Money For The Rest Of Us

Why the Federal Reserve had to step in again to sop runs on money market mutual funds and keep the financial system from imploding.Topics covered include:What are the differences between shocks and vulnerabilitiesWhat are the four main vulnerabilities the Federal Reserve monitorsHow deleveraging and demands for liquidity lead to market stressesWhat are the types of money market funds and how were they impacted by the Covid 19 shockHow was Treasury bond trading impacted by the Covid shockWhy the Federal Reserve stepped in to stop the market contagion from spreadingWhat are the downsides to central bank interventionsWhat individual investors can do to protect against future shocksThanks to Mint Mobile and Truebill for sponsoring the episode.For more information on this episode click here.Show NotesPresident’s Working Group on Financial Markets Releases Report on Money Market Funds—U.S. Department of the TreasuryReport of the President’s Working Group on Financial Markets: Overview of Recent Events and Pote