Geraldine Weiss

Geraldine Weiss, the Investment Advisor and Writer

Geraldine Weiss (March 16, 1926 – April 25, 2022) was an American editor, investment advisor, investor, and writer. She was the co-founder of the newsletter Investment Quality Trends and was known as "the Grande Dame of Dividends" and "The Dividend Detective" for her unconventional value approach investment style focusing on a company's dividends rather than earnings.1

As the co-author of Dividends Don't Lie and The Dividend Connection, Weiss popularized the theory of using dividend yield as a valuation metric, indicating there is a strong relationship between a company's ability to pay dividends over time and its stock market performance.1

In 1966, at age 40, Weiss collaborated with Fred Whitmore and founded Investment Quality Trends, a newsletter. This marked her as the first woman to start an investment advisory service.1 The newsletter garnered significant success and created a loyal readership that profited from her advice.1

After 36 years of conducting analysis and writing for Investment Quality Trends, Weiss handed over editorial duties to Kelley Wright in 2003, but remained involved with the overall business strategy.1 She passed away on April 25, 2022.1

The person mentioned in the query, Geraldine Weiss, appears to be a different individual with the same name. The LinkedIn profile indicates she is an eMobility Launch & Deployment Leader at Schneider Electric, based in Berlin, Germany.2 This Geraldine Weiss is not the same person as the investment advisor and writer described above.