How My Wife's 401(k) Ended My Retirement

[Stansberry Research Logo] Delivering World-Class Financial Research Since 1999 [DailyWealth] [NEW: We've waited 22 years to make this big announcement (click here)]( How My Wife's 401(k) Ended My Retirement By Marc Chaikin, founder, Chaikin Analytics --------------------------------------------------------------- I retired in 1999, hoping to spend the rest of my days relaxing and playing tennis... I had worked almost nonstop for more than 30 years on Wall Street up to that point. During my career, I developed the now ubiquitous "Chaikin Money Flow" oscillator... Now, as a regular investor, you likely haven't used the tool in your personal financial research. But today, the Chaikin Money Flow is built into the world-famous Bloomberg Terminal... And Thompson Reuters, Bloomberg's major competitor, has it on tap as well. Traders use the Chaikin Money Flow to get a read on the money moving behind the price action of a stock. And by the late 1990s, it had become an industry-standard tool. So by 1999, I had spent my life's work collecting and interpreting financial data. It had paid off... And I was ready for a life filled with tennis, books, and relaxation. In short, life was good... I was enjoying my retirement, and our wealth was still growing. Then, 2008 came along... --------------------------------------------------------------- Recommended Links: [We've Waited 22 Years to Make This Announcement]( Stansberry just locked in a new venture that could have a bigger impact on your wealth than almost any other breakthrough we've shared in our firm's 22-year history. We're not partnering with Warren Buffett... But tomorrow, we'll hold an online event you can't afford to miss. [Click here to learn more](. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Must-See: Former Goldman Insider Makes Urgent Announcement]( No one's paying attention to the biggest bull market ever in ONE tiny group of stocks that's crushing big tech, the S&P, and even Bitcoin... according to this former Wall Street insider. But that all changes now. Get the whole story... plus [his No. 1 way to play it by May 31 (name and ticker for free), right here](. --------------------------------------------------------------- "Marc, I'm paying him to ride my account to zero"... That's what Sandy said to me midway through 2008. And it changed everything for me. You see, my wife Sandy retired with me in 1999. After working as vice president at beauty-products company L'Oréal for several years, she built her own business in marketing and consulting. And fortunately, her business was still growing in 1999. Despite my Wall Street successes, we managed our retirement funds separately. And since her business was getting bigger, she didn't have much free time on her hands. So it made sense for Sandy to pay an expert to look after her retirement. Sure, the fees were high. But as the overall market rose throughout the early 2000s, the fees didn't seem that important. Sandy was busy with her business... And her retirement nest egg was growing alongside it. But as the financial crisis set in, Sandy's 401(k) account was bleeding value almost every day. And at the time, it looked like there was no end in sight... To make matters worse, her high-fee active manager didn't want to talk to her... The few times she was able to get him on the phone, he was dismissive. Then, something incredibly ominous happened... On September 16, 2008, money market accounts "broke the buck." That's the fancy way of saying that money-market savings accounts – which were supposed to be safe places to generate income – were now losing money. I vividly remember the exact words I told Sandy at the time... "This means we're in deep trouble." I called my friend, Bill Griffeth. He was CNBC's Closing Bell host at the time. "Marc, what's going on? We're just about to air," Bill asked me. He hadn't heard the news about the money-market accounts yet. It stunned him. Even worse for us, Sandy's actively managed account was down much more than the overall market at the time... It was sitting on losses of about 50% at that point, while the broader market was down about 20%. Sandy's portfolio manager didn't know what to do. And Sandy wanted out – rightfully so. This situation is what kicked me out of retirement. It woke me up to the fact that plenty of regular folks were getting hosed. And while I'd created tools in my career to help Wall Street, I hadn't done much to help out the little guy. So I came out of retirement with a simple goal... To figure out how to help individual investors. It inspired me to found Chaikin Analytics and create the Power Gauge. Tomorrow, I'll share more about both. Good investing, Marc Chaikin P.S. The Power Gauge is the tool that truly levels the playing field with Wall Street. It gives regular folks access to the same deep quantitative approach that the best hedge funds use. And tomorrow at 8 p.m. Eastern time, I'm hosting an event to explain exactly how it works. The event is free to attend. But you must sign up first. [You can do that right here](. Further Reading As an individual investor, you need any advantage you can get to be successful. And using top-quality data is one edge that can help you get a leg up on Wall Street pros... Read more here: [Do You Use the Best Data Available?]( Marc's life's work has culminated in an incredible tool to help individual investors make consistently great trades. Check out his real-life story of just how powerful it can be right here: [Giving Jon Najarian a Great Call](. 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