ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J. – February 26, 2008 – CNBC's "Fast Money," America's hottest money program, is heading to the Gateway to Latin America, Miami, FL, to give you tomorrow's best trades. CNBC's "Fast Money" will broadcast live from The Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables, FL on Friday, February 29th at 5PM ET.
"Fast Money" broadcasts weekdays on CNBC at 5PM ET and re-broadcasts at 8PM ET. "Fast Money" usually originates weekdays from the NASDAQ Stock Market's street level MarketSite studio in New York's Times Square.
The program takes a look at Miami as the cultural and commercial capital of Latin America. From leisure stocks to economic growth in nearby countries to boomer retirees with cash to burn, "Fast Money" takes to Miami to do what it does best... trying to make you fast money Miami style. Also, as former GE Chairman Jack Welch details his capitalist solution to immigration, "Fast Money" looks at the plan from all angles and brings you the trades to watch.
"Fast Money" is a rapid-paced, highly-charged hour where four of Wall Street's best traders debate the hot trades of the day. The "Fast Money" traders give you the information normally reserved for the Wall Street trading floor, enabling you to make decisions that can make you money. The "Fast Money" four gives you the news, as only the savviest traders can, with an angle that you won't see until tomorrow's papers.
Ratigan, who also co-anchors CNBC's "The Call" (11AM-12PM ET) and CNBC's "Closing Bell" at 3 PM ET from the New York Stock Exchange, leads informative discussions on the trades of the day with four Wall Street traders: Guy Adami, former executive director at CIBC World Markets and former head gold trader at Goldman Sachs; Jeff Macke, founder and president of Macke Asset Management; Pete Najarian, co-founder of optionMONSTER.com; and Karen Finerman, President of Metropolitan Capital Advisors, Inc.
For more information regarding "Fast Money Miami Advice," including web extras, log on to cnbc.com.
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