Invest in the Fed

Fed Watch Advisors creates new avenues to navigate markets and central banks. A new style of indexing based on large language modeling provides an efficient way to quantify central bank risk in financial markets.

Interest rate risk is complex and requires a different portfolio management, construction, and analysis approach. Fed watching is about the nuances and parsing of language. By filtering the noise from the signal, the Fed Watch Index offers investors a quantifiable approach to “investing in the Fed.

Strategic Partners

FedWatch Advisors collaborates with strategic partners in the areas of services, investment management, research, and investment advisory services.

Strategies to Fed watching

The Fed Index

A unique index tracking Fed sentiment through speeches, statements, and related news.

Fed Risk

A novel framework for quantifying “Fed risk” and its market implications.

Large Language Models

AI-driven models capturing the tone, narrative, and sentiment of central banks worldwide.

FedWatch Education

A platform for learning how to analyze and interpret central bank actions.

Commentary & White Papers

In-depth perspectives on markets, macro trends, and economic developments.

Impact Analysis

Research on how interest rate policy flows through to businesses, credit markets, and the real economy.

Our leadership

Ben Emons

Managing Director
With nearly three decades of experience in portfolio management and investment strategy, Ben brings a unique combination of an institutional perspective with a personal touch to each of his clients. He enjoys working closely with high-net-worth individuals, family offices, and institutions to create thoughtful, research-driven investment strategies.

In 2020, Ben founded FedWatch Advisors: a quantitative investment firm that translates Federal Reserve communications into real-time, actionable signals using large language models. He previously served as Managing Director of Global Macro Strategy at Medley Global Advisors, where he regularly engaged with Federal Reserve officials and staff on policy and market trends.

Earlier in his career, Ben held portfolio management and strategy roles at PIMCO, Nuveen Investments, NewEdge Wealth, and Intellectus Partners. His work spans systematic investing, macroeconomic analysis, and global asset allocation.

Ben holds an MBA from the University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business and a master’s degree in international finance from the University of Amsterdam. He is a frequent contributor on market insights across CNBC, Bloomberg, CNN, Schwab Network, ICE, NYSE, and RTHK radio.

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