Stock ticker Stock name Last Close Recommendation
AAPL Apple Inc. $127.1 Some Concerns, may need to wait
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. $279.58 Some Concerns, may need to wait
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated $497.83 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. $604.45 Strong Buy or Hold
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. $134.58 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. $3244.99 Some Concerns, may need to wait
ANET Arista Networks Inc $336.46 Strong Buy or Hold
AVGO Broadcom Inc $459.19 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
CSGP CoStar Group Inc $844.33 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
CVGW Calavo Growers, Inc. $73.6 Very Concerned, may need to wait
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. $420.9 Very Concerned, may need to wait
EPAM EPAM Systems Inc $484.42 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
EVR Evercore Inc $149.4 Strong Buy or Hold
FB Facebook, Inc. Common Stock $324.63 Strong Buy or Hold
FIVE Five Below Inc $181.7 Very Concerned, may need to wait
FND Floor & Decor Holdings Inc $97.84 Very Concerned, may need to wait
FSS Federal Signal Corporation $41.62 Very Concerned, may need to wait
FTNT Fortinet Inc $213.07 Strong Buy or Hold
GOOGL Alphabet Inc Class A $2361.04 Strong Buy or Hold
GTN Gray Television, Inc. $22.54 Strong Buy or Hold
ILMN Illumina, Inc. $399.99 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
JAZZ Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC $178.96 Strong Buy or Hold
KEYS Keysight Technologies Inc $140.8 Some Concerns, may need to wait
KNX Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc $48.45 Very Concerned, may need to wait
LGIH LGI Homes Inc $167.39 Very Concerned, may need to wait
LRCX Lam Research Corporation $634.64 Strong Buy or Hold
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. $318.19 Some Concerns, may need to wait
MA Mastercard Inc $372.38 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
MKSI MKS Instruments, Inc. $186.58 Strong Buy or Hold
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. $456.4 Some Concerns, may need to wait
MTZ MasTec, Inc. $115.99 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
MU Micron Technology, Inc. $82.9 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
MTCH Match Group Inc $147.3 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
NFLX Netflix, Inc. $502.9 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
NSP Insperity Inc $91.53 Strong Buy or Hold
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation $624.48 Strong Buy or Hold
NXST Nexstar Media Group Inc $152.79 Strong Buy or Hold
PATK Patrick Industries, Inc. $85.32 Very Concerned, may need to wait
PYPL Paypal Holdings Inc $257.17 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
SBUX Starbucks Corporation $112.52 Some Concerns, may need to wait
SUI Sun Communities Inc $167.37 Strong Buy or Hold
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc $168.88 Some Concerns, may need to wait
THRM Gentherm Inc $70.88 Some Concerns, may need to wait
TMUS T-Mobile Us Inc $137.73 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
TNET TriNet Group Inc $78.59 Some Concerns, may need to wait
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc $315.82 Very Concerned, may need to wait
UNH UnitedHealth Group Inc $410.95 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
V Visa Inc $229.32 Strong Buy or Hold
VEEV Veeva Systems Inc $262.81 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns

Symbol Stock Price change today
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. 4.6013%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation 4.1373%
NXST Nexstar Media Group Inc 3.7482%
LRCX Lam Research Corporation 3.3447%
NSP Insperity Inc 3.2138%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc Class A 2.9166%
MTCH Match Group Inc 2.777%
MU Micron Technology, Inc. 2.7007%
FB Facebook, Inc. Common Stock 2.6563%
PYPL Paypal Holdings Inc 2.5849%
MKSI MKS Instruments, Inc. 2.4208%
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. 2.1462%
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated 1.9997%
AVGO Broadcom Inc 1.7618%
LGIH LGI Homes Inc 1.7568%
TNET TriNet Group Inc 1.6557%
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. 1.5932%
EPAM EPAM Systems Inc 1.5087%
GTN Gray Television, Inc. 1.4858%
FIVE Five Below Inc 1.4687%
SBUX Starbucks Corporation 1.4425%
AAPL Apple Inc. 1.3314%
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. 1.3084%
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc 1.3077%
ANET Arista Networks Inc 1.3037%
MA Mastercard Inc 1.3003%
TMUS T-Mobile Us Inc 1.2348%
SUI Sun Communities Inc 1.2155%
V Visa Inc 1.1245%
FTNT Fortinet Inc 1.0625%
NFLX Netflix, Inc. 1.0062%
VEEV Veeva Systems Inc 0.9604%
KEYS Keysight Technologies Inc 0.8163%
EVR Evercore Inc 0.8097%
CSGP CoStar Group Inc 0.6725%
FSS Federal Signal Corporation 0.3859%
FND Floor & Decor Holdings Inc 0.3796%
ILMN Illumina, Inc. 0.3437%
THRM Gentherm Inc 0.3398%
KNX Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc 0.2068%
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. 0.0899%
CVGW Calavo Growers, Inc. 0.068%
MTZ MasTec, Inc. -0.0259%
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc -0.0823%
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. -0.15%
UNH UnitedHealth Group Inc -0.1652%
JAZZ Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC -0.5778%
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. -1.5784%
PATK Patrick Industries, Inc. -2.5916%

