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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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When You Marry Our Ratings to Wall Street’s, It’s a Great Match!
By Mandeep Rai On July 19, 201707:00 AM Eastern
You’ve probably heard about the games Wall Street banks play. In fact, it’s almost like Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory with analysts. They’re like Oopma Loompas moving in concert to the tune of...
Prepare for Major Side Effects from the Fed's Epic Unwinding
By Mandeep Rai On July 12, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Roughly 10 years ago, we suffered the largest slowdown in the U.S. economy since the Great Depression. Bear Sterns was given away at fire-sale prices, as was Countrywide Home Loans and many other...
There's Hope for 3% Plus Growth – Even Without Washington
By Mandeep Rai On July 5, 201707:00 AM Eastern
There’s been a hope trade since the election that growth is going to come back, but we’ve seen little definitive policies accompany the promise of lower taxes, infrastructure plans, profit...
Forgetting FANGMAN For Now
By Mandeep Rai On June 21, 201707:00 AM Eastern
The largest tech stocks, Facebook (FB, Rated “A-“), Amazon (AMZN, Rated “C”), Netflix (NFLX, Rated “C+”) and others in the acronym FANGMAN have become household names by getting all of the...
Will Biotechs Benefit as New Capital Floods into Stocks?
By Mandeep Rai On June 21, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Tech stocks may have caught a breather last week, and the S&P 500 may have dipped. But investors didn’t miss a beat. They were busy flooding the stock market with new capital! As of last...
Tech Stocks Get De-FAANG-ed ... and That’s a Good Thing!
By Mandeep Rai On June 14, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Let me come out and say right up front that I don’t usually cheer when stocks go down. After all, I am personally invested and generally become richer when markets go up. But there are times...
Four Toxic Investor Biases – and How I Can Help You Overcome Them
By Mandeep Rai On June 7, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Behavioral finance may sound like a dry topic. But I can assure you it isn’t, at least when it comes to the investment markets. If you can identify the biases, mistakes, and irrational decisions...
Three Things You Find When You Look Behind the Stock Market Curtain
By Mandeep Rai On May 31, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Small cap stocks were the biggest winner in the post-election market run-up. They were a no brainer, given the fact they derive less of their sales outside the U.S., and were the prime potential...
The Rise of the Algorithms
By Mandeep Rai On May 24, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Markets move in patterns and they do so based on triggers. If you understand those patterns and their market implications (whether positive, negative, or indifferent), it allows you to figure out...
Cybersecurity Alert: Stocks to Help Fight the Latest Hack Attack!
By Mandeep Rai On May 17, 201707:00 AM Eastern
This weekend saw a global hack attack that targeted more than 200,000 victims in over 150 countries. That included corporations like Renault which were forced to close down for the day, with the...
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