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
February 27, 202010:10 AM Eastern
The stock market is in freefall here thanks to growing coronavirus concerns. I’m going to have MUCH MORE to say on this topic, the bigger-picture risks and the broader economic outlook before...
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Mike Larson On
February 26, 202008:00 AM Eastern
I want to tell you about the hottest investment around. Like RED-HOT. This asset has been surging virtually nonstop. It has crushed the S&P 500 year-to-date, over the last year, and even over...
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Mike Larson On
February 25, 202002:37 PM Eastern
I’m going to keep this Flash Alert brief.
Stock market volatility is soaring, while Treasury bonds are surging. Attempts to snuff out coronavirus worries haven’t been successful yet. Even more...
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Mike Larson On
February 24, 202012:05 PM Eastern
Good news. You should’ve been able to pocket another profit, albeit modest, on your sale of Getty Realty (GTY, Rated “B”). I tracked a gain of about 4.8%, including dividends, on the move...
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Juan M. Villaverde,
Mandeep Rai and
Mike Larson On
February 24, 202012:05 PM Eastern
There is a LOT going on in the global markets this morning, primarily due to the latest coronavirus news. A rise in cases outside of China — most notably in Italy and South Korea — has investors...
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Juan M. Villaverde,
Mandeep Rai and
Mike Larson On
February 21, 202010:42 AM Eastern
We have two important things to cover right away in this issue:
1) Your newest Weekend Windfalls recommendation — to pull out instant income from the robust bull market in gold stocks, and …
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Mike Larson On
February 19, 202008:49 AM Eastern
It finally happened. This was the week the coronavirus finally got to Apple (AAPL, Rated “B”).
The mega-capitalization, technology stock that’s in virtually every major U.S. stock index, ETF,...
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Mike Larson On
February 14, 202012:00 PM Eastern
The mania in a select handful of popular stocks, like Tesla, says a lot about the risks in this market — and why our “Safe Money” strategy is your best way to avoid them. And to rack up nice...
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Mike Larson On
February 14, 202012:00 PM Eastern
The mania in a select handful of popular stocks, like Tesla, says a lot about the risks in this market — and why our “Safe Money” strategy is your best way to avoid them. And to rack up nice...
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Juan M. Villaverde,
Mandeep Rai and
Mike Larson On
February 14, 202010:50 AM Eastern
Good news: You should have had no trouble on Wednesday locking down the money you had collected on your Feb. 21, 2020 Citigroup put options.
If you followed our instructions, here are the specs...