Central Banking 101
Become An Expert In the Financial System
This is a foundational course in financial markets. We take a tour through major asset classes, investor types, and the financial system. In each course we'll go over basic principles and a few real life case studies to add color. 10 classes total.
$150
This course will make you an expert on the Fed's balance sheet. In the first half we discuss the various components of the Fed balance sheet and how they behave. In the second half we will through a number of real life case studies.
$100
Banks can create money, but it "costs balance sheet." This course explains what balance sheet costs are.
Free
$100
Joseph is the CIO of Monetary Macro LLC, author of Central Banking 101, and operator of Fedguy.com. Earlier in his career he was a senior trader on the Federal Reserve's Open Markets Desk, a credit analyst at S&P Ratings, and an attorney in New York. Through his career he has had the opportunity to study the financial system from the outside as a market participant, but also from its very center on the Desk. His work aims shed light on what often appears to be an opaque system, and to bridge the gap between academia and practice when it comes to financial markets.
Joseph holds a B.A. in Economics from Northwestern University, a J.D. from Columbia Law School, and an MSc. in Financial Economics from Oxford University.