Stock ticker Stock name Last Close Recommendation
AAPL Apple Inc. $108.8600 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. $251.8800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated $447.1000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. $426.0800 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. $59.2300 Very Concerned, may need to wait
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. $3036.1500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ANET Arista Networks Inc $208.9000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
AVGO Broadcom Inc $349.6300 Very Concerned, may need to wait
CSGP CoStar Group Inc $823.6100 Very Concerned, may need to wait
CVGW Calavo Growers, Inc. $67.1300 Very Concerned, may need to wait
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. $378.3200 Very Concerned, may need to wait
EPAM EPAM Systems Inc $308.9500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
EVR Evercore Inc $79.5400 Very Concerned, may need to wait
FB Facebook, Inc. Common Stock $263.1100 Very Concerned, may need to wait
FIVE Five Below Inc $133.3400 Very Concerned, may need to wait
FND Floor & Decor Holdings Inc $73.0000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
FSS Federal Signal Corporation $28.6800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
FTNT Fortinet Inc $110.3700 Very Concerned, may need to wait
GOOGL Alphabet Inc Class A $1616.1100 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
GTN Gray Television, Inc. $12.6800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ILMN Illumina, Inc. $292.7000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
JAZZ Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC $144.1000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
KEYS Keysight Technologies Inc $104.8700 Very Concerned, may need to wait
KNX Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc $37.9900 Very Concerned, may need to wait
LGIH LGI Homes Inc $106.8800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
LRCX Lam Research Corporation $342.0800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. $319.2900 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MA Mastercard Inc $288.6400 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MKSI MKS Instruments, Inc. $108.3900 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. $538.8500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MTZ MasTec, Inc. $49.6400 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
MU Micron Technology, Inc. $50.3400 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MTCH Match Group Inc $116.7800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
NFLX Netflix, Inc. $475.7400 Very Concerned, may need to wait
NSP Insperity Inc $76.5800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation $501.3600 Very Concerned, may need to wait
NXST Nexstar Media Group Inc $82.4000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
PATK Patrick Industries, Inc. $55.7500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
PYPL Paypal Holdings Inc $186.1300 Very Concerned, may need to wait
SBUX Starbucks Corporation $86.9600 Very Concerned, may need to wait
SUI Sun Communities Inc $137.6300 Very Concerned, may need to wait
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc $141.2900 Very Concerned, may need to wait
THRM Gentherm Inc $46.2900 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
TMUS T-Mobile Us Inc $109.5700 Very Concerned, may need to wait
TNET TriNet Group Inc $68.9200 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc $206.7700 Very Concerned, may need to wait
UNH UnitedHealth Group Inc $305.1400 Very Concerned, may need to wait
V Visa Inc $181.7100 Very Concerned, may need to wait
VEEV Veeva Systems Inc $270.0500 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

 

