Stock ticker Stock name Last Close Recommendation
AAPL Apple Inc. $112.0000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. $269.7700 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated $471.3500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. $317.6600 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. $55.0000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. $3116.2200 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ANET Arista Networks Inc $203.8100 Very Concerned, may need to wait
AVGO Broadcom Inc $359.7000 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
CSGP CoStar Group Inc $785.6500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
CVGW Calavo Growers, Inc. $63.5800 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. $394.6800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ETFC E*TRADE Financial Corp $52.2400 Very Concerned, may need to wait
EPAM EPAM Systems Inc $314.9500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
EVR Evercore Inc $61.8000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
FB Facebook, Inc. Common Stock $266.6100 Very Concerned, may need to wait
FIVE Five Below Inc $130.0200 Strong Buy or Hold
FND Floor & Decor Holdings Inc $71.5600 Very Concerned, may need to wait
FSS Federal Signal Corporation $31.1900 Very Concerned, may need to wait
FTNT Fortinet Inc $115.1700 Very Concerned, may need to wait
GOOGL Alphabet Inc Class A $1515.7600 Very Concerned, may need to wait
GTN Gray Television, Inc. $14.5100 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ILMN Illumina, Inc. $349.9300 Some Concerns, may need to wait
JAZZ Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC $136.8000 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
KEYS Keysight Technologies Inc $92.3500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
KNX Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc $45.2000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
LGIH LGI Homes Inc $112.5300 Very Concerned, may need to wait
LRCX Lam Research Corporation $293.9900 Very Concerned, may need to wait
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. $313.3900 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MA Mastercard Inc $330.1500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MKSI MKS Instruments, Inc. $103.3000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. $453.0700 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MTZ MasTec, Inc. $42.9300 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MU Micron Technology, Inc. $46.0900 Some Concerns, may need to wait
MTCH Match Group Inc $103.6500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
NFLX Netflix, Inc. $482.0300 Very Concerned, may need to wait
NSP Insperity Inc $62.9100 Very Concerned, may need to wait
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation $486.5800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
NXST Nexstar Media Group Inc $96.9900 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
PATK Patrick Industries, Inc. $52.1800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
PYPL Paypal Holdings Inc $184.0000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
SBUX Starbucks Corporation $85.2700 Very Concerned, may need to wait
SUI Sun Communities Inc $141.6100 Very Concerned, may need to wait
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc $136.1500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
THRM Gentherm Inc $43.1800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
TMUS T-Mobile Us Inc $111.5800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
TNET TriNet Group Inc $61.5300 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc $228.9000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
UNH UnitedHealth Group Inc $301.4800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
V Visa Inc $200.6800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
VEEV Veeva Systems Inc $264.5300 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.

