Michael Shulman

Michael Shulman

Editor, Options Income Blueprint

Michael Shulman is an author, writer, newsletter advisor and expert on financial trends and developments.

Michael began his career doing in-depth company and market analysis for a variety of companies, building databases and simulation models to estimate the success of various technologies across a wide range of market segments. He moved “inside” the high-tech community as a manager at high-tech companies including AT&T. Michael was an early private investor in several Internet start-ups, notably XOOM.com, which went public in 1998 and was bought by NBC in 1999.

Michael entered the financial publishing business formally in 2001 as director of research for ChangeWave Research’s institutional research business and as the writer and editor of Hedge Fund Investing. His current newsletters include Options Income Blueprint, Short Side Trader, The New Normal Investor and Madness of Crowds. Click here for more information about these services.

Michael is also the author of Sell Short (John Wiley, 2009) and Made in America: Inside Stories of Success (Otterbourn Publishing, 2013), a book based on four factory visits and a brief overview of the  myths and realities about surrounding US manufacturing. He has been published in a variety of trade and general business publications, including CD-ROM Today, Worth Online, The Motley Fool, Bonjour Paris and the Los Angeles Times and is a frequent guest on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” and Fox Business.

Recent Articles

5 Dead-End Retail Stocks to Short

By Michael Shulman, Editor, Options Income Blueprint

High-end retail stocks are a dead end for investors. And these five retailers can make you a pretty penny if you purchase put options on them.

How to Play the Great China Crash

By Michael Shulman, Editor, Options Income Blueprint

China is creating a massive bubble in real estate, the stock market and industrial capacity using state-owned banks and their credit lines -- and a day of reckoning is coming.

Why Cash for Clunkers is NOT a Good Investment Opportunity

By Michael Shulman, Editor, Options Income Blueprint

Congress approved another $2 billion for the "Cash for Clunkers" program, but the companies that may benefit the most from the program should actually be on your list of stocks to short.

Bank Stocks – 2 Bank Stocks That Could Lead the Market Down

By Michael Shulman, Editor, Options Income Blueprint

We're due for a correction, and it will most likely be the bank stocks that start to drag the market down.

3 Ways to Short Treasuries With TBT

By Michael Shulman, Editor, Options Income Blueprint

How should you play the inevitable rise in interest rates? It all depends on your risk tolerance.

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