The media relations team at Fox Business Network sent me quite the Chrismas card. It appears that the young network has inherited the super-competitive gene from it’s brother network Fox News.
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Journalists with Questionable Endorsement Deals
Fox News “journalist” Glenn Beck has recently come under fire for his endorsement of Goldline, a seller of gold bars and coins. Not only does he do live commercials for Goldline, he has also been telling his viewers to buy gold to protect themselves from the government’s policies. Beck is not the only on-air news…
A Different Take on Dow 10k from Eric Bolling
On the heels of my somewhat less-than-enthusiastic take on how the Dow crossed the 10,000 mark, I got a comment from one of my fave anchors Eric Bolling, the renowned trader and co-anchor of FOX Business Happy Hour: How’d Dey Do Dat? Well… when you are a bank and have access to free money via the Fed…
Dennis Kneale: A Cautionary Tale for the Mainstream Media
“Never pick a fight with someone who buys ink by the gigabyte.” -Joshua M Brown, September 2009 If you’re going to be on financial television, you’ve got to be one of two things: 1. An attractive, friendly personality with good interviewing skills or 2. Someone who has a good understanding of the issues and subject…
Hot Links: Public Service Announcements
[vodpod id=Groupvideo.3238249&w=425&h=350&fv=%26rel%3D0%26border%3D0%26] Stuff I’m Reading this Morning… Big rally in China last night, in the face of the possible Panda Bear market. (MarketWatch) Money market funds are overdue for “drastic surgery”. (Bloomberg) IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman on the offshore account crackdown. (FoxBiz) What are the ten best-selling cars in the Cash 4 Clunkers program? …
Hot Links: Imus, Hitchens & the Mancession
Stuff I’m Reading this Morning… Talk radio legend Don Imus is in talks with Fox Business. (LATimes) Wonk Wars: A recap of the regulation and markets debate between Greg Falkenstein and Justin Fox of CBS Money Watch. (Falkenblog) It’s official: Gawker is calling it the Mancession. LOL. (Gawker) These stocks actually dropped during the big…
Business of Baseball: Yankees President Randy Levine on Happy Hour
When the gang from Fox Business invited me up to the Bronx to check out the new Yankee Stadium and be a fly on the wall during a live taping of Happy Hour, I jumped at the chance. This was my first time at the new stadium, and while the Mets‘ new Citi Field is…
Hot Links: CNBC, Fox Biz & Larry Summers
Hot Links for Weekend Reading… Bronte Capital takes on these phony baloney explanations of how Goldman Sachs could have made $22 billion in High Frequency trading. (Bronte) Speaking of Goldman, how has Warren Buffett fared with his stake? (Hint: he kicked ass so far). (DealBook) I thought this faux-CNBC homepage artwork was hysterical. (TBP) Even…
Happy Hour, Live From Yankee Stadium
Don’t miss Fox Business’s Happy Hour, broadcasting live from the Hard Rock Cafe at the new Yankee Stadium tonight at 5 Eastern. TRB is headed up to the Bronx for the taping, and I promise to ask Eric Bolling about that failed breakdown/ short squeeze in Natural Gas everyone’s talking about if possible. G’night and…
Breakfast Links: SAC, Teenagers & Buy and Hold
Stuff I’m Reading this Morning… Larry Kudlow hosted a debate between Prof Jeremy Siegel and Barry Ritholtz about Buy and Hold. (TBP) Securitizing Teens? Someone with too much free time discusses paying teachers based on the earnings of their former students. (Freakonomics) Calpers no likey the ratings agencies! (NYT) Peter Barnes of Fox Business and…