BL-TCI-cover

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
Year
ago
Year ago
change
Quarter
ago
Quarter ago
change
Month
ago
Month ago
change
Week
ago
Week ago
change
AAPL Apple Inc. $112.00 $54.15 106.83% $84.54 32.48% $115.01 -2.62% $120.96 -7.41%
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. $269.77 $186.41 44.72% $241.68 11.62% $308.37 -12.52% $275.89 -2.22%
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated $471.35 $278.35 69.34% $406.54 15.94% $450.02 4.74% $491.94 -4.19%
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. $317.66 $177.47 78.99% $251.40 26.36% $312.22 1.74% $309.00 2.80%
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. $55.00 $50.64 8.61% $56.36 -2.42% $64.85 -15.19% $60.96 -9.78%
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. $3,116.22 $1,839.34 69.42% $2,545.02 22.44% $3,161.02 -1.42% $3,294.62 -5.41%
ANET Arista Networks Inc $203.81 $243.76 -16.39% $222.78 -8.52% $216.31 -5.78% $211.10 -3.45%
AVGO Broadcom Inc $359.70 $277.03 29.84% $297.06 21.09% $329.42 9.19% $362.95 -0.90%
CSGP CoStar Group Inc $785.65 $570.11 37.81% $668.09 17.60% $841.69 -6.66% $826.89 -4.99%
CVGW Calavo Growers, Inc. $63.58 $92.37 -31.17% $57.57 10.44% $63.57 0.02% $62.78 1.27%
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. $394.68 $243.41 62.14% $378.15 4.37% $399.04 -1.09% $381.81 3.37%
ETFC E*TRADE Financial Corp $52.24 $44.76 16.71% $47.55 9.85% $54.07 -3.38% $54.53 -4.20%
EPAM EPAM Systems Inc $314.95 $178.92 76.03% $235.00 34.02% $308.72 2.02% $316.30 -0.43%
EVR Evercore Inc $61.80 $80.73 -23.45% $57.85 6.84% $62.77 -1.54% $63.08 -2.03%
FB Facebook, Inc. Common Stock $266.61 $187.19 42.43% $228.58 16.64% $261.30 2.03% $282.73 -5.70%
FIVE Five Below Inc $130.02 $133.47 -2.58% $110.45 17.72% $109.11 19.16% $125.29 3.78%
FND Floor & Decor Holdings Inc $71.56 $48.87 46.43% $52.37 36.64% $68.90 3.86% $70.39 1.66%
FSS Federal Signal Corporation $31.19 $33.05 -5.63% $29.10 7.19% $32.49 -4.00% $31.74 -1.73%
FTNT Fortinet Inc $115.17 $78.11 47.45% $130.34 -11.64% $127.44 -9.63% $117.64 -2.10%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc Class A $1,515.76 $1,240.03 22.24% $1,412.92 7.28% $1,516.65 -0.06% $1,581.21 -4.14%
GTN Gray Television, Inc. $14.51 $16.96 -14.45% $14.33 1.26% $15.44 -6.02% $14.57 -0.41%
ILMN Illumina, Inc. $349.93 $300.91 16.29% $341.61 2.44% $353.53 -1.02% $342.39 2.20%
JAZZ Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC $136.80 $131.41 4.10% $104.68 30.68% $123.12 11.11% $131.70 3.87%
KEYS Keysight Technologies Inc $92.35 $99.58 -7.26% $95.67 -3.47% $103.20 -10.51% $94.95 -2.74%
KNX Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc $45.20 $35.94 25.77% $38.90 16.19% $43.73 3.35% $45.34 -0.31%
LGIH LGI Homes Inc $112.53 $79.84 40.94% $85.05 32.31% $109.76 2.52% $108.10 4.10%
LRCX Lam Research Corporation $293.99 $231.37 27.07% $283.45 3.72% $377.02 -22.02% $333.12 -11.75%
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. $313.39 $195.18 60.56% $296.36 5.75% $350.29 -10.53% $361.41 -13.29%
MA Mastercard Inc $330.15 $274.85 20.12% $297.39 11.01% $326.19 1.21% $335.01 -1.45%
MKSI MKS Instruments, Inc. $103.30 $92.80 11.31% $103.83 -0.51% $125.60 -17.76% $114.17 -9.52%
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. $453.07 $328.44 37.95% $492.21 -7.95% $496.76 -8.79% $454.45 -0.30%
MTZ MasTec, Inc. $42.93 $64.18 -33.11% $39.01 10.05% $46.71 -8.09% $44.93 -4.45%
MU Micron Technology, Inc. $46.09 $50.50 -8.73% $48.69 -5.34% $46.14 -0.11% $46.48 -0.84%
MTCH Match Group Inc $103.65 $74.93 38.33% $87.25 18.80% $117.44 -11.74% $105.94 -2.16%
NFLX Netflix, Inc. $482.03 $294.15 63.87% $418.07 15.30% $481.33 0.15% $516.05 -6.59%
NSP Insperity Inc $62.91 $100.37 -37.32% $55.88 12.57% $70.37 -10.60% $63.84 -1.46%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation $486.58 $181.56 168.01% $357.20 36.22% $457.59 6.34% $504.90 -3.63%
NXST Nexstar Media Group Inc $96.99 $99.87 -2.88% $82.78 17.16% $90.57 7.09% $95.63 1.42%
PATK Patrick Industries, Inc. $52.18 $41.30 26.33% $54.83 -4.83% $65.55 -20.40% $54.59 -4.41%
PYPL Paypal Holdings Inc $184.00 $107.00 71.96% $155.26 18.51% $193.07 -4.70% $191.84 -4.09%
SBUX Starbucks Corporation $85.27 $88.66 -3.82% $75.97 12.24% $79.02 7.91% $86.27 -1.16%
SUI Sun Communities Inc $141.61 $142.44 -0.58% $137.62 2.90% $145.57 -2.72% $145.69 -2.80%
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc $136.15 $80.88 68.34% $126.47 7.65% $148.06 -8.04% $139.01 -2.06%
THRM Gentherm Inc $43.18 $42.70 1.12% $40.08 7.73% $44.36 -2.66% $45.21 -4.49%
TMUS T-Mobile Us Inc $111.58 $79.40 40.53% $102.31 9.06% $115.37 -3.29% $114.29 -2.37%
TNET TriNet Group Inc $61.53 $64.83 -5.09% $53.48 15.05% $70.29 -12.46% $63.22 -2.67%
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc $228.90 $226.86 0.90% $226.63 1.00% $222.42 2.91% $240.51 -4.83%
UNH UnitedHealth Group Inc $301.48 $229.85 31.16% $282.76 6.62% $320.19 -5.84% $310.71 -2.97%
V Visa Inc $200.68 $176.15 13.92% $191.97 4.54% $197.58 1.57% $204.66 -1.94%
VEEV Veeva Systems Inc $264.53 $139.82 89.19% $216.68 22.08% $262.31 0.85% $269.59 -1.88%

