Chronicling how money moves

Crissa Shoemaker DeBree of the Bucks County Courier Times profiles Bloomberg Television’s Deirdre Bolton, whose show “MoneyMoves with Deirdre Bolton” appears every weekday afternoon.

DeBree writes, “During the hour-long show, Bolton leads a team that dispenses news on how money flows into hedge funds, venture capital, angel investing, real estate, natural resources and other alternatives to the stock market.

“‘There’s not really a more interesting time to be in business news,’ Bolton said. ‘More and more people are more knowledgeable about their own finances, their government’s finances, the global credit crisis. Stories about the economy are on the front page of every newspaper. My job now is more putting those details in context for people. There’s so much information out there that the value-added we try to provide for people is explaining what’s going on in very clear terms.’

“Bolton wasn’t always interested in business news.

“The Council Rock graduate, in fact, studied English and French literature at the University of Iowa. Her knowledge of French took her to Paris, where she began doing translation work for two French banks. From there, she ended up in sales and then, on Wall Street selling European equities to U.S. portfolio managers.

“To prepare for Wall Street, and earn her securities licenses, Bolton went to school at night and read the Wall Street Journal and Financial Times daily. And she was introduced to Bloomberg, the financial news service that also provides tools to traders.”

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