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Mandeep Rai

| Senior Analyst

Ratings Specialist Mandeep Rai received his economics degree from the University of Albany and master’s degree at the University of Florida’s Warrington/Hough School of Business.

He spent six years on the NYSE trading floor, and worked in private equity valuations for General Electric’s Energy Financial Services and as a lead analyst for a $2 billion early stage venture capital seed fund. He holds his Chartered Financial Analyst certification.

Today, Mandeep mines the vast Weiss database of financial data and ratings to formulate investment and trading strategies for stocks, ETFs, cryptocurrencies and fixed-income investments.

Mandeep contributes to several Weiss publications, including Weekend Windfalls, Heat Maps and the All-Weather Portfolio.

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Tech Stocks Get De-FAANG-ed ... and That’s a Good Thing!
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...
Four Toxic Investor Biases – and How I Can Help You Overcome Them
By Mandeep Rai On June 7, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Behavioral finance may sound like a dry topic. But I can assure you it isn’t, at least when it comes to the investment markets. If you can identify the biases, mistakes, and irrational decisions...
Three Things You Find When You Look Behind the Stock Market Curtain
By Mandeep Rai On May 31, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Small cap stocks were the biggest winner in the post-election market run-up. They were a no brainer, given the fact they derive less of their sales outside the U.S., and were the prime potential...
The Rise of the Algorithms
By Mandeep Rai On May 24, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Markets move in patterns and they do so based on triggers. If you understand those patterns and their market implications (whether positive, negative, or indifferent), it allows you to figure out...
Cybersecurity Alert: Stocks to Help Fight the Latest Hack Attack!
By Mandeep Rai On May 17, 201707:00 AM Eastern
This weekend saw a global hack attack that targeted more than 200,000 victims in over 150 countries. That included corporations like Renault which were forced to close down for the day, with the...
What it Will Take to Get Small Caps Out of the Bullpen Again
By Mandeep Rai On May 10, 201707:00 AM Eastern
After the election, small cap stocks rallied the most — and for good reason. They are a pure play on American growth as most small caps have limited, if any, exposure to international sales. Plus,...
Here’s What Our Proprietary Weiss Ratings Market Barometer Can Tell You About this Market
By Mandeep Rai On May 3, 201707:00 AM Eastern
You may not need a weatherman to know which way the wind is blowing. But when it comes to determining stock market direction, our proprietary Weiss Ratings Market Barometer can definitely help! ...
Four Charts that Show Why Marrying Fundamentals AND Technicals is the Way to Go
By Mandeep Rai On April 26, 201707:50 AM Eastern
I want to start today’s column by showing you four charts – each of which illustrates the results from a different investment strategy. The red line in these charts shows the back-tested results...
GDP Fake Outs, Earnings Blow Outs, and More
By Mandeep Rai On April 19, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Yes, reports on retail sales, jobs, inflation and manufacturing in the very recent past have missed expectations. That’s why the Atlanta Fed Model depicts a paltry 0.5% growth rate. But I sure...
Weiss, FDIC Figures Show Banking Industry the Healthiest in Years
By Mandeep Rai On April 18, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Financial stocks have done very well since Donald Trump was elected for a number of reasons. But one of them is paramount: The U.S. banking industry has been on the mend since the 2008 financial...
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