The Cost of Freedom
- For the song "Find the Cost of Freedom" by Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young, see Four Way Street.
The Cost of Freedom is an American business program block on the Fox News Channel, which runs from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. ET Saturdays and 4:00 to 6:00 a.m. ET Mondays and several times throughout the weekend on sister network Fox Business Network. The block consists of:
- Bulls & Bears, hosted by Brenda Buttner;
- Cavuto on Business, hosted by Neil Cavuto;
- Forbes on Fox, hosted by David Asman; and
- Cashin' In, hosted by Terry Keenan.
The different shows have a number of different business analysts, some of which are exclusive to specific shows while others rotate between the shows (except for Forbes on Fox, which will feature a guest analyst on its "Makers and Breakers" segment, but not one from the rotating list).
Regular and Guest Analysts
Bulls & Bears
- Gary B. Smith, Exemplar Capital managing partner (known as "The Chartman" for his use of STOCK charts to determine future stock performance)
- Tobin Smith, ChangeWave Research editor
- Scott Bleier, HybridInvestors.com president
- Pat Dorsey, Morningstar.com Director of stock research
Cavuto on Business
- Ben Stein, Author and TV personality
- Jim Rogers, author of Hot Commodities And Co-founder of the Quantum Fund
- Gregg Hymowitz, Entrust Capital founder
- Jack Welch, former CEO of General Electric (Welch is not a regular analyst but his guest appearances are exclusive to this show)
Forbes on Fox
- Neil Weinberg, Forbes senior editor
- Elizabeth MacDonald, Forbes senior editor
- Jim Michaels, Forbes editorial vice president
- Quentin Hardy, Forbes Silicon Valley bureau chief
- Steve Forbes, Forbes editor-in-chief
- John Rutledge, Forbes Contributor
- Victoria Barret, Forbes associate editor
- Bill Baldwin, Forbes editor
- Mike Ozanian, Forbes editor
- Lea Goldman, Forbes associate editor
Cashin' In
- Wayne Rogers, Wayne Rogers & Company (and former actor)
- Jonathan Hoenig, Capitialistpig Asset Management
- Jonas Max Ferris, MAXfunds.com
- Dagen McDowell, Fox Business Network anchor (McDowell will also appear on other shows from time to time, often as guest host)
Rotating Guest Analysts
- Danielle Hughes, Divine Capital Markets president
- Tom Adkins, RE/MAX Fairlawn Agent and former head of Common Conservatives
- Charles Payne, CEO of Wall Street Strategies
- Meredith Whitney, executive director at CIBC World Markets
- John Layfield, WWE personality currently with Northeast Securities
- Bob Froehlich, chairman of Investor Strategy at Scudder Investments
- Gary Kaltbaum, president of Kaltbaum & Associates
- Steve Malzberg, Syndicated Radio Host
- Herman Cain, author
- Mike Norman, Syndicated Radio Host known as "The Economic Contrarian"
- Lenny Dykstra, former Major League Baseball player and columnist for TheStreet.com