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Symbol Stock Price change today
LULU lululemon athletica inc. 3.22%
BABA Alibaba Group Holding Limited A 2.49%
AYI Acuity Brands Inc (Holding Comp 1.90%
SAM Boston Beer Company Inc. (The) 1.72%
HZO MarineMax Inc. (FL) Common St 1.66%
CBPO China Biologic Products Inc. 1.55%
ALXN Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. 1.55%
HOG Harley-Davidson Inc. Common St 1.53%
AMZN Amazon.com Inc. 1.36%
GWR Genesee & Wyoming Inc. Class A 1.22%
MCK McKesson Corporation Common Sto 1.10%
EXR Extra Space Storage Inc Common 0.91%
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc. 0.73%
GTN Gray Communications Systems In 0.69%
SUI Sun Communities Inc. Common St 0.63%
THRM Gentherm Inc 0.57%
STZ Constellation Brands Inc. Comm 0.53%
NFLX Netflix Inc. 0.52%
PCLN The Priceline Group Inc. 0.36%
MET MetLife Inc. Common Stock 0.34%
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc Co 0.22%
FB Facebook Inc. 0.18%
AZPN Aspen Technology Inc. 0.17%
CRUS Cirrus Logic Inc. 0.09%
MIDD The Middleby Corporation 0.05%
TRN Trinity Industries Inc. Common 0.00%
ALGN Align Technology Inc. -0.01%
EW Edwards Lifesciences Corporatio -0.04%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc. -0.05%
MNST Monster Beverage Corporation -0.07%
LNCE Snyder’s-Lance Inc. -0.10%
AAPL Apple Inc. -0.12%
SBUX Starbucks Corporation -0.12%
AMAT Applied Materials Inc. -0.18%
ABMD ABIOMED Inc. -0.26%
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc. -0.28%
DPZ Domino’s Pizza Inc Common Stock -0.80%
MRK Merck & Company Inc. Common St -0.92%
BWLD Buffalo Wild Wings Inc. -0.92%
COF Capital One Financial Corporati -0.92%
CVCO Cavco Industries Inc. -1.12%
UA Under Armour Inc. Class C Comm -1.30%
MEI Methode Electronics Inc. Commo -1.48%
REGN Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. -1.92%
HDSN Hudson Technologies Inc. -2.12%
HSKA Heska Corporation -2.30%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation -2.55%

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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 have created three tables below. The first table is the general market – NASDAQ and S&P500. Every investor should try to beat the average of these two indexes. In this report, my larger Watch List beats this metric easily.

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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Stock Indexes Performance

1 week ago 1 month ago 1 quarter ago 1 year ago
Index Close Profit % Close Profit % Close Profit % Close Profit
^GSPC $2,362.72 -0.30% $2,364.87 -0.39% $2,268.90 3.82% $2,047.60 15.04%
^IXIC $5,911.74 -0.57% $5,838.81 0.67% $5,531.82 6.25% $4,850.69 21.17%

Week average for Indexes: -0.44%
Month average for Indexes: 0.14%
Quarter average for Indexes: 5.04%
Year average for Indexes: 18.11%

