In today's Masters Series, originally from the May 5, 2025 issue of the free Chaikin PowerFeed e-letter, Marc Chaikin gives a "behind the curtain" peek at one of the Power Gauge's key indicators...

These two significant signals highlight the unpredictability in today's market. And they could help you protect – and potentially grow – your portfolio...

No one knows prices better than the market... The consequences of price controls... The Fed's massive price-control operation... What long-term rates show... The biggest oil-market disruption in history... Opportunities are coming fast...

These days, it's extremely valuable to own an audience...

You don't need the market to go up to make money...

In yesterday's e-mail, I took a first look at consumer-products giant Clorox (CLX). Its beaten-down shares are trading near a 12-year low and at 15.6 times forward earnings. So I concluded that the stock isn't cheap enough to be compelling, in light of the company's rising debt and rapidly declining free cash flow ("FCF"). Today, I'd like to take a first look at another iconic American consumer company that could be an interesting idea – Campbell's (CPB)... The company has been around since 1869 and makes dozens of brands that fill every home: Campbell's soup, Swanson frozen TV dinners, Prego […]

After incredible gains to start the year, investors' unchecked enthusiasm for gold seems to have calmed down...

Here we go... The market ho-hums Nvidia's latest blockbuster earnings... The big IPOs are coming... SpaceX and OpenAI are racing to go public... Late-stage behavior...

Before you fire up your grill this weekend, read this...

As I said in yesterday's e-mail, I'm always on the lookout for the most out-of-favor companies and sectors – looking for babies thrown out with the bathwater. So today, let's take a first look at another company that fits the bill – Clorox (CLX)... This 113-year-old manufacturer is best known for its namesake Clorox bleach and disinfecting products. It also owns Glad trash bags, Kingsford charcoal, Hidden Valley Ranch dressings, Brita water filters, and much more. For decades, the stock was an extraordinary compounder – a classic "buy and hold forever" name. But it has been crushed over the past […]