Brad Setser
Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
Brad Setser is the Whitney Shepardson senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, where he writes the Follow the Money blog on international economic policy. Before CFR he was a senior advisor to the United States Trade Representative (2021-2022), deputy assistant secretary for international economic analysis at the U.S. Treasury (2011-2015), director for international economics on the National Economic Council and National Security Council staffs, and a visiting scholar at the International Monetary Fund. He holds a BA from Harvard, a master's from Sciences Po Paris, and an MA and PhD in international relations from Oxford. His posts focus on trade and current-account imbalances, reserve accumulation and currency policy, with China, Korea, Japan and Taiwan recurring most often.
Leaderboard rank
Open in leaderboard →| Horizon | 7D | 30D | 90D | 180D | 360D | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | #885 | #847 | #472 | #348 | — | #446 |
| Calls | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 0/10 | 13 |
| Avg return | -2.9% | -2.8% | +8.5% | +9.9% | — | +4.3% |
| vs S&P 500 | -2.3 pp | -4.7 pp | -2.7 pp | -3.9 pp | — | -3.8 pp |
Ticker
Side
Calls
Mentions
First Call
Best call P&L
Status
Chart
Source
Loading
Showing 0 of 15 calls · sorted by mentions
Loading
Brad Setser has 15 trade ideas tracked on Buzzberg across 15 tickers since December 2025. Ranked #847 on Buzzberg's 30-day Authors leaderboard. Most covered: CNY, FXI, DXY.
Historical call returns are modeled from recorded ideas and stored prices, not actual brokerage portfolio returns. Check the evaluated call set and horizon; past results do not establish future prediction accuracy. Explore our data and methodology
