Sandra Smith

Sandra Smith joined FOX Business Network (FBN) as a reporter in October 2007. Currently, Smith appears across FBN providing market analysis and commentary, most often on Maria Bartiromo’s pre-market program, Mornings with Maria (weekdays 6-9AM). She also appears on FOX News Channel’s (FNC) Outnumbered (weekdays 12-1PM), the top rated program in its timeslot. In November 2015, Smith, alongside FBN’s Trish Regan, moderated the network’s inaugural Republican presidential primary debate, making history as the first dual-female team to host a debate. The event, which featured candidates earning less than 2.5 percent, delivered 4.7 million total viewers and 866,000 in the key 25-54 demo, making it one of FBN’s highest rated programs ever. Prior to joining FBN, Smith was an on-air reporter for Bloomberg Television. In this role, she covered U.S. equities and derivatives markets and contributed to breaking news and analysis. Before Bloomberg, Smith was the Director of Institutional Sales and Trading at Terra Nova Institutional where she handled investment management and hedge fund accounts. She also assisted in the development of program trading models for existing and prospective clients. Prior to this, she was a trader at Hermitage Capital, where she executed U.S. equities and options orders, conducted portfolio analysis, prepared commission reports and serviced clients. A graduate of Louisiana State University, Smith began her career as a research associate at Aegis Capital. There, she assisted in the research and analysis of retail stocks, prepared weekly stock newsletters to clients and identified investment opportunities.