Tracy Byrnes

Tracy Byrnes (born August 9, 1970) is a financial advisor and former American television business news anchor, journalist, and accountant who worked for the Fox Business Network. Byrnes appeared as a recurring panelist on Fox Business Channel stocks and investment news programs Cashin' In, Bulls & Bears and Your World with Neil Cavuto. She formerly hosted the 1 P.M. ET weekday FBN Live on FoxNews.com Live. She joined Fox Business Network as a reporter in October 2007 after being a recurring guest since 2005. She left Fox Business Network in March 2015.

In 2018, she switched careers and became a financial advisor for UBS. In 2025, she was named Vice President, Women and Investing, at Lebenthal Global Advisors.

Early life and education Byrnes, born into a Sicilian-American family, was raised in northern New Jersey and is a 1992 graduate of Lehigh University with a B.A. in economics and two English minors. After college, Byrnes embarked on a career at Ernst & Young LLP as a senior accountant. Byrnes later advanced her education with an M.B.A. in accounting from Rutgers University Graduate School of Management.

Career as Columnist, Author Byrnes began her financial journalism career in 1997. As a freelance business columnist, Byrnes has written columns for The Wall Street Journal and the New York Post. Prior to freelancing, she spent four years as a senior writer for TheStreet.com, In 2008, Byrnes released her first book, Break Down Your Money: How to Get Beyond the Noise to Profit in the Markets. In 2015, Byrnes founded WineOnTheStreet.com, a wine-focused content site.