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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
What goes up must come down. I’m sure you’ve heard that expression a million times before. But for today’s stock market, a better version might be: “What takes off like a Polaris missile ......
Editor's note: The video recording of our Weiss Ratings' Urgent Cannabis Briefing is now offline. But for the next 24 hours, you can still review the full transcript. To view it online now or...
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Markets are meandering near old highs, while risks are building behind the scenes. But you CAN still generate profits and income – by focusing on ‘Safe Money’ stocks like these … ...
President Trump managed to send global stock markets reeling with just a couple of tweets late Sunday evening. In those commentaries, he threatened to more than double tariffs on $200 billion in...
I can still remember my parents taking me down the street to the Community Savings branch to open my first passbook savings account. Man, did I love that little book and its green-tinted pages! ...
The smaller they are, the harder they fall? That may not be how the famous saying goes. But it’s an accurate description of what’s happening in today’s stock market – and that’s one reason the...
Japanification. I don’t know if you’ve heard this new market buzzword. But chances are the trends it describes are already impacting your portfolio. And if I’m right, they’ll continue to do so...
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It’s time for your next move! Interest rates have been swinging wildly over the past couple of weeks. The yield on the 30-year Treasury Bond, for instance, plunged to 2.8% from 3.05% in late...
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I’ve grown to appreciate baseball more over the years. So, in the spirit of the new season, I’m recapping Safe Money’s hits, misses, and home runs this month … and laying out my vision for where...
My sonic tastes are pretty eclectic. Modern and classic rock. '80s and '90s. Electronic or “chill out” music. You’ll find a little of everything on my various playlists. But early this morning,...