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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.

Economy

Chart of the Day: The World’s Top 50 Banks (bubble chart version)

Edward Harrison Nov 2, 2010

I have written a few posts showing you the ranking for the big banks globally, with a special emphasis on Europe because of systemic risk. But here's a great bubble chart that gives you a visual on the relative size of the big banks…

Political Economy

Bianco: ‘The Risk is Definitely To The Downside’ On QE Announcement

Edward Harrison Nov 2, 2010

The latest video from Bloomberg with Jim Bianco is below. Bianco believes the markets will be disappointed Fed if the Fed shows less than 5 months of $100 billion in QE tomorrow. He also doubts whether a tax hike would be a "big, big"…

Political Economy

Does Quantitative Easing Work in Boosting the Real Economy?

Edward Harrison Nov 2, 2010

Tomorrow the Federal Reserve will make an important and much anticipated announcement about monetary policy over the coming months. The main question for most market watchers and economists has to do with quantitative easing, or QE. It is…

News

Links: 2010-11-01

Edward Harrison Nov 1, 2010

The Usual Fare Saudi Arms Deal is About Iran - Ron Paul Millions of homeowners keep paying on underwater mortgages - latimes.com Chart of the week: Brazil’s shifting export structure | beyondbrics | FT.com Robo-Signing at…

Quantitative Easin’

Edward Harrison Nov 1, 2010

This is pure Barry White, people! Hat tip Scott.

Markets

Chart of the Day: Projected 10-year Annualised Return for S&P500

Edward Harrison Nov 1, 2010

John Hussman says about this chart: Based on our standard methodology (see The Likely Range of Market Returns in the Coming Decade for the basic approach) we estimate that the S&P 500 is priced to achieve a 10-year total return of…

Economy

ISM Manufacturing Index PMI rises to 56.9%

Edward Harrison Nov 1, 2010

The Institute for Supply Management (formerly the National Association of Purchasing Management) releases the widely-followed Report On Business® each month. This is considered the most important data set in the manufacturing sector.…

Economy

Mortgage default as economic stimulus

Edward Harrison Nov 1, 2010

Early in the year, I posted a few times on a coming wave of mortgage defaults generally and the economic effect of living in defaulted accommodation specifically. My conclusion at the time was that, while the consumer spending due to the…

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This Week’s Most Popular Posts

Edward Harrison Nov 1, 2010

Real Estate Investors or Speculators?: Casey Research's thoughts on risk management amongst real estate investors makes one wonder how much real estate activity is purely speculative. The Problem With QE2: Comstock Partners explains…

News

Links: 2010-10-31

Edward Harrison Oct 31, 2010

Unemployment and Foreclosures | Credit Writedowns FT.com / FTfm - Edward Chancellor - Capt Bernanke on course for icebergs Frank Rich - The Grand Old Plot Against the Tea Party - NYTimes.com Maureen Dowd - Can the Dude Abide? -…

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