Martin D. Weiss, Ph.D.
Martin D. Weiss, Ph.D.
Martin D. Weiss is one of the nation’s leading providers of a wide range of investment information. He is chairman of The Weiss Group, Inc. and Weiss Research, Inc., which publishes Money and Markets and Uncommon Wisdom Daily, as well as several investment newsletters including Safe Money. The Weiss companies have helped thousands of individuals make informed investment decisions and objectively discriminate between strong and weak stocks, insurance companies, HMOs, banks and S&Ls.
Dr. Weiss began his career in 1971 when he founded Weiss Research, dedicated to evaluating the safety of financial institutions and investments for consulting clients. After spending two years in Japan as a Fulbright Scholar studying management techniques at Japanese financial institutions, Dr. Weiss returned to the United States in 1980 to begin issuing formal safety ratings on banks and savings institutions. His firm issued the first independent insurance ratings in 1989, the first ratings of brokerage firms in 1992, and the first HMO ratings in 1994.
Acclaimed for his accurate, objective evaluations, Dr. Weiss has appeared on ABC, CBS, NBC, CNBC, and network news programs, including The Today Show. He has been quoted in hundreds of newspapers and magazines, including The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Los Angeles Times, Esquire Magazine, Money, Business Week, Fortune, and The Institutional Investor.
Weiss Ratings, based largely on the Weiss proprietary computer model, has won acclaim by the U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) for having beaten the competition by three to one in accuracy.
Dr. Weiss has testified before Congress and the National Conference of Insurance Legislators regarding insurance company stability, where he has proposed legislation requiring full financial disclosure to the consumer. He testified before the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations when it considered the financial difficulties befalling Blue Cross/Blue Shield member companies. He is also a frequent guest speaker and lecturer at major investment seminars in the U.S. and abroad. Most recently, Dr. Weiss presented to the National Press Club his solution for eliminating the conflicts of interest rampant in the brokerage industry.
Dr. Weiss is the publisher and contributing editor of the financial newsletter, Safe Money, known for its track record in picking major turns in interest rates. Dr. Weiss also serves as co-editor for a number of Premium Services. He is also the author of The Ultimate Safe Money Guide and The Ultimate Depression Survival Guide.
Martin Weiss holds a bachelor’s degree from New York University and a Ph.D. from Columbia University.
Past Appearances
CNBC (“Street Signs” with Brian Sullivan) – July 11, 2011
Martin Weiss discusses market reaction to growing debt fears, and warns that investors are not being compensated for the true risk inherent in owning U.S. Treasuries.
Money and Markets TV – April 28, 2011
Martin Weiss announces that Weiss Ratings has given U.S. sovereign debt a C rating, presaging a similar move by Standard & Poor’s. He offers advice for protecting your investments in the face of exploding deficits and political gridlock.
Money and Markets TV – December 10, 2010
Martin Weiss discusses the seismic shift in wealth and power from the United States and Europe to China and other emerging markets.
National Press Club, Washington D.C. – April 16, 2009
In a speech entitled “Banking Bailouts: Dangerous Unintended Consequences,” Martin Weiss presciently warns that the TARP program and bank bailouts will prolong the economic slowdown and weaken any subsequent recovery.
About Weiss Research
Weiss Research, Inc., founded in 1971, has a long history of providing research and analysis designed to empower investors with information and tools to make more informed, independent decisions along with an equally long history of public service.
With over 500,000 active readers, Weiss Research is one of the most widely read investment newsletter publishers in the U.S. It is a founder of the Financial Publishers Association (FiPA), a member of the Specialized Information Publishers Association (SIPA), and, through FiPA , a board member of the Alliance for Investor Education.
About Weiss Ratings
Weiss Ratings, the nation’s leading independent provider of bank, credit union and insurance company financial strength ratings and sovereign debt ratings, accepts no payments for its ratings from rated institutions. It also distributes independent investment ratings on the shares of thousands of publicly traded companies, mutual funds, closed-end funds and ETFs.
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