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Marc Chaikin
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A suite of stock research tools and portfolio management services.
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This is an amazing tool for both finding new ideas and sanity checking your own. While the core of the product is a powerful software product, it is supplemented at no extra charge with webinars, daily and weekly market reports, commentary and picks. At the core it is a model based on traditional fundamental analysis, with a touch of technical analysis. The presentation though is what is special…hard to explain.
Ernest,
Thank you for your review. In your experience is their analysis paying off for you?
Is it worth $1,600 per year?
Best of breed! Saves huge amount of time and time is money. Both fundamental and technical analysis. Tracks Institutional buying & selling, Insider trading, expert opinion, short selling, etc. Love it
I bought the $49 Power Gauge special but felt misled by the teaser – which I now realize was too good to be true. You get a monthly pick of stocks (which wasn’t the reason I decided to try it) and additional access to the “Power Pulse Report” wherein you enter a ticker to get the Chaikin rating – Power Gauge – rating. You get, amongst other detail, an overall rating ,e.g. bullish, which is supposedly updated every night. Chaikin claims the ratings are based on 20 factors and it’s the secret sauce of the Power Gauge etc. as to how these factors are weighted.
The teaser video had stated several times that the Chaikin system picks up bullish, bearish signals often before they hit the press i.e it “smells” the best opportunities and doesn’t overlook the breadcrumbs, and pinpoints stocks that the big banks are likely to begin buying. This resonated with me including that institutional money flow is one of the significant drivers of the market price. But practically speaking, you’d have to go through 4,000 stocks ratings every morning and compare to previous day’s ratings to find which ones changed overnight in order to pick up a new bullish or bearish signal from those breadcrumbs etc. Performing that task everyday is obviously too cumbersome .
I verified this with customer service which stated ” Your subscription is a newsletter where Marc Chaikin selected 6 stocks. It also includes the Power Pulse Report. This is an add-on that allows you to view the Power Gauge Rating for a covered stock or ETF. It doesn’t provide the capability you are requesting. This functionality is included in the Chaikin Analytics Platform. The price is $2,195/year or $4,000 for a Lifetime Membership.
Since what you get for $49 is available for free on many sites, I will be canceling for a full refund.
I believe they (State Attorney Generals) should shut down these teaser videos that tease a functionality that isn’t available for the advertised item. I’m thinking the testimonials in the video may quite possibly be from the Chaikin Analytics Platform or Lifetime Membership subscribers which would be obviously intended to mislead into buying the $49 Power Gauge and then they’re hoping the 30 day refund period would expire and Stansberry & Chaikin make a quick buck.
Thanks Wysocki20. Are you a fan of Chaikin’s new “strange days coming to America” pitch where he gives you a free stock pick? Don’t know what it is yet as it won’t load on my slow phone.
The new stock pick of Marc Chaikin’s pitch is Live Nation (LYV). He also tells you to avoid Zillow.
Marjorie, can you tell us when Marc Chaikin “pitched” LYV? I don’t see it on his list of recommendations, and in fact it’s shown as Neutral when I enter it into the Dashboard.
His current recommendation that I see, as of last week, is HUN.
catherine, just listened to the pitch last night. I noticed that all of the example charts he was showing only went to Sept 2021. Looking up LYV – if you’d bought in Sept, it was going up through mid-Nov. If they gave you a sell signal then, it wouold have worked out. And Sept was before Z started it’s big drop. So – maybe it works? I was considering trying it, then saw the post from wysocki20, about the teaser price not covering what was shown in the video; and having to purchase the upsell to get it.
HUN is now Neutral
Pick now is Koss Energy and stay away from DoorDash
Chaiken says KOS is a buy up to $9, in case someone is reading this in a few months. Two others that interested me last night were CBT (buy below $89) and EQT (buy below $43). Each one is about 20% below that today.
Yeah.. his stock pick has netted me a -23.16%. I’m not going to send him one more cent.
Many thanks for all the feedback there. I wish I had seen this informative and valuable discussion (special thanks to wysocki20. He nailed it) before waisting my $49 on this “tool.”
Like others, I was misled.
And you would think the master of such magnificent tool would be able to pick one great stock in this bear market to display his prowess? NOPE. Not one.
Do you still wonder why these guys have to peddle newsletters to earn a living?
