The course · Rubric 13 of 18
Macro & Economy
Business cycle, central banks, news and how asset classes connect.
Chapters
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01The business cycle
- 1.1 The business cycle
- 1.2 GDP, inflation, labor market
- 1.3 Leading indicators: PMI and co.
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02Central banks
- 2.1 Fed, ECB, BoE, BoJ: who does what?
- 2.2 Policy rates and monetary policy
- 2.3 Quantitative easing and tightening
- 2.4 How markets react to central bank meetings
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03News & sentiment
- 3.1 Reading the economic calendar
- 3.2 Volatility around news
- 3.3 Sentiment gauges: VIX, fear and greed
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04Connections
- 4.1 How bonds, stocks, the dollar and commodities connect
- 4.2 Crashes as case studies: 1987, 2000, 2008, 2020, 2022