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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Mike Larson On
March 9, 202010:37 AM Eastern
You should be in the process of grabbing profits on your remaining 2.5% position in the Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury Index Fund (EDV, Rated “C”). And you’re doing it right into the teeth of...
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Mike Larson On
March 9, 202009:40 AM Eastern
I warned you on Friday that the chance of a market crash was “rising quickly, and at the highest in more than a decade.” Now, it’s here.
SO FAR, the carnage is worst in the crude oil market. Oil...
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Juan M. Villaverde,
Mandeep Rai and
Mike Larson On
March 6, 202012:17 PM Eastern
I live pretty close to Orlando. It’s very easy to hop on the Florida Turnpike, drive two hours and enjoy a day at Walt Disney World or Universal Orlando with the kids.
But with these wild market...
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Mike Larson On
March 6, 202010:00 AM Eastern
Up until this point, I have focused on helping you preserve and grow your wealth with a very defensive strategy. It has included recommending you …
Dramatically cut down on stocks with...
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Mike Larson On
March 4, 202003:40 PM Eastern
One of the biggest issues with the coronavirus outbreak and its effects on the market is that, unlike past crises, this one started as a medical issue rather than a financial one.
I’m going to...
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Juan M. Villaverde,
Mandeep Rai and
Mike Larson On
March 3, 202011:35 AM Eastern
Just as we expected, the Federal Reserve has reacted to the coronavirus panic by cutting interest rates. It didn’t wait for its next scheduled policy meeting. Nor did it cut by a modest amount.
...
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Mike Larson On
March 3, 202010:57 AM Eastern
It’s time for more IMMEDIATE action in your Safe Money Report model portfolio.
Just as I expected, the Federal Reserve has reacted to the acute economic threat posed by the coronavirus by...
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Juan M. Villaverde,
Mandeep Rai and
Mike Larson On
February 28, 202001:31 PM Eastern
Earlier today, we shared our big-picture view of this volatility in the markets. We also alerted you that we may have additional moves to make in light of that volatility.
Now it is time to take...
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Mike Larson On
February 28, 202012:02 PM Eastern
These are trying times for most investors.
They’re scared skinny about the spread of coronavirus from a province in China to multiple countries around the world.
They’re selling stocks and...
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Juan M. Villaverde,
Mandeep Rai and
Mike Larson On
February 28, 202010:30 AM Eastern
This past Monday, we decided not to wait for our regular Friday issue.
We jumped in immediately to send you a special alert with two new trades to take advantage of a falling market. Both are...