Harold L. Vogel was senior entertainment industry analyst at Merrill Lynch and Co., Inc. for seventeen years and was ranked the top entertainment industry analyst for ten consecutive years by Institutional Investor magazine. A PhD in financial economics and a chartered financial analyst (CFA), Mr Vogel frequently writes and speaks on investment topics related to entertainment and media, leisure and travel, and extreme market events. He heads an independent investment and consulting firm in New York City and is the author of Financial Market Bubbles and Crashes (Cambridge University Press, 2010) and Travel Industry Economics: A Guide for Financial Analysis, 2nd edition (Cambridge University… Press, 2012) - a companion to this volume.