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
Owning shares of defensive, dividend-paying companies whose businesses hold up relatively well in recessions has paid off great since early 2018. They’ve handily beaten the broader averages, and...
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The best way to play this market is also the simplest: Buy the right stocks, ETFs and other investments that offer more stability and potential upside than their riskier brethren. Like this...
“All hat, no cattle.” That’s a phrase they use in Texas. It refers to someone who likes to talk a big game, but who lacks the power or the guts to back up his words with action. I was thinking...
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I’ve been debating the U.S. economic situation with the “recession denier crowd” for a while. I keep telling them the bond market has given them a “road map to recession,” with one of the deepest,...
First things first. Weiss Ratings founder Martin Weiss just shared a very timely update about three major overseas crises converging right here, in real time. These are causing flight capital to...
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Great news: You should have had no trouble grabbing juicy profits of around 21.1% on half your position in NextEra Energy, Inc. (NEE, Rated “B”). That was in just over five months. You also should...
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This is one heck of a volatile time in the markets! Worsening political chaos. The ongoing trade war with China. Worries about a 2020 recession. Confusing policy moves from the Federal Reserve....
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The S&P 500 has been spinning like a top around the 3,000 level for several days now. This comes after the index tried — for the FOURTH TIME since January 2018 — to hit (and hold) new highs. ...
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Did you see what happened earlier this month? All the market trends that have been in place since early 2018 reversed. After plunging for months, interest rates rose. After rallying for a few...
You know the mantra I’ve been preaching since early 2018: Playing “defense” will pay off best. That’s because overhyped, overowned, high-flying, high-risk stocks aren’t leading the market anymore....
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