His claim to fame is the money flow. That feature is virtually useless- at least as shown in the $49 version. I got conned…I did not cancel because his emails allow me to keep an eye on him and his fawning sidekicks. They are no better. Plus Marc is a great writer, assuming he is writing the article under his byline.
I will not renew…believe I already cancelled. Need to doublecheck. STAY AWAY or come in for the fun of watching these glorified con artists make us laugh for $49.99 or cry @ $1600.
Who in their right mind pay this kind of money for this stuff? These “systems” are ALL fair weather tools that one does not need in bull markets; and they are totally worthless in bear markets.
Again he has not been able to “prescribe” one good stock…not even one. His lousy stock picks speak for themselves.
I saw this same video, possibly at the end of March. LYV is now Bearish. This is concerning, since the rating are supposed to be for happenings in 3 months time or so.
Based on the time of your review, LYV is down to 78.61 from 115.75! LOL
wysocki20,
I just joined on 11/15/21. I originally joined for the $49 price, but then a page showed up offering me a lifetime of the report AND access to the Power Gauge for an additional $499. I love it. I’m sorry you’ve had such a negative experience.
Are you still enjoying it and find it worth it so far?
Ha Ha .. by the time the “information” is published, it’s already worthless. It may have been ok 40 years ago BEFORE everything is being done on computers. Any info I need has got to be REAL-TIME, not DOA.
Listening to that teaser video I noticed Chaikin saying that his “amazing’ system was only available to institutions and money managers, but now (I assume he feels generous) he opened his system to mere mortals. His system sniffs the stocks prior to being bought by smart money, so you can profit when they buy. A question that popped into my head was if his system has been used by institutions and money managers (smart money) and is now open for dummies, how do one stand to profit? Another question is if 10 000 people look at the same rating of a shitty stock isn’t that a reinforced buy or sell on that particular stock?
I bought it too, but did think that if it was so good, why is my 401k that is in the hands of a big company not doing better? The $49 is refundable within 30 days. The $499 lifetime is not refundable, which they told me after I ordered. If you don’t like it you can apply the amount to something else.
Now that Stansberry has a new desktop including gauges to assess stock values I wonder how this compares to the Chaikin system…. perhaps the same but with different packaging??
FINALLY! THANK YOU for writing this. I am so sick of being let on. Anyone in the real wrld that earns an income Honestly doesn’t have the chance to gamble 4 grand RIGHT NOW to play with stocks. Because this too-good-to-be-true crap HAS to stop. I thought it resonated as extremely disingenuous (this was Afterwards of course) that Chaikin claimed during that idiotic (but engaging!) video (advertised as the free tip for the stock that will basically save you) that he was doing this as some kind of grand gesture towards mankind revealing information to us previously unobtainable, basically all because his wife was screwed over financially. If that were True, the newsletter would be free or cost a dollar for the same, and an annual membership would be 2 to 3 zeros and not four. Naturally, I only had the privilege of discovering this by doing the research myself, adding one plus one AND listening to that video + whatever else I could find. I’d like my time back, but whatever. As hinsight is 20/20, by then I was invested in finding out more and willing to spend a little to gain a bit, but this US $49 thing for a bloody vague newsletter (results achieved through research and digging btw)is ludicrous, and fuels false hope and unrealistic expectations, making people poorer and more miserable— which is ruthless and morally wrong, no matter which way you slice it. Hands down, get your refund. I am so disappointed in this man’s avarice. I don’t care if that’s how he got to where he is, he doesn’t need to be an asshole Still about it (he seems like a nice buy btw, very normal considering all he’s achieved and in what industry). Theft is one thing but theft PLUS stomping on people’s dreams and hopes for a better future and then kicking them repeatedly? yeah, that’s Fd up. I really think he didn’t have to do this or advertise his services in such a deceitful manner. He easily could’ve been upfront about the monetary investments and say he believes that it’s so high because people will profit ten fold and he believes truly it is a fair price to pay, instead he suckered entire nations to watch an hour and a half of an interview and then part with their money and more time in one way or another, ensuring if one wasn’t sceptical before (as I’m sure he is and so many of us are of course) they would be after. I’m just so angry because the approach was UNNECESSARY. I don’t CARE if you want to sell your genius for millions, SURE! MONETIZE! but christ, so many innocently naive and sweet people conned in the