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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
Weekend Windfalls Subscription Alert
Which would you rather do: Bet on a stock that’s popular and “sexy,” but that loses you money? Or target one that may be “boring”, but that makes you a nice chunk of income? I thought so! That’s...
“Everything is expensive.” That’s how a Longview Economics strategist recently described this environment. Why? Because more than 80% of the markets his firm tracks are overpriced — the most...
Weekend Windfalls Subscription Alert
There’s no better feeling than locking in income with Weekend Windfalls — and that’s just what you’ve been doing the last several days! By our reckoning, you should have nailed down roughly … ...
For every borrower, there’s a lender. But when discussing interest rate cuts, pundits and policymakers always focus on the benefits to the former ... NOT the costs to the latter. And guess...
Weekend Windfalls Subscription Alert
It has been one heck of a volatile few days in the market. Stocks fell sharply, then rallied sharply since early Monday morning amid a flood of conflicting sentiment, economic, and other data. ...
Weekend Windfalls Subscription Alert
Yesterday sure shook a lot of investors out of their stupor as the Dow plunged 1,861 points, or just over 6.9%. But it was another solid day for you — because you should have had no trouble...
Safe Money Report Subscription Your Issue
The saga of 2020 has been an eventful one, with American cities burning, unemployment soaring, the COVID-19 crisis wreaking havoc, and markets struggling. So, where do we go from here? What is the...
Weekend Windfalls Subscription Alert
Mike here with a quick update: Shares of Eli Lilly & Co. (NYSE: LLY, Rated “B”) and Clorox (NYSE: CLX, Rated “B”) have been mostly moving in your favor since we recommended you open put spreads on...
How do you know when investors have completely lost their marbles? J.C. Penney (OTC: JCPNQ, Rated “D”) jumped 96%. Hertz Global Holdings (NYSE: HTZ, Rated “D-”) soared 114%. And just for...
Weekend Windfalls Subscription Alert
Last week we recommended you lock in income on your June Target Corp. (NYSE: TGT, Rated “B”) put spread. You should have had no trouble closing it out at a minimal cost of just 3 cents per...