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 10, 202012:00 PM Eastern
I call it the ‘Income Disaster’. The inability to slake the powerful thirst for yield, to find something – anything – you can buy or strategy you can use to generate consistent, reliable,...
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Juan M. Villaverde,
Mandeep Rai and
Mike Larson On
July 10, 202011:27 AM Eastern
Great news: You should have had no trouble locking in a nice chunk of income just before the holiday!
Specifically, you closed out your July Newmont Corp. (NYSE: NEM, Rated “B”) put spread at a...
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Mike Larson On
July 8, 202003:11 PM Eastern
Two types of investments have become incredibly precious.
Not only are they seeing incredibly strong demand, but they’re racking up powerful gains as a result.
There’s no reason to keep you in...
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Juan M. Villaverde,
Mandeep Rai and
Mike Larson On
July 2, 202009:00 AM Eastern
The only thing brighter than the Fourth of July fireworks you’ll see this weekend is the outlook for precious metals and mining shares. They’ve performed very well all year long, vastly...
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Mike Larson On
June 30, 202003:36 PM Eastern
I love the Fourth of July holiday almost as much as I love Thanksgiving.
It’s a time to get together and celebrate America, shoot off fireworks, eat as much grilled food as possible and, most...
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Mike Larson On
June 30, 202001:45 PM Eastern
How are you going to spend your Fourth of July weekend? A BBQ with family and friends? Golfing? Boating? Camping? Traveling?
Everybody enjoys a little leisure, but how does 5,000 days of leisure...
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Mike Larson On
June 30, 202008:00 AM Eastern
Happy Fourth of July week!
This is always one of my favorite holidays, right behind Thanksgiving.
It’s a time to celebrate America, shoot off some fireworks, consume copious amounts of grilled...
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Juan M. Villaverde,
Mandeep Rai and
Mike Larson On
June 26, 202011:22 AM Eastern
Which would you rather do: Bet on a stock that’s popular and “sexy,” but that loses you money? Or target one that may be “boring”, but that makes you a nice chunk of income?
I thought so! That’s...
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Mike Larson On
June 24, 202003:01 PM Eastern
“Everything is expensive.”
That’s how a Longview Economics strategist recently described this environment.
Why? Because more than 80% of the markets his firm tracks are overpriced — the most...
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Juan M. Villaverde,
Mandeep Rai and
Mike Larson On
June 19, 202011:18 AM Eastern
There’s no better feeling than locking in income with Weekend Windfalls — and that’s just what you’ve been doing the last several days! By our reckoning, you should have nailed down roughly …
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