Jordan Kahn, CIO at ACM Funds, talks about how to use hedging to dial in the right amount of exposure for a portfolio. Strategies include shorting index and sector ETFs for the portfolio and using option strategies for individual stocks. The hedging helps weather volatility to achieve long-term capital gains. He demonstrates the strategies with a discussion of recent market action and stocks like Quanta Services (PWR), Vertex (VRTX) and Mosaic (MOS). For the video version, visit investors.com/podcast.
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Ep. 191: Jordan Kahn: Protecting Your Portfolio With Hedging

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Turning down the volume. Mike Webster, senior market strategist at IBD, joins Investor’s Business Daily’s “Investing with IBD” podcast to explain why he thinks volume is problematic — and how he leverages insights from other chart elements to make buy, hold and sell decisions. Learn how doing your homework helps, the importance of price and why Inspire Medical Systems (INSP) and Cava (CAVA) are showing potential.
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Ep. 265 Mike Webster: Volume Data Is Dirty, So Use These Chart Tools Instead

Bitcoin’s built-in supply control is nearly upon us and is set to reduce the reward for miners by half. But bitcoin is more than just the halving. Will Clemente, founder of Reflexivity Research, joins Investor’s Business Daily’s “Investing with IBD” podcast to discuss why institutions are offering bitcoin-exposed ETFs, Coinbase (COIN), and exactly how to value bitcoin in the first place. Plus, a look at how stocks like The Trade Desk and Axon are holding on to gains even as the market remains under pressure.
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Ep. 264 Bitcoin Bulls Are Salivating As Halving Approaches. How Traders Should Play The Stampede Into Crypto.

It’s usually considered a selling rule but is in fact more of a holding rule. Mike Webster, senior market strategist at IBD, joins Investor’s Business Daily’s “Investing with IBD” podcast to discuss his rule for adjusting a core position in a winning stock, no matter the market. Learn how to use regression channels for markets and relative strength line moving averages to keep positions in winning names like Nvidia (NVDA) and Super Micro Computer (SMCI).
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Ep. 263: Know When To Hold ’Em: Mike Webster On Selling Winning Stocks Offensively

What causes markets to rise or fall doesn’t matter as much as you think. Irusha Peiris, O’Neil Global portfolio manager, joins Investor’s Business Daily’s “Investing with IBD” podcast to discuss the importance of focus, the value of rejecting market opinions and why interpreting is better than predicting markets. Peiris ends with a look at cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike (CRWD), homebuilder D.R. Horton (DHI) and mining company Southern Copper (SCCO).
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Ep. 262: The Problem With Predictions: Why Interpreting Markets Matters More

It’s less about a market slump and more about a change in market leadership. David Keller, Chief Market Strategist at Stockcharts.com, joins Investor’s Business Daily’s “Investing with IBD” podcast to talk about how to think about sector rotation, growth and value stocks, and how the market is reacting to the Fed’s recent comments. He ends with a discussion of the surprising strengths in Duolingo (DUOL), chemical company Dow (DOW), and Airbnb (ABNB).
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Ep. 191: Jordan Kahn: Protecting Your Portfolio With Hedging

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