSP Insperity Inc 1.7075%
CSGP CoStar Group Inc 1.6471%
FB Facebook, Inc. Common Stock 1.5355%
UNH UnitedHealth Group Inc 1.4525%
TNET TriNet Group Inc 1.2482%
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. 1.1534%
JAZZ Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC 1.056%
NFLX Netflix, Inc. 1.0321%
ILMN Illumina, Inc. 0.8364%
AAPL Apple Inc. 0.5141%
EVR Evercore Inc 0.372%
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. 0.1894%
SUI Sun Communities Inc 0.04%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc Class A -0.3803%
TMUS T-Mobile Us Inc -0.3968%
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc -1.1709%
GTN Gray Television, Inc. -1.2507%
NXST Nexstar Media Group Inc -2.8425%

Stock ticker Stock name Last Close Recommendation
AAPL Apple Inc. $120.59 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. $294.14 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated $450.99 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. $517.87 Very Concerned, may need to wait
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. $119.72 Strong Buy or Hold
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. $3046.26 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ANET Arista Networks Inc $292.0 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
AVGO Broadcom Inc $461.7 Very Concerned, may need to wait
CSGP CoStar Group Inc $803.24 Very Concerned, may need to wait
CVGW Calavo Growers, Inc. $75.78 Very Concerned, may need to wait
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. $367.6 Strong Buy or Hold
EPAM EPAM Systems Inc $368.01 Very Concerned, may need to wait
EVR Evercore Inc $129.02 Very Concerned, may need to wait
FB Facebook, Inc. Common Stock $278.74 Very Concerned, may need to wait
FIVE Five Below Inc $195.89 Strong Buy or Hold
FND Floor & Decor Holdings Inc $95.47 Very Concerned, may need to wait
FSS Federal Signal Corporation $37.58 Very Concerned, may need to wait
FTNT Fortinet Inc $171.23 Very Concerned, may need to wait
GOOGL Alphabet Inc Class A $2032.46 Very Concerned, may need to wait
GTN Gray Television, Inc. $18.39 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ILMN Illumina, Inc. $398.13 Very Concerned, may need to wait
JAZZ Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC $166.66 Very Concerned, may need to wait
KEYS Keysight Technologies Inc $136.23 Some Concerns, may need to wait
KNX Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc $45.76 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
LGIH LGI Homes Inc $144.76 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
LRCX Lam Research Corporation $548.03 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. $306.21 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MA Mastercard Inc $358.36 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MKSI MKS Instruments, Inc. $171.08 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. $497.71 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MTZ MasTec, Inc. $88.42 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MU Micron Technology, Inc. $84.09 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MTCH Match Group Inc $134.6 Very Concerned, may need to wait
NFLX Netflix, Inc. $502.86 Very Concerned, may need to wait
NSP Insperity Inc $81.99 Very Concerned, may need to wait
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation $501.41 Very Concerned, may need to wait
NXST Nexstar Media Group Inc $146.0 Very Concerned, may need to wait
PATK Patrick Industries, Inc. $81.2 Very Concerned, may need to wait
PYPL Paypal Holdings Inc $234.24 Very Concerned, may need to wait
SBUX Starbucks Corporation $107.35 Very Concerned, may need to wait
SUI Sun Communities Inc $150.1 Strong Buy or Hold
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc $172.13 Very Concerned, may need to wait
THRM Gentherm Inc $68.15 Very Concerned, may need to wait
TMUS T-Mobile Us Inc $123.48 Very Concerned, may need to wait
TNET TriNet Group Inc $77.71 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc $306.59 Very Concerned, may need to wait
UNH UnitedHealth Group Inc $371.09 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
V Visa Inc $207.97 Very Concerned, may need to wait
VEEV Veeva Systems Inc $249.37 Very Concerned, may need to wait

Symbol Stock Price change today
PATK Patrick Industries, Inc. 4.7201%
THRM Gentherm Inc 4.0458%
LGIH LGI Homes Inc 3.4%
NXST Nexstar Media Group Inc 3.2459%
FSS Federal Signal Corporation 2.9025%
FIVE Five Below Inc 2.8618%
MTZ MasTec, Inc. 2.802%
ANET Arista Networks Inc 2.6506%
KNX Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc 2.4631%
FND Floor & Decor Holdings Inc 2.4136%
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. 2.3115%
SBUX Starbucks Corporation 2.2673%
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc 1.8571%
JAZZ Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC 1.802%
GTN Gray Television, Inc. 1.4341%
MU Micron Technology, Inc. 1.3133%
EVR Evercore Inc 1.216%
CVGW Calavo Growers, Inc. 1.04%
AVGO Broadcom Inc 0.9688%
TMUS T-Mobile Us Inc 0.9153%
KEYS Keysight Technologies Inc 0.7171%
SUI Sun Communities Inc 0.5493%
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc 0.5491%
AAPL Apple Inc. 0.4164%
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. 0.3768%
MKSI MKS Instruments, Inc. 0.3402%
UNH UnitedHealth Group Inc 0.1322%
TNET TriNet Group Inc 0.0902%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc Class A -0.0034%
PYPL Paypal Holdings Inc -0.0128%
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. -0.0238%
FTNT Fortinet Inc -0.0409%
V Visa Inc -0.0481%
NSP Insperity Inc -0.1096%
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated -0.1152%
CSGP CoStar Group Inc -0.1231%
EPAM EPAM Systems Inc -0.1357%
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. -0.3579%
MA Mastercard Inc -0.3587%
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. -0.6428%
LRCX Lam Research Corporation -0.8001%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation -0.8523%
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. -1.1396%
FB Facebook, Inc. Common Stock -1.2051%
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. -1.322%
VEEV Veeva Systems Inc -1.9733%
ILMN Illumina, Inc. -2.1313%
NFLX Netflix, Inc. -3.4466%
MTCH Match Group Inc -3.7196%