20+ years at the heart of the global financial system, with a public track record of early insights on key issues in the markets and economy 

 

For more on Jody's work at:
 

  • Moody's (where he's a senior analyst on securitizations, consumer credit, housing/real estate finance, Gen AI, Fintechs, private credit and other hot topics),
  • Bloomberg (where he was as a prolific reporter covering mortgages, MBS/CDOs and other issues at the center of a global financial crisis),

  • American Banker (where he warned early and often on the coming crash at the US financial-services industry's top trade newspaper),

  • The Wall Street Journal (where he edited and wrote on stocks, sports and newsmakers for its new website amid a contested election, 9/11, dotcom/audit scandals and war), 


or elsewhere... see his LinkedIn profile, a recent resume or below. His professional roles have now covered work done as a credit analyst, economist, research analyst/strategist, project/product manager, event producer/speaker, editor/reporter, digital content producer, graphics designer, photographer and more. Various considerations limit post-2015 info here but call # on resume to chat. He assesses and explains issues from complex financial instruments' transaction-level details to the industries, economies and markets where they exist.

 

At Moody's, he's been quoted by publications such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, CNBC, The Bond Buyer, National Mortgage News, Barron's, Business Insider and Asset Securitization Report. Jody's journalism was cited by/in The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, 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, courts, reports (Lehman Examiner's), papers (dissertation) and group/official actions. TV/radio with hosts Tom Keene, Kathleen Hays, Carol Massar and Erik Schatzker. 

 

He has a reputation for having a deep understanding of a wide range of complicated topics, especially on issues important to financial markets, and particularly things related to mortgages and securitizations (or, nearly everything). He's explained 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. 


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, featuring in award-winning group efforts beside journalists and credit analysts, forging long relationships with colleagues and others, with acknowledgments or citations in books by top journalists/experts, 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 his approach has proven thoughtful, thorough and in good faith to a large spectrum of individuals with differing interests and diverse worldviews, who seem to have valued his work ethic and commitment to honest dealings. 

 

A graduate of Cornell University with an English degree (with courses including honors physics with Brian Greene, investment theory with Avner Arbel, American Studies with Barry Maxwell, graphic design, philosophy, history, classics, religion and communications, as well as a semester at King's College London), 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.