Mandeep Rai

| Senior Analyst

Ratings Specialist Mandeep Rai received his economics degree from the University of Albany and master’s degree at the University of Florida’s Warrington/Hough School of Business.

He spent six years on the NYSE trading floor, and worked in private equity valuations for General Electric’s Energy Financial Services and as a lead analyst for a $2 billion early stage venture capital seed fund. He holds his Chartered Financial Analyst certification.

Today, Mandeep mines the vast Weiss database of financial data and ratings to formulate investment and trading strategies for stocks, ETFs, cryptocurrencies and fixed-income investments.

Mandeep contributes to several Weiss publications, including Weekend Windfalls, Heat Maps and the All-Weather Portfolio.

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Trade Alert: Lock Down Your MCD Income. Then Target Gold Again

By Juan M. Villaverde, Mandeep Rai and Mike Larson On August 28, 202011:08 AM Eastern

Good news: You scored another income “two-fer” last week! First, your August Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE, Rated “C”) put spread expired without value. That would’ve locked down $989 in income for...

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Trade Alert: With Expiration Upon Us, Make This New Move with TLT

By Juan M. Villaverde, Mandeep Rai and Mike Larson On August 21, 202011:20 AM Eastern

Today is August options expiration day, and I’m pleased to report that the contracts you targeted with your August Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE, Rated “C”) put spread are set to expire without value....

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Trade Alert: Take Another Shot at a Big Pharma Name for Generous Income Potential

By Juan M. Villaverde, Mandeep Rai and Mike Larson On August 14, 202011:46 AM Eastern

Editor’s Note: Earlier this morning, we re-sent the August 11 correction to the August 7 Trade Alert just to be sure you received the correct information. The August 14 Weekend Windfalls issue is...

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Trade Alert: A Correction to Your Friday General Mills Put Spread

By Juan M. Villaverde, Mandeep Rai and Mike Larson On August 11, 202011:02 AM Eastern

In our issue from Friday, Aug. 7, we intended for you to buy to open a Sept. 18, 2020 General Mills (GIS) put option with a strike price of $55 (GIS200918P00055000). We correctly identified this...

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Trade Alert: Make This Move with STT as it Nears Your Covered Call Strike Price

By Juan M. Villaverde, Mandeep Rai and Mike Larson On August 10, 202002:15 PM Eastern

Shares of State Street (NYSE: STT, Rated “C”) have continued to rally in the short term. Earlier today, in fact, they tagged the $70 strike price on your August STT calls (STT200821C00070000). ...

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Trade Alert: You Just Banked Another Put Spread Win on P&G. Now, Target General Mills

By Juan M. Villaverde, Mandeep Rai and Mike Larson On August 7, 202010:50 AM Eastern

The absolute best case for you as a put spread seller is you open the spread at a time when options prices are high. You rake in a nice chunk of income. The targeted stock goes up or moves...

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Trade Alert: Order up more MCD income! Plus, lock in PG win

By Juan M. Villaverde, Mandeep Rai and Mike Larson On July 31, 202011:10 AM Eastern

In your last issue, I recommended you lock down income on your August McDonald’s Corp. (NYSE: MCD, Rated “C+”) put spread. Guess what? You should have been able to exit that trade at a net cost of...

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Trade Alert: Lock Down Quick Income on MCD! Then Add this Position in the Pharmaceutical Giant Pfizer

By Juan M. Villaverde, Mandeep Rai and Mike Larson On July 24, 202011:36 AM Eastern

It’s Opening Day 2020! For a nation starved of major league sports for so long thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, I’m excited we’re getting underway. And if you’re a baseball fan, I’m sure you are...

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Trade Alert: More State Street Income Locked Down. Now Target More!

By Juan M. Villaverde, Mandeep Rai and Mike Larson On July 21, 202012:11 PM Eastern

Another month. Another expiration for State Street (NYSE: STT, Rated “C”) covered call options. And another round of income locked down. Specifically, the July 17, 2021 State Street call option...

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Trade Alert: Two More Rounds of Income Nailed Down! Now, Go Back to the Interest Rate Well

By Juan M. Villaverde, Mandeep Rai and Mike Larson On July 17, 202011:08 AM Eastern

One of the best things about selling options is that the odds are on your side. The likelihood of options expiring without value is high — which is bad news for buyers, but good news for investors...