Stock
Ticker
Company
name
Latest
price
Year
ago
Year ago
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ago
Quarter ago
change
Month
ago
Month ago
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Week
ago
Week ago
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AAPL Apple Inc. $108.86 $63.33 71.90% $106.06 2.64% $116.79 -6.79% $115.04 -5.37%
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. $251.88 $216.79 16.19% $299.94 -16.02% $260.45 -3.29% $281.42 -10.50%
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated $447.10 $277.82 60.93% $444.32 0.63% $499.51 -10.49% $488.50 -8.47%
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. $426.08 $257.04 65.76% $293.82 45.01% $317.61 34.15% $469.56 -9.26%
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. $59.23 $54.69 8.30% $64.12 -7.62% $60.65 -2.34% $60.95 -2.82%
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. $3,036.15 $1,791.44 69.48% $3,164.68 -4.06% $3,221.26 -5.75% $3,204.40 -5.25%
ANET Arista Networks Inc $208.90 $185.30 12.74% $259.77 -19.58% $207.05 0.89% $214.11 -2.43%
AVGO Broadcom Inc $349.63 $283.04 23.53% $313.85 11.40% $368.60 -5.15% $372.72 -6.19%
CSGP CoStar Group Inc $823.61 $548.12 50.26% $849.76 -3.08% $865.38 -4.83% $819.81 0.46%
CVGW Calavo Growers, Inc. $67.13 $85.73 -21.69% $57.77 16.20% $67.64 -0.75% $69.68 -3.66%
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. $378.32 $266.92 41.73% $385.84 -1.95% $426.99 -11.40% $394.10 -4.00%
EPAM EPAM Systems Inc $308.95 $177.42 74.13% $290.08 6.51% $334.12 -7.53% $339.05 -8.88%
EVR Evercore Inc $79.54 $72.55 9.64% $54.79 45.16% $66.15 20.24% $84.16 -5.49%
FB Facebook, Inc. Common Stock $263.11 $193.62 35.89% $253.67 3.72% $266.63 -1.32% $284.79 -7.61%
FIVE Five Below Inc $133.34 $126.43 5.47% $108.91 22.43% $129.13 3.26% $137.79 -3.23%
FND Floor & Decor Holdings Inc $73.00 $46.13 58.25% $65.90 10.77% $76.39 -4.44% $81.10 -9.99%
FSS Federal Signal Corporation $28.68 $32.36 -11.37% $30.83 -6.99% $29.23 -1.88% $31.66 -9.41%
FTNT Fortinet Inc $110.37 $90.13 22.46% $138.30 -20.20% $120.25 -8.22% $130.38 -15.35%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc Class A $1,616.11 $1,272.25 27.03% $1,487.95 8.61% $1,487.90 8.62% $1,632.98 -1.03%
GTN Gray Television, Inc. $12.68 $16.83 -24.66% $14.34 -11.58% $13.63 -6.97% $13.28 -4.52%
ILMN Illumina, Inc. $292.70 $300.45 -2.58% $382.16 -23.41% $309.61 -5.46% $323.55 -9.53%
JAZZ Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC $144.10 $127.02 13.45% $108.25 33.12% $144.13 -0.02% $150.26 -4.10%
KEYS Keysight Technologies Inc $104.87 $101.90 2.91% $99.89 4.99% $97.48 7.58% $107.88 -2.79%
KNX Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc $37.99 $37.26 1.96% $43.41 -12.49% $40.50 -6.20% $39.33 -3.41%
LGIH LGI Homes Inc $106.88 $79.47 34.49% $114.11 -6.34% $123.17 -13.23% $116.88 -8.56%
LRCX Lam Research Corporation $342.08 $273.61 25.02% $375.71 -8.95% $339.13 0.87% $353.92 -3.35%
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. $319.29 $200.69 59.10% $325.59 -1.93% $341.05 -6.38% $333.92 -4.38%
MA Mastercard Inc $288.64 $277.58 3.98% $308.17 -6.34% $342.97 -15.84% $329.61 -12.43%
MKSI MKS Instruments, Inc. $108.39 $109.01 -0.57% $127.23 -14.81% $111.48 -2.77% $113.21 -4.26%
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. $538.85 $364.09 48.00% $516.09 4.41% $482.97 11.57% $558.91 -3.59%
MTZ MasTec, Inc. $49.64 $68.46 -27.49% $39.78 24.79% $41.50 19.61% $51.05 -2.76%
MU Micron Technology, Inc. $50.34 $48.38 4.05% $50.06 0.57% $47.92 5.05% $52.85 -4.75%
MTCH Match Group Inc $116.78 $73.00 59.97% $102.70 13.71% $116.21 0.49% $120.30 -2.93%
NFLX Netflix, Inc. $475.74 $286.81 65.87% $488.88 -2.69% $527.51 -9.81% $488.28 -2.57%
NSP Insperity Inc $76.58 $105.28 -27.26% $66.44 15.27% $66.22 15.64% $76.79 -0.27%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation $501.36 $202.16 148.00% $424.47 18.12% $544.58 -7.94% $543.61 -7.77%
NXST Nexstar Media Group Inc $82.40 $95.50 -13.71% $87.10 -5.40% $89.53 -7.96% $90.40 -8.85%
PATK Patrick Industries, Inc. $55.75 $49.82 11.90% $63.68 -12.46% $62.75 -11.16% $57.10 -2.36%
PYPL Paypal Holdings Inc $186.13 $104.98 77.30% $196.07 -5.07% $196.94 -5.49% $203.04 -8.33%
SBUX Starbucks Corporation $86.96 $81.53 6.66% $76.12 14.24% $86.74 0.25% $90.80 -4.23%
SUI Sun Communities Inc $137.63 $159.02 -13.45% $149.09 -7.69% $148.83 -7.53% $141.60 -2.80%
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc $141.29 $96.79 45.97% $145.07 -2.61% $152.10 -7.11% $149.76 -5.66%
THRM Gentherm Inc $46.29 $41.87 10.56% $38.77 19.40% $41.87 10.56% $47.00 -1.51%
TMUS T-Mobile Us Inc $109.57 $82.47 32.86% $107.38 2.04% $115.73 -5.32% $112.38 -2.50%
TNET TriNet Group Inc $68.92 $53.00 30.04% $66.00 4.42% $59.65 15.54% $72.25 -4.61%
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc $206.77 $233.11 -11.30% $192.99 7.14% $228.63 -9.56% $235.11 -12.05%
UNH UnitedHealth Group Inc $305.14 $248.15 22.97% $301.53 1.20% $313.07 -2.53% $330.60 -7.70%
V Visa Inc $181.71 $179.79 1.07% $190.11 -4.42% $203.35 -10.64% $198.01 -8.23%
VEEV Veeva Systems Inc $270.05 $144.37 87.05% $264.57 2.07% $277.04 -2.52% $296.85 -9.03%