Symbol Stock Price change today
EPAM EPAM Systems Inc 4.6583%
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. 4.4151%
VEEV Veeva Systems Inc 4.2132%
LRCX Lam Research Corporation 4.0717%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation 3.8871%
ANET Arista Networks Inc 3.8199%
MKSI MKS Instruments, Inc. 3.1709%
AVGO Broadcom Inc 3.0064%
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. 2.8714%
NFLX Netflix, Inc. 2.8645%
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. 2.8552%
MTCH Match Group Inc 2.8378%
PYPL Paypal Holdings Inc 2.8247%
ILMN Illumina, Inc. 2.5238%
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated 2.3311%
FTNT Fortinet Inc 2.2736%
AAPL Apple Inc. 2.1012%
KEYS Keysight Technologies Inc 2.0847%
JAZZ Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC 1.9348%
MA Mastercard Inc 1.8616%
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. 1.7602%
NSP Insperity Inc 1.7486%
FB Facebook, Inc. Common Stock 1.6008%
SBUX Starbucks Corporation 1.5866%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc Class A 1.5606%
CSGP CoStar Group Inc 1.5463%
MU Micron Technology, Inc. 1.5013%
MTZ MasTec, Inc. 1.4632%
FND Floor & Decor Holdings Inc 1.4168%
SUI Sun Communities Inc 1.3641%
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc 1.3584%
TMUS T-Mobile Us Inc 1.3472%
GTN Gray Television, Inc. 1.2397%
LGIH LGI Homes Inc 1.2311%
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. 0.8796%
V Visa Inc 0.8237%
EVR Evercore Inc 0.7513%
NXST Nexstar Media Group Inc 0.6364%
THRM Gentherm Inc 0.6152%
FIVE Five Below Inc 0.5844%
TNET TriNet Group Inc 0.5168%
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. 0.4914%
CVGW Calavo Growers, Inc. -0.0679%
UNH UnitedHealth Group Inc -0.21%
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc -0.2223%
PATK Patrick Industries, Inc. -0.3387%
FSS Federal Signal Corporation -0.5505%
KNX Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc -0.6638%
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. -0.6968%

Symbol Stock Price change today
MKSI MKS Instruments, Inc. 3.3158%
LRCX Lam Research Corporation 2.9701%
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. 2.4546%
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc 2.0863%
AVGO Broadcom Inc 1.8398%
FTNT Fortinet Inc 1.6401%
MTCH Match Group Inc 1.4467%
MU Micron Technology, Inc. 1.3311%
CSGP CoStar Group Inc 1.284%
FB Facebook, Inc. Common Stock 1.1711%
EPAM EPAM Systems Inc 1.0661%
GTN Gray Television, Inc. 0.647%
PYPL Paypal Holdings Inc 0.5839%
SUI Sun Communities Inc 0.5203%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc Class A 0.3991%
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. 0.37%
THRM Gentherm Inc 0.3589%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation 0.3567%
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. 0.3494%
VEEV Veeva Systems Inc 0.3407%
NFLX Netflix, Inc. 0.292%
EVR Evercore Inc 0.2488%
FSS Federal Signal Corporation 0.1198%
ILMN Illumina, Inc. 0.0932%
JAZZ Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC 0.0685%
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. -0.0149%
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated -0.0312%
AAPL Apple Inc. -0.1282%
KEYS Keysight Technologies Inc -0.1734%
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. -0.2102%
UNH UnitedHealth Group Inc -0.2144%
NXST Nexstar Media Group Inc -0.4046%
V Visa Inc -0.4345%
TMUS T-Mobile Us Inc -0.4815%
LGIH LGI Homes Inc -0.4984%
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. -0.5512%
MA Mastercard Inc -0.5756%
ANET Arista Networks Inc -0.6479%
PATK Patrick Industries, Inc. -0.7508%
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. -0.797%
NSP Insperity Inc -0.9733%
CVGW Calavo Growers, Inc. -1.0087%
TNET TriNet Group Inc -1.0357%
KNX Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc -1.0468%
SBUX Starbucks Corporation -1.2605%
FIVE Five Below Inc -1.7974%
FND Floor & Decor Holdings Inc -1.9978%
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc -2.3097%
MTZ MasTec, Inc. -4.1968%

