How The Coronavirus Crisis Pushed The Fed Into Truly Uncharted Territory
The fate of the economy remains extremely unclear. However there is little doubt that the Fed has taken dramatic steps to arrest the crisis. Not only has Jerome Powell’s Federal Reserve dusted off old...
23 Huhti 202045min
Emerging Markets Have Never Experienced A Crisis Like This Before
With major economies around the world coming to a screeching halt, emerging markets are in a squeeze of historic proportions. Not only are they being buffeted by a domestic health crisis, but export i...
20 Huhti 202050min
Why The War On Physical Cash Is A War On Freedom
Commerce and payments are increasingly digital. This shift from physical to electronic is one that governments and businesses are eager to accelerate for a host of reasons. But what gets lost when we ...
17 Huhti 202057min
Marco Rubio On The Effort To Save Jobs And Get People Working Again
At the end of March, Congress passed the CARES Act in an attempt to mitigate some of the massive economic devastation being caused by the coronavirus crisis. A key piece of the legislation includes gr...
15 Huhti 202031min
How To Stop The Fiscal Emergency Facing U.S. Cities And States
With the U.S. economy going into a deep slump, the Federal government has attempted to counteract the pain by increasing spending. But for cities and states, it’s virtually impossible for them to run ...
13 Huhti 202043min
Here’s What’s Happening With Those Korean Structured Notes That Bet Against Market Volatility
Earlier this year on Odd Lots, we did an episode about Korean structured investment products that were sold to retail investors, whose performance was tied to various market indices around the world. ...
9 Huhti 202040min
Tom Barrack On The Crisis In The Commercial Real Estate Market
The commercial real estate market has been clobbered in this crisis, as restaurants and stores virtually shut down entirely throughout the month of March. On this week’s Odd Lots episode, we speak to ...
6 Huhti 202040min
Zoltan Pozsar and Perry Mehrling On The Historic Crisis Of Financial Market Plumbing
The plumbing of the financial system is coming under strain like never before. On this week’s podcast, we speak with two legendary experts on how the money system works: Zoltan Pozsar of Credit Suisse...
30 Maalis 202054min
