Barron’s Briefing: Looking toward the Holiday Season and beyond for the Economy and the Luxury Sector. -August 8

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Generously hosted by Doerte McManus, Director of Marketing, and Niklaus Leuenberger, Managing Director, The New York Palace Hotel

After the extremely enthusiastic reception from our members earlier this year, we have the pleasure of welcoming back Edwin A. Finn Jr., editor and president of Barron's. As the final quarter of the year rapidly approaches, Ed Finn will once again give members of The Luxury Marketing Council the “inside track” as he shares his key insights on what the economy holds in store. Barron's is a leading publication recognized for its prescient business insights that influence boardroom opinion and regularly affect the financial markets.

Looking towards the holiday season, Ed brings his discerning views on today’s most pressing economic issues and the implication for business, including a look at the luxury sector. Is it too early for the 2008 presidential elections to come into play? What’s ahead for stocks, bonds? How are the problems in the sub-prime arena affecting investments and the sophisticated wealth market? As luxury brands - from autos to jewelry to travel - continue to prosper and search for increased growth, what effect will today's business climate have in store for them?

Time: 6:30pm-8:30pm

Location: The New York Palace Hotel, The Garrison Room – Fifth Floor, 455 Madison Avenue. (Use the 51st street entrance for direct access to The Villard House elevators to take you to the fifth floor)

Please RSVP to rsvp@luxurycouncil.com by no later than Friday August 3rd.

In the event that your plans change, we’d be most appreciative of the courtesy of a cancellation.

ABOUT EDWIN A. FINN JR.:

Ed Finn is editor and president of Barron's, the influential financial magazine published by Dow Jones, with responsibility for Barron’s growing print, digital and conference operations. He is also chairman and editor in chief of SmartMoney, The Wall Street Journal Magazine of Personal Business, co-owned by Dow Jones & Company and Hearst Communications, Inc. Besides running SmartMoney magazine, he oversees SmartMoney.com, its licensing business and its custom publishing operations.

Media Appearances

Ed has served as a keynote speaker alongside Louis Rukeyeser at The Money Show conferences. He has also spoken at the annual Investor Relations Awards and appeared on CNBC to comment about the overall state of the economy.

Career

• Late 1970s, managing editor of the Southbridge (Mass.) Daily News and assistant managing editor of the weekly Blackstone Valley Tribune
• 1980, first joined Dow Jones as a national copyreader for The Wall Street Journal in New York
• 1981, moved to the foreign desk as an editor in 1981
• 1984-1985, worked for the Journal's Dallas bureau as a banking and finance reporter
• 1986, joined Forbes magazine as a senior editor, covering international business and finance
• 1989, became assistant managing editor
• 1990-1992, editor of American Banker, a daily trade newspaper
• 1993, rejoined Dow Jones as managing editor of Barron's
• 1995, named editor of the magazine
• 1998, assumed additional responsibilities as president of Barron's
• 2000-2001, also served as Barron's publisher while maintaining regular responsibilities as editor and president

Education

Ed earned a bachelor's degree in English and political science from Tufts University and a master's degree in international banking and finance from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs.