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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Mike Larson On
July 14, 202106:00 AM Eastern
The “Money Flood” is a massive wave of cheap liquidity and abundant stimulus, the likes of which we’ve never seen.
I’ve said over and over that it’s pointless to fight it. Your best bet is to go...
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Mike Larson and
Juan M. Villaverde On
July 9, 202112:12 PM Eastern
July expiration is next week — and there is one of your positions we recommend you adjust right away. Here’s what to do:
1. Buy to close your July VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF (NYSE: GDX,...
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Mike Larson On
July 9, 202112:00 PM Eastern
It’s hard to believe, but we just passed the midpoint of 2021. And what a first half of the year it’s been. COVID-19 vaccinations ramped up while infections plunged. Unheard of amounts of passed...
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Mike Larson On
July 7, 202108:00 AM Eastern
Could it be? A sector left for dead … is rising FROM the dead?
That’s what your Heat Maps data shows!
After a long period of underperformance, energy stocks are taking the lead again. And it’s...
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Mike Larson On
July 7, 202106:00 AM Eastern
A funny thing happened on the way to our hydrocarbon-free energy future.
This ...
That’s a one-year chart of the front-month U.S. crude oil futures contract. You can see the price...
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Mike Larson and
Juan M. Villaverde On
July 2, 202111:30 AM Eastern
The Fourth of July is right around the corner, and trading volume and market liquidity are waning fast.
Those aren’t great conditions for a new recommendation. So, let’s stand pat this week —...
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Mike Larson On
June 30, 202106:00 AM Eastern
Remember the “Powell Pivot,” the recent move by the Federal Reserve I said not to worry about?
Well, it sure slipped Wall Street’s mind. Stocks got over it quickly, with both the S&P 500 Index...
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Mike Larson and
Juan M. Villaverde On
June 25, 202112:20 PM Eastern
In our last issue, we recommended you sell a July Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSE: XLU, Rated “C+”) put option with a strike price of $63 (XLU210716P00063000). We estimate you got a price...
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Mike Larson On
June 23, 202106:00 AM Eastern
Where’d you go, good old Uncle Jay?
That’s what Wall Street was left asking after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell threw markets for a loop with his post-Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC)...
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Mike Larson On
June 22, 202108:00 AM Eastern
Over the last few years, Wall Street grew accustomed to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell acting like friendly “Uncle Jay.” He could always be counted on to keep rates low and money printing...