Wrightson ICAP Information

Wrightson ICAP specializes in the analysis of Federal Reserve operations and policy, Treasury financing trends and high-frequency economic data. Clients include portfolio managers and traders in the money, bond and currency markets, as well as economists, strategists and central bank officials around the world. A Wrightson subscription provides access both to the weekly newsletter, The Money Market Observer, and to the daily on-line service on the Web. A subscription also provides access to chief economist, Lou Crandall, and his research staff. In addition, Wrightson ICAP provides customized consulting services, including the preparation of briefing papers and special reports, customer presentations and special-purpose publications. Barron's describes Lou Crandall's weekly newsletter, the Money Market Observer, as "must reading for the bond markets." Bloomberg BusinessWeek describes Lou Crandall as "One of the top authorities on the federal funds rate." MarketWatch, published by Dow Jones & Co., has named Lou Crandall "Forecaster of the Month" in May, 2011 and June 2008. He has been in MarketWatch's League of Extraordinary Economists (top 15) for 38 months in a row (November 2008 - December 2011] and finished 3rd overall for 2011. Lou Crandall is often in the top 10 and ranked 12th overall for 2015. Bloomberg Markets ranked Lou Crandall "Most Accurate Forecaster" for the two year period beginning10/1/08 though 9/3010 and again for the April 1, 2009 through March 31, 2011 period.