Michael Shedlock (Mish) worked in the financial services industry for 20 years at some of the top institutions in the country including Harris Bank, the Bank of Montreal, Bank One, First National Bank of Chicago, and First Data Corp. Mish is currently doing economic and investment research for a number of clients. In addition, Mish runs one of the more popular stock boards on the Motley Fool, Investment Analysis Clubs / Mishedlo and one of the more popular boards on Silicon Investor as well, Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis. You can see more of Mish's writing on his blog also entitled Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis. While he is not writing about stocks or the economy Mish spends a great deal of time on photography, one of his other passions. Mish has over 80 magazine and book cover credits, for magazines such as Country Magazine, Wisconsin Trails, the Chicago Tribune Sunday Supplement, Browntrout Calendars, and numerous other publications. Some of his Wisconsin and gardening images can be seen at www.michaelshedlock.com.

Mish is a contributing editor for Whiskey & Gunpowder and co-editor of The Survival Report.