Evan Schnidman

Evan A. Schnidman is a PhD Candidate at Harvard University and an Adjunct Lecturer at Brown University. He has published numerous articles in academic journals and in Bloomberg News. He is also the founder and primary author of FedPlaybook.com where he provides commentary and investment advice based on changes to macroeconomic policy, especially monetary policy.

Evan's body of research is primarily focused on how politics influences Federal Reserve decision-making and how those decisions impact markets. By utilizing historical data and spatial modeling techniques Evan's research has helped explain how Fed centralization created a need for increased Fed transparency. These transparency observations have helped ...More provide predictive analysis based on various types of public statements by Federal Reserve officials.

Utilizing his predictive research Evan has provided commentary in Bloomberg including his articles "Fed Inflation Goal is More Politics Than Policy" and "Strong Dollar Advocates Make Weak Case." In his commentary on inflation targeting, Evan systematically demonstrated that the new policy provided no economic benefits, only political cover. His article about dollar strength provided a mathematical model that successfully predicted every intermediate S&P 500 market bottom and top since 2008; comparable commentary had never before appeared in the financial media.