Michael Foster has written on stocks, funds and high income assets for a variety of outlets since 2010, and he also works as a consultant for many hedge funds and investment banks. A former professor of linguistics and language theory, he quit academia when he achieved financial independence in his early 30s. He started writing about finance and investing, and now his reports are read widely by analysts and portfolio managers at some of the largest hedge funds and investment banks in the world, with trillions of dollars under management. Michael lives in a white house on a cliff on a tropical island and spends much of his time reading, writing, and traveling the world