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In today’s dangerous market environment, it’s difficult for investors to find safety and income. Mike Larson identifies several solid investment opportunities in high-grade corporate bonds, bond funds and ETFs, as well as MLPs and select stocks.

The U.S. stock market is off to its best start since 1997. But Mike Larson argues that the rally is entirely due to money printing by global central banks, and that the real economy is still floundering. He reveals how to profit from the situation.

Quantitative easing, or money printing, boosts asset prices while doing nothing to help the real economy. But Mike Larson points out that central banks around the world still haven’t learned their lesson, and shows you how to profit from their folly.

The European Central Bank has said it would not pursue a policy of quantitative easing, or money printing. But Mike Larson says that its long-term refinancing operations are having the same impact on the commodity and currency markets as QE.

The housing market has shown signs of strength recently and related stocks have soared. Mike Larson says these gains are due to misplaced optimism about the latest plan from Washington to fix the housing market, and advises betting against the rally.

Last year, Mike Larson predicted the worsening of the European sovereign debt crisis and a broad global economic slowdown. Now he says these problems will persist in 2012, dragging down the euro and contra-dollar assets like stocks and commodities.

Countless “solutions” from policymakers have failed to boost the global economy or the capital markets. Mike Larson says they have ignored the most important lesson of 2011: The economic slowdown is driven by massive deleveraging and debt aversion.

The global economy is fading fast. And policymakers in Europe and the United States have run out of bailout solutions. Mike Larson says that defaults and deleveraging are now inevitable, and he offers strategies to protect yourself and profit.

The Federal Reserve, Bank of England and even the Swiss National Bank have embarked on misguided strategies of quantitative easing. But the European Central Bank has resisted pressure to print funny money. Mike Larson explains why.

Recently, Moody’s warned of an escalation in Europe’s debt crisis and put 87 banks on review. S&P may cut France’s AAA credit rating after downgrading many of the world’s largest banks. Mike Larson sees these moves as the beginning of an avalanche.

Mike Larson says the debt markets are giving investors even more warning signs that there will be no year-end rally. He points to yields on bonds issued by the EIB and EFSF as well as Spain and France, and the failure of the U.S. debt supercommittee.

Mike Larson examines credit market indicators, including borrowing costs for European banks, Belgian government bond yields, and the spread between French and German interest rates. He says they’re leading indicators of a stock market collapse.

Mike Larson just got back from Germany, where he found that the euro-zone bailouts, and even the euro currency, are wildly unpopular. He sees signs that the bond markets are finally cracking, which could portend a major selloff in global stocks.

The “Bailout Rally” sparked by the European summit lasted just two days. Now, economic indicators suggest that the global debt crisis is getting worse, not better, and that a second recession is coming. Mike Larson tells you how to protect yourself.

Mike Larson says we’re getting to the point where rumors won’t work anymore. Investors want to see details — real, concrete steps to solve Europe’s debt crisis. And unfortunately, as Mike has been telling you all along, there IS no easy solution.

The bulls claim that the rally we saw in 2009 is about to repeat itself. But Mike Larson argues that they’re dead wrong, and shows that both the fundamentals and the technicals are much different this time around.

The stock market, credit markets and economic data all indicate that we’re entering a new bear market, and a double-dip recession. Mike Larson explains why the post-recession rally has fizzled out, and tells you how to protect yourself and profit.

Mike Larson says the European debt crisis has become absurd, because politicians and policymakers keep trying to contain a crisis that is uncontainable. He says a market collapse is inevitable, and advises investors on how to protect themselves.

The Federal Reserve’s lack of substantive action to boost the economy has sent equity investors rushing for the exits. Mike Larson has been warning of this selloff for months, and he tells you how to protect yourself and even profit from it.

The indicators that Mike Larson watches – including the Euribor-OIS spread and the spread on 2-year interest rate swaps – are pointing to a repeat of the collapse of 2007-2009. He tells you how to protect yourself and profit during the coming crisis.

Mike Larson makes the case that the Dow Industrials will drop 4,000 points, all the way back to 7,000. He examines economic and credit market indicators in Europe and the U.S., and tells you how to protect yourself from the coming selloff.

Europe may be near its breaking point. The Greek bailout plan is facing serious opposition from Finland and bond investors, and the Eurobond idea is dead on arrival. Mike Larson offers advice for protecting yourself from the coming liquidity crisis.

Ben Bernanke’s speech at the Jackson Hole Symposium was the most hotly anticipated Fed speech in memory. But Mike Larson says a third round of quantitative easing is not coming, and that even if they tried, it would do little to prop up the economy.

In the final installment of this special series on America’s coming Financial Doomsday, Mike Larson lays out exactly how we got to this point, what’s coming next for the U.S. economy, and how to protect yourself and profit during the coming crisis.

In the fifth part of this special series, Mike Larson explains how the Fed’s policy of unchecked money printing is degrading the value of the dollar, driving up asset prices and making U.S. Treasury bonds much less attractive to foreign investors.

