Rebecca Hotsko chats with Alfonso Peccatiello. In this episode, they discuss what conventional monetary policy vs unconventional monetary policy is, why the Fed uses unconventional policies like quantitative easing (QE), what QE is, how it works, how QE impacts the stock market and asset prices, what happens to asset prices when the Fed starts quantitative tightening, what is driving the recent strength in the US dollar, how a stronger dollar impacts corporate earnings and profits, and so much more!