Bob Pisani
About
About Bob Pisani - Contributor and Former Correspondent for CNBC, Keynote Speaker:
After 35 years at CNBC, Bob Pisani stepped away from his as Senior Markets Correspondent on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, and started a new chapter: one focused on speaking, consulting and sharing the lessons he’s learned from a lifetime covering the intersection of markets and media. Bob is still planning to continue to collaborate with CNBC PRO as a Contributor and to help build out their content and conference business.
For 28 years, Bob reported live from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange as CNBC’s Senior Markets Correspondent. Surrounded by traders on the floor, he covered the movement of major indices, corporate earnings, IPOs, the SEC, market structure, the impact of global economic and political developments on investor behavior, the growth of indexing/passive investing and the remarkable rise of ETFs. He witnessed the remarkable transition from traders shouting on the floor of the NYSE to nearly all-electronic trading.
When Bob started in this role, it was still possible to talk about the U.S. stock market in isolation. Not anymore. Bob has been praised for his ability to explain how interconnected the world has become, from China to Europe to emerging markets, and how financial data and political change influence market performance.
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What Bob Pisani Talks About:
Today, Bob is focused on offering keynote talks and advisory services rooted in what he’s learned covering markets over the last three decades. Much of this draws from his book, Shut Up and Keep Talking: Lessons on Life and Investing From the Floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Bob reflects on how markets have changed, what really moves stock prices, and why forecasting is so hard, even for experts. Through storytelling and analysis, Bob helps audiences better understand market behavior, investor psychology and the forces shaping finance today. His aim is to make markets more accessible for individual investors, financial professionals and corporate leaders.
Bob shares what it was like to work on the floor of the NYSE when floor-based trading was at its height. What would you give to meet all your heroes? Every rock star, politician, CEO or head of state you ever wanted to meet? The opening and closing bell at the NYSE is one of the most watched events in the world. Bob witnessed nearly 15,000 bell ringings, and describe memorable encounters with CEOs but also celebrities like Barry Manilow, Robert Downey Jr, Walter Cronkite, Muhammed Ali, Aretha Franklin, and even a memorable interview with Fidel Castro in Cuba.
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