CFTC Talks

This week on CFTC Talks, we bring on Kansas State University's Dr. John Floros to discuss the rapidly changing world of agriculture and AgTech. How does KSU prepare the agriculture students of today for the technology driven farms of tomorrow? Drones, sensors, driverless trackers and data science all discussed.

This week on CFTC Talks, we bring on Chamber of Digital Commerce’s President Perianne Boring and General Counsel Amy Davine Kim to discuss the mission of the Chamber, and where they see digital assets/blockchain-based technologies are heading.

This week on CFTC Talks, we bring on CFTC Commissioner Rostin Behnam to discuss his vision and priorities for the agency in 2018. Market risk, systemic risk and financial stability are all on his agenda.

This week on CFTC Talks, we have on Northwestern Mutual Chief Investment Strategist Brent Schutte. We cover market volatility, stocks, bonds and investing during crazy market moves. Brent answers the big question: is there any economic slack left?

This week on CFTC Talks, we have on Natixis chief economist Joe LaVorgna. We cover what’s driving the market volatility and where interest rates are headed. Why Joe thinks the Fed’s Vice Chair will be critical for monetary policy.

This week on CFTC Talks, we dive into research on the $544 trillion interest rate swaps market. Is it really this big or is there a better metric for size and risk? How to construct a new index and what will it tell us? Can you extend the framework to other markets like FX and credit?

This week on CFTC Talks, we bring on Citi’s Global Head of Commodity Research Ed Morse. We discuss what’s driving the markets we watch: energy, ag, & softs. We review major changes in the market structure and what Mr. Morse reviews every day to understand the markets.

This week on CFTC Talks, CFTC's Dan Gorfine and I bring on Andreessen Horowitz' lead on fintech investments, Alex Rampell. We cover a wide range of fintech issues from crypto currencies to blockchain (what it's not) and AI.

This week on CFTC Talks, we have on St. Louis Federal Reserve’s, Chris Neely, author of “Four Stories of Quantitative Easing.” We cover the QE programs of the Federal Reserve, Bank of England, Bank of Japan and European Central Bank.

This week on CFTC Talks, we discuss CFTC’s 1st ever 2018 Q1 Market Review and Outlook research. What will this report cover, what are the major market themes, and what is the market narrative’s biggest unknown for 2018?

This week on CFTC Talks, we bring on Coincenter.org Director of Research Peter Van Valkenburgh. We discuss the key new innovation underneath bitcoin: The consensus mechanism. Curious how bitcoins are created and why there’s a limit? Listen and find out.

This week on CFTC Talks, we bring on CFTC Commissioner Brian Quintenz to discuss his vision and priorities for the agency in 2018. Risk, technology and international harmonization, all on his agenda. goo.gl/3r9QU2

This week on CFTC Talks, we bring on Harvard Law Prof. Hal Scott, author of "Connectedness and Contagion." We cover the 2008 financial crisis, what happened and what regulation has done since. Has regulation made the US financial system safer and at what cost? What is the future direction for fin reg? We cover it all and what it was like to work at the Supreme Court when US v. Nixon was happening!

This week on CFTC Talks, we bring on FERC Chairman Neil Chatterjee. We talk energy regulation, electricity grid, renewables and cyber security for key energy infrastructures in the United States.

This week on CFTC Talks, we bring on a roundtable panel made up of CFTC leaders to discuss what Bitcoin is, what the self-certification process of new contracts on Bitcoin is, and what the CFTC role in regulating the new derivatives contracts is. Panelists include: LabCFTC’s Daniel Gorfine, DMO’s Amir Zaidi, DCR’s Brian Bussey and DSIO’s Matt Kulkin. All done in effort to help us understand the markets we watch, and commodities.