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
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Q
Last
Q
chg
Last
Mo.
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Mo.
chg
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wk
Last
wk
chg
AAPL Apple Inc. $127.45 $76.41 66.80% $132.97 -4.15% $133.93 -4.84% $130.21 -2.12%
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. $268.56 $184.92 45.23% $322.78 -16.80% $330.53 -18.75% $296.81 -9.52%
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated $486.56 $365.30 33.19% $501.64 -3.01% $525.08 -7.34% $488.73 -0.44%
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. $569.04 $203.67 179.39% $614.21 -7.35% $606.33 -6.15% $598.34 -4.90%
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. $124.83 $51.43 142.74% $118.14 5.66% $133.73 -6.66% $132.95 -6.11%
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. $3,222.90 $2,409.78 33.74% $3,268.95 -1.41% $3,399.44 -5.19% $3,291.61 -2.09%
ANET Arista Networks Inc $326.38 $210.45 55.09% $318.66 2.42% $316.67 3.07% $328.52 -0.65%
AVGO Broadcom Inc $441.62 $251.28 75.75% $485.45 -9.03% $478.79 -7.76% $452.58 -2.42%
CSGP CoStar Group Inc $821.90 $649.17 26.61% $900.37 -8.72% $904.93 -9.18% $850.67 -3.38%
CVGW Calavo Growers, Inc. $75.06 $55.70 34.77% $76.49 -1.87% $80.01 -6.19% $79.00 -4.99%
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. $427.29 $372.78 14.62% $376.94 13.36% $394.83 8.22% $432.47 -1.20%
EPAM EPAM Systems Inc $451.56 $216.97 108.12% $394.48 14.47% $446.04 1.24% $460.20 -1.88%
EVR Evercore Inc $147.63 $47.75 209.20% $120.23 22.79% $137.25 7.56% $146.57 0.72%
FB Facebook, Inc. Common Stock $315.94 $210.88 49.82% $273.97 15.32% $306.18 3.19% $319.08 -0.98%
FIVE Five Below Inc $184.25 $88.94 107.16% $194.94 -5.48% $200.51 -8.11% $196.50 -6.23%
FND Floor & Decor Holdings Inc $104.59 $44.44 135.35% $102.75 1.79% $112.59 -7.11% $113.48 -7.83%
FSS Federal Signal Corporation $42.88 $26.21 63.61% $35.87 19.55% $39.64 8.17% $43.07 -0.44%
FTNT Fortinet Inc $205.86 $143.43 43.53% $164.89 24.85% $206.01 -0.07% $211.77 -2.79%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc Class A $2,278.38 $1,373.06 65.93% $2,110.70 7.94% $2,282.75 -0.19% $2,351.93 -3.13%
GTN Gray Television, Inc. $22.09 $12.37 78.55% $18.35 20.39% $20.06 10.12% $22.10 -0.05%
ILMN Illumina, Inc. $381.03 $335.00 13.74% $492.55 -22.64% $399.00 -4.50% $383.94 -0.76%
JAZZ Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC $179.17 $111.16 61.18% $166.49 7.62% $168.90 6.08% $174.59 2.62%
KEYS Keysight Technologies Inc $139.85 $94.78 47.55% $151.07 -7.43% $145.40 -3.82% $143.41 -2.48%
KNX Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc $48.88 $37.48 30.42% $42.64 14.63% $50.14 -2.51% $49.37 -0.99%
LGIH LGI Homes Inc $175.83 $71.35 146.43% $114.98 52.92% $168.78 4.18% $183.36 -4.11%
LRCX Lam Research Corporation $602.99 $248.71 142.45% $590.39 2.13% $643.71 -6.33% $630.54 -4.37%
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. $314.65 $247.09 27.34% $339.85 -7.42% $324.10 -2.92% $330.24 -4.72%
MA Mastercard Inc $363.91 $277.57 31.10% $340.81 6.78% $386.17 -5.76% $375.40 -3.06%
MKSI MKS Instruments, Inc. $178.91 $91.89 94.71% $172.00 4.02% $186.82 -4.23% $183.34 -2.42%
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. $456.30 $485.64 -6.04% $536.73 -14.99% $534.16 -14.58% $436.53 4.53%
MTZ MasTec, Inc. $118.41 $33.12 257.52% $86.41 37.03% $101.65 16.49% $111.28 6.41%
MU Micron Technology, Inc. $79.70 $44.41 79.46% $87.74 -9.16% $90.66 -12.09% $85.98 -7.30%
MTCH Match Group Inc $142.19 $78.17 81.90% $164.86 -13.75% $145.30 -2.14% $146.19 -2.74%
NFLX Netflix, Inc. $493.37 $454.19 8.63% $557.28 -11.47% $546.54 -9.73% $503.84 -2.08%
NSP Insperity Inc $89.35 $43.85 103.78% $77.68 15.03% $87.39 2.24% $88.84 0.57%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation $569.72 $339.17 67.98% $613.01 -7.06% $636.50 -10.49% $592.49 -3.84%
NXST Nexstar Media Group Inc $150.90 $71.22 111.87% $126.76 19.04% $152.84 -1.27% $146.81 2.78%
PATK Patrick Industries, Inc. $92.63 $42.43 118.33% $77.51 19.50% $88.64 4.50% $97.52 -5.01%
PYPL Paypal Holdings Inc $246.29 $145.51 69.26% $304.79 -19.19% $269.87 -8.74% $253.36 -2.79%
SBUX Starbucks Corporation $111.20 $72.80 52.76% $105.26 5.64% $117.86 -5.65% $113.87 -2.35%
SUI Sun Communities Inc $163.31 $122.33 33.49% $148.87 9.70% $158.11 3.29% $165.63 -1.40%
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc $165.45 $104.80 57.88% $194.14 -14.78% $189.76 -12.81% $175.12 -5.52%
THRM Gentherm Inc $72.65 $37.62 93.12% $70.75 2.69% $77.13 -5.81% $73.35 -0.95%
TMUS T-Mobile Us Inc $141.52 $97.32 45.42% $122.00 16.00% $133.05 6.37% $139.12 1.73%
TNET TriNet Group Inc $80.24 $44.80 79.11% $79.25 1.25% $84.35 -4.87% $81.73 -1.82%
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc $324.28 $200.45 61.78% $327.77 -1.06% $330.71 -1.94% $322.74 0.48%
UNH UnitedHealth Group Inc $409.80 $286.49 43.04% $323.48 26.68% $391.01 4.81% $417.65 -1.88%
V Visa Inc $226.94 $182.39 24.42% $207.60 9.31% $226.09 0.38% $231.79 -2.09%
VEEV Veeva Systems Inc $251.70 $200.43 25.58% $318.09 -20.87% $273.07 -7.83% $259.96 -3.18%

