Mandeep Rai

| Senior Analyst

Ratings Specialist Mandeep Rai received his economics degree from the University of Albany and master’s degree at the University of Florida’s Warrington/Hough School of Business.

He spent six years on the NYSE trading floor, and worked in private equity valuations for General Electric’s Energy Financial Services and as a lead analyst for a $2 billion early stage venture capital seed fund. He holds his Chartered Financial Analyst certification.

Today, Mandeep mines the vast Weiss database of financial data and ratings to formulate investment and trading strategies for stocks, ETFs, cryptocurrencies and fixed-income investments.

Mandeep contributes to several Weiss publications, including Weekend Windfalls, Heat Maps and the All-Weather Portfolio.

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Masterclass Part 2: Selling Puts with ‘Monopoly Money’

By Juan M. Villaverde, Mandeep Rai and Mike Larson On February 11, 202002:46 PM Eastern

Our founder, Martin Weiss, loves the idea of selling put options and collecting instant income every Friday. But he says he’s one of those guys that just calls his broker for each trade, gets...

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Trade Alert: Your Patience Is Paying Off … Plus a New Income Play

By Juan M. Villaverde, Mandeep Rai and Mike Larson On February 7, 202010:55 AM Eastern

For answers to your most pressing questions, please be sure to view the video (or read the transcript) of our Masterclass Part 1. And for a demo of how to sell put options online, stand by for our...

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Trade Alert: Update Your TLT Order Price

By Juan M. Villaverde, Mandeep Rai and Mike Larson On January 31, 202002:55 PM Eastern

I have a quick update for you on your order from earlier today to Sell to open 1 March 20, 2020 iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) put option with a strike price of $139...

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Trade Alert: A “Bonus” Income Trade. Plus: More on How Puts Work

By Juan M. Villaverde, Mandeep Rai and Mike Larson On January 31, 202011:29 AM Eastern

It’s Friday again, and you know what that means: It’s time for another weekend windfall! But before I get to that, there are a few important things for me to cover. First, if you haven’t had a...

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Video and transcript: Answers to your urgent questions

By Juan M. Villaverde, Mandeep Rai and Mike Larson On January 29, 202003:45 PM Eastern

If you missed the first video in our 3-part Masterclass series, or you wish to view it again, click here. And for the transcript go to this page. Here are the pressing subscriber questions we...

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Update: Answers to your most pressing questions

By Juan M. Villaverde, Mandeep Rai and Mike Larson On January 28, 202004:10 PM Eastern

Thank you for your great questions and responses to our new subscriber survey. Some are urgent; all of them are important. We’ve recorded the answers in … Weekend Windfall Masterclass Part...

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Update: Stock Market Sells Off on Coronavirus Fears.

By Juan M. Villaverde, Mandeep Rai and Mike Larson On January 27, 202001:35 PM Eastern

If you just joined us in Weekend Windfalls, let me extend another warm welcome. And let me address one issue that’s in the news right now — a sell-off in the market caused by fears of the...

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Trade Alert: Collect Another $1,020 With This Big Bank Stock

By Juan M. Villaverde, Mandeep Rai and Mike Larson On January 24, 202010:48 AM Eastern

If you missed last week’s opportunity to collect $1,027 by selling put options on State Street bank, no worries! Every Friday brings a new one, and today is no different. This week’s windfall...

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Trade Alert: Selling Put Options on a Rock-solid Bank

By Juan M. Villaverde, Mandeep Rai and Mike Larson On January 17, 202011:05 AM Eastern

Welcome again to Weekend Windfalls! I trust you’ve reviewed the materials we’ve sent you, including your comprehensive Trading Manual and Quick-Start Guide. If not, you can check them out...

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Cryptocurrencies: Reward, Risk and Reason

By Mandeep Rai On February 7, 201807:55 AM Eastern

Have you ever heard the term “buy and hodl”? No, that’s not a typo. “Hodl” is Bitcoin slang that means “hold through thick and thin” — from the early days when it was trading for a fraction of...