Brandon Stitzel
About Brandon
Brandon is a rotational analyst within the Global Corporates sector, working with organizations to develop and maintain risk management programs across the interest rate, foreign exchange, and commodities asset classes. Prior to Chatham, Brandon graduated from Penn State with a B.S. in Economics and a MPS in Management and Organizational Leadership.
Publications
Released Fed minutes show a growing hawkish and tightening mindset across FOMC members. The release drove rates higher as members called for fast balance sheet reduction and double rate hikes in upcoming meetings. Meanwhile, commodity hedges for petroleum products break down.
Omicron takes center stage with the Federal Reserve on standby
Omicron spreads cases and fear, disconnect grows between economic data and average American sentiment, the Fed may taper faster than anticipated, markets and long-term treasury rates fall, and the U.S. debt ceiling looms over the country.
Non-core inflation strikes again
Despite many central banks’ transitory inflation perspectives, inflation returned this week as commodity and food prices continued to rise. The five-year breakeven inflation rate, a broad measure of the market’s long-term inflation expectation, hit its highest reading since May after rising 13...
Expertise
- Corporates
- Interest Rate Risk Management
- Foreign Currency Risk Management
- Commodity Risk Management
- Hedge Accounting
- Valuations
Qualifications
- Master of Professional Studies
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