Mike Larson

| Income & Dividend Analyst

The Safe-Money Investor Advocate

In an era of high-risk, high-stakes exuberance, Mike Larson stands out as a leader in conservative investment strategies that outperform the market over the long haul.

Using the safety-oriented Weiss Ratings as a guide, Mike's Safe Money Report has a proven history of guiding investors to stocks that provide consistent dividends, excellent growth, plus asset protection in down markets.

Meanwhile, his Weekend Windfalls service — where he collaborates with Trading Specialist Juan Villaverde and Ratings Specialist Mandeep Rai — shows investors how to make an average of $1,000 in extra cash nearly every Friday, also based on a safety-first income approach.

And his Heat Maps service reveals the top-rated stocks across a wide swath of industries. In each issue, he also gives an in-depth look into one sector and explains why it — and the stocks within it — should rise to the top investors' radars, too.

Mike is a graduate of Boston University and an alumnus of both Bloomberg News and Bankrate.com, where he helped investors and consumers better understand how to get the most from their savings, how to avoid risks in the mortgage market, and improve their personal finances overall.

He began doing the same on a much larger scale when he joined Weiss Ratings in 2001.

Working closely with founder Dr. Martin Weiss for two decades has given him the opportunity to see, firsthand, how keeping an eye on safety is so essential to building a reliable nest egg.

At Weiss Ratings, he has reached millions of readers and helped investors make sense of the markets, find safer investments with the highest returns, and grow their wealth through both good times and bad.

Over the years, you may have seen him featured on financial news channels like CNN, CNBC, Fox Business and BNN Bloomberg. He has also spoken on dozens of radio shows across the U.S., and his work has been quoted by AP, Reuters, The Chicago Tribune, The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and multiple other publications.

Today, Mike Larson is the proud standard-bearer of the Weiss 50-year tradition of safe investing.

Mike Larson's Articles
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Do you know what the best batters in baseball do? They don’t swing at every pitch thrown their way. They don’t chase balls out of the zone … and they remain patient at the plate. They wait for...
The “Nightmare Scenario.” That’s what I call it. It’s keeping Federal Reserve Chair Jay Powell and his cohorts awake at night. And its risks are something YOU should understand. That way, you...
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Waiting for interest rates to rise has been a little like “Waiting for Godot.” Strategists and economists have kept saying they’ll climb. But they’ve just kept flopping and chopping around in a...
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Welcome back, volatility. It’s been a bumpy week for markets: •  On Monday, after months of relative calm, the Dow Industrials plunged more than 900 points intraday. •  Then it regained a...
“Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It's to see my dividends coming in.” — John D. Rockefeller If John David Rockefeller Sr. were alive today, he’d be dancing all the way...
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Let’s cut to the chase: Market volatility is picking up for the first time in a long time. Consider this: • The Dow Industrials plunged more than 900 at one point on Monday. • Then it...
China Evergrande Group. Ever hear of it? Unless you live in China — or invest actively in its markets — chances are the answer is no. At least, it would have been “no” before speculation about...
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If you’re an options income investor, there’s nothing better than when a great, long-term investment suffers a mild, short-term setback. Why? Because it allows you to sell options on the name...
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The stock market is starting to struggle. Not fall apart. Not implode. But struggle a bit behind the scenes. Why? Concerns about the Delta variant, slower U.S. job growth, problems in China’s...
I don’t always listen to Jim Cramer. If you saw my interview with our very own Jessica Borg over the weekend, you know that by day I’m an analyst, but by night I’m a yoga teacher … and I need a...
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