The retail industry may be distressed, but consumers still want to look their best judging by the results from beauty company Ulta Beauty Inc.

Retailers, especially apparel retailers, are facing challenges from changing consumer behavior, including the shift to e-commerce. But beauty products are moving off shelves, both in stores and online.

Ulta has been on my investment Watch List for a long time and I have acquired a significant number of “free” shares in the company due to my investment strategy.

Check out this chart on how it has done compared to the S&P 500.

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If you are interested in how I acquired “free shares” then you should read my book. You can purchase my book wherever books are sold such as Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Books A Million. It is available in e-book formats for Nook, Kindle, and iPad.

Source: Beauty companies Ulta and E.l.f. are looking good even as retail struggles – MarketWatch

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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.

Can your investment system beat the market by that much?

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A map of the largest company in each state by market cap from Broadview Networks looks much like the 2015 edition. Apple Inc. is still the big cheese in California and ExxonMobil is king in Texas while J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. reigns supreme in New York.

Source: This map shows the biggest company in each state by market cap – MarketWatch

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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.

Can your investment system beat the market by that much?

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You can purchase my book wherever books are sold such as AmazonBarnes and Noble, and Books A Million. It is available in paperback as well as e-book formats for NookKindle, and iPad

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Symbol Stock Price change today
REGN Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. 2.86%
MCK McKesson Corporation Common Sto 1.97%
NFLX Netflix Inc. 1.44%
PCLN The Priceline Group Inc. 1.08%
UA Under Armour Inc. Class C Comm 0.77%
SBUX Starbucks Corporation 0.74%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation 0.73%
CRUS Cirrus Logic Inc. 0.72%
LULU lululemon athletica inc. 0.66%
LNCE Snyder’s-Lance Inc. 0.60%
DPZ Domino’s Pizza Inc Common Stock 0.55%
GWR Genesee & Wyoming Inc. Class A 0.48%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc. 0.40%
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc Co 0.36%
ABMD ABIOMED Inc. 0.30%
EW Edwards Lifesciences Corporatio 0.29%
THRM Gentherm Inc 0.27%
HZO MarineMax Inc. (FL) Common St 0.23%
AAPL Apple Inc. 0.17%
AZPN Aspen Technology Inc. 0.14%
AMZN Amazon.com Inc. 0.14%
ALGN Align Technology Inc. 0.13%
SAM Boston Beer Company Inc. (The) 0.07%
BABA Alibaba Group Holding Limited A 0.04%
MRK Merck & Company Inc. Common St 0.02%
GTN Gray Communications Systems In 0.00%
FB Facebook Inc. -0.01%
HOG Harley-Davidson Inc. Common St -0.03%
MIDD The Middleby Corporation -0.03%
CBPO China Biologic Products Inc. -0.08%
MNST Monster Beverage Corporation -0.09%
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc. -0.11%
CVCO Cavco Industries Inc. -0.17%
STZ Constellation Brands Inc. Comm -0.23%
AMAT Applied Materials Inc. -0.28%
ALXN Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. -0.36%
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc. -0.49%
HSKA Heska Corporation -0.51%
MEI Methode Electronics Inc. Commo -0.56%
MET MetLife Inc. Common Stock -0.62%
AYI Acuity Brands Inc (Holding Comp -0.71%
EXR Extra Space Storage Inc Common -0.77%
SUI Sun Communities Inc. Common St -0.91%
TRN Trinity Industries Inc. Common -1.12%
HDSN Hudson Technologies Inc. -1.82%
COF Capital One Financial Corporati -1.99%
BWLD Buffalo Wild Wings Inc. -2.02%