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The market is at all-time highs, and some think a correction is imminent. Should you still be buying stocks? Our investing experts weigh in.

Since the S&P 500 is reaching new highs and some of our stocks are making significant moves this week, I thought I’d review those with you today.

Company insiders know their companies better than anyone else. Here are three rules you can follow to use that knowledge to enhance your returns.

Despite insiders being net sellers of Constellation (STZ) last year, Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway recently built a billion-dollar stake. Which side should investors take?

In our final issue of 2023, we try and capitalize on the red-hot, Fed-fueled (for once) market by adding a growth play that is resurgent in a post-Covid world. It’s a brand-new recommendation from Mike Cintolo in Cabot Top Ten Trader. It should be a nice addition to a Stock of the Week portfolio that has plenty of shiny objects as we close out the year. Enjoy – and happy holidays!

The S&P 500 has finally failed to make a new high every day lately and is 2% below the high-water mark! That doesn’t seem like it should be news but in this market it’s worth noting.

The market yawned off great news over the weekend but managed to make a new high nonetheless.

Investors don’t seem to care about tariffs anymore, and the market continues to forge slowly higher regardless of the news. Tariff concern is so last April.

Even though there was some crazy action in the market last week the bulls remain in charge and many stocks are breaking out to fresh highs.

This Friday is the expiration of June options, and for the time being it looks like the Profit Booster portfolio will have yet another spectacular month of returns as IGT, PGNY, RRC are trading well above the strike price of the calls we sold, while FNKO is at the strike, which is also a good situation.

Stocks are the highest they’ve been since last summer, and with the debt ceiling in the rear-view mirror and the Fed sounding less hawkish these days, it’s possible they could keep rising as we enter Summer 2023. One sector that’s been unstoppable of late is artificial intelligence, so today we add some more AI exposure, which has already served us well with the performance of Microsoft (MSFT). The new addition is a lesser-known name but is equally red-hot. Mike Cintolo recently recommended it to his Cabot Top Ten Trader audience.

The market continues to recover from last week’s short but intense decline. In our portfolio there’s been a dearth of news flow. That’s fine with me. I think we could all use a little less stimulation and step back from our computers and mobile devices a bit more. This has been a crazy spring.

The market has been on edge since the Fed’s hawkish tone and updated Summary of Economic Projections (SEP) last week. But if we can get oil and interest rates to back off a little and some stock-specific catalysts during the upcoming Q3 earnings season maybe we can finally take our macroeconomist hats off and get back to doing what we’d rather do. Which is talk about some of the great small growth stories out there!

Centrus Energy (LEU) was steady this week as Congress seeks another $1.5 billion in a government funding bill to boost domestic supply of uranium to offset lost Russian fuel.

Ford (F) shares rose 7% this week as its October U.S. sales declined by 10% but electric vehicle (EV) sales rose nearly 120% year over year. It now claims to be the #2 EV seller in America behind Tesla.

Stocks struggled back from early losses yesterday after blue chips posted their biggest two-day gains in more than two years.

Explorer stocks had a good week with most up nicely and Infineon (IFFNY) up about 18%.

Perhaps the best indicator of where the U.S. and global economy is going are commodity prices. For example, copper prices are gaining ground though they are still far from highs reached earlier this year.

Getting to the market today—first we had the August 24 bottom, a month later we had the retest, and now we’ve got a rally that, while it’s not perfect, is certainly creating some winners. I think selective buying is okay. But what to buy? For my money, there are two methods of stock-picking that tend to work.