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Here They Are: The Best-Performing, Highest-Rated ETFs of 2017
By Mike Larson On December 15, 201708:00 AM Eastern
Everybody loves a winner, right? Sadly, my New England Patriots were anything but one this past Sunday against Miami. But the same can’t be said about 2017’s best-performing, top-rated ETFs!...
Variable Annuities Part 1 of 4: How They Work – and How They Measure Up to 401(k)s
By Gavin Magor On December 14, 201708:00 AM Eastern
As the end of 2017 approaches, naturally our minds turn to thoughts of holidays past and present, good times spent with family and friends, the joy of watching our children and grandchildren open...
As Leveraged ETFs Go Berserk, Keep the Biggest Dangers in Mind
By Mandeep Rai On December 13, 201708:00 AM Eastern
My colleague Mike Larson just wrote about the Bitcoin Bonanza, and how the best-performing ETF in our database of more than 2,100 such products is a play on the cryptocurrency. But right below...
How to Find Safer, Smaller Banks for Your Money Using Our Weiss Ratings Screens
By Gavin Magor On December 12, 201708:07 PM Eastern
During the Great Financial Crisis, the biggest banks were some of the hardest to fall (or fail!) If you’re the type of person who prefers safer, smaller banks for your money – to help you sleep at...
How Will the Bitcoin Boom (Or a Bitcoin Bust) Impact Stocks?
By Mike Larson On December 11, 201708:00 AM Eastern
Last Thursday, bitcoin mania shifted into overdrive. The cryptocurrency breached the $16,000 level for the first time ever. That happened just a few hours after it blew through $15,000 and 14,000,...
Bitcoin Mania Fuels the Year’s Best-Performing Fund; Should You Get on Board?
By Mike Larson On December 8, 201708:09 AM Eastern
Forget triple-leveraged Exchange Traded Funds. Ignore ETFs that bet on turbocharged foreign markets, red-hot sectors like semiconductors, or the historic collapse in volatility. The year’s...
Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage: Understanding How it Works
By Gavin Magor On December 7, 201708:14 AM Eastern
Health insurance is a tough subject to understand … and the story is no different when it comes to the government-backed Medicare program. One of the most confusing parts of the program is Part D...
Semis Giving You a Chance to Hop on Board! Start with These Top-Ranked Names
By Mandeep Rai On December 6, 201708:09 AM Eastern
Too many investors beg and plead for a chance to get on board with winning stocks. Then when those stocks do take a breather, they get cold feet! Of course, soon afterwards, the stocks in question...
Find Quality Small Banks to Invest in – at Downhome Prices – Using Our High-Powered Screening Technology
By Gavin Magor On December 5, 201709:16 AM Eastern
The banking business has been on a tear over the past few years — with loan growth accelerating, defaults falling, and stock prices rising sharply. On the latter count, things have really...
Revealed! My Single-Favorite Defense Sector Investment
By Mike Larson On December 4, 201703:32 PM Eastern
On Friday, I gave you all the reasons why I love the defense sector. Now, it’s time for the big “reveal” I promised you – my single-favorite defense sector stock. The company is … Lockheed...
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Dr. Weiss is the founder of Weiss Ratings, the nation’s leading provider of 100% independent grades on stocks, mutual funds and financial institutions, as well as the world’s only ratings agency that grades cryptocurrencies. He founded his company in 1971, and thanks largely to his strict independence, has established a 50-year record of accuracy. Forbes called him “Mr. Independence.” The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) reported that his insurance company ratings outperformed those of A.M. Best, S&P and Moody’s by at least three to one. And The Wall Street Journal reported that investors using the Weiss stock ratings could have made more money than those following the grades issued by Merrill Lynch, J.P. Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Standard & Poor’s and every other firm reviewed.