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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.

Political Economy

Sweden prepares for financial collapse in Latvia and major bank losses at home

Edward Harrison Oct 5, 2009

The following is my translation of a much-discussed article that appeared in Swedish daily Svenska Dagbladet at the weekend. This information was being withheld from the public and leaked at an inopportune moment. Note that the…

SNL skewers Barack Obama

Edward Harrison Oct 5, 2009

You probably have heard about the Saturday Night Live skit poking fun at President Obama for allegedly not leaving a very robust list of accomplishments behind after 9 months in office. So, without further ado, here it is. NPR says:…

Economy

Why is industrial production declining in Singapore?

Edward Harrison Oct 5, 2009

Earlier today we learned that the Singapore PMI was much weaker than expected for September 2009, coming in at 50.6 versus 54.4 for August. While this demonstrates that the manufacturing sector there is still rising, it is doing so just…

Economy

Quote of the day: “Jamie is always hanging around the hoop”

Edward Harrison Oct 5, 2009

In a 9-page Vanity Fair article “Wall Street’s Near-Death Experience,”giving us a sneak peek into the lives of bankers during the global meltdown last Autumn a hilarious quote of great significance was buried. At issue was the near-death…

Economy

Why is Goldman allowed to game the system?

Edward Harrison Oct 5, 2009

Marshall Auerback sent me a link to a recent Simon Johnson missive about Goldman Sachs. I had already seen and liked this article, but his e-mail prompted me to write this post. My question is: Why is Goldman a bank holding company?…

News

News from around the web: 2009-10-05

Edward Harrison Oct 5, 2009

Bronte Capital: Are the Spanish banks hiding their losses? Looking at the American data John is dubious about Spain like Edward Hugh. It seems a bit hard to believe we could have a depression-like environment in Spain without a serious…

News

Night Time Reading: 2009-10-05

Edward Harrison Oct 4, 2009

I am going to double up on links today as I have a lot that I have found with more sill to come tomorrow morning. Enjoy this lot. Is the Swiss Health Care System a Good Model for US? - Gary Becker The Swiss health care system…

Economy

Marc Faber: “Monetary policy in the United States will stay expansionary”

Edward Harrison Oct 4, 2009

Below is a wide-ranging interview with Marc Faber over four videos on CNBC TV18 in India explaining view on inflation, currencies, commodities, stocks and more. Asset-based economy. In general, he thinks we are in an inflationary…

Economy

Bearish on bank stocks

Edward Harrison Oct 4, 2009

I think it should be abundantly clear that I am bearish on financials given my sell equities call two weeks ago. After all, it was the banking sector which I was most bullish on in April – August. They are also the stocks that have…

News

News from around the web: 2009-10-04

Edward Harrison Oct 4, 2009

I am just getting back up to speed, so expect to see a few older links I flagged for myself but did not post in the past few days. Jobless rates rise in all U.S. cities in August | Reuters "Unemployment rates rose in all cities…

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