Picking stocks in a volatile market like the current one is a tricky business. Investors are being driven to distraction by an edgy market that overreacts to every whisper of news -- plunging on inflation fears and recession worries, soaring on Fed meetings and earnings reports, plunging again when the government announces the latest economic statistic.

The good news is you can find bright spots in any market. And at InvestorPlaceBlogs.com, we have a whole community of investors researching stocks, making stock picks and writing about their decisions and their returns…returns that can be quite impressive.

This year they've delivered some promising gains in the face of an extremely complicated stock market. So, to help spread the word about what our stock pickers have to offer investors like you, I decided to scour their portfolios and blog posts to bring you the absolute best stocks they are buying now.

The Smart Money's on Las Vegas Sands

One of the hottest stocks in 2007 was Las Vegas Sands (LVS). LVS owns and operates the Venetian Resort–Hotel–Casino and the Sands Expo and Convention Center in Las Vegas. In Macao it owns and operates the Sands Macao Casino and is developing the Venetian Macao.

The stock dropped last year on recession fears, but frankly casino stocks tend to be recession proof. That irrational selling is an opportunity that bloggers appear to be jumping all over. I would do the same.

LVS is a speculative growth story and does entail risk, but that risk has been reduced by the sell-off, making the stock appealing. For more on LVS, check out this post on consumer stocks to buy even in the face of a potential recession in oversold consumer stocks.