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Street Signs
Logo used on CNBC from October 13, 2014 through February 6, 2015, on CNBC Asia since February 9, 2015 and on CNBC Europe since its debut on January 4, 2016
Genrebusiness news program
Presented byAmanda Drury (2011–2015)
Brian Sullivan (2011–2015)
Erin Burnett (2006–2011)
Ron Insana (1996–2002, 2003–2006)
Maria Bartiromo (1999–2002)
Martin Soong (Asia, 2014–2019)
Oriel Morrison (Asia, 2014–2019)
Tanvir Gill (Asia, 2019-present)
Nancy Hungerford (Asia, 2019-present)
Louisa Bojesen (Europe, 2016–2017)
Carolin Roth (Europe, 2016–2018)
Joumanna Bercetche (Europe, 2019-present)
Country of originUnited States (1996–2002 / 2003–2015)
Singapore (Asia, 2014–present)
United Kingdom (Europe, 2016–present)
Original languageEnglish
Production
Production locationsFort Lee, NJ (1996–2002)
Englewood Cliffs, NJ (2003–2015)
Singapore (Asia)
London (Europe)
Running time60 minutes
180 minutes (Asia)
60 minutes (Europe)
Original release
NetworkCNBC
ReleaseUnited States:
1996 — February 1, 2002
December 8, 2003 — February 6, 2015
Asia:
March 31, 2014 — present
Europe:
January 4, 2016 — present

Street Signs is a television business program that originally aired on CNBC, and currently airs on CNBC Asia and CNBC Europe. Before the Asian version debuted on March 31, 2014, it was broadcast on CNBC at 2:00pm ET. The CNBC United States version's final episode aired on February 6, 2015, due to Power Lunch returning to a two-hour format. The European version of Street Signs, which is aired in a one-hour format on CNBC Europe, debuted January 4, 2016.

List of Street Signs anchors

CNBC US

CNBC Asia

CNBC Europe

  • Louisa Bojesen (2016–2017)
  • Carolin Roth (2016–2018)
  • Joumanna Bercetche (2019–present)

About the show

This program focuses on the day's market action. In addition, prominent analysts, investors and executives regularly appear on the program to offer their perspective.

CNBC

The former set of Street Signs (2006-2010-04)

Street Signs was originally a two-hour programme that aired on CNBC from 1996 to February 1, 2002. It was cancelled effective February 4, 2002 and Power Lunch occupied its vacated slot as a result of CNBC's revamped programming line-up. On December 8, 2003, former Business Center co-anchor and original host Ron Insana revived Street Signs. And in March 2006, Squawk on the Street co-anchor Erin Burnett replaced Insana as the programme's new host. Burnett left CNBC on May 6, 2011. After Erin Burnett's departure Amanda Drury (late of CNBC Asia) and Brian Sullivan (late of the Fox Business Network) became this program's new anchor team and were to be the show's final anchors.

On October 13, 2014, Street Signs was launched in full 1080i high-definition as part of CNBC's network-wide switch to a full 16:9 letterbox presentation.

One notable segment of the programme, which aired at 2:40pm ET, the "Stop Trading!" segment, was presented by Jim Cramer (host of another CNBC program, Mad Money). In this segment, which formerly aired on Closing Bell prior to 2006-09-11, the co-anchors asked Cramer about the stocks making news, and also asked him for his take on the day's markets. After the segment, a full-screen disclaimer was shown as Street Signs go to a commercial break. Cramer's "Stop Trading!" segment was moved to the end of the first hour of Squawk on the Street on February 9, 2015. Jim Cramer's on-air tirade about the weakening economy, which was seen during the "Stop Trading!" segment of this program on 2007-08-03, garnered widespread attention and helped galvanise the Federal Reserve Board to cut interest rates.

From its January 4, 2016 debut through September 30, 2020 and on Mondays since October 12, 2020, the European version of Street Signs is the only CNBC Europe program that is aired on CNBC's United States channel. Coincidentally (as previously mentioned), CNBC's own version of Street Signs aired its last show 11 months earlier, on February 6, 2015.

CNBC Asia

CNBC Asia's version of Street Signs debuted March 31, 2014, with Martin Soong and Oriel Morrison as co-anchors. Soong was previously a longtime co-anchor of Asia Squawk Box (he has since returned to that show in the same role) and Morrison was anchor of the now-cancelled Cash Flow. As of December 2, 2019, the anchor team consists of Tanvir Gill and Nancy Hungerford, both of whom replaced Morrison and Soong as co-anchors on that date. The background music for both the Asian and European versions is the same as CNBC Asia's The Rundown and CNBC United States' Squawk Alley.

This programme originally aired in a two-hour format until October 29, 2018, when it was expanded to three hours (9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. SIN/HK) due to the cancellation of The Rundown.

CNBC Europe

CNBC Europe's version of Street Signs debuted January 4, 2016. Airing in a one-hour format from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. CET, it replaced the first hour of Worldwide Exchange, which itself had its airtime halved to one hour. However, the programme is occasionally extended to two hours on American bank holidays. The CNBC Europe version of Street Signs was originally co-anchored by Louisa Bojesen and Carolin Roth. Bojesen was previously anchor of the now-cancelled European Closing Bell and Roth, who became the solo anchor of Street Signs following Bojesen's departure from CNBC Europe on April 28, 2017, was previously co-anchor of Worldwide Exchange. Following Carolin Roth's own departure from the programme at the end of 2018, reporter and fill-in anchor Joumanna Bercetche became the permanent anchor of the programme in 2019.

Street Signs Europe was also broadcast on CNBC's United States channel on weekdays from 4:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m. ET until it was replaced with a rebroadcast of the The News with Shepard Smith on October 1, 2020. As of October 12, 2020, Street Signs Europe is now aired on the main United States channel on Mondays only and exclusively on CNBC's United States sister channel, CNBC World for the rest of the week (Tuesday through Friday), also from 4:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m. ET.