The Opening Bell on Fox Business
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The Opening Bell on Fox Business is an American business news program airing on the Fox Business Network at 9:00am Eastern Time and is hosted by Alexis Glick.
Debuting on 2007-12-17, this program offers a daily glimpse of what is expected to happen on Wall Street for the business day, reaction to the opening of the markets, and covers the first 30 minutes of the trading day. Contributors and reporters include Robert Gray, Liz MacDonald, Shibani Joshi, Connell McShane, Charles Payne, Nicole Petallides (NYSE), and Ashley Webster (London).
[edit] Segments
Some of these segments below include:
- Trading Places: This is the segment in which traders give their outlook on the business day ahead.
- Capital Corner: A Washington, D.C.-based reporter for the network (either Adam Shapiro or Rich Edson) joins the program to give his/her take on the Congressional and political side of business.
- Before the Bell Whip: In this segment, market reporters narrate a brief rundown on the day's pre-market business headlines in turn before the opening bell.
- Opening Bell: As the name suggests, this is the key segment of the show in which the opening bells are rung at the New York Stock Exchange and at the NASDAQ.
- 7 Early Movers: Fox Business Network stocks editor Liz MacDonald and contributor Charles Payne report on the day's 7 early movers in the opening minutes of the trading day. Seen right after the ringing of the opening bells at the NYSE and NASDAQ.
- Turn the Page: Glick, Robert Gray, Liz MacDonald, Connell McShane, Charles Payne, and a guest host follow the day's stories beyond the newspaper headlines.
- The Weigh-In: Seen at the end of the program, with Glick, Gray, McDonald, McShane, Payne, and a guest host weighing in on the day's business and other headlines.
[edit] Facts
This program replaced the fourth hour of Money for Breakfast, which was reduced from four hours to three on December 17, 2007, but Money for Breakfast contracted to two hours on May 12, 2008 as the first hour of that program was replaced by the second hour of the expanded Fox Business Morning.
Following the success of this program, Fox Business Network debuted Countdown to the Closing Bell on May 12, 2008. That program, which is hosted by Liz Claman, follows a format that is very similar to this one.
[edit] See also
- Squawk on the Street (a CNBC US program aired in the same timeslot)
- Money for Breakfast (a Fox Business Network program that precedes this one)
