A. Michael Lipper is a CFA charterholder and the president of Lipper Advisory Companies, Inc., a agency offering cash administration companies for rich households, retirement plans and charitable organizations. A former president of the New York Society of Safety Analysts, Mike Lipper created the Lipper Progress Fund Index, the primary of right now’s international array of Lipper Indexes, Averages and efficiency analyses for mutual funds. After promoting his firm to Reuters in 1998, Mike has centered his energies on managing the investments of his purchasers and his household. His first e-book, MONEY WISE: The best way to Create, Develop and Protect Your Wealth (St. Martin’s Press) was printed in September, 2008. Mike’s distinctive views on world markets and their implications have been posted weekly at Mike Lipper’s Weblog since August, 2008.