Over the last year, my Watch List returned 26.38%
Over the last quarter, my Watch List returned 2.71%
Over the last month, my Watch List returned -1.31%
Over the last week, my Watch List returned -5.68%

 

SHORT TERM WATCH LIST STOCK RESULTS

 

Stock
Ticker
Company
name
Latest
price
Year
ago
Year ago
change
Quarter
ago
Quarter ago
change
Month
ago
Month ago
change
Week
ago
Week ago
change
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. $3,036.15 $1,791.44 69.48% $3,164.68 -4.06% $3,221.26 -5.75% $3,204.40 -5.25%
AAPL Apple Inc. $108.86 $63.33 71.90% $106.06 2.64% $116.79 -6.79% $115.04 -5.37%
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated $447.10 $277.82 60.93% $444.32 0.63% $499.51 -10.49% $488.50 -8.47%
EPAM EPAM Systems Inc $308.95 $177.42 74.13% $290.08 6.51% $334.12 -7.53% $339.05 -8.88%
FTNT Fortinet Inc $110.37 $90.13 22.46% $138.30 -20.20% $120.25 -8.22% $130.38 -15.35%
LRCX Lam Research Corporation $342.08 $273.61 25.02% $375.71 -8.95% $339.13 0.87% $353.92 -3.35%
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. $319.29 $200.69 59.10% $325.59 -1.93% $341.05 -6.38% $333.92 -4.38%
MKSI MKS Instruments, Inc. $108.39 $109.01 -0.57% $127.23 -14.81% $111.48 -2.77% $113.21 -4.26%
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. $538.85 $364.09 48.00% $516.09 4.41% $482.97 11.57% $558.91 -3.59%
MTCH Match Group Inc $116.78 $73.00 59.97% $102.70 13.71% $116.21 0.49% $120.30 -2.93%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation $501.36 $202.16 148.00% $424.47 18.12% $544.58 -7.94% $543.61 -7.77%
PYPL Paypal Holdings Inc $186.13 $104.98 77.30% $196.07 -5.07% $196.94 -5.49% $203.04 -8.33%
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc $141.29 $96.79 45.97% $145.07 -2.61% $152.10 -7.11% $149.76 -5.66%
TMUS T-Mobile Us Inc $109.57 $82.47 32.86% $107.38 2.04% $115.73 -5.32% $112.38 -2.50%
VEEV Veeva Systems Inc $270.05 $144.37 87.05% $264.57 2.07% $277.04 -2.52% $296.85 -9.03%

