This week I am joined on the #htotdpodcast by Danielle DiMartino Booth.  Former investment banker, Dallas Federal Reserve Advisor, Author of “Fed Up” and financial expert and commentator on economic trends, Danielle provides context to federal action, what’s going on in the economy and educates on the perils of the path we are taking.

I was a fan before. I’m a bigger fan now. I hope you enjoy the conversation as much as I did.

#hottakeoftheday Episode 62 w/Danielle DiMartino Booth

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About Danielle

Danielle DiMartino Booth is CEO & Chief Strategist for Quill Intelligence LLC, a research and analytics firm.

Financial expert Danielle DiMartino Booth poses for a portrait, Thursday, July 19, 2018 in uptown Dallas.

DiMartino Booth set out to launch a #ResearchRevolution, redefining how markets intelligence is conceived and delivered with the goal of not only guiding portfolio managers, but promoting financial literacy. To build QI, she brought together a core team of investing veterans to analyze the trends and provide critical analysis on what is driving the markets – both in the United States and globally.

Since inception, commentary and data from DiMartino Booth’s The Daily Feather have appeared in other financial sources such as Bloomberg, CNBC, Fox Business, Institutional Investor, Yahoo Finance, The Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch, Seeking Alpha, TD Ameritrade, TheStreet.com, and more.

A global thought leader on monetary policy, economics and finance, DiMartino Booth founded Quill Intelligence in 2018.  She is the author of FED UP: An Insider’s Take on Why the Federal Reserve is Bad for America (Portfolio, Feb 2017), a full-time columnist for Bloomberg View, a business speaker, and a commentator frequently featured on CNBC, Bloomberg, Fox News, Fox Business News, BNN Bloomberg, Yahoo Finance and other major media outlets.

Prior to Quill, DiMartino Booth spent nine years at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas where she served as Advisor to President Richard W. Fisher throughout the financial crisis until his retirement in March 2015. Her work at the Fed focused on financial stability and the efficacy of unconventional monetary policy.

DiMartino Booth began her career in New York at Credit Suisse and Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette where she worked in the fixed income, public equity, and private equity markets. DiMartino Booth earned her BBA as a College of Business Scholar at the University of Texas at San Antonio. She holds an MBA in Finance and International Business from the University of Texas at Austin and an MS in Journalism from Columbia University.

Dialogue

00:00 – 05:00:  Intro & background, Twitter, Housing Crisis prediction, Wall Street greed, “Equities in Dallas“, Journalism, Federal Reserve

05:00 – 10:30:  Journalism & Reporting, Donald Trump, Credit Markets, Issuance shutdown

10:30 – 17:30:  Halloween 2018 and Corporate Bond Market, QE & dollar funding, inflation, COVID and credit cycle

17:30 – 27:00:  Initial Jobless claims, small & medium enterprise sectors leverage vs. big corporations, small bank loans, asset price inflation, deflationary pressures, Fed leadership & job creation (or lack thereof)

27:00 – 41:00:  Political landscape and upcoming election, unemployment and accuracy of reporting, life at the Dallas Fed, education and financial literacy

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Global Housing Crisis
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GE Debt downgrade
QE – Quantitative Easing
Michael Lewis, “The Big Short”
Bear Stearns
Treasury Inflation Protected Securities market
Federal Reserve Credit Program announcement March 23, 2020
Credit Cycle
Voldemort
Colin Powell
John Kasich
US Department of Labor
Mitch McConnell
CARES Act

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