Over the last year, my Watch List returned 28.49%
Over the last quarter, my Watch List returned 11.49%
Over the last month, my Watch List returned -2.87%
Over the last week, my Watch List returned -2.58%

 

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. $3,116.22 $1,839.34 69.42% $2,545.02 22.44% $3,161.02 -1.42% $3,294.62 -5.41%
AAPL Apple Inc. $112.00 $54.15 106.83% $84.54 32.48% $115.01 -2.62% $120.96 -7.41%
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated $471.35 $278.35 69.34% $406.54 15.94% $450.02 4.74% $491.94 -4.19%
EPAM EPAM Systems Inc $314.95 $178.92 76.03% $235.00 34.02% $308.72 2.02% $316.30 -0.43%
FTNT Fortinet Inc $115.17 $78.11 47.45% $130.34 -11.64% $127.44 -9.63% $117.64 -2.10%
LRCX Lam Research Corporation $293.99 $231.37 27.07% $283.45 3.72% $377.02 -22.02% $333.12 -11.75%
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. $313.39 $195.18 60.56% $296.36 5.75% $350.29 -10.53% $361.41 -13.29%
MKSI MKS Instruments, Inc. $103.30 $92.80 11.31% $103.83 -0.51% $125.60 -17.76% $114.17 -9.52%
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. $453.07 $328.44 37.95% $492.21 -7.95% $496.76 -8.79% $454.45 -0.30%
MTCH Match Group Inc $103.65 $74.93 38.33% $87.25 18.80% $117.44 -11.74% $105.94 -2.16%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation $486.58 $181.56 168.01% $357.20 36.22% $457.59 6.34% $504.90 -3.63%
PYPL Paypal Holdings Inc $184.00 $107.00 71.96% $155.26 18.51% $193.07 -4.70% $191.84 -4.09%
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc $136.15 $80.88 68.34% $126.47 7.65% $148.06 -8.04% $139.01 -2.06%
TMUS T-Mobile Us Inc $111.58 $79.40 40.53% $102.31 9.06% $115.37 -3.29% $114.29 -2.37%
VEEV Veeva Systems Inc $264.53 $139.82 89.19% $216.68 22.08% $262.31 0.85% $269.59 -1.88%

