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Managing Editor\u2019s Note<\/u><\/strong>:<\/u> Not everyone can be known for 100-baggers \u2013 but InvestorPlace\u2019s Louis Navellier is.<\/p>\n

If you don\u2019t know Louis, he\u2019s been trading the markets for 47 years\u2026 through the booms and busts of the dot-com era, 2008 financial crash, COVID crisis, meme-stock craze, and the AI boom.<\/p>\n

At the heart of his work is\u00a0his quantitative, proven system for finding explosive growth stocks.<\/a><\/p>\n

With this system, Louis has uncovered 18 100-bagger opportunities for his subscribers. That\u2019s 18 1000% winners<\/em>. (Not to mention almost 700 other stocks he found that doubled.)<\/p>\n

Louis says that AI is another one of those 100x opportunities \u2013 but you can\u2019t bank those wins if you\u2019ll be spooked out of trades by all the noise and distraction around you.<\/p>\n

Today, he\u2019ll give us a \u201ctwo-fer\u201d trick to help navigate markets\u2026 and pick the next 100-bagger.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

My \u201cTwo-Step\u201d Plan for Surviving Shaky Markets and Coming Out Ahead<\/h2>\n

By Louis Navellier, Senior Investment Analyst, InvestorPlace<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dictionary.com defines distraction <\/em>in two ways: 1) \u201ca thing that prevents someone from giving full attention to something else\u201d and 2) \u201cextreme agitation of the mind or emotions.\u201d<\/p>\n

These two definitions of distraction are worth considering. Both clearly represent what occurred on Wall Street this week\u2026 and last week\u2026 and the week before that \u2013 and I\u2019m going to go ahead and assume next week as well.<\/p>\n

This week, the market was not happy with Wednesday morning\u2019s inflation report.<\/p>\n

The latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) data showed prices rose 0.5% in January over the previous month, compared with economists\u2019 expectations for a 0.3% increase. It was the largest monthly increase since August 2023 and was up from the 0.4% rise in December.<\/p>\n

And over the past couple of weeks, investors reacted emotionally to the DeepSeek AI drama and President Trump\u2019s trade tariff threats.<\/p>\n

Fears about artificial intelligence not requiring as much computing power and concerns that increased tariffs on America\u2019s two biggest trading partners could ignite inflation blocked out all rational thought.<\/p>\n

During all three rounds of distraction, investors\u2019 knee-jerk reactions drove the major indices sharply lower\u2026 before they regrouped.<\/p>\n

Folks, this is a good time to remind you that Wall Street is a manic crowd \u2013 and crowds tend to \u201creact\u201d first and \u201cthink\u201d later.<\/p>\n

Now, I could tell you that when volatility hits, you should \u201cstay calm\u201d or \u201cignore the noise.\u201d<\/p>\n

But I realize words aren\u2019t enough. We\u2019re emotional beings\u2026 and so we need strategies for when we get distracted.<\/p>\n

So, today, let\u2019s first do a quick review of the past few weeks\u2019 distractions.<\/p>\n

Next, I want to lay out the two-part strategy I use to stay focused on what matters\u2026 and to make profits while doing so.<\/p>\n

Finally, I\u2019ll show you where and how I put these two moves to use \u2013 and where you can, too.<\/p>\n

Now, let\u2019s get started\u2026<\/p>\n

The \u201cTrump Two-Step\u201d \u2013 And Other Distractions<\/h2>\n

The reality is that fears over DeepSeek, tariffs, and inflation are vastly overblown.<\/p>\n

As I\u2019ve been saying elsewhere, it appears that the AI that DeepSeek uses may simply optimize various packets of data, which wouldn\u2019t use a lot of computing power. However, other kinds of machine learning utilize a lot more computing power \u2013 and that\u2019s why more data centers and an enhanced electrical grid are still necessary.<\/p>\n

With more folks starting to come to this same conclusion, AI-related stocks are firming back up, especially in the wake of positive quarterly results from market leaders.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, fears surrounding the Trump 2.0 tariffs were mostly squashed within a day of their announcement.<\/p>\n

President Trump shocked everyone \u2013 myself included \u2013 when he announced that he would follow through with implementing 25% tariffs on the U.S.\u2019s two biggest trading partners, Canada and Mexico. He also announced 10% tariffs on China.<\/p>\n

