Investing With IBD

Mike Webster, senior market strategist at IBD, explains the upgraded MarketSurge features and why they matter. He walks through Growth 250 screening tweaks, smarter ratings and a rebuilt PatternRec. Short, practical improvements promise faster trade discovery and cleaner lists for more efficient work.

Dan Fitzpatrick, founder of Stock Market Mentor and Fitzpatrick Trading Group, is an experienced trader and educator. He explains why mastering a single trading strategy and adapting it to different markets keeps your edge. Topics include handling downtrends with key indicators, tight risk-first entry rules, habit-based process fixes, and options income techniques for choppy markets.

What can MarketSurge do for you? Arnie Gutierrez, senior premium product coach at IBD and IBD Live panelist, joins the Investing with IBD podcast to walk through the new MarketSurge platform. Together with special host Alissa Coram, executive editor of multimedia at IBD, learn how the platform helps investors make smarter and stronger trades and follow some real-world examples of how to use its new premium features. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Learn the signature fade with the uncrowded trade. Jason Shapiro, founder of the Crowded Market Report, joins the Investing with IBD podcast to discuss why trades are suddenly getting uncrowded, sudden interest in 30 year bonds, and the one thing that stops Shapiro from doing any kind of trade. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s great to be able to predict what will happen next in volatile markets. But what if you didn’t need to know in the first place? Jay Woods, chief market strategist at Freedom Capital Markets and a professor of technical analysis at Fordham University, explains how to handle volatility and navigate changing headlines. He also takes a look at stocks like IGV, ORCL and the Magnificent 7. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tracking leadership rotation from growth to value and from value to defensive doesn’t need to be expensive. David Keller, president and chief strategist at Sierra Alpha Research, explains where he sees underappreciated value set to improve over time and trades. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Finding IPOs, following them … and knowing when to strike. Greg Morton takes a deeper dive into the mechanics behind finding investable stocks after their market debuts and how to put candidates through their paces. Morton also takes a look at recent IPOs like Medline (MDLN) and how to consider things like underwriters, liquidity and management. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scott St. Clair, Senior Product Manager who leads MarketSurge development at IBD, walks through the new beta charting tools. He highlights rebuilt backend design and familiar chart look-and-feel. New chart types, expanded indicators, annotation tools and alerting are showcased. Mobile vs desktop priorities and how to send beta feedback are also covered.

Nancy Tengler, CEO and CIO of Laffer Tengler Investments and frequent CNBC contributor, is a value-focused investor who favors dividend-growth analysis. She discusses growth-at-reasonable-price investing, why dividends signal management confidence, navigating software sell-offs and AI opportunities, and the importance of staying invested to capture the market’s best days.

Matt Caruso, founder of Caruso Insights and former professor/market maker, offers market analysis with a trend-following lens. He compares today’s consolidation to 1990s internet cycles. He explains why late buyers create choppy action, how AI fuels sector rotation, and highlights tools like relative strength and moving averages to navigate sideways markets.