Editor’s note: We’ve talked a lot about the Power Gauge over the past few months. But so far, we haven’t shared exactly how our proprietary system came to life. That all changes today… In this essay, Chaikin Analytics founder Marc Chaikin details the event that forced him out of retirement more than a decade ago. …
Jim McNeely hit a dead end… He dropped out of high school to care for his sick mother. Then, Madelon Wales put an end to Jim’s plan to marry her daughter. She wouldn’t accept a grocery checker as a son-in-law. The Wales family did toss one crumb Jim’s way, though… They connected him with someone …
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Investing isn’t easy. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. Having access to the most powerful analytical tools available helps – a lot. Great investing requires great data and evidence-based analysis. But there’s something more basic underneath that, too… It determines, right from the outset, whether or not an investor will find long-term success in the …
I’m a visual person, so I’ve always liked charts… But back in the late 1960s, my branch manager at Shearson, Hamill wouldn’t let us have them on our desks. You see, investment-banking clients would come through our area. And he didn’t want anyone outside the firm thinking we relied on charts – or the “technicals” …
Folks, when I started on Wall Street, we hadn’t yet landed on the moon… That was a long time ago. I’ve learned a lot during my decadeslong career. But the most important lesson I ever learned happened early on… And with the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index hovering around correction territory for the first time in …
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