The good news is that Trump\u2019s tariff threats seem to be a negotiating tactic.<\/p>\n

After conversations with both Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, he obtained some major promises to significantly increase border security.<\/p>\n

So, the president did what some are now referring to as the \u201cTrump Two-Step,\u201d providing both countries with a 30-day extension.<\/p>\n

As far as this week\u2019s inflation report goes, here\u2019s what I said Wednesday morning in my podcast\u2026<\/p>\n

“There will be an adverse market reaction, but then I think the market will just regroup and be fine. The dollar remains very strong. The higher rates will attract foreign buying pressure, and rates might meander just a tad lower.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Now, I bring all this up not only to point out the major distractions that hit Wall Street\u2026 but also to show you the two strategies I use to stay focused on the job at hand: making money<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s how I do it…<\/p>\n

The \u201cNavellier Two-Step\u201d<\/h2>\n

First and foremost, our best defense against distraction remains a strong offense of fundamentally superior stocks.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why instead of using my gut to pick stocks or trusting what companies say in their annual reports, I study data on almost 6,000 stocks every week and use my proprietary algorithm to run the stocks through eight filters. These eight factors \u2013 fed into my Stock Grader system \u2013 sort stocks with no alpha from stocks with good alpha from stocks with super alpha.<\/p>\n

High alpha stocks outperform the market, but most people can never find \u201calpha\u201d until long after the stocks have taken off. However, if you have an accurate way of finding \u201csuper alpha\u201d \u2013 as my Stock Grader model does \u2013 you can often spot bull markets and manias, long before they develop.<\/p>\n

The second part of the \u201cNavellier Two-Step\u201d is to invest in the bull markets and manias \u2013 the predominant trends<\/em> \u2013 for as long as you can.<\/p>\n

The reality is that there are a handful of trends currently in play and\/or developing that could significantly boost fundamentally superior, high-alpha stocks more this year.<\/p>\n

We all know that Trump 2.0 and his pro-business administration aim to trigger an economic resurgence.<\/p>\n

He’ll do so through slashing regulations, shrinking the size of the federal government, lowering taxes… and even those tariffs the market hates.<\/p>\n

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You see, I suspect President Trump is using them to push more U.S. companies to \u201conshore\u201d their manufacturing operations. In fact, if he is willing to implement 25% tariffs on our neighbors, then China, Europe, and our other trading partners are likely a little nervous \u2013 and onshoring plans could already be underway.<\/p>\n

The fact is that President Trump wants to end the more than two-year manufacturing recession in the U.S. and reignite overall economic growth.<\/p>\n

So, if the tariff situation plays out in Trump\u2019s favor, and a lot of companies onshore their operations in the upcoming months, it could trigger an economic resurgence.<\/p>\n

And President Trump will go down in history as a great leader.<\/p>\n

But Trump 2.0 isn\u2019t the only predominant trend out there…<\/p>\n

From \u201cCool Tool\u201d to Crucial Tech<\/h2>\n

We all know the global AI race is on \u2014 and that it\u2019s already created many new millionaires and billionaires \u2013 but what a lot of folks don\u2019t know is that we\u2019re standing at the precipice of what I call \u201cAI\u2019s Crossover Moment.\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

This is the point where AI stops being a \u201ccool tool\u201d and starts actively transforming industries, infrastructure and daily life.<\/p>\n

Explosive gains in speed and processing power are colliding with breakthroughs in data deployment \u2013 unlocking capabilities that, just months ago, felt like pure science fiction. But now? They\u2019re becoming reality.<\/p>\n

How big is this?<\/p>\n

Well, according to Nvidia Corp. (NVDA<\/a>) CEO Jensen Huang, this crossover could amount to a $100 trillion opportunity.<\/p>\n

And that checks out \u2013 because if history has taught us anything, it\u2019s that the biggest booms don\u2019t happen when a technology is first invented. They come when it moves from concept to real-world adoption.<\/p>\n

In my Breakthrough Stocks<\/em><\/strong> service, we dance this \u201cNavellier Two-Step\u201d all the time.<\/p>\n

We invest only in fundamentally superior stocks… and <\/em>we invest only in high-alpha stocks benefiting from one of these two predominant trends.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve used this two-part strategy to give my followers a shot at recent gains as high as:<\/p>\n