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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April 24, 201812:50 PM Eastern
The defense contracting giant Lockheed Martin (LMT, Rated “B-”) reported very strong first-quarter profits earlier today. Earnings rose 47% to $1.16 billion, or $4.02 per share, from $789 million,...
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Mike Larson On
April 20, 201808:00 AM Eastern
So far this earnings season, one pattern is repeating itself over and over: Financial stocks are falling, while tech stocks are taking off!
A week ago on Friday, for instance, mega-banks...
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Mike Larson On
April 18, 201807:55 AM Eastern
I’m writing this column on Monday, which is earlier than usual because I was scheduled for jury duty Tuesday. I don’t know how it’ll go, of course. The first time I was tapped years ago, I got...
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Mike Larson On
April 16, 201807:55 AM Eastern
On Friday morning, the breathless anchors on CNBC couldn’t stop crowing about a trio of “fantastic” first-quarter bank earnings results. JPMorgan Chase (JPM). Citigroup (C). Wells Fargo (WFC)....
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Mike Larson On
April 13, 201810:30 AM Eastern
The April Issue of High Yield Investing is now available for immediate download.
Inside …
Page 1 — The End of an Era: How to Recognize and Adapt to this Monumental Market Development (Or Lose...
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Mike Larson On
April 11, 201807:55 AM Eastern
Something very important has changed in the markets. Many on Wall Street don’t get it (yet). But they will. So, my advice is simple:
Beat them to the punch!
Let me explain further by first...
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Mike Larson On
April 6, 201808:00 AM Eastern
You know the expression “If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it’s a duck” right?
Well, let’s cut right to the chase: More and more, this market is walking and growling like a bear....
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Mike Larson On
April 4, 201811:12 AM Eastern
The markets have been wilting since early February, with each successive bounce less impressive than the one before it. At the same time, overall volatility has exploded — with multi-hundred-point...
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Mike Larson On
April 4, 201807:55 AM Eastern
When the market starts dropping, don’t just yell about it. SELL!
I’m not trying to be glib here. I’m being dead serious. Selling has become a lost art form for all too many investors thanks to...
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Mike Larson On
April 2, 201807:55 AM Eastern
The “all-is-well” crowd is out in full force.
They say that the big rout we’ve seen in tech stocks is still just a garden-variety correction.
They insist nothing has changed “fundamentally.”
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