Eric Bolling commented on his departure over at Barry Ritholtz's The Big Picture: Bolling on Bolling.
As I stated in a prior post, I thought Bolling was the strongest panelist of the group and had the most respect for him. I still think that way. His post on Ritholtz's blog, however, does leave me a little cold. He fails to comment on his lawsuit with CNBC and instead focuses the attention on his family. But the truth is, if I were in his shoes, I would have done the same thing—avoid the negative and focus on the positive stuff. Bolling is undoubtedly bright and shrewd and is already planning his next moves. If you look carefully, you will note that he is the retired Admiral...for now—possibly implying that he might be planning to come out of retirement, perhaps on Fox?
Whatever his reasons, they really do not concern me. I hope he made a correct decision, and I hope he is able to find time to share with us his views on how he sees the investment landscape.
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I regularly watched Fast Money since its inception and greatly appreciated hearing the views of the professional traders and thought the show was great.
However, with the passage of time it seemed to me that the shows format was changing and not for the best: Ratigan was talking more and more, CNBC's reporters were getting more air time and the professional traders less and less. I was surprised when Bolling left: he was one of the programs main attractions.
I agree completely with your comments. I wish Ratigan would speak less often and let the traders talk. And the current traders themselves have cranked up the volume and hystrionics. I would prefer a little less of the Cramer influence and more of the Guy Adami, Tim Strazzini, and Eric Bolling influences.