Over the last year, my Short Term Watch List returned 58.77%
Over the last quarter, my Short Term Watch List returned -0.50%
Over the last month, my Short Term Watch List returned -4.23%
Over the last week, my Short Term Watch List returned -6.34%

Short Term List returned 59%
High growth stock: NVIDIA Corporation ($NVDA) at 148%
Total Execution Time: 0.55305290222168 Sec

Symbol Stock Price change today
GOOGL Alphabet Inc Class A 3.8044%
ANET Arista Networks Inc 2.8254%
MTZ MasTec, Inc. 2.668%
GTN Gray Television, Inc. 1.278%
KNX Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc 1.2527%
CVGW Calavo Growers, Inc. 0.9322%
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc 0.5593%
UNH UnitedHealth Group Inc 0.4808%
KEYS Keysight Technologies Inc 0.3157%
TMUS T-Mobile Us Inc 0.0548%
NXST Nexstar Media Group Inc -0.0728%
FSS Federal Signal Corporation -0.1045%
MU Micron Technology, Inc. -0.2773%
EVR Evercore Inc -0.3258%
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. -0.4538%
CSGP CoStar Group Inc -0.5614%
FIVE Five Below Inc -0.5667%
SUI Sun Communities Inc -0.8786%
JAZZ Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC -1.0506%
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. -1.0722%
AVGO Broadcom Inc -1.5155%
SBUX Starbucks Corporation -1.5176%
MA Mastercard Inc -1.5485%
NSP Insperity Inc -1.6061%
V Visa Inc -1.7093%
LGIH LGI Homes Inc -1.7557%
THRM Gentherm Inc -1.9487%
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. -2.1721%
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. -2.4028%
TNET TriNet Group Inc -2.4211%
EPAM EPAM Systems Inc -2.5456%
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc -2.666%
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated -3.0383%
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. -3.0601%
LRCX Lam Research Corporation -3.1648%
PATK Patrick Industries, Inc. -3.2454%
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. -3.2894%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation -3.7623%
MKSI MKS Instruments, Inc. -3.9436%
MTCH Match Group Inc -4.3727%
PYPL Paypal Holdings Inc -4.5683%
VEEV Veeva Systems Inc -5.1391%
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. -5.4456%
AAPL Apple Inc. -5.6018%
NFLX Netflix, Inc. -5.6465%
FND Floor & Decor Holdings Inc -6.3021%
FB Facebook, Inc. Common Stock -6.3099%
FTNT Fortinet Inc -6.4661%
ILMN Illumina, Inc. -7.0499%

