Weiss Ratings Daily

When it comes to rising health insurance costs, I have a simple piece of advice: Don't get mad, get even ... by investing in the insurance companies making money from them! Before I get to my...

The June issue of my newly re-named Weiss Ratings’ Safe Money Report is about to go to press. I have loads to say about the state of the markets in the issue, including details on several...

A historic, earth-shattering series of events is beginning to rock the world, and it’s starting in Europe. Italy’s new government is set to move swiftly to exit the euro. This threatens to make...

Politicians throw the word “trillion” around so much these days that it is easy to forget how truly massive a trillion really is. A trillion is one thousand billions, or 1,000,000,000,000. ...

My brother is the doctor in our family, so he’s the one to consult on surgical issues rather than me. But you don’t need several years of medical school and residency to know some things. Like how...

Memorial Day, originally known as “Decoration Day,” was created in 1868 in order to commemorate the Union and Confederate soldiers that died during the Civil War. Today, it honors all the...

It’s Memorial Day, which means the stock and bond markets in the U.S. are closed. I hope you’re enjoying the holiday with your family and/or friends, and are using the time to “recharge your...

I was raised on a vegetable farm near Tacoma, Wash., and attended the University of Washington. And even though I moved to Asia years ago, my brother, sister, daughter and my precious 8-month-old...

It’s been raining for days here in South Florida. Many, many days. Heck, I half expect to wake up and see an ark floating past our house soon. So, maybe it’s not surprising I’m thinking of rot....

Some people think banking crises are purely a thing of the past. Others fear the next crisis will be like the last one — a repeat of 2008. We envision a third, very different scenario, which...