Guggenheim’s Macro Outlook: Will the Fed’s Pivot Save the Day?
Tuesday, August 13, 2019
2:00 PM EDT | 11:00 AM PDT
60 minutes
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Speakers
Brian Smedley
Head of Macroeconomic and Investment Research
Guggenheim Investments
Mr. Smedley is Head of Macroeconomic and Investment Research at Guggenheim Partners, reporting to the firm’s Global Chief Investment Officer. He leads a team of economists and investment strategists who help to formulate the firm’s macro and asset allocation views and communicate them to internal and external audiences. Their thought leadership publications have been ranked among the industry’s most-read and most-shared by Cogent Reports.
Prior to joining Guggenheim, Mr. Smedley was Head of U.S. Short Rates Research at Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML). In this role, he covered Treasuries, interest rate derivatives and money markets, as well as Fed policy and financial regulation. He was ranked 2nd in the Short Duration Category of the Institutional Investor Fixed Income Research Survey. Mr. Smedley joined BAML in 2010 from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, where he worked as a senior trader/analyst in the Markets Group responsible for FX, commodities, and buy side relationship management. He began his career at the New York Fed in the Emerging Markets and International Affairs Group, where he was a senior economist covering Latin America.
Mr. Smedley earned bachelor’s degrees in Economics and Finance from Utah State University, where he graduated summa cum laude with honors in Economics. He earned a master’s degree in International Development Studies from The George Washington University. As a graduate student, he worked at the U.S. Treasury Department and the White House Council of Economic Advisers.
Robert Huebscher
CEO and Founder
Advisor Perspectives
Robert Huebscher is the founder and CEO of Advisor Perspectives and serves as its editor-in-chief. He is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and has written extensively on topics including investment management, portfolio construction, financial planning and global economics.
