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
June 2, 202008:00 AM Eastern
These are truly the times that try our souls. As an American, it’s very hard for me to turn on the television or fire up my smartphone and see our cities burn.
I’m sure you feel the same.
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Juan M. Villaverde,
Mandeep Rai and
Mike Larson On
May 29, 202012:00 PM Eastern
Shares of Target Corp. (NYSE: TGT, Rated “B-”) have been on a tear since mid-April. Why? Government stimulus payments, expanded unemployment benefits and a general shift toward the “order online,...
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Mike Larson On
May 27, 202004:29 PM Eastern
Will opening up the economy lead to a second wave of infections and shutdowns? Or is the worst of the COVID-19 outbreak behind us?
Will the nature of business investment and consumer spending be...
By
Juan M. Villaverde,
Mandeep Rai and
Mike Larson On
May 22, 202011:20 AM Eastern
One of these days, the broad averages are going to break out or break down —likely in a HUGE way.
But after the big flush lower in March … and the big rush higher in April … the Dow and S&P 500...
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Mike Larson On
May 20, 202004:56 PM Eastern
Investing is a tough business. If it wasn’t, it’d be called “winning.”
The last thing you want to do is make things harder on yourself. And I feel like that’s what too many are doing in stocks...
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Mike Larson On
May 19, 202008:00 AM Eastern
There’s always a bull market somewhere. You just have to know where to look.
Right now, the best place to dig for gains is in precious metals and companies that mine them!
The S&P 500 has been...
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Juan M. Villaverde,
Mandeep Rai and
Mike Larson On
May 18, 202012:38 PM Eastern
It’s a new week, and a new options expiration cycle, now that May contracts have gone off the board.
Since your May covered call spread on State Street (STT) expired in your favor on Friday …...
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Juan M. Villaverde,
Mandeep Rai and
Mike Larson On
May 15, 202011:02 AM Eastern
Good news: Today is May expiration day — and you should have no trouble locking in solid income on a pair of recommendations!
First, your May covered call spread on State Street (STT) involved...
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Mike Larson On
May 13, 202005:13 PM Eastern
There’s a great divide in America today. And I’m not talking about politics. I’m talking about the rift between the “real” economy and the “asset” economy.
Suppose you hadn’t been watching the...
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Mike Larson On
May 8, 202012:00 PM Eastern
Despite Depression-era unemployment, stocks have surged. Despite soaring loan delinquencies, investors have been snapping up bundles of consumer loans. Despite the one of the worst corporate...