Jody 
Shenn

 

With 20+ years at the heart of the global financial system, Jody has a long public record of delivering important and unique insights on the key issues of the day in the markets, economy and business 

 

For more on Jody Shenn'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.

I'm also proud to have shared bylines with, swapped article assistance credits with or been edited by former and current top (mostly financial/business) journalists including some of the authors mentioned above and: Mark Pittman, Rob Urban, Marc Hochstein, Brad Keoun, Zeke Faux, Dakin Campbell, Sarah Mulholland, Shannon Harrington, Pierre Paulden, Caroline Gage, Tracy Alloway, Yalman Onaran, Emma Moody, Sapna Maheshwari, Kevin Dugan, Heather Perlberg, Kathleen Howley, Dawn Kopecki, Hugh Son, Rick Green, Alan Goldstein, Matt Leising, Donal Griffin, Kathy Burton, Sree Vidya Bhaktavatsalam, Chris Dolmetsch, Kristen Haunss, Kelly Bit, Joshua Gallu, Cordell Eddings, Zach Tracer, Liz Capo McCormick, David Evans, John Pickering, Romaine Bostick, Eric Bergquist, Rob Blackwell, Bill Sutton, Jason Fry, W. Michael Pitcher, Matt Scully, Matt Quinn, Jim Chairusmi and Carl Bialik.

 

I'll try to add to these as I remember, or take them away if anyone prefers that. Any omissions very unintentional and can be sincerely appologized for, and list is in no particular order. (I am proud my career could intersect with each, and others stupidly not mentioned, and sorry for various offenses. I've also left out some folks who I am very proud to have worked beside, but where I'm not sure if there was any specific direct teaming up.) See also "A note on names" post.

 

I'm happy to have been part of stuff like this, thanks everyone... 

 

 

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.