Published: June 4, 2026.

This is something new. For the first time ever, Louis Navellier has added AI to his Stock Grader. And we paired it with the TradeSmith short-term buy signal to round out the system. The result is the Navellier Tactical Profits Portfolio.

It is a fully automated, short-term model portfolio. Just five stocks at a time. Refreshed every single week.

The mission is simple: grow and protect your money simultaneously. We do that by combining three of our most powerful tools. Each one acts as a check on the others. Only the very best stocks make the final cut.

Frankly, with results like this, I think this is the future of investing. — Louis Navellier

The Three-System Engine

Three powerful systems sit behind every weekly pick. Each one asks a different question. A stock has to pass all three to be included in the portfolio.

These short-term signals seem to work even better when you pair them up with Louis' already-phenomenal stock recommendations. — Keith Kaplan

Layer 1: The Stock Grader (the quality check)

Louis Navellier's Stock Grader has been finding strong stocks for decades. It gives each stock a grade from A to F.

The grade is built on eight signs of a healthy, growing business. Each one is a separate test. Together, they paint a full picture of the company.

•        Sales Growth. Top-line growth. Hard to fake. A clean sign of health.

•        Operating Margin Growth. Are earnings growing faster than sales? That points to pricing power.

•        Earnings Growth. Steady earnings growth is the engine of stock returns.

•        Earnings Momentum. Is the growth rate speeding up?

•        Earnings Surprises. Has the company beaten Wall Street’s numbers?

•        Analyst Earnings Revisions. Are analysts raising their forecasts?

•        Cash Flow. Cash left over after running the business.

•        Return on Equity. How well management uses your money.

The Stock Grader also tracks the money. Are big buyers stepping in? Is real cash flowing into the stock? That part is built into the grade, too.

Only the stocks Louis is actively recommending in his newsletters can move to the next layer.

Layer 2: TradeSmith Short-Term Health

A great company is not always a great trade. TradeSmith short-term health looks at the price action right now. It tells us whether the market is starting to move on a stock.

This is the timing layer. It filters out names that are strong but not yet in motion.

Layer 3: The AI Fusion Score

This is the new part. For the first time, an AI model is helping pick Louis's stocks.

The AI itself is not simple. It uses years of market data to learn which factors make a stock more likely to outperform over the next few days. The math behind it is real machine-learning work. The good news is you do not need to know any of that to use it.

The AI looks at the names that have passed the first two layers. It scores each one for short-term profit potential. The result is the Fusion Score. The top five Fusion Scores become your portfolio for the week.

The AI is the final filter. It pushes the portfolio toward the very best of the best.

What the Fusion Score Means

The Fusion Score is the AI's rank for each stock that passes the first two layers. It is shown as a simple percentile from 0 to 100.

Behind that score is a machine-learning algorithm. It was trained on years of market data. It learned which stock patterns tend to lead to strong short-term moves. The Fusion Score is its read on each stock today, boiled down to a single number.

A stock at the 95th Fusion percentile is in the top 5% of the names that made it through. A stock at the 50th percentile is right in the middle. Stocks that did not pass the first two layers have no Fusion Score.

Every week, the top five Fusion Scores are your buy list. It is that simple.

Your Weekly Routine

The whole point of this portfolio is simplicity. You do not need to watch the market all day. A few minutes on the first trading day of the week is all it takes.

Step 1: Check the list on Monday morning

On Monday morning — or on the first trading day of the week if Monday is a holiday — sign in to your account and open the Louis Navellier Stock Grader widget on your Dashboard. Click the Top Fusion Score tab.

Screenshot taken from a Platinum test account with access to the Louis Navellier Stock Grader on Jun. 4, 2026.

The widget lists ten stocks, already sorted from highest Fusion Score to lowest. Your portfolio is in the top five. The names ranked sixth through tenth are shown for context only — they cleared the first two layers but did not make this week's cut. You can safely ignore them.

Step 2: Sell last week's five

Compare the new top five to the five you held last week. Sell any position that is no longer on this week's list. Place those sell orders at the open.

Names that appear on both lists stay put. There is no need to sell and rebuy — you keep the position and save on the commission and the spread.

Step 3: Buy this week's new additions

Take the cash from the sells in Step 2 and divide it evenly across the new names entering the portfolio. If three names rolled off and three new names came in, each new position gets one-third of the proceeds.

If only one new name appears, the full cash goes into that single buy.

Carryover positions stay as they are. There is no need to rebalance them — winners and laggards will sort themselves out as the AI updates the list each week.

When the trades clear, your account holds the five names on this week's top-five list. You are done until the following Monday.

What if all five repeat?

It happens. When the AI sees the same five names still ranked at the top, your portfolio carries forward unchanged. Hold the full position and wait for next week.

If all five names repeat, the system is telling you the same portfolio still ranks at the top. There are no trades to make — hold the full position and wait for next week.

How long should it take?

Once you are in the rhythm, the routine takes about ten minutes. Five sells. Five buys. Done.

This is literally as ‘done for you’ as it gets. — Keith Kaplan

What the Backtest Shows

We tested this system across many years of market data. The results are striking.

Using just five stocks at a time, the strategy turned $1 into about $5 since 2021. That is roughly five times your money in just a few years.

And it kept working even when the market did not. Even in periods when the S&P 500 lost ground, this approach stayed in positive territory by getting tactical with the AI.

The Headline Portfolio

Top 5 Fusion, weekly rebalance: about 38% per year, with a max drawdown of about 35%.

Fusion vs. the baseline

The Fusion approach lifts the return by more than half over the baseline. And it does so with a max drawdown that is essentially in line with the baseline. In short, you get more reward for the same level of risk.

What to Expect

This is a short-term, growth-tilted portfolio. That means strong upside and real swings along the way. Here is what to plan for.

• Always five names. New buys are equal-sized from the cash you free up each Monday; carryover positions ride.
• Drawdowns of 30% to 45% are normal. A concentrated, fast-moving portfolio will have rough patches. Size your portfolio allocation so that you can ride them out.
• Stay on the weekly schedule. The weekly cadence is what makes this work. Skipping weeks or letting positions ride longer will affect your results.
• Overlaps are fine. If the same stock shows up two weeks in a row, just hold it. No need to trade.

Limits and Risks

Past results do not promise future ones. A few points are worth keeping in mind.

The numbers above come from a backtest. Backtests use historical data and clean assumptions. Real trading incurs costs that a backtest cannot fully capture, including bid-ask spreads, slippage on larger orders, and occasional missed fills. Expect your live results to differ from the backtest, sometimes meaningfully.

Weekly trading also means high turnover. In a taxable brokerage account, short-term gains are taxed at your ordinary income rate. That can take a real bite out of the return. If you can run this strategy inside a tax-advantaged account such as an IRA or 401(k), you keep more of what you earn — and the gap between gross and after-tax results narrows sharply.

One more point on the numbers. The headline return reflects gains being reinvested week after week. Each week's gain stacks on top of the last, and that snowball effect grows quickly. Over a few years, the snowball accounts for a large share of the total return. Pulling money out as you go will affect the final outcome.

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