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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Juan M. Villaverde,
Mandeep Rai and
Mike Larson On
August 21, 202011:20 AM Eastern
Today is August options expiration day, and I’m pleased to report that the contracts you targeted with your August Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE, Rated “C”) put spread are set to expire without value....
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Mike Larson On
August 19, 202003:08 PM Eastern
In just a couple of days, a batch of investments I recently targeted will probably be worth nothing. And I couldn’t be happier.
Wait ... WHAT? Have I lost my mind?
Not at all. And I’m not...
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Mike Larson On
August 14, 202012:00 PM Eastern
The summer concert season may be on lockdown thanks to COVID-19. But the Fed is in full-scale “Print-A-Palooza” mode. That has implications for all kinds of assets, from gold and silver to income...
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Juan M. Villaverde,
Mandeep Rai and
Mike Larson On
August 14, 202011:46 AM Eastern
Editor’s Note: Earlier this morning, we re-sent the August 11 correction to the August 7 Trade Alert just to be sure you received the correct information. The August 14 Weekend Windfalls issue is...
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Mike Larson On
August 12, 202002:52 PM Eastern
“Big Oil” had its era … so did “Big Steel.” But these days, it’s a “Big Tech” world, and we’re all just living in it.
That’s surely true in our daily lives. More Americans than ever before are...
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Juan M. Villaverde,
Mandeep Rai and
Mike Larson On
August 11, 202011:02 AM Eastern
In our issue from Friday, Aug. 7, we intended for you to buy to open a Sept. 18, 2020 General Mills (GIS) put option with a strike price of $55 (GIS200918P00055000).
We correctly identified this...
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Mike Larson On
August 11, 202008:00 AM Eastern
It’s a “Big Tech World” and we’re just living in it. Given the radical shift to work-from-home and shop-online behavior because of COVID-19, that’s true in real life. And given the incredible...
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Juan M. Villaverde,
Mandeep Rai and
Mike Larson On
August 10, 202002:15 PM Eastern
Shares of State Street (NYSE: STT, Rated “C”) have continued to rally in the short term. Earlier today, in fact, they tagged the $70 strike price on your August STT calls (STT200821C00070000).
...
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Juan M. Villaverde,
Mandeep Rai and
Mike Larson On
August 7, 202010:50 AM Eastern
The absolute best case for you as a put spread seller is you open the spread at a time when options prices are high. You rake in a nice chunk of income. The targeted stock goes up or moves...
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Mike Larson On
August 5, 202005:11 PM Eastern
Fifty-four companies defaulted on their debts in the second quarter of 2020. That was the most for any three-month period since 2009 in the wake of the Great Recession.
It gets worse. The...