Michael then joined Stone & McCarthy Research Associates (acquired by Oxford Economics in 2016) in Princeton, New Jersey, where he published research based on the interaction between economic, monetary, and macro market forces for the firm’s sophisticated client base of central bank representatives, economists, hedge fund managers, and traders. Michael then became a member of Cantor Fitzgerald’s Debt Capital Markets Derivatives Sales Team, performing quantitative technical analysis for the firm’s proprietary trading desk located in Greenwich, Connecticut. Michael left Cantor Fitzgerald to form Extract Analytics LLC, a boutique research and consulting firm that produced data-driven research and content for an institutional client base, and created educational curriculum for retail traders. Michael became Senior Investing and Trading Platforms Editor at The Balance in June 2021, where he is in charge of covering and building the company’s reviews of online brokers, robo advisors, cryptocurrency wallets, and forex exchanges.