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US CapEx

Macro

Slides outlining US CapEx Spending

CMAs

Markets

Guide to Constructing Capital Market Assumptions (CMAs)

Corporate Profits

Macro

Slides outlining US Corporate Profits

Econ Calendars

Macro

Introduction to Economic Calendars

Intro to FRED

FRED

Tutorial on FRED

Reindexing a Series - FRED

FRED

How to reindex a series on FRED

Search By Calendar- FRED

FRED

How to search FRED via the calendar

Search By Release - FRED

FRED

How to search FRED by economic release

XLS Add in - FRED

FRED

Tutorial on FRED’s XLS Add-In

glossaRy of Empirical Finance

Markets

Data Science

Common scripts used in quantitative finance

Intro to Regression

Data Science

Introduction to Regression & Inference

Business Cycles

Macro

Slides outlining US Business Cycles

Macro for Managers

Macro

Markets

Tutorial for managers looking at macro

MacroJournal

MacroJournal

Macro

Introduction to the MacroJournal

Macro KPI

Macro

Slides outlining a few Macro KPIs

Quant Methods - Finance

Data Science

Markets

Lecture Notes for Quant Methods in Finance

Time Series Workshop 2025

Data Science

Time Series Workshop for Fuqua M(S)QM

Don’t Fall into the 3 Tariff Debate Traps

Macro

Inconsistencies in the tariff debate

Macro Markets Review - 2Apr2025

Macro

Markets

Latest Data and Topics in Macro & Markets

Time Series Workshop

Data Science

Slides and Code for an Intro to Time Series Workshop

Macro Markets Review - 19Mar2025

Macro

Markets

Latest Data and Topics in Macro & Markets

Macro Markets Review - 5Mar2025

Macro

Markets

Latest Data and Topics in Macro & Markets

Nowcasting Disaster

Macro

Dramatic Decline in ATL Q1`25 GDPNow

Energy Reflation Impacting unit COGS

Macro

Which industries are exposed to energy price run up?

Macro Markets Review - 19Feb2025

Macro

Markets

Latest Data and Topics in Macro & Markets

Federal Employment

Macro

Is Federal Employment Driving Payrolls?

Macro Markets Review - 5Feb2025

Macro

Markets

Latest Data and Topics in Macro & Markets

Inflation Runs

Macro

Looking for CPI Category Persistence

Industry Revenue Betas

Macro

Manufacturing is most levered to Higher RGDP / Hotter CPI in 2025

Fragile Margins

Macro

Price Margin vs Volume Margin

Macro Trivia

Macro

Macro trivia for week ending 13Dec2024

Misquoting Inflation

Macro

Data Science

I explain why annualized rate is not year over year

Factors across macro regimes

Macro

Markets

Exploring factor performance across macro regimes

FRED APIs in R

Macro

FRED

Comparative of two common methods

Jobs Report - Nov24

Macro

FRED

Some perspectives on the labor market

FRED2Vis

Macro

FRED

A FRED ChatBot interface

Uneven Impact of Inflation

Macro

Wells Fargo dives deep on stratifying the CPI

Econ Calendars

Macro

Introductory Video for Economic Calendars

FRED Release Calendar

Macro

FRED

Introductory Video for finding data via FRED’s Release Calendar

Immigration and the Budget

Macro

CBO study: Effects of Immigration on Baseline

Detentions at the Border

Macro

What is the impact of reduced immigration flows on US labor market?

Macro Trivia - 2Dec2024

Macro

Trivia for Macro Activity for week 2Dec2024

MJ - 2Dec2024

Macro

MacroJournal

Results to MacroJournal poll - 2Dec2024

MJ - 26Nov2024

Macro

MacroJournal

Results to MacroJournal poll - 26Nov2024

Federal Government Supports Individuals more than Capital

Macro

Federal Grants to States/Local/Tribal focused on Individuals, not Capital

Reindexing on FRED

Macro

FRED

How to reindex a series on FRED

Search by Release on FRED

Macro

FRED

How to find a data series on FRED via search by Release

Anatomy of a trade

Markets

The 3 E’s of a good trade

Macro Markets Trivia - 21Nov2024

Macro

Markets

Weekly trivia and discussion with Duke DFE

Inflation Age Gap

Macro

How did older Americans alter their inflation expectations amid the post COVID inflation spike?

