Jody 
Shenn

 

20+ years at the heart of the global financial system and a public track record of delivering important and unique insights on key issues in the markets and economy

 

For more on Jody's work at Moody's (where he's been a senior analyst on securitizations, consumer credit, housing, Fintech/AI and other hot topics), Bloomberg (where he covered mortgages, MBS/CDOs and other issues at the center of the '07-09 global financial crisis and its clean-up as a prolific reporter), American Banker (where he warned of the coming crisis), The Wall Street Journal (for whom he wrote on stocks, sports and newsmakers, working for its nascent website amid a contested election, dotcom crash, 9/11, audit scandals and war) or elsewhere... see his LinkedIn, resume or below. 

 

Jody has a reputation for having a deep and often unparalleled understanding of a wide range of the most complicated topics, especially in financial markets, and particularly things related to mortgages and securitizations (or, nearly everything). He's explained such complex but crucial issues in various ways to people across Wall Street, Washington and worldwide. And, he's been known as consistently ahead of others on emerging opportunities and risks. 

 

At Moody's, he's been quoted by publications including The New York Times, The Washington Post, CNBC, The Bond Buyer, National Mortgage News, Barron's, Business Insider and Asset Securitization Report. His journalism was cited by The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, NBC's Meet the Press, Columbia Journalism Review, Grant's Interest Rate Observer, DealBreaker's Matt Levine, Salon, ZeroHedge, Naked Capitialism, New York Observer, Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission and in courts, reports, papers (a dissertation), regulatory items and remarks by trade/consumer groups and officials. He did Bloomberg TV/radio with hosts like Tom Keene, Kathleen Hays, Carol Massar and Erik Schatzker. 

 

He's been an agenda-setting writer and an office "guru" or "nerd" on tricky nuances even in sophisticated environments. But, he's also down-to-earth and loyal, and always striving to make achieving goals enjoyable. Indeed, he's sought to lift up others more than anything and proven most valuable in teams, repeatedly featuring in award-winning group efforts beside journalists and credit analysts, and forging long relationships with colleagues and others, with acknowledgments or citations in books by top journalists and professionals, such as Mary Childs, Bob Ivry, Christine Richard, Joshua Rosner/Gretchen Morgenstern, William A. Frey and Janet M. Tavakoli.

Mentions of any individuals or other entities on this website are not meant as formal endorsements by me or by current or past employers, and absolutely not a suggestion that they would necessarily endorse me. However, I likely stand by any of my past work produced alongside those individuals, and I am a harsh critic even of articles and reports where I am invovlved myself, which speaks to their character and skills at a point in time at least. Nevertheless, all references here are meant to be just factual and backward-looking.

 

Importantly, any names that I have not mentioned could be examples of inadvertant omissions that would not reflect judgements on those individuals. I also have intentionally limited mentions of certain classes of individuals that I may think highly of, for a variety of reasons. I welcome anyone reaching out if they want any clarifications.

 

I am also not implying any specific or meaningful role in the sucess of any of any individuals mentioned, regarldess of anything like our relative seniority at the time of working together; if anything, I am more saying that I am happy to have learned from them.

 

-Jody

As a financial analyst and journalist tackling sensitive and globally important issues, Jody hopes he's proven his approach to be thoughtful, thorough, in good faith and without bias to a large spectrum of individuals with differing interests and diverse worldviews, using his extreme work ethic and directness as needed. A graduate of Cornell University with an English degree (with courses including investment theory and honors physics with Brian Greene, and a London semester), he connects with all sorts of people, and has learned high level academic and practical theory in many challenging fields via extensive reading, experiences and chats across seniority ranks and job types.