We just received word that the NYMEX trading floors are now broadcasting Fox Business News. That’s right people—some genius (and we say that completely sincerely, you know how we feel about FBN) over at 1 North End Avenue decided that programming included but not limited to interviews with life-sized M&Ms, drunk driving PSAs by shitfaced club DJs, the business wisdom of sock puppets, Boyz II Men and hos, hos, hos was not only unintentional hilarity but news you can use. Whether that means employees will be executing trades based on the trenchant market insights of a piece of corn syrup-and-dye-coated candy or making more efficient use of their time by jerking off at their desks to Jenna Lee instead of wasting precious moments in the handicapped bathroom is unclear. Doesn’t really matter—the important thing is that the message is being spread. It’s only a matter of time before everyone else follows in suit (hazarding a guess, I would say GS’s prop desk will be next). Which will make the airing of YOUR winning entry in the commercial contest that much more significant. Now, it has the potential to be seen by 8,000 people. Maybe even ten.
Fantastic News
Posted by Bess Levin, Feb 13, 2008, 11:40am
Comments
Posted by SwingfortheFences, Feb 13, 2008 12:19PM
"Never in the history of the world have so many, who know so little, made so much."
-Anonymous NYMEX trader describing the fortunes of floor traders
Posted by HAM'05, Feb 13, 2008 12:23PM
http://www.someecards.com/upload/somewhat_topical/im_not_worried_about_the_economy.html
Posted by mrpink, Feb 13, 2008 12:28PM
I should pop in a porno flick for our trading floor... Maybe at 2pm..
Now, which one should it be? Gay or Straight?
-mrp
Posted by GAnalYst, Feb 13, 2008 12:35PM
mp: gay of course. My vote would be something from Corbin Fisher. Totally fitting. For the uninitiated, CF features clean cut masculine jock types, early 20s. Guys that are indistinguishable from the typical newbie traders and analysts that are swirling around here all the time.
Posted by , Feb 13, 2008 12:40PM
i will watch for the selloff at 2 pm...what's traded on that floor?
Posted by 1NorthEndTrader, Feb 13, 2008 12:46PM
FBN is as close to porn as we can get, CNBC did have Marissa Miller yesterday though...
BTW, we don't get Bloomberg on the cable networks.
Posted by Poll this Johnny!, Feb 13, 2008 12:52PM
Johnny McCain is advertising on DB? He really is more nuts than I thought... What's the matter Johnny - couldn't afford the $900 to promo on FBN?
Posted by Anonymous, Feb 13, 2008 1:05PM
Posted by JO, Feb 13, 2008 1:28PM
At the CBOT, they watch Jerry Springer in the rough rice and metals pits. Sometimes in the oil and meal options pit, too.
Posted by , Feb 13, 2008 1:37PM
would have thought the oil and meat guys are gasparino fans
(because he's a guido)
Posted by Bugs Meany, Feb 13, 2008 1:43PM
I would sell every one of you into white slavery for 10 minutes with Jenna Lee.
Posted by , Feb 13, 2008 2:47PM
i could do it in 5
Posted by cnn, Feb 13, 2008 5:35PM
who's hotter Jenna Lee or Erin Burnett?
Posted by Floridian, Feb 13, 2008 5:41PM
This is all I know...that Erin is well way hotter than Sue Herrera.
Damn it!FBN is not available yet in SWFlorida's Comcast so I don't know if Jenna Lee is hotter than FL's weather.
Posted by milan, Feb 13, 2008 5:44PM
what about this: who's hotter Cramer or Gasparino?
Posted by Bugs Meany, Feb 13, 2008 7:34PM
Jenna Lee is the Great American Jerk-off Fantasy. She probably tastes like apple pie. Jenna Lee is Why They Hate Us.
Erin had this bad spell recently where her stylist or makeup artist must've gone on vacation. She eventually went back to looking great but the damage was done. And there's really no escaping the fact that she is totally flat-chested.



Posted by , Feb 13, 2008 11:43AM
yay Jenna Lee i love you!