Mike "Mish" Shedlock

About the author

Mike "Mish" Shedlock

Mike Shedlock / Mish is a registered investment advisor representative for SitkaPacific Capital Management. Mish also writes on economics in the world at Global Economic Analysis. He currently does fundraising to benefit ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease) research, which claimed the life of his wife of 27 years, JoAnne, in May of 2012. When not writing about stocks or the economy Mish spends a great deal of time on photography and in the garden. He has over 80 magazine and book cover credits. Some of my Wisconsin and gardening images can be seen at MichaelShedlock.com.

Wisconsin Dairy Farmers Going Bankrupt in Record Numbers – Blame Tariffs

Mike "Mish" Shedlock April 29, 2019

116th Congress Starts January 3: Big Changes Coming – Look at the Impacts

Mike "Mish" Shedlock January 1, 2019

Johnson and Johnson Slammed on Report it Knew its Baby Powder Contains Asbestos

Mike "Mish" Shedlock December 16, 2018

Senate Introduces Wall Act, Congress Passes Temporary Spending Bill

Mike "Mish" Shedlock December 8, 2018

Hypocrite Theresa May in Bed With the EU While Chastising the UK Parliament Over Brexit

Mike "Mish" Shedlock December 1, 2018

Trade Talk Optimism: “Something Could Very Well Come Out” – But It Won’t!

Mike "Mish" Shedlock November 30, 2018

Panama Papers Probe Leads To Police Raid On Deutsche Bank On Money Laundering Charges

Mike "Mish" Shedlock November 29, 2018

GM to Close 8 Plants, Lay Off Close to 15,000 Workers

Mike "Mish" Shedlock November 26, 2018

Trump’s Trade War With China: The US is Not Winning

Mike "Mish" Shedlock November 21, 2018

Must See: UK MP Jacob William Rees-Mogg Rips Theresa May With Letter Of No Confidence

Mike "Mish" Shedlock November 19, 2018

Ground Zero For Political Corruption: Florida

Mike "Mish" Shedlock November 17, 2018

Illinois Halts Payments to Dentists, Threatens to Stop All Health Insurance Payments

Mike "Mish" Shedlock September 15, 2015

BitGold Now Available in US! Why BitGold?

Mike "Mish" Shedlock June 26, 2015

US Warmongers vs. Merkel; Why Ukraine is None of Our Business

Mike "Mish" Shedlock February 9, 2015

Gallup CEO Calls 5.6% Unemployment Rate “The Big Lie”

Mike "Mish" Shedlock February 4, 2015

Central Bank Impotence: ECB as Impotent as Obama

Mike "Mish" Shedlock January 22, 2015

No Hope, No Change: Another Bush vs. Another Clinton

Mike "Mish" Shedlock January 4, 2015

Gmail Dead in China, All Google Products Blocked; Reserve Currency Silliness Review

Mike "Mish" Shedlock December 30, 2014

Florida Becomes 3rd Largest State Following California and Texas, New York Drops to 4th; Political Implications

Mike "Mish" Shedlock December 26, 2014

What’s Behind the Plunge in Oil? Winners and Losers? Boon to Spending or Recessionary?

Mike "Mish" Shedlock December 16, 2014

Crude Plunges Following OPEC Decision to Not Cut Production

Mike "Mish" Shedlock December 1, 2014

Obama’s Secret Letter to Iran About ISIS: Good Idea? Foolish Cooperation? Hidden Agenda?

Mike "Mish" Shedlock November 7, 2014

Worst Election Performance by Sitting President’s Party Since Truman; Republicans Take Senate, Increase Lead in House and Governorships

Mike "Mish" Shedlock November 5, 2014

Challenge to Keynesians “Prove Rising Prices Provide an Overall Economic Benefit”

Mike "Mish" Shedlock October 21, 2014

FBI Director Warns Google and Apple “If You Don’t Decrypt Phones, We’ll Do It For You”

Mike "Mish" Shedlock October 19, 2014

Proof the Massive Bombing of ISIS will not Stop it

Mike "Mish" Shedlock October 8, 2014

“Surprising” MH17 Crash Update

Mike "Mish" Shedlock September 21, 2014

Obama Doesn’t Like the Constitution, so He Ignores it – Shoot First, Ask Congress Later

Mike "Mish" Shedlock September 12, 2014

Cold War About to Turn Hot? Putin Warns Europe “I Can Take Kiev in Two Weeks”; WW III Not a Good Option

Mike "Mish" Shedlock September 3, 2014

Obamacare Fine Print: Beware the Medicaid and Medi-Cal Clawbacks and Liens

Mike "Mish" Shedlock September 1, 2014

40% of U.S. on Welfare as Obamacare Expands Welfare by 23 Million

Mike "Mish" Shedlock August 24, 2014

German Pilot Claim: Air to Air Attack Brought Down MH17 – Credible?

Mike "Mish" Shedlock July 29, 2014

Information War on MH17: More Ukraine “Who Did It?” – U.S. Official: “Still a Lot of Questions” – No Smoking Gun

Mike "Mish" Shedlock July 19, 2014

100% of U.S. Employment Growth Since 2000 Went to Immigrants

Mike "Mish" Shedlock June 29, 2014

Bitcoins to Become Legal Currency in California – Bill Awaits Governor’s Signature

Mike "Mish" Shedlock June 26, 2014

So Barack Obama thinks he can Save the World from Greenhouse Gases

Mike "Mish" Shedlock June 23, 2014

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