In the fourth part of this series, Mike Larson looks at the problems that have slowed economic growth in the European Union to a halt, and shows how those same problems – massive spending, debts and borrowing – will lead to the same fate in the U.S.

In the third video of this special series on America’s Road to Financial Doomsday, Mike Larson discusses the U.S. government’s reliance on foreign debts. He says that the fate befalling much of Europe’s sovereign bonds could soon hit closer to home.

Mike Larson examines the second step along the road to financial doomsday: exploding government debt. We have only to look at the carnage playing out in Greece, Portugal and other European nations to get a frightening sneak preview of our own future.

Mike Larson begins his week-long series of videos about the path to financial doomsday with a look at the first step along that road: out-of-control government spending. It began in Europe, and has destroyed those economies. Now, Washington is next.

Mike Larson has been warning of a stock market collapse for months, and recommending that you sell stocks and REITs, and buy gold and inverse ETFs. This week, his subscribers are taking huge profits, and embracing the volatility that others fear.

After the stock selloff and a wave of negative data, it’s clear that the U.S. economy is tipping into recession. Mike Larson has been warning about this for months and advising investors about how to protect themselves and profit during the downturn.

Mike Larson responds to viewers’ questions about Social Security. He explains why, contrary to official estimates, Social Security will not be safe until 2037. And he warns that Congress can radically alter or even legally discontinue the program.

With both Europe and the U.S. embroiled in debt crises, the global economy is slumping again. The stock market isn’t getting support from corporate earnings either. Mike Larson tells you how to protect yourself and profit in this type of environment.

Financial stocks have been tumbling lately, as evidenced by the KBW Bank Index. Mike Larson believes this decline foreshadows a major downturn in the broader market, like we saw in 2007, and offers advice for protecting yourself during the collapse.

Despite trillions of dollars in government money, policymakers have failed to solve the world’s problems. Mike Larson says that’s because they don’t understand that the crisis was created by too much borrowing and debt.

Wall Street pundits said the market would rally during the past two summers, and huge asset-boosting programs by the government proved them right. But Mike Larson says that this summer is different, and no one will ride to the rescue this time.

The economic data over the past week are warning of another recession. And Mike Larson says it’s because we didn’t lay the groundwork for a healthy recovery. He tells you how to protect yourself and profit from the next wave of the economic downturn.

The European sovereign debt crisis is unfolding much like the private credit crisis of 2007-2009, because politicians and policymakers are using the same tired playbook to fight it. Mike Larson tells you how to protect yourself and profit from it.

Interview featuring Bobby Livingston, VP of Sales and Marketing for RR Auction.

Mike Larson says Washington’s monetary policies of the past two years are like steroids – artificially pumping up the economy, but ultimately resulting in poor health. But despite the failure, the addicts on Wall Street are jonesing for another hit.

The recent economic news has been dismal. Mike Larson explains that quantitative easing, borrowing and spending gave us a “bought and paid for” recovery that only boosted asset prices and fueled speculation, rather than propping up the real economy.

The ECB is losing the battle against the sovereign debt crisis in the PIIGS nations. Mike Larson explains that this is because they mistook a solvency crisis for a liquidity crisis. And he says the Federal Reserve is making the same mistake.

By focusing on inflation, the debt ceiling and the slump in the dollar, investors are forgetting about the crisis in the U.S. economy. Mike Larson offers evidence that that’s exactly what we face, and makes recommendations on how to profit from it.

Mike Larson has some tough questions for Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. He wants to know why the Fed is sitting on its hands in the face of slowing growth and rising inflation, while most of the world’s other central banks take action.

The recent rally in commodities resulted from the Fed’s easy money policies, much like in 2007-2008, until the markets hit a tipping point. Mike Larson examines whether we’re about to hit another tipping point in the economy and the markets.

The same rating agencies that have been so wrong in the private debt markets also dominate the public debt markets. But Mike Larson explains that the new Weiss sovereign debt ratings give investors a more accurate, conflict-of-interest-free option.

Ben Bernanke thinks more transparency will help sell his policies to the public. But as Mike Larson points out, his easy money policies are destroying the value of the dollar, pushing inflation sky-high and hurting homeowners and mortgage borrowers.

The credit rating agencies are finally starting to get the message that Weiss Ratings has been sending for a year: the U.S.’s long-term sovereign debt rating must be downgraded. Mike Larson lays out the consequences of S&P’s credit outlook cut.

Inflation is rising across the board, but Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and other government officials have their heads in the sand. Mike Larson proves that they’re wrong that rising prices are transitory, and offers his outlook for the budget deficit.

Congress is bumbling like the Keystone Kops, rather than seriously confronting the U.S. budget crisis. Mike Larson points out that even the most aggressive budget-cutting proposals would barely make a dent in our current and long-term deficits.