Only a few days ago, it looks like the beginning of a new bull market was on the way. The S&P 500 needed to climb only another 3% or so for the bulls to once again be in control. The situation looks more iffy now, however.

The momentum from earlier this year seems to have largely stalled. Are the chances of a new bull market fading? Maybe. But here are two great stocks to buy anyway.

Some investors seem to be assuming that the once-powerful growth story for Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) is over. They see the popularity of OpenAI's ChatGPT. They view Microsoft's adept moves to integrate the chatbot with its Bing search engine as a huge threat to Google's dominance in the search market.

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