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The financial regulatory reform signed into law by President Obama last week may be too late to shore up a banking system that has already been severely weakened by excessive risk-taking and inadequate capital, according to new ratings just released by Weiss Ratings on the nation’s banks and thrifts.
Weiss Group, Inc., the parent company of Weiss Ratings, Weiss Research and Weiss Capital Management, has hired Thomas J. Clarke, Jr. as chief executive officer. Martin D. Weiss, CEO since 1971, will continue …
The new Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is expected to squeeze the profits and finances of the nation’s smaller health insurers, forcing many to withdraw from the market, be acquired, or fail.
In most hurricane-prone states, homeowners have few choices of insurance coverage, with just eight property and casualty insurers in each state controlling up to 77.2 % of the market share, according to Weiss Ratings, the nation’s only provider of independent insurance company ratings.
Unlike some of the nation’s largest banks, many large life and annuity insurers, including Massachusetts Mutual, Northwestern Mutual, NY Life, Principal Life and TIAA, receive top grades from Weiss Ratings …
Weiss Ratings, an independent rating agency that accepts no compensation from issuers, today recommended that Congress go much further to reform the nation’s rating agencies in order to provide …
Twenty months following the $700 billion federal bailout designed to shore up the nation’s largest banks, Weiss Ratings finds that Bank of America, Citibank, Wachovia Bank, HSBC Bank USA, Suntrust …
Weiss Ratings, an independent rating agency covering the nation’s financial institutions, issued a challenge today to Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s and Fitch: To downgrade the long-term sovereign debt …
Weiss Group, LLC, a leading provider of independent research and ratings since 1971, has announced today that it has bought back the bank and insurance company ratings which it had sold to TheStreet …
Weiss Research has announced today that Mike Larson has been appointed editor of the company’s flagship investment publication, Safe Money Report. Founded in 1976, Safe Money Report is considered …
Weiss Research has formed an alliance with the Foundation for the Study of Cycles (the Foundation), a nonprofit organization founded in 1941 by Hoover administration economist …
The bank stress tests released today have failed to achieve their goal of accurately estimating potential bank losses, declared Martin D. Weiss, Ph.D., president of Weiss Research, Inc. …
At least 15 of the nation’s 19 banks undergoing federal stress tests this week would fail a stricter test based on more objective economic assumptions and stricter evaluation procedures …
The latest book by Martin D. Weiss, Ph.D., president of Weiss Research, Inc., “The Ultimate Depression Survival Guide,” débuts on the New York Times Best Seller List in the …
Martin D. Weiss, Ph.D, president of Weiss Research, Inc. and author of the new Wall Street Journal bestseller, “The Ultimate Depression Survival Guide,” is donating all of his book royalties …
Supported by New Book, “Ultimate Depression Survival Guide”
All Royalties Donated to National Charity for Homeless Children
JUPITER, Fla. , April 13, 2009 — Martin D. Weiss and his independent research firm, Weiss Research, Inc., have launched a non-partisan grassroots national…
Several of the nation’s largest banks, including JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Citibank, Wells Fargo, Sun Trust Bank, HSBC Bank USA, plus more than 1,800 regional and smaller institutions …
Banking Bailouts Will Prolong America’s Second Great Depression According to White Paper by Leading Advocate for Investor Safety Government underestimates debt crisis, overestimates …
Martin D. Weiss, Ph.D., chairman of Weiss Research, Inc., was in Washington today warning policy makers about the dangers of federal bailouts such as AIG and the enormous consequences to …
Weiss Research, Inc. announced that it has launched a new video with specific instructions for consumers on how to escape the economic crisis and find ultimate safe havens for their money …
Weiss Research Submits Policy Recommendations to Congress Today
JUPITER, FL, September 25, 2008 — The proposal before Congress for a $700 billion financial industry bailout will not only fail to end the massive U.S. debt crisis but could actually aggravate the…
Identifies Strongest and Weakest Financial Institutions and Brokers;
Advises Consumers and Investors How to Protect Their Money
JUPITER, FL — (Marketwire – August 14, 2008) — Following one of the largest bank failures in history — Indymac Bank — and the largest…
JUPITER, Florida June 5, 2008 ? By 2020, 45% of U.S. water utilities will need repair. That’s just one of the reasons that water should become one of the most lucrative commodities of the 21st Century, according to a new…
In our earlier release, “Mortgage Lender’s Bankruptcy Would Have Severe Impact on Consumers,” some companies were incorrectly cited as bankrupt. The corrected paragraph is below:
Many other lenders that specialize in higher-risk lending have already gone bankrupt such as Delta Financial…
Weiss Research Recommends Four Steps for Self Protection
Jupiter, FL January 9, 2008 ? Countrywide Financial, the nation?s largest mortgage lender, is on a collision course with bankruptcy, with potentially severe impacts on the ability of U.S. consumers to refinance their…
The falling U.S. dollar is the number one worry of U.S. investors, according to an investor survey conducted by Weiss Research’s MoneyandMarkets.com.
Weiss Research Advises Consumers How to Survive
Today?s Housing and Mortgage Crisis
Five Tips for Home Buyers and Sellers
JUPITER, FL, August 20, 2007 ? Although housing and mortgage markets are sinking quickly, consumers buying or selling a home who take prompt…
Federal Regulators, Lenders and Wall Street Blamed for Worsening Housing and Mortgage Crisis — Investment Research Firm Offers Nine Proposals for Recovery
Retirement Safety Advocate Warns Baby Boomers: Four Retirement
Threats Now Locked Into Political and Financial Systems
Dr. Martin D. Weiss Stresses Need for TWO Retirement Nest Eggs
New Orleans, Louisiana, November 16, 2006 ? Dr. Martin D. Weiss, editor of www.MoneyandMarkets.com
and…
North Korean Nuclear Testing Fans Fears of Uranium’s Role in Nuclear Proliferation, But Demand for Uranium Fuel Continues to Grow
Weiss Research’s Sean Brodrick Sees Chronic Supply Shortages
JUPITER, Fla., Oct. 11 /PRNewswire/ — Despite fears of nuclear proliferation and the…
Weiss Research Analyst Mike Larson Warns Investors
Housing Market Sinking Faster Than Wall Street Expected
JUPITER, Fla., Sept. 26 /PRNewswire/ — As news spread of the first
drop in existing home prices in over 11 years, the speed and severity of
the downturn…
Weiss Research Analyst Mike Larson Predicts National Price Decline for Residential Real Estate; Advises Consumers to be ‘Prudent and Pro-active’
JUPITER, Fla., Aug. 22 /PRNewswire/ — As the nation’s homeowners and
real estate investors hold their collective breath for the new and…
Defense Industry Poised to Profit from Soaring Defense Budgets in the U.S. and Middle East, Forecasts MoneyandMarkets.com Analyst John Burke in New Report
Iran Likely to Ignore UN?s August 22 Deadline, Deploy ?Oil Weapon?
JUPITER, FL., August 15, 2006 ? As new…
