The man best known for his fiery style, sharp opinions, and belief that there is always a bull market to be found - Jim Cramer, host of the CNBC staple show Mad Money - will be kicking off his show's "Back to School" tour by filming an episode in Conte Forum Sept. 20.
Tickets for the taping, which are free, must be obtained in advance and are being distributed today in the main lobby of Fulton Hall from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
"I am very excited to be coming back to Boston to kick off the second season of the 'Back to School' tour at Boston College," said Cramer.
"One of my key objectives is to teach viewers how to properly invest in the stock market and by traveling to colleges, like Boston College, I can reach interested students and get them excited at an early age about the world of investing."
Taping begins at 4 p.m. on Sept. 20 and will be aired three times that night on CNBC, at 6 and 9 p.m., as well as midnight.
Free tickets were first available yesterday in the foyer of Corcoran Commons before being offered today in Fulton. They can also be obtained by e-mailing madmoneyoncampus@cnbc.com.
In each nightly, hour-long episode of Mad Money, the energetic, passionate and at-times heated Cramer offers his predictions on where money can be made in the week ahead.
He often goes head-to-head with investment experts with whom he disagrees and offers audience members and viewers calling in brutally honest advice about their investments, as well as general advice on how to approach the stock market.
"It's a great coup for us," said Reid Oslin, senior media relations officer, who is helping to coordinate the event in the Office of Public Affairs. "He's a pretty zany guy, but his advice is well-founded; he isn't just pulling names out of a hat or anything. He does a lot of research and doesn't just yell out the names of stocks - he knows what he's talking about. It should be interesting for our students."
Mad Money first approached the University about doing the show on campus over the summer. After University officials consulted with administrators in the Carroll School of Management and checked the football schedule to see if Conte Forum would be available for the type of extensive production that the show entails (the team, it turned out, would be at North Carolina State the preceding weekend), the pieces just fell into place, said Oslin.
The taping in Conte Forum will be the show's first campus appearance this academic year. Mad Money's Back to School tour began last year, with Cramer bringing the show to the campuses of University of Michigan, Columbia University, and Harvard Business School. Plans are being made to bring the show to Georgetown University later this year and possibly another school, though details are still being worked out.
Cramer, who is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School, was a Wall Street investment manager before Mad Money.
He also makes frequent appearances on NBC's Today show, offers market commentary for the financial Web site TheStreet.com, hosts a nationally-syndicated radio program on the CBS Radio Network, is a columnist for New York magazine, and is the author of several best-selling books on investing.
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