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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

Random Musing: mathematical models

Edward Harrison
Warren Buffett has done pretty well for himself, amassing a net worth north of $50 billion. Yet, for all his detailed analysis and combing through financial reports, he has never said he models things out to the nth degree.In fact, Buffett…
Daily

Europe is next

Edward Harrison
As you could probably tell -- from all the stories I have been writing about the Baltics, Denmark, Sweden, you name it -- I believe that Europe is the next leg down in the global housing bubble. As such, it will pay to focus as much…
Markets

Peer pressure and bubbles

Edward Harrison
What has the housing bubble told us about market efficiency, social psychology and economics? Quite a lot, I believe.In the aftermath of the housing bubble, one thing is for certain: we can throw out the inane "Efficient Market…
News

News round-up: 18 Aug 2008

Edward Harrison
Top BillingNo Limit to Greenspan's Once-In-A-Century Events: Caroline Baum - BloombergFinancial sector woesU.S. likely to recapitalize Fannie, Freddie: report - ReutersU.S. banks scramble to refinance maturing debt - FTAnalysts Said to…
Markets

Random Musing: London house prices

Edward Harrison
An article in today's Guardian says that London property prices are falling. In fact they fell over 5% in a single month.Asking prices in London fell 5.3% in August, according to the Rightmove house price survey - equivalent to a £21,000…

Relative value in financial services

Edward Harrison
Not every financial services sector company is a basket case destined for bankruptcy. There are many well-run lower risk organizations in the bunch. Moreover, let's not blame the banking model for individual companies' woes. The Economist…
Economy

Vision, Tactics, and Stubbornness

Edward Harrison
Judgment or Experience?Many American citizens claim our President needs a strategy and a vision for the future. The most common complaints are about a lack of vision on the economy, health care and in our response to terrorism and the war…

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