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CNBC is alright. I don't like daytime TV or ESPN so I usually watch it at school. In terms of actual value add, you might pick up a few things watching, but everyone on the network is very biased.

I wouldn't recommend any show in particular, but I'd say watch it during the day, especially when the markets are on, since it will be more of a value add then watching ESPN or something like that.

Also, try and check out Bloomberg TV or Bloomberg Radio if you get a chance.

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only watch CNBC for entertainment value..unless you take their advice and do the exact opposite..they only talk up the books of their sponsors/advertisers..

"But if I listened to CNBC I would have a million dollars, provided I started with 100 million dollars" - Jon Stewart

 

CNBC is good to leave on in the background, they're usually the first to break M&A rumors.
(Or confirm false rumors, as they did today with General Mills + Kraft Heinz).

 

don't really watch it and besides it's equities.

i was interviewed by one of the panelists back in the day actually.

 

I hope not. We really need a prime time news show that isn't sensationalist tabloid trash. Thats why I like CNBC in the first place.

 
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They have hedge fund managers come on to talk about their equity holdings and strategies already. The common mainstream user who watches CNBC isn't a qualified investor for HF and pe

I'd beg to differ. Mad retirees with a few hundred grand somewhere waiting to get involved in HF, PE, especially as laws against HF advertising become more lax.
 

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