Most of the strength in the housing market is coming from multi-family units (up +28.9%) instead of more traditional single family residences (up +8.3%).

Welcome to edition 216 of Insider Weekends. Insider buying increased last week with insiders buying $113.26 million of stock compared to $60.16 million in the week prior.

Earlier in the week, I made a few buys in the Barchart Van Meerten New High Portfolio. The additions were Equity Residential (NYSE:EQR), Bed Bath & Beyond (NASDAQ:BBBY) and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NYSE:NTT). They have moved a little since but are still sound.

Today I used Barchart to sort the S&P 500 Large Cap Index stocks to see which ones were hitting the most frequent new highs in the last month.

Picking from the multitude of sector mutual funds is a daunting task. In any given sector there may be as many as 213 different mutual funds, and there are at least 607 mutual funds across all sectors.

There seems to be some trepidation among U.S. equity investors after such a strong finish to 2013. On Friday, the jobs report was disappointing, but investors quickly shook it off.