Edward Harrison: Credit Writedowns

If you’ve been following the events in Ferguson, Missouri over the past week, then you’ve seen an egregious display of an over-militarized police force. But with unarmed protestors going up against assault rifle-wielding law enforcement, many are questioning and criticizing the tactics of local law enforcement considering police departments across the US have been amassing military equipment for years! Erin weighs in. Then, Erin talks to Scott Sumner, an economist and professor at Bentley...

Jim welcomes back Marc Chandler, author and Global Head of Currency Strategy at Brown Brothers Harriman. Marc and Jim discuss the dominance of the dollar as a global currency and the reasons why it is unlikely to collapse or be replaced by an alternative currency.

Mr. Chandler believes, RMB's exchange rate does not impact Chinese trade too much, neither to Chinese economic growth.But it does impact.....

The US Department of Commerce released its final estimate for gross domestic product in the United States for the first quarter of this year. And while analysts had expected downward revisions, this latest revision was a shock-- it was the largest downward revision in the history of GDP reporting. The economy contracted at a 2.9% pace. Edward takes a look. Then, we bring you part two of our interview with currency expert Marc Chandler who takes a look of recent European Central Bank...

After the publication of Michael Lewis' Flash Boys, everyone is talking about speed. Marc Chandler, a currency expert, gives his view on speed in the market Also check us out on Facebook -- and feel free to ask us questions: http://www.facebook.com/BoomBustRT http://www.facebook.com/harrison.writedowns http://www.facebook.com/erinade2020 Follow us @ http://twitter.com/ErinAde http://twitter.com/edwardnh

Our lead story: The number of Twitter users increased by 25% last quarter, picking up 14 million new active monthly users. Sounds good right? Well, apparently it wasn't good enough for investors. What's going on? Erin takes a look. Erin invites currency expert and author Marc Chandler onto the show to talk about currencies, trading currencies, purchasing power parity, and a whole lot more. Then RT correspondent Meghan Lopez sits down to talk about NASA, SpaceX and the future of the final...

Our lead story: Should you be worried about Mr. Taxman? Turns out that your chances of being audited this year are much lower than past years. This year the IRS will have fewer agents auditing the returns than at any time since the 1980s. What does that mean for you? Erin takes a look. Author and currency strategist Marc Chandler joins Erin for the first segment to shed some light on the currency market. He gives us some of the factors he looks at in order to make money in the market....

The other Dow record: Dividends The Dow has been marching to new all-time highs for a week, and dividends for these bluest of blue chips are hot on the heels of a new record too. http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/money_latest/~3/GEmuyInRUsE/index.html S&P's (Meaningless) Milestone Just days after this bull market's fourth birthday, the S&P 500 is mere basis points from its all-time high of 1565.15. http://www.forbes.com/sites/larahoffmans/2013/03/11/sps-meaningless-milestone/ Stocks Put Another...

Stock index futures signal lower Wall Street open Stock index futures pointed to a slightly weaker open on Wall Street on Tuesday, with futures for the S&P 500, the Dow Jones and the Nasdaq 100 down 0.1 to 0.2 percent. ICSC/Goldman Sachs release chain ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/SIG=14kbdu11j/*http%3A//us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/topfinstories/SIG=12hqvcjst/*http%3A//finance.yahoo.com/news/stock-index-futures-signal-lower-090509437.html?l=1 Stocks creep up; Dow rises...

Stocks creep up; Dow rises for seventh day running NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market crept higher Monday, pushing the Dow Jones industrial average to its seventh straight day of gains. http://news.yahoo.com/stocks-creep-dow-rises-seventh-day-running-203317278--finance.html Stocks slip early Monday after record week NEW YORK (AP) — Coming off a record week, the stock market is drifting lower in light trading Monday....