Fast Money (CNBC) - Segments

Segments

The show has several distinct segments, including (but not limited to):

  • Page Two: An in-depth discussion of some of the main business related stories of the day.
  • Chart of the Day: This segment highlights a chart that corresponds to the day's specific stock.
  • Trade Tomorrow: Lee and her panel zero in on the next day's/week's top three trades than can make you money.
  • The Takedown: When one panelist disagrees with the other over a certain issue or comment.
  • Trade School: If a member of the panel uses Wall Street jargon, Lee will decipher it for viewers (with an accompanying definition).
  • Word On The Street: "Best money making chatter behind the scenes"; involves in depth discussion on the various stocks that have made recent news.
  • Street Fight: CNBC contributor, Herb Greenberg, takes on the 4 panelists and challenges one of the stock picks each panelist has recommended, Ratigan (and now Melissa Lee) picks a winner after each "fight" by siding with the views of the panelist or Herb Greenberg.
  • Chartology: This segment looks at a chart that corresponds to a specific index, along with technical analysis, usually from Fast Money panelist Carter Worth.
  • Breaking News: Late-breaking business headlines (seen on live broadcast only).
  • Pops & Drops: Lee and her panelists review stocks that have the big gains (pops) and drops during the day (or week).
  • Fast Fire: Panelists are held accountable for their past bad picks and are confronted on-air. This segment is seen on Fridays.
  • Stocks on Sale: Panelists asked Ratigan (the original host) whether or not a stock that is mentioned is on sale (very similar to the Lightning Round on Mad Money). This segment is no longer current.
  • Sector Trade: A segment in which the traders pull the curtain on a hot stock, and tells viewers how to play it.
  • Happy 52-Week High: Seen before and after the commercial break, this segment was about a stock that has just hit a new 52-week high on that day, along with a trivia question and facts about that particular stock. The answer to the question was revealed after the commercial break. This segment was discontinued in January 2008 and replaced by the Trader Radar (see below).
  • Trader Radar: A successor to the Happy 52-Week High segment (and is similar to the one mentioned above), this segment is about a stock that "lit up Wall Street radar screens everywhere" on that day. The answer to the question is revealed after the commercial break.
  • Take Your Position: The panelists give their specific thoughts related to an event, like a takeover or upcoming earnings.
  • Face 2 Face: A viewer, via Webcam, asks a question about a specific stock to Lee and her panel.
  • Grade the Trade: In this Friday segment (discontinued since October 2007), which involved college students who joined the show via Webcam, they had 30 seconds to answer a question asked by Ratigan. The panelists then graded his/her trade.
  • Trade Update: One of the panelists will give an update to a previous trade they had recommended.
  • Fast Money World: Fast Money panelist Tim Seymour reveals some international stock trades.
  • Fast Message: Lee reads viewer Emails
  • Surprise Friday Guest: In this segment seen each Friday, a surprise guest joins the panel.
  • Fast & Furious: A Pardon the Interruption-style rundown of events happening the next day. The idea for the segment was pitched by former CNBC intern Jason Parks in May 2008.
  • Final Trade: The final segment of the show in which Lee and her panel reveal what your first move should be the next morning.

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