During the entire time he was in charge, with the exception of a difficult and jittery period after 9-11 until we begin to answer back big time, the economy was sound. Yet, he still managed to bring on a couple of recessions by raising interest rates more freqently and sharply than needed and usher in multiple mini-crashes (which later corrected) and two big crashes (which took longer to correct) simply because he couldn't keep his piehole shut.
I'd be willing to bet he has well-placed friends on Wall Street who profit handsomely from his loose lips.
He's the poster boy for the case of abolishing the Fed.
All he would have to do is call his buddys and say he’s going to talk to the press on X date at X time.
That gives you the buy/sell info you need.
I’ll betcha that old bastard does some heavy trading before hand!