The 50‑Year Journey Behind the World’s Smartest Stock Rating
It all started in 1966 when a young Marc Chaikin walked onto the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Over the following five decades he would become one of the most trusted names in institutional research — his Chaikin Money Flow indicator still lights up every Bloomberg and Reuters terminal in the world. Hedge‑fund titans pay up to $5,000 a month for the full Power Gauge, and billionaire Steve Cohen once credited Chaikin’s tools with helping grow his firm from $20 million to $14 billion.
But Marc never forgot the individual investor. He spent years building a system that could condense the chaos of 20 separate analytical models — financials, earnings quality, technical momentum, and expert sentiment — into one simple, color‑coded rating. Very Bullish. Bullish. Neutral. Bearish. Very Bearish. No PhD required. No hours of screen time. Just an instant, objective read on the future profit potential of any stock.
The system didn’t just look good on paper. It accurately predicted the 2022 bear market, the 2023 regional bank failures, and the 2025 tariff tantrum — often weeks before the headlines. Backtested across more than 10 years of market data and refined by Chaikin Analytics’ quant team, the Power Gauge now covers over 5,000 stocks and 2,300 ETFs. Every rating is updated daily, every ETF is re‑scored weekly, and every recommendation is backed by a 30‑day risk‑free trial.