Over the last year, my Watch List returned 72.93%
Over the last quarter, my Watch List returned 3.90%
Over the last month, my Watch List returned -2.56%
Over the last week, my Watch List returned -2.19%

 

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. $127.45 $76.41 66.80% $132.97 -4.15% $133.93 -4.84% $130.21 -2.12%
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated $486.56 $365.30 33.19% $501.64 -3.01% $525.08 -7.34% $488.73 -0.44%
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. $569.04 $203.67 179.39% $614.21 -7.35% $606.33 -6.15% $598.34 -4.90%
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. $3,222.90 $2,409.78 33.74% $3,268.95 -1.41% $3,399.44 -5.19% $3,291.61 -2.09%
CSGP CoStar Group Inc $821.90 $649.17 26.61% $900.37 -8.72% $904.93 -9.18% $850.67 -3.38%
EPAM EPAM Systems Inc $451.56 $216.97 108.12% $394.48 14.47% $446.04 1.24% $460.20 -1.88%
FND Floor & Decor Holdings Inc $104.59 $44.44 135.35% $102.75 1.79% $112.59 -7.11% $113.48 -7.83%
LGIH LGI Homes Inc $175.83 $71.35 146.43% $114.98 52.92% $168.78 4.18% $183.36 -4.11%
LRCX Lam Research Corporation $602.99 $248.71 142.45% $590.39 2.13% $643.71 -6.33% $630.54 -4.37%
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. $314.65 $247.09 27.34% $339.85 -7.42% $324.10 -2.92% $330.24 -4.72%
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. $456.30 $485.64 -6.04% $536.73 -14.99% $534.16 -14.58% $436.53 4.53%
MTCH Match Group Inc $142.19 $78.17 81.90% $164.86 -13.75% $145.30 -2.14% $146.19 -2.74%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation $569.72 $339.17 67.98% $613.01 -7.06% $636.50 -10.49% $592.49 -3.84%
PYPL Paypal Holdings Inc $246.29 $145.51 69.26% $304.79 -19.19% $269.87 -8.74% $253.36 -2.79%
VEEV Veeva Systems Inc $251.70 $200.43 25.58% $318.09 -20.87% $273.07 -7.83% $259.96 -3.18%

Over the last year, my Short Term Watch List returned 75.87%
Over the last quarter, my Short Term Watch List returned -2.44%
Over the last month, my Short Term Watch List returned -5.83%
Over the last week, my Short Term Watch List returned -2.92%

Short Term List returned 76%
High growth stock: MasTec, Inc. ($MTZ) at 258%
Total Execution Time: 1.0216941833496 Sec