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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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Links: 2010-09-16

Edward Harrison Sep 16, 2010

Gallup: Bush Still Takes Brunt of Blame for Economy vs. Obama Falkenblog: Is Capital a Cushion for Bad Times? Small Business Can't Get Loans From Bailed-Out Banks in U.S. - Bloomberg Barry Eichengreen: Competitive devalution to…

Markets

Soros explains his comments on gold as the ultimate bubble

Edward Harrison Sep 15, 2010

George Soros has finally come out and said what he meant by his comments about gold being the "ultimate bubble." The National Post reports the following exchange from a Reuters interview. “Gold is the only actual bull market…

Markets

Chart of the day: Stocks for the long run?

Edward Harrison Sep 15, 2010

This chart comes via David Rosenberg at Gluskin Sheff. Rosenberg tops it off with this commentary: While we are “underweight” equities as an asset class, we aren’t exactly zero-weight. There are always things to buy and S.I.R.P. does…

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On Basel III and Banking Regulation Generally Plus Other Links

Edward Harrison Sep 15, 2010

Topic of the Day: Banking Regulation Banking reforms will give Mervyn King too much power, warns Myners | Business | The Guardian YouTube - Obama May Name Warren as Interim Consumer Agency Head: Video FT.com / Columnists / John…

Economy

CFOs not optimistic on economy

Edward Harrison Sep 15, 2010

The Duke University/CFO Magazine Global Business Outlook Survey which concluded last week showed a high level of concern amongst top financial officers in major organizations worldwide. Of note are the CFOs ideas regarding employment and…

Economy

Despite the propaganda machine’s attempts to label TARP a success, it was not

Edward Harrison Sep 15, 2010

A friend who is a well-connected Washington insider sent me the text of a piece by Ben Smith on how successful TARP was late last night, asking: This is the first mention I’ve seen in the more mainstream media. Anybody raise this in…

Economy

More on retail sales, small businesses and economic growth

Edward Harrison Sep 14, 2010

There were three pieces of data today that give the complete picture for the consumer economy right now. My read of the data says we are now in a holding pattern awaiting more concrete evidence that the technical recovery which began last…

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On whether the economy is headed up or down and other links

Edward Harrison Sep 14, 2010

Topic of the Day: Is the economy headed up or down? Buffett Rules Out Double-Dip Recession Amid Growth - Bloomberg Hatzius pegs a double dip at only 25 percent | Credit Writedowns Small business optimism sees slight uptick |…

Economy

Rosenberg: “If I was going to publish a bullish report on the U.S. economy…”

Edward Harrison Sep 14, 2010

Everybody's favourite bearish analyst, Gluskin Sheff's David Rosenberg had a few thoughts on some of the bullish analyses he's been seeing. Despite his bearishness, he even goes as far as to say why he would be bullish. Here are the first…

Economy

Small business optimism sees slight uptick

Edward Harrison Sep 14, 2010

CNBC discusses the small tick up in the NFIB Small Business Optimism Index with William Dunkelberg, Chief Economist for the National Federation of Independent Business. Note that despite the uptick, small businesses are not saying they plan…

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