Why use Weiss Ratings as a trusted source for your stories?

Complete Independence — We are America’s only 100% independent rating agency covering stocks, ETFs, mutual funds, insurance companies, banks, and credit unions; and our independence is grounded in a very critical difference in the way we do business.

Unlike most other rating agencies, we never accept compensation from any company for its rating. We never allow companies to influence our analysis or conclusions (although they are always free to provide us with supplemental data that’s not publicly available). We never suppress publication of our ratings at a company’s request. And we are always dedicated to providing our analysis and opinions with complete objectivity. 

As a result, media professionals can be confident they are getting unbiased, timely, accurate, data-driven commentary and analysis on a wide range of topics. Examples would include stories on investments, economic developments, personal finance, and market activity (stocks, bonds, commodities, currencies, etc.).

Broader Coverage — While other rating agencies focus mostly on larger companies that can afford to pay them large fees, Weiss Ratings covers all companies, large or small, as long as they report sufficient data for us to analyze. This allows us to provide far broader coverage, including nearly all U.S.-traded stocks, ETFs and mutual funds, plus nearly all U.S. banks, credit unions and insurance companies.

We currently track and rate more than 54,000 investments and institutions across those categories, and our analysts are happy to discuss specific Ratings or Ratings trends for all of them. Each analyst also specializes in select coverage areas, as indicated in their biographies below.

Unmatched Accuracy and Performance — Our independence and objectivity help explain why the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) concluded that Weiss was first in warning consumers about future insurance company failures three times more often than our closest competitor (A.M. Best) and why, in comparison to S&P or Moody’s, there was no contest.

It’s the reason why the New York Times wrote:

Weiss was the first to warn of dangers and say so unambiguously.

And it’s also why the Wall Street Journal was able to report that the Weiss Stock Ratings outperformed all Wall Street investment banks, brokers and independent research organizations in a third-party study of stock ratings.

Extensive Media Experience — The Weiss organization and our on-staff analysts have a long history of providing unbiased analysis to print, radio, television, and online news organizations. Our analysts understand your needs, and stand ready to provide timely, useful commentary.