worst of times is not the acts of the greedy narcissists or actual psychopaths, both clinically speaking, nah, neither. It’s full on dark triad sadly…the worst of humankind. Sorry for the rant. I hope someone reads it and agrees in their mind and feels better somehow, especially knowing that a person on the internet is not condemning a rich man or his company or even capitalism, I don’t care to do that, I just want to say that profit can easily be made by some people (this company for example) without total dishonesty, and that’s fine. It’s the active and Targetted destruction of individuals through not even manipulation but flat out lying that annoys me. A fool and his money are soon parted…sad but true…. but the only fool here is the top dog/s thinking getting richer at everyone’s expense is the ultimate goal of humanity. If it is true to some, fine, but that’s the proof that man is truly stupid as he will screw everything and everyone that supports and makes his/her life rich (in whatever sense) until he’s demolished it all, as we’ve done with our natural resources for example. The only end game is no end game but rather game over! so Hopefully those on top Really enjoyed the ride because they’ve broken the few good and destroyed it in those that make human life worth living. Ok, I get that’s intense. Past the first 3 sentences this Officially became a Rant. I just want to add that there ARE good people out there. To all different degrees but as long as they keep their integrity they’ll be okay! Even if one is very inconvenienced by spending 50 bucks they didn’t actually have to lose, that’s peanuts in the grand scheme of things. Just don’t let the world’s ugly side and awful people take HOPE from you. That’s it. Don’t let Anyone or Anything make you feel less than. Rant over, good day!
What is the “strange days coming to America” stock pick by legendary
investor what’s his name, Marc Chaikin? Is his free stock pick any good?
I don’t recall the name of the webinar, but I did view one featuring Chaikin and his Power Gauge system in collaboration with Stansberry last month (mid-October). If this is the same video you are referring to, the freebie stock was MIME.
I took the chance and opened a position in MIME then, despite so-so ratings from free stock screeners. The timing was good, as viewable from the chart’s nice uptrend. However, it is now at an overbought state, so wait for it to come down somewhat before entering a new trade if you intend to do so,
On 11/28/21 the free pick was KFRC . The special Power Gauge offer is linked with Stansberry, good until midnight 11/29/21, and I think $2,500 (definitely over $2,000). No refunds, but credit to Stansberry if you don’t like the system.
Just watched the pitch last night. Initial ad was for “amazons terrible new plan” – then when you clicked to watch, it showed the “strange days coming to America” pitch. Watched the whole hour and a half video – neither subject was even mentioned in the video – just click bait to get you to watch his sales pitch for his Power Gauge service. The only time he did mention Amazon – he said it had been a great stock and was still a good stock, but that the better stocks out there were the smaller ones that hadn’t been discovered yet, that would grow like Amazon did in the beginning.
Well, TipRanks gives this “expert” a rating of 54% success rate. I can do that with a coin toss.
Very helpful comments. Thanks to all of you for sharing. Teasers are well named!
The value of the Stock Ratings and Power Guage will take time to judge. The newsletter however is quick to judge and it’s terrible. Full of misinformation and political nonsense which is of zero value and is disturbing.
I’ve been a subscriber for years and don’t find an ongoing political theme as you state. Quick to judge what? Its an investment product so what disturbing political content and misinformation are you referring to?
Today it was the “Media vs the Market on Omicron”. The author states Omicron is being ignored by “the market” since “the market ” is up 2% since Omicron became an issue. Uses this as the basis to compare Covid to the flu. Now anyone who pays any attention to the market knows that Covid has changed the market greatly. Stocks of companies that have profited from people working from home and selling supplies and vaccines, etc. have been the winners while airlines, hotels, restaurants and many others have suffered. Disparaging the media who reports what the medical experts say is political. Choosing to listen to “Mr. Market” in judging the current state of Covid is just stupid or another attempt to keep investors fully invested. This is not good investment advice but “Political Nonsense”. Sorry if you don’t agree. By the way, the UK Omicron statistics are so far off that it should make one wonder why?
I’ve been a subscriber for several years and find it quite useful. They used to have a technical analysis who did regular webinars. named Dan Russo who is sorely missed now that he is gone. He went out on his own but was very helpful in my orientation for using the Chaikin products and features. I use the options module driven by Options Play as well.