Stock ticker Stock name Last Close Recommendation
AAPL Apple Inc. $115.3200 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. $254.6100 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated $461.1100 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. $436.5700 Strong Buy or Hold
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. $59.5000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. $3211.0100 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ANET Arista Networks Inc $203.1600 Very Concerned, may need to wait
AVGO Broadcom Inc $355.0100 Very Concerned, may need to wait
CSGP CoStar Group Inc $828.2600 Very Concerned, may need to wait
CVGW Calavo Growers, Inc. $66.5100 Very Concerned, may need to wait
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. $386.7200 Very Concerned, may need to wait
EPAM EPAM Systems Inc $317.0200 Very Concerned, may need to wait
EVR Evercore Inc $79.8000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
FB Facebook, Inc. Common Stock $280.8300 Strong Buy or Hold
FIVE Five Below Inc $134.1000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
FND Floor & Decor Holdings Inc $77.9100 Very Concerned, may need to wait
FSS Federal Signal Corporation $28.7100 Very Concerned, may need to wait
FTNT Fortinet Inc $118.0000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
GOOGL Alphabet Inc Class A $1556.8800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
GTN Gray Television, Inc. $12.5200 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ILMN Illumina, Inc. $314.9000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
JAZZ Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC $145.6300 Very Concerned, may need to wait
KEYS Keysight Technologies Inc $104.5400 Very Concerned, may need to wait
KNX Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc $37.5200 Very Concerned, may need to wait
LGIH LGI Homes Inc $108.7900 Very Concerned, may need to wait
LRCX Lam Research Corporation $353.2600 Very Concerned, may need to wait
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. $330.1500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MA Mastercard Inc $293.1800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MKSI MKS Instruments, Inc. $112.8400 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. $555.8600 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MTZ MasTec, Inc. $48.3500 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
MU Micron Technology, Inc. $50.4800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MTCH Match Group Inc $122.1200 Strong Buy or Hold
NFLX Netflix, Inc. $504.2100 Very Concerned, may need to wait
NSP Insperity Inc $77.8300 Strong Buy or Hold
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation $520.9600 Very Concerned, may need to wait
NXST Nexstar Media Group Inc $82.4600 Very Concerned, may need to wait
PATK Patrick Industries, Inc. $57.6200 Very Concerned, may need to wait
PYPL Paypal Holdings Inc $195.0400 Very Concerned, may need to wait
SBUX Starbucks Corporation $88.3000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
SUI Sun Communities Inc $138.8500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc $145.1600 Very Concerned, may need to wait
THRM Gentherm Inc $47.2100 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
TMUS T-Mobile Us Inc $109.5100 Very Concerned, may need to wait
TNET TriNet Group Inc $70.6300 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc $205.6200 Very Concerned, may need to wait
UNH UnitedHealth Group Inc $303.6800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
V Visa Inc $184.8700 Very Concerned, may need to wait
VEEV Veeva Systems Inc $284.6800 Very Concerned, may need to wait

Symbol Stock Price change today
THRM Gentherm Inc 6.3288%
FB Facebook, Inc. Common Stock 4.9165%
CSGP CoStar Group Inc 4.4003%
LRCX Lam Research Corporation 4.2372%
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc 3.8415%
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. 3.8032%
AAPL Apple Inc. 3.705%
NFLX Netflix, Inc. 3.6957%
MKSI MKS Instruments, Inc. 3.2388%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation 3.1441%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc Class A 3.05%
MTCH Match Group Inc 3.0375%
MTZ MasTec, Inc. 2.6975%
GTN Gray Television, Inc. 2.623%
AVGO Broadcom Inc 2.2465%
V Visa Inc 2.2115%
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc 2.0801%
EVR Evercore Inc 2.0069%
NSP Insperity Inc 1.9384%
NXST Nexstar Media Group Inc 1.7773%
ILMN Illumina, Inc. 1.6823%
FIVE Five Below Inc 1.6679%
CVGW Calavo Growers, Inc. 1.6662%
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. 1.5249%
PYPL Paypal Holdings Inc 1.4196%
PATK Patrick Industries, Inc. 1.301%
SBUX Starbucks Corporation 1.2963%
MU Micron Technology, Inc. 0.96%
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated 0.906%
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. 0.7083%
MA Mastercard Inc 0.6178%
EPAM EPAM Systems Inc 0.4277%
KEYS Keysight Technologies Inc 0.2301%
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. 0.1942%
TNET TriNet Group Inc 0.1844%
FND Floor & Decor Holdings Inc 0.0899%
JAZZ Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC 0.0069%
SUI Sun Communities Inc -0.1007%
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. -0.2083%
TMUS T-Mobile Us Inc -0.2641%
ANET Arista Networks Inc -0.5969%
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. -0.6689%
FTNT Fortinet Inc -0.7987%
VEEV Veeva Systems Inc -0.9016%
KNX Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc -1.0288%
FSS Federal Signal Corporation -1.1704%
UNH UnitedHealth Group Inc -1.4026%
LGIH LGI Homes Inc -3.0306%
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. -10.0318%