MJ - 18Nov2024

Macro

MacroJournal

Results to MacroJournal poll - 18Nov2024

Markets Discussion - 14Nov2024

Macro

Markets

Prompt for Discussion Group - Duke DFE

Macro Markets Trivia - 14Nov2024

Macro

Markets

Trivia for Macro & Market Activity for week 8Nov2024

CPI Speed Momentum - Oct2024

Macro

Exploring ST and LT CPI Deltas

Pet Treats Inflation

Macro

Noticing a change to CPI measure of Pet market

MJ - 11Nov2024

Macro

MacroJournal

Results to MacroJournal poll - 11Nov2024

Macro Markets Trivia - 11Nov2024

Macro

Markets

Trivia for Macro & Market Activity for week 8Nov2024

Macro Trivia - 11Nov2024

Macro

Trivia for US Macro Activity for week 8Nov2024

US Macro KPIs

Macro

Dashboard of RGDP, CPI, UR, 10yr Updated 11Nov2024 @1:15PM ET

FRED Updates

FRED

WARNING: FRED is updating its structure

Fed Funds Futures - 5Nov2024

Macro

Markets

What are the futures markets saying about the prospects for cuts in the next twelve months

MQM-RA-Kickoff-2024

Data Science

Intro Meeting for Research Opportunities within the MQM program 2024

MJ - 4Nov2024

MacroJournal

Macro

Results to MacroJournal poll - 4Nov2024

Oct24 Jobs Report

Macro

Deep dive on the Jobs report

MJ - 29Oct2024

MacroJournal

Macro

Results to MacroJournal poll - 29Oct2024

Macro Markets Review - 24Oct2024

Macro

Markets

Slide Deck I used during Trivia and Discussion Session with Duke Econ DFE 24Oct2024

MJ - 21Oct2024

MacroJournal

Macro

Results to MacroJournal poll - 21Oct2024

Macro Markets Review - 16Oct2024

Macro

Markets

Slide Deck I used during Trivia and Discussion Session with Duke Econ DFE 17Oct2024

Macro Trivia - 23Sep2024

Macro

Slide deck used for week in review trivia

Philly Fed Profits - 23Sep2024

Macro

Profit implications of latest Philly Fed Mfg Report

PortStrike - 23Sep2024

Macro

Exercise to explore the Fall2024 US port strike

Rate Cuts, Yields Up

Macro

Markets

Exercise to explore Fed rate cuts and bond yields

Reading the SEP - Sep2024

Macro

Notes on how to read the SEP

Fiscal Milestone

Macro

Exercise to explore US treasury debt

Split Decision

Macro

Markets

Exercise to explore Fed Funds Futures

Macro Trivia - 14Sep2024

Macro

Slide deck used for week in review trivia

PPI Margins-Sep2024

Macro

Exercise to explore using PPI to assess profit margins

Small Business Earnings

Macro

Exercise to explore earnings potential for small businesses

Macro Trivia - 9Sep2024

Macro

Slide deck used for week in review trivia

MJ - 9Sep2024

MacroJournal

Macro

Results to MacroJournal poll - 9Sep2024

Peak Recession Fear

Macro

Exercise to explore the recession expectations

Fed V Profits

Macro

Fed rarely starts cutting with profit growth accelerating

Macro Trivia - 2Sep2024

Macro

Slide deck used for week in review trivia

MJ - 2Sep2024

MacroJournal

Macro

Results to MacroJournal poll - 2Sep2024

Earnings - 1Sep2024

Macro

Exercise to explore the earnings season

Margins - 1Sep2024

Macro

Excercise to explore current macro & profit margins using Richmond Fed Mfg Survey