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| Eric Bolling | |
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| Born | March 2, 1963 Chicago |
| Other names | The Rear Admiral |
| Occupation(s) | FOX News and FOX Business Network anchor/investor |
| Title | Analyst Host Columnist Investor |
Eric Bolling (born March 2, 1963) is an American television personality who specializes in financial news and political commentary. He has occupied numerous prominent roles as a commentator on financial issues for television. Bolling was one of the original developers of CNBC's Fast Money. Bolling left CNBC in August 2007 and moved to the new Fox Business Network as one of the network's financial analysts. He hosted the business show Happy Hour, which, coincidentally, ran opposite Fast Money in the 5 pm time slot. Bolling also appears on Fox News Channel as a panelist on their show Bulls and Bears airing Saturday mornings and is the host of the business hour on Foxnews.com Strategy Room at 3 pm. He also now hosts Follow The Money, formerly titled Money Rocks. Political issues are also prominent in his broadcasts. He is a contributor to the Foxnews.com opinion blog Fox Forum. and is a regular fill-in host on The Glenn Beck Program, The O'Reilly Factor and Fox and Friends.
Personal life
Bolling was formerly a commodities trader on the New York Mercantile Exchange. He specialized in trading natural gas, crude oil, gold, and other commodities. He has over 20 years experience on Wall Street trading commodities, equities and derivatives. It has been reported that Bolling has accounted for up to 5% of total daily volume in the natural gas futures floor.
After spending 5 years on the Board Of Directors at the NYMEX (now CME Group), Bolling became a strategic adviser to the Exchange’s Board of Directors. He has been included in Trader Monthly Top 100 in 2005 and 2006. Bolling was the recipient of the Maybach Man of the Year Award at the Trader Monthly Awards, January 17, 2007.
Eric Bolling is a member of Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX), Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), and Commodity Exchange of New York (COMEX).
Bolling graduated from Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida. He attended Duke University after graduating from Rollins College. Bolling was drafted in the 22nd round of the 1984 draft by the Pittsburgh Pirates. His playing career, which consisted of three games that year in the Gulf Coast League and a batting average of .182, was cut short due to a torn rotator cuff. Bolling honors his baseball past by sporting a NYMEX traders badge of "RBI".
References
- Mediabistro article, August 27, 2007
- StockPitcher blog post, August 22, 2007
- Trader Daily article, Jan 17, 2007
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