Watch List Performance

1 week ago 1 month ago 1 quarter ago 1 year ago
Stock Close Profit % Close Profit % Close Profit % Close Profit
AAPL $143.66 -0.22% $138.68 3.36% $118.48 20.99% $106.41 34.70%
ABMD $125.20 0.23% $120.17 4.43% $117.11 7.16% $96.25 30.38%
ALGN $114.71 0.03% $105.36 8.90% $94.79 21.05% $73.06 57.05%
ALXN $121.24 -4.64% $126.55 -8.64% $144.77 -20.14% $148.89 -22.35%
AMAT $38.90 0.08% $37.38 4.15% $32.69 19.10% $20.50 89.87%
AMZN $886.54 0.94% $853.00 4.91% $796.92 12.29% $594.60 50.50%
AYI $204.00 -15.14% $208.23 -16.86% $202.38 -14.46% $249.58 -30.64%
AZPN $58.92 -1.32% $58.81 -1.14% $54.99 5.73% $35.48 63.87%
BABA $107.83 1.08% $103.24 5.57% $94.72 15.07% $77.47 40.69%
BWLD $152.75 -0.62% $152.60 -0.52% $151.70 0.07% $145.00 4.69%
CBPO $100.13 3.60% $98.71 5.09% $113.22 -8.38% $120.37 -13.82%
COF $86.66 -3.60% $92.11 -9.30% $87.04 -4.02% $65.23 28.07%
CRUS $60.69 6.49% $54.29 19.05% $57.76 11.89% $35.49 82.11%
CVCO $116.40 0.09% $114.70 1.57% $94.65 23.09% $86.45 34.76%
DPZ $184.30 -4.96% $184.24 -4.93% $164.10 6.74% $135.64 29.14%
EW $94.07 0.41% $93.06 1.50% $97.95 -3.56% $104.47 -9.58%
EXR $74.39 4.95% $75.43 3.49% $77.44 0.81% $89.91 -13.17%
FB $142.05 -0.89% $138.24 1.84% $124.90 12.71% $110.63 27.25%
GOOGL $847.80 -0.67% $857.84 -1.83% $827.18 1.80% $759.47 10.88%
GTN $14.50 -0.69% $14.45 -0.35% $10.95 31.51% $11.64 23.71%
GWR $67.86 -0.74% $69.85 -3.56% $70.68 -4.70% $59.85 12.55%
HDSN $6.60 -0.15% $7.09 -7.05% $7.78 -15.30% $3.20 105.94%
HOG $60.50 0.68% $58.75 3.68% $57.78 5.42% $43.44 40.21%
HSKA $104.98 -1.79% $99.34 3.78% $74.02 39.29% $28.88 256.99%
HZO $21.65 -2.54% $22.10 -4.52% $18.15 16.25% $16.75 25.97%
LNCE $40.31 0.17% $39.64 1.87% $37.44 7.86% $30.80 31.09%
LULU $51.87 -2.39% $65.00 -22.11% $68.19 -25.75% $63.75 -20.58%
MCK $148.26 -2.93% $149.47 -3.72% $146.57 -1.81% $161.09 -10.67%
MEI $45.60 -3.84% $42.80 2.45% $40.11 9.32% $27.80 57.71%
MET $52.82 -0.40% $53.62 -1.88% $53.30 -1.30% $40.47 29.99%
MIDD $136.45 -1.43% $135.71 -0.89% $131.03 2.65% $104.22 29.05%
MNST $46.17 -0.69% $47.01 -2.47% $44.40 3.27% $44.19 3.75%
MRK $63.54 -0.65% $65.42 -3.50% $60.66 4.07% $53.71 17.54%
NFLX $147.81 -3.18% $140.53 1.84% $130.95 9.29% $103.81 37.86%
NVDA $108.93 -7.89% $98.54 1.82% $107.14 -6.36% $35.40 183.38%
PCLN $1,779.97 -0.58% $1,749.42 1.15% $1,529.64 15.68% $1,274.15 38.88%
REGN $387.51 -1.80% $390.14 -2.46% $355.06 7.18% $404.94 -6.02%
SAM $144.65 -3.28% $151.80 -7.84% $161.30 -13.27% $176.62 -20.79%
SBUX $58.39 -0.63% $55.19 5.13% $57.94 0.14% $60.07 -3.41%
STZ $162.07 5.12% $155.79 9.36% $149.87 13.68% $157.40 8.24%
SUI $80.33 2.35% $78.95 4.14% $77.37 6.27% $69.12 18.96%
SWKS $97.98 3.92% $97.14 4.82% $75.42 35.00% $76.20 33.61%
THRM $39.25 -10.06% $35.50 -0.56% $33.90 4.13% $40.30 -12.41%
TMO $153.60 -0.32% $157.63 -2.87% $147.35 3.91% $141.64 8.10%
TRN $26.55 2.34% $25.82 5.23% $27.98 -2.90% $18.02 50.75%
UA $18.30 0.71% $17.69 4.18% $27.02 -31.79% $43.71 -57.84%
ULTA $285.23 -0.26% $273.77 3.92% $260.79 9.09% $200.51 41.89%

Week average for Watch List stocks: -0.96% compared to indexes for same period at: -0.44%
Month average for Watch List stocks: 0.22% compared to indexes for same period at: 0.14%
Quarter average for Watch List stocks: 4.87% compared to indexes for same period at: 5.04%
Year average for Watch List stocks: 30.19% compared to indexes for same period at: 18.11%

Short Term Watch List

1 week ago 1 month ago 1 quarter ago 1 year ago
Stock Close Profit % Close Profit % Close Profit % Close Profit
ABMD $125.20 0.23% $120.17 4.43% $117.11 7.16% $96.25 30.38%
ALGN $114.71 0.03% $105.36 8.90% $94.79 21.05% $73.06 57.05%
AMAT $38.90 0.08% $37.38 4.15% $32.69 19.10% $20.50 89.87%
AMZN $886.54 0.94% $853.00 4.91% $796.92 12.29% $594.60 50.50%
AYI $204.00 -15.14% $208.23 -16.86% $202.38 -14.46% $249.58 -30.64%
CBPO $100.13 3.60% $98.71 5.09% $113.22 -8.38% $120.37 -13.82%
CRUS $60.69 6.49% $54.29 19.05% $57.76 11.89% $35.49 82.11%
DPZ $184.30 -4.96% $184.24 -4.93% $164.10 6.74% $135.64 29.14%
EW $94.07 0.41% $93.06 1.50% $97.95 -3.56% $104.47 -9.58%
HDSN $6.60 -0.15% $7.09 -7.05% $7.78 -15.30% $3.20 105.94%
HSKA $104.98 -1.79% $99.34 3.78% $74.02 39.29% $28.88 256.99%
NVDA $108.93 -7.89% $98.54 1.82% $107.14 -6.36% $35.40 183.38%
STZ $162.07 5.12% $155.79 9.36% $149.87 13.68% $157.40 8.24%
SUI $80.33 2.35% $78.95 4.14% $77.37 6.27% $69.12 18.96%
ULTA $285.23 -0.26% $273.77 3.92% $260.79 9.09% $200.51 41.89%

