The FED is Dead: Their Only Tool is Narrative with George Robertson

Interview recorded - 11th of December, 2023

On this episode of the WTFinance podcast I had the pleasure of welcoming on George Robertson -  a veteran of the Fixed Income industry with over 40 years of experience and a very unique view on the FED. 

During our conversation we spoke about why the FED does not exist, how the economy is currently handling high interest rates, the narrative is all the FED control, what this means for assets and more. I hope you enjoy!

0:00 - Introduction
2:13 - Why does the FED not exist?
21:23 - Why is the economy handling interest rate increases?
24:56 - Issues with repo market in 2019?
28:58 - The narrative is all the FED controls
36:23 - Are the media really supporting the FED?
43:23 - What is an overshoot?
50:12 - Exuberance due to dovish FED?
53:13 - Peak exuberance then 2008 like crash
57:34 - One message to takeaway from our conversation?

George has worked in Fixed income, equity, Fed, vol, options for 40 years. This included for Solomon, Mulheren, Bass FO, Cargill as Portfolio Manager & CIO.

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