The comment about disturbing political commentary is puzzling. Where…? I don’t see it with any regularity so I don’t know what the commentator is talking about. Again, I’ve subscribed for years.
I use Chakin primarily as one of the tools in my kit that I compare with other resources to build a consensus for the health of my trading ideas and holdings. I use InvestorsObserver, Trading View, MarketClub, TradeSmith, OptionsPlay, and a few others to round out my bench. I’m an active trader primarily trading options.
Some people can see “disturbing political commentary” and some can’t. In my case, I might be happy with the quantitative analysis, but I have found little to like in the opinions given.
I was a subscriber to chaikin analytics for five years. I think it has great features. But the trader does need to decide on own trading approach. I am not much of a trader, so I allowed my subscription to lapse, but I am happy to have their PowerPulse for lifetime charge of about $500. I think that the screener in chaikin analytics could be very effective for new buys. One would need to establish their own sell rules, though. The screener can easily put together a portfolio that outperforms any index I have found, if the market is going up. But having some kind of trade management is also necessary. It is fun and easy to use, with tons of features.
Update: I’ve decided to let me subscription to Chaikin lapse. Its $1395 and adds value…just not $1395 worth of value.
I am using Trading View, Seeking Alpha Premium and I’m a long time (Platinum) user of TradeSmith. I mostly trade options and my go-to tool is OptionsPlay. I don’t follow their portfolio, instead use the tool to manage my own options portfolio.
My research stack includes Investment Observer, Market Club, Market Beat. Simply Wall St is a very good fundamental research tool for little $$. I like InvestingPro as well. I do use all of these at times but am slowing whittling down the group. I’m on a learning j0urney so I consider these investments…not costs. Once I find a better product I usually terminate one that has outlived its usefulness to me.
Chaikin Analytics used to be fairly interesting – i subscribed briefly about 6-7 years ago. The backstory on Chaikin was he was some Wall Street research guru for about 40 years (has a few indicators named after him – like the Chaikin Money Flow) – retired for about 10 years and decided to get back into the game.
Initially, it was just him with interesting commentary and the Money Gauge stuff. The, sometime in the later half of 2021 – a whole crop of sycophants arrived, and Chaikin himself seemed to be little more than a pitch man and talking head for the stock market talk shows like Mad Money. Big change, and big disappointment. Seems to be little more than hucksterism. Just like John Carter’s Simpler Trading went through a similar metamorphosis in the last few years – except hat Carter now does incessant bragging about some multi-million Tesla options deals. No certified brokerage statement – just a flash on the screen of a statement from TastyTrade or similar brokerage program. I guess a lot of these stock courses,/indicators gurus got spooked by Robinhood’s explosion in the trading end of the business – and figured they better start cashing in.
I witnessed John Carter’s first million-dollar plus TSLA trade live a few years back. I piggy backed for a 7k gain in one day. I tried his small account service for one term and it lost money. I have since abandoned him due to the prolific inundation of sales spiels and new tools to buy every quarter.
I am very happy with Chaikin while only a subscriber for a month. I paid $99 and get both the Power Gauge Report and the Power Pulse, which I use to cross check every one else’s recommendations. I only buy if the Power Pulse is Bullish and it is constantly updating its ratings. Certain bullish recommendations in Dec are now rated as Neutral.
Michael, have you upped your subscription to the premium package? The one where he emphasizes industries? My problem with the Power Pulse is that you have to have a spreadsheet and check the site everyday to know if there is a change for all your stocks and all the others you are somewhat interested in.
I took the $49 Power Pulse subscription, as the full package with alerts of rating changes was perhaps $1500? Anyway, early in 2022 (before the market took a dive) I did quite well by running the first 30 stocks in barchart.com’s Top 100 through the Power Pulse. Then I chose from the Very Bullish stocks.
By May 2022 many stocks were “Neutral” due to falling below some key moving average, so the Power Pulse wasn’t helpful.
I signed up for the “Power Pulse Premium” they took my money and never set up my account. No help from the tech support or email. This is a scam and I will report them to visa. I hope this helps the next person
I could never get my $49 trial subscription pmt back. I requested it after I discovered that the data on stocks is frequently wrong. It disagrees with fundamentals on some pretty basic things on Fidelity quotes and on Investor’s Business Daily, even though allegedly IBD gets some of its data from Chaikin.
