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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.

Markets

Pimco’s Gross and El-Erian: Seeking Alpha in Brazil and South Korea Over U.S.

Edward Harrison Oct 5, 2010

Gross says that Pimco is looking to high growth economies for both bond and equity plays. The key for them is not to play the liquidity seeking return trade (like 100-year Mexican paper). Rather they want to find low volatility, high return…

Economy

David Tice: “You Can’t Print Your Way To Prosperity”

Edward Harrison Oct 5, 2010

David Tice, chief portfolio strategist for bear markets at Federated Investors, talks to Bloomberg about the outlook for the U.S. economy and stock market. He is expecting to see signs of a `Double Dip' Recession. He also…

Political Economy

More on the Federal Reserve and Quantitative Easing

Edward Harrison Oct 5, 2010

Here is a good segment I did this past Friday on BNN founding anchor Howard Green's "Headline" show. The other guest was Philip Coggan, capital markets editor at the Economist in London. Here's what we had to say. Record low…

Markets

Permanent Zero and Unbelievably Low Yields in Mexico

Edward Harrison Oct 5, 2010

When faced with a balance sheet recession and anaemic demand growth, Japan pushed short-term interest rates to zero and preceded to print money. This created the infamous Japanese carry trade in which Japanese investors would buy…

Political Economy

How a financial crisis morphs into a currency war

Edward Harrison Oct 5, 2010

In a synchronized global economic downturn, the temptation for policy makers is to view economic growth as a zero-sum game and to take policies that, while favourable to domestic constituents, end up 'stealing' growth from elsewhere. The…

News

“Out-and-Out Currency War from All Sides” And Other Links

Edward Harrison Oct 5, 2010

It seems pretty clear that we are now entering a new stage of quantitative easing, competitive currency devaluation, and protectionism. Expect to see a number of posts on this later today. But I want to highlight this here in the links post…

Political Economy

Chart of the Day: US Stock Performance in September 2010 Not the Best Since 1939

Edward Harrison Oct 4, 2010

Over the past few days, I have heard from a number of stock market analysts say that this past September's rally in the S&P500 was the best performance since at least 1939. That's 71 years! This afternoon, I heard an analyst describing…

Daily

Nouriel Roubini’s Talk at Google’s Zeitgeistminds

Edward Harrison Oct 4, 2010

Chrystia Freeland introduces Dr. Roubini, reminding him that he is still known as Dr. Doom. She quips he should wear the name with pride because he was "one of the very few economists who was actually right about the crisis." This…

News

Links: 2010-10-04

Edward Harrison Oct 4, 2010

HEARD ON THE STREET: Banks, Insurers Face the Killing Yields - WSJ.com IMF admits that the West is stuck in near depression - Telegraph The Best Photography Apps for Your iPhone The Best Photography Apps for Your…

Distraction of the Week: Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake’s History of Rap

Edward Harrison Oct 3, 2010

This is an inventive little number by Fallon and Timberlake singing all of the most popular hip hop tunes of the last 30 years with remarkable fidelity to the original. Seriously, these guys really sound like the originals. Hilarious…

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