Over the last year, my Short Term Watch List returned 65.49%
Over the last quarter, my Short Term Watch List returned 13.77%
Over the last month, my Short Term Watch List returned -5.77%
Over the last week, my Short Term Watch List returned -4.70%

Short Term List returned 65%
High growth stock: NVIDIA Corporation ($NVDA) at 168%
Total Execution Time: 0.58678984642029 Sec

Symbol Stock Price change today
MU Micron Technology, Inc. 2.719%
KEYS Keysight Technologies Inc 1.8304%
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. 1.468%
FIVE Five Below Inc 1.3801%
NXST Nexstar Media Group Inc 1.3056%
EVR Evercore Inc 1.2451%
ILMN Illumina, Inc. 1.1037%
LGIH LGI Homes Inc 0.8333%
AVGO Broadcom Inc 0.7337%
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc 0.6803%
SBUX Starbucks Corporation 0.4595%
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. 0.3411%
FSS Federal Signal Corporation 0.3216%
NFLX Netflix, Inc. 0.2829%
THRM Gentherm Inc 0.2321%
ETFC E*TRADE Financial Corp 0.1918%
MTZ MasTec, Inc. 0.1166%
NSP Insperity Inc 0.0477%
GTN Gray Television, Inc. 0%
TMUS T-Mobile Us Inc -0.1253%
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. -0.2177%
V Visa Inc -0.4267%
TNET TriNet Group Inc -0.4691%
FB Facebook, Inc. Common Stock -0.5521%
UNH UnitedHealth Group Inc -0.6139%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc Class A -0.6743%
FND Floor & Decor Holdings Inc -0.7627%
SUI Sun Communities Inc -0.7638%
MA Mastercard Inc -0.8201%
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. -0.8271%
CSGP CoStar Group Inc -0.8981%
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated -1.0309%
EPAM EPAM Systems Inc -1.1053%
ANET Arista Networks Inc -1.1255%
VEEV Veeva Systems Inc -1.1435%
LRCX Lam Research Corporation -1.1832%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation -1.196%
KNX Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc -1.2238%
MKSI MKS Instruments, Inc. -1.2711%
AAPL Apple Inc. -1.3129%
PATK Patrick Industries, Inc. -1.3238%
FTNT Fortinet Inc -1.3618%
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc -1.3787%
JAZZ Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC -1.6535%
MTCH Match Group Inc -1.7163%
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. -1.8547%
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. -2.0656%
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. -3.1377%
PYPL Paypal Holdings Inc -3.2037%
CVGW Calavo Growers, Inc. -3.4326%

