Research & News
By The Weiss Ratings Team On June 16, 201708:00 AM Eastern
My last issue highlighted how the 2017 market has been all about tech, tech, and more tech. This issue is all about how that’s changing … quickly.
Just look at what happened last Friday. The...
By Mike Larson On June 16, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Things can change fast in the stock market, and nothing makes that clearer than the action over the past week. Leaders are starting to lag, while laggards are starting to lead. And if I’m right,...
By Sean Brodrick On June 15, 201711:48 AM Eastern
The markets got smacked down hard by the Fed yesterday.
At first, it was a non-event. The Fed rolled out its rate hike as expected. But then Fed Chair Janet Yellen said in her press conference...
By Gavin Magor On June 15, 201707:00 AM Eastern
If you own a car or a home, you most likely have a Property and Casualty (P&C) insurance policy to protect those assets. And as you might expect, the insurers writing those policies make a profit...
By Mike Larson On June 14, 201712:00 PM Eastern
Greetings! I have just posted your latest monthly issue of High Yield Investing. It’s available online here. I encourage you to read it from beginning to end, and take action on the guidance and...
By Mandeep Rai On June 14, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Let me come out and say right up front that I don’t usually cheer when stocks go down. After all, I am personally invested and generally become richer when markets go up.
But there are times...
By Sean Brodrick On June 13, 201711:37 AM Eastern
I’m back from the Mojave Desert. I did find a very interesting gold developer, and I’ll be telling you about it soon. But not yet. The company is in the middle of a fund-raising. That’s likely to...
By Remi Lukosiunas On June 13, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Last week I talked about declining number of banks and how this downward pattern may leave us with fewer options to choose from. But our latest round of ratings gives us some encouraging news...
By Mike Larson On June 12, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Over the last 10 years, global central banks have waged war on your income portfolio. They’ve slashed benchmark interest rates more than 667 times, and driven yields even lower with more than $12...
By Mike Larson On June 9, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Okay, true confession time: I watch the bond market like a hawk. Nothing fascinates me more than interest rates.
That may not make me the most exciting cocktail party guest. But it has helped me...