I currently am a Vice President at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, where I head up the finance group in the Research Department. The finance team is a great group of people and I am proud to work with them. You can read about the financial economists — Mark Fisher, Scott Frame, Mark Jensen, Cesare Robotti, Paula Tkac, Daniel F. Waggoner and Larry Wall — at the Federal Reserve Bank’s web site. The other people, who don’t have webpages even if they are equally important, are Cathy Crew, Pamela Frisbee, Linda Mundy, Budina Naydenova and Sherley Wilson.
I also am a Visiting Professor at the University of Carlos III in Madrid.
My vita contains a complete list of my publications and other professional activities. It is available in Adobe Acrobat pdf format. The Federal Reserve Bank has a biography on its web site.
Besides this recent picture, I have a picture of me in Hawaii with a couple of babes.
General books on investing and sailing are two of my other interests. Those interests are reflected below.
The Little Books Big Profits Series
I have become interested in general economic and financial literacy for a variety
of reasons. I have been reading some books on investing aimed at the
general public, although I have not read more than a small part of them! One set of particularly
good books is the “Little Books Big Profits” series published by John
Wiley.
“The Little Books on Investing” is an overall summary of the series with links to short individual reviews of the books. A caveat: The reviews are not exhaustive, so I may not necessarily agree with the author’s discussion of something even if I don’t mention it. The reviews cover the overall points of the books.
Some Sailing Books and Magazines
I read a lot and I have written a survey of selected sailing books.
My wife and I started sailing nine or ten years ago, I want to be a good sailor and I would like to have my own boat. While I do not yet have a boat, I have learned a lot about sailing by reading quite a few books and feel very comfortable chartering in the Caribbean. I should mention that we took hands-on classes; I didn’t just read about sailing, hop on a boat and take off. (That would be imprudent, and I like to think that I am prudent, although maybe impulsive.)
“Books to Help Buying A Sailboat” is a summary of several books related to buying a sailboat. Its purpose is to point you to some good books and maybe save you some time and money on books of little value to you. I am updating it periodically.