Stock ticker Stock name Last Close Recommendation
AAPL Apple Inc. $113.4900 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. $272.0200 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated $476.2600 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. $327.9500 Strong Buy or Hold
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. $55.1200 Very Concerned, may need to wait
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. $3175.1100 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ANET Arista Networks Inc $206.1300 Very Concerned, may need to wait
AVGO Broadcom Inc $357.0800 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
CSGP CoStar Group Inc $792.7700 Very Concerned, may need to wait
CVGW Calavo Growers, Inc. $65.8400 Strong Buy or Hold
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. $388.9700 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ETFC E*TRADE Financial Corp $52.1400 Very Concerned, may need to wait
EPAM EPAM Systems Inc $318.4700 Very Concerned, may need to wait
EVR Evercore Inc $61.0400 Very Concerned, may need to wait
FB Facebook, Inc. Common Stock $268.0900 Very Concerned, may need to wait
FIVE Five Below Inc $128.2500 Strong Buy or Hold
FND Floor & Decor Holdings Inc $72.1100 Very Concerned, may need to wait
FSS Federal Signal Corporation $31.0900 Very Concerned, may need to wait
FTNT Fortinet Inc $116.7600 Very Concerned, may need to wait
GOOGL Alphabet Inc Class A $1526.0500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
GTN Gray Television, Inc. $14.5100 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ILMN Illumina, Inc. $346.1100 Very Concerned, may need to wait
JAZZ Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC $139.1000 Strong Buy or Hold
KEYS Keysight Technologies Inc $90.6900 Very Concerned, may need to wait
KNX Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc $45.7600 Very Concerned, may need to wait
LGIH LGI Homes Inc $111.6000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
LRCX Lam Research Corporation $297.5100 Very Concerned, may need to wait
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. $320.0000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MA Mastercard Inc $332.8800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MKSI MKS Instruments, Inc. $104.6300 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. $451.5300 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MTZ MasTec, Inc. $42.8800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MU Micron Technology, Inc. $44.8700 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MTCH Match Group Inc $105.4600 Very Concerned, may need to wait
NFLX Netflix, Inc. $480.6700 Very Concerned, may need to wait
NSP Insperity Inc $62.8800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation $492.4700 Very Concerned, may need to wait
NXST Nexstar Media Group Inc $95.7400 Very Concerned, may need to wait
PATK Patrick Industries, Inc. $52.8800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
PYPL Paypal Holdings Inc $190.0900 Very Concerned, may need to wait
SBUX Starbucks Corporation $84.8800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
SUI Sun Communities Inc $142.7000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc $135.2300 Very Concerned, may need to wait
THRM Gentherm Inc $43.0800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
TMUS T-Mobile Us Inc $111.7200 Very Concerned, may need to wait
TNET TriNet Group Inc $61.8200 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc $232.1000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
UNH UnitedHealth Group Inc $304.6000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
V Visa Inc $201.5400 Very Concerned, may need to wait
VEEV Veeva Systems Inc $267.5900 Very Concerned, may need to wait

Symbol Stock Price change today
FIVE Five Below Inc 2.3707%
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. 1.806%
CVGW Calavo Growers, Inc. 1.2923%
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. 1.2441%
NSP Insperity Inc 1.1832%
FND Floor & Decor Holdings Inc 0.1528%
MTCH Match Group Inc -0.0947%
EPAM EPAM Systems Inc -0.1411%
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. -0.1449%
ILMN Illumina, Inc. -0.2565%
FSS Federal Signal Corporation -0.2886%
FTNT Fortinet Inc -0.2989%
EVR Evercore Inc -0.5539%
MU Micron Technology, Inc. -0.6202%
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated -0.6674%
SUI Sun Communities Inc -0.7235%
AVGO Broadcom Inc -0.8194%
MTZ MasTec, Inc. -0.9013%
PATK Patrick Industries, Inc. -1.0849%
LRCX Lam Research Corporation -1.1299%
SBUX Starbucks Corporation -1.1414%
TNET TriNet Group Inc -1.1671%
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. -1.2132%
VEEV Veeva Systems Inc -1.2328%
V Visa Inc -1.2349%
JAZZ Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC -1.2985%
TMUS T-Mobile Us Inc -1.3074%
CSGP CoStar Group Inc -1.3366%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc Class A -1.3689%
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc -1.4019%
NXST Nexstar Media Group Inc -1.4716%
ETFC E*TRADE Financial Corp -1.5111%
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. -1.5567%
KNX Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc -1.6337%
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc -1.7295%
MA Mastercard Inc -1.9903%
FB Facebook, Inc. Common Stock -2.0568%
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. -2.1264%
PYPL Paypal Holdings Inc -2.3176%
KEYS Keysight Technologies Inc -2.3684%
UNH UnitedHealth Group Inc -2.3781%
LGIH LGI Homes Inc -2.4816%
GTN Gray Television, Inc. -2.6174%
ANET Arista Networks Inc -2.6816%
MKSI MKS Instruments, Inc. -2.7873%
THRM Gentherm Inc -2.7978%
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. -2.8605%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation -3.1715%
AAPL Apple Inc. -3.2646%
NFLX Netflix, Inc. -3.9025%