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Edward Harrison is a senior Editor at Bloomberg. He is also the founder of Credit Writedowns newsletter, a former career diplomat, investment banker and technology executive with over twenty five years of business experience. He speaks six languages and reads another five, skills he uses to provide a more global perspective. Edward holds an MBA in Finance from Columbia University and a BA in Economics from Dartmouth College.

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Dow Transports lagging is a warning sign

Edward Harrison Feb 7, 2012

There are still a lot of Dow Theory followers out there even after over 100 years. And the divergence between a bullish DJIA headline number and the lagging Dow Transports is bearish from a technical perspective.

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News Links: Greek Default: Why Now May Be Best Time to Do It

Edward Harrison Feb 7, 2012

Greek Default: Why Now May Be Best Time to Do It - US Business News Blog - CNBC Last week in general gave life to the recovery theme, with 15 of 23 indicators beating expectations and causing some economists to raise their growth…

Blogs

Quick note on updates at Credit Writedowns

Edward Harrison Feb 6, 2012

I have instituted a few changes at Credit Writedowns to which I wanted to alert readers. The changes were mostly for members but they affect all readers. I had heard from a few member readers that it wasn't clear where member content…

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Ireland’s Private Debt Problem

Edward Harrison Feb 6, 2012

You saw the chart about two weeks ago on Developed economies’ debt levels by sector. Different economies have different debt problems. A few like Greece have public sector debt woes. And this is the sort of problem that forces a default…

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Growth momentum shift to Emerging Markets continues

Edward Harrison Feb 6, 2012

Two weeks ago I highlighted the fact that Indonesia has re-attained an investment grade rating, continuing the upward path it has been on since the Asian crisis derailed the Asian growth story 15 years ago. Indeed, we should expect emerging…

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2012 an inflection point toward S&P500 margin compression

Edward Harrison Feb 6, 2012

What I have been saying throughout 2011 is that margin compression is going to happen no matter what. The cuts have been made and so margins cannot grow any higher from cuts. It has to come from operating leverage that increases as a result…

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2012 an inflection point toward S&P500 margin compression

Edward Harrison Feb 6, 2012

Economy

Is US democracy being bought and sold?

Edward Harrison Feb 6, 2012

The answer is yes. video below

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News Links 02/04/2012

Edward Harrison Feb 4, 2012

Schneiderman Files Civil Fraud Lawsuit Against Three Major Banks for Use of MERS « naked capitalism New York filed a lawsuit against various units of JP Morgan, Bank of America, Wells, MERSCORP and…

Economy

El-Erian on jobs: Headline bullish but structural issues remain

Edward Harrison Feb 3, 2012

Bloomberg Television has another video with PIMCO head Mohamed El-Erian, this time on the jobs number. This one number has the potential to set the tone for the short-term because it was so far ahead of consensus estimates. El-Erian…

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