Michael Shulman

Michael Shulman

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

Financial Transparency Too Little Too Late

The painful credit crisis that's rocking the stock market and the economy has caused many of the "big boys" to buckle down and admit that they've gotten hit.

Financials Falling on Hard Times

From where Michael Shulman stands, there isn't enough value money coming in to support the financials for anything longer than the short term.

The Value of 99 Cents

There's money to be made from the economic slowdown. Listen to find out how we did it on the short side.

Live Well, Thanks to Dying Companies

If you don't want to buy a company's products or services, you shouldn't buy its stocks.

Trading Tactics for the Short Side

Michael Shulman discusses four trading tactics you'd better know and understand before going short with put options.