His ratings are based on sometimes false data, for what that’s worth. I am disgusted with giving them a penny, not that $49 is much loss, but I hate to give a profit to scumbags. Add to that, I am still getting all kinds of spam as a result of subscribing. He sells our names too. Disgusting. Worse than worthless. Actually a negative!!
The videos are brutal to watch. They move slowly and do not come to a point for a long time. If something happens like you touch the wrong thing on the phone, it starts over. There is no transcript, no fast forward, no forward or back button. It is not clear when the video was made.
I did buy it, but still wonder if Mark was a stock legend for 50 years, why was his own wife on her own the entire time until after 2008?
So far I have found it tedious to use. I do not see a search function for the ratings. You have to type them in 1 at a time. You can make a list though.
I am glad I only paid 49$ . The model portfolio I got access to is outdated with most stocks in Neutral. The teaser is also outdated referring to 6+ month old prediction. I will try to use the Power Plus facility without great expectation as historical recommendation vs performance is not that convincing.
Any updates on your experience with the Power Plus?
Just watched the teaser video. System sounds so good…I want to believe!
Current Buy is OXY. Avoid Z Zillow.
Signed up for one year Power Pulse started getting financial emails from many different companies seems Chaikin is selling all my information anyone who wants to buy it. Found out you can only stop the sale of your info if you reside in California. Not sure but it seems very dishonest. This should be disclosed up front before you sign up and pay.Power Pulse may be a good tool but at what cost?
Yes, my experience exactly. I try not to give out my email, pretty disgusting.
I was very impressed with Marc Chaikin’s presentation of his
investment services, so I subscribed to several of his newsletters
yesterday. It cost me a reasonable $1,500 (not $5,000, that was mentioned in a Gumshoe post). I only had time to invest in two stocks, that the Power Gauge rated as good investments.
I will post an update when I have used Marc’s services for a sufficient amount of time to make a fair judgement.
jillsami, May I ask a favor? Could you tell me what Chaikin’s Power Gauge rating is for Super Micro Computer Inc (SMCI)? I’ve shared my thoughts on this stock here on Gumshoe but under a different thread and am curious to know if Chaikin Analytics — which is now under the same umbrella as Investor Place & Empire Research — is in sync with its peers.
bunion132, I saw your question and was planning to check that site anyway.
The power gauge rating is the best I’ve seen, Very Bullish with 5 of the 6 criteria being good. The sixth one is timing, and it appears to be rated at overbought, wait to buy.
Nice. The stock was a special mention and then updated to a buy reco in the Navellier-Tilson presentation last month. It just reported earnings today and is up more than 6% in extended trading.
On Aug 30 SMCI is still Very Bullish!
It doesnt make sense too me.. 50 year Wall street veteran has to spruik his system for $49 and his wife made a huge loss on her investments etc….. if it was me.. Id just use my software once or twice a month and sit back and say ” Honey ! Bahamas looks nice love.. I’ll ask our pilot to ready the Lear….. pass some more of the Pol Roger can you “…so sick of 700%, 800%, 10,000% gains we made crap.. show me the actual true long run returns and can the long winded video …. anyway anything Stansberry is involved in is probably bs anyway…….
I’ve been a subscriber for a year now. I will not be renewing. Basically, he has created a stock screener. He checks it once a month. The screener gives him some ideas. Then he writes a “story” about that stock pick. I really don’t see any style or depth to the analysis. No particular sector is targeted. The picks are all over the place, and many of them don’t make sense in this economic climate. Most of his picks end up hitting his 30% stop loss, so I am down quite a bit. There are more losers than winners, and the winners aren’t good enough to make up for the loser’s losses. I called to cancel after 11 months, and they gave me “credit” of $49 to apply to a subscription of one of their other newsletters. Of course, I’d just have to fork over additional money. Not gonna do it.
What is this “get your cash out of banks and into a new vechicle 50 years in the making”? He is sounding an alarm over what?
That’s just typical marketing verbiage to promote his new vehicle. It seems he has tweaked the Power Gauge system to emphasize stocks rated “Neutral +” instead of the usual “Bullish or Very Bullish” for possible future winners.
There’s a current Reader Started Discussion essentially addressing the same question here:
https://www.stockgumshoe.com/2022/11/microblog-marc-chaikins-new-prediction-for-2023/