Martin D. Weiss, PhD, is one of the nation's leading providers of a wide range of investment information. He is chairman of The Weiss Group, which consists of four separate corporations, including Weiss Research. 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 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, New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Esquire Magazine, Money, Business Week, and Fortune. Weiss is the publisher and contributing editor of the financial newsletter Safe Money and is the author of The Ultimate Safe Money Guide and The Ultimate Depression Survival Guide.