Week average for Short Term Watch List stocks: -0.73% compared to indexes for same period at: -0.44%
Month average for Short Term Watch List stocks: 2.81% compared to indexes for same period at: 0.14%
Quarter average for Short Term Watch List stocks: 6.57% compared to indexes for same period at: 5.04%
Year average for Short Term Watch List stocks: 60.03% compared to indexes for same period at: 18.11%

Total Execution Time: 60.955668926239 Sec

This information was calculated on Apr 09, 2017 and is based on the closing value of the most recent trading day which may not be today.
This information is based on the Yahoo Historical Pricing and is only as good or as current as that data.
My Short Term Watch List (including $NVDA) grew by 60.03% over the last year

My Watch List (including $HSKA) grew by 30.19% over the last year

My Short Term Watch List (including $HDSN) grew by 60.03% over the last year

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As an example of the success that my book teaches, in a 7 year time frame from January 3, 2006 to December 31, 2012, Decker Corporation increased 304.7% if you would have implemented a pure buy-and-hold strategy. If you would implemented the strategy that I explain in my book, The Confident Investor, you would have seen a 371.2% return on your investment. This is a 21.8% increase on the profit percentage.

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The market was pushed and pulled all day long, with most traders unsure of what to make of a surprisingly poor job-growth pace for March. By the time the closing bell rang though, the S&P 500 was at 2,355.54, down a mere 0.08%.

It was anything but a ho-hum session for CarMax, Inc [stckqut]KMX[/stckqut], AngioDynamics, Inc. [stckqut]ANGO[/stckqut] and Domino’s Pizza, Inc. [stckqut]DPZ[/stckqut] though. These three names dished out the most pain to the most people, albeit for understandable reasons.

Domino’s Pizza, Inc. (DPZ)

The end of the first fiscal quarter was only seven days ago, and already we’re hearing sales warnings about key companies.

Domino’s Pizza was today’s biggest victim on that front, with DPZ shareholders being cautioned by an M Science report that its domestic growth for Q1 would likely be “well below the rough consensus estimate.” Domino’s neither confirmed nor denied the rumor, saying it doesn’t respond to third-party prognostications. The market certainly responded though, sending DPZ to a loss of 5.8% for the day.

All will be revealed on April 27, when the company reports last quarter’s results. Analysts are expecting Domino’s Pizza to post income of $1.16 per share on revenue of $615.5 million. Both are up from year-ago figures of 89 cents per share of DPZ and sales of $539.17 million, respectively.

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Symbol Stock Price change today
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc. 2.41%
HDSN Hudson Technologies Inc. 1.85%
CBPO China Biologic Products Inc. 1.68%
CRUS Cirrus Logic Inc. 1.57%
EW Edwards Lifesciences Corporatio 1.13%
AMAT Applied Materials Inc. 0.91%
MIDD The Middleby Corporation 0.90%
BABA Alibaba Group Holding Limited A 0.88%
SUI Sun Communities Inc. Common St 0.71%
AZPN Aspen Technology Inc. 0.68%
THRM Gentherm Inc 0.57%
EXR Extra Space Storage Inc Common 0.49%
TRN Trinity Industries Inc. Common 0.48%
CVCO Cavco Industries Inc. 0.43%
LNCE Snyder’s-Lance Inc. 0.35%
AYI Acuity Brands Inc (Holding Comp 0.32%
REGN Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. 0.28%
MNST Monster Beverage Corporation 0.22%
SBUX Starbucks Corporation 0.17%
HOG Harley-Davidson Inc. Common St 0.12%
ALXN Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. 0.11%
MEI Methode Electronics Inc. Commo 0.11%
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc Co 0.10%
ABMD ABIOMED Inc. -0.04%
MET MetLife Inc. Common Stock -0.11%
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc. -0.16%
MRK Merck & Company Inc. Common St -0.17%
AAPL Apple Inc. -0.22%
PCLN The Priceline Group Inc. -0.22%
FB Facebook Inc. -0.28%
LULU lululemon athletica inc. -0.30%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc. -0.35%
AMZN Amazon.com Inc. -0.38%
ALGN Align Technology Inc. -0.39%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation -0.43%
NFLX Netflix Inc. -0.44%
GWR Genesee & Wyoming Inc. Class A -0.58%
MCK McKesson Corporation Common Sto -0.64%
GTN Gray Communications Systems In -0.69%
STZ Constellation Brands Inc. Comm -0.82%
COF Capital One Financial Corporati -0.82%
SAM Boston Beer Company Inc. (The) -1.06%
BWLD Buffalo Wild Wings Inc. -1.08%
HSKA Heska Corporation -1.25%
HZO MarineMax Inc. (FL) Common St -2.99%
UA Under Armour Inc. Class C Comm -3.20%
DPZ Domino’s Pizza Inc Common Stock -5.83%