Lee Adler been publishing The Wall Street Examiner and its predecessor since October 2000. He also publishes LiquidityTrader.com, and was lead analyst for Sure Money Investor. He developed David Stockman’s Contra Corner for Mr. Stockman. He’s had a wide variety of finance related jobs since 1972, including a stint on Wall Street in both analytical and sales capacities. Prior to starting The Wall Street Examiner he worked as a commercial real estate appraiser in Florida for 15 years. He also worked in the residential mortgage and real estate businesses in parts of the 1970s and 80s. He has been charting stocks and markets and doing analytical work since he was a teenager. His perspective is not of the Ivory Tower. It is from having his boots on the ground and in the trenches of the industries that he analyzes and writes about today.