[8] CFP is based in Glendale, California and is a Registered Investment Advisor offering comprehensive, fee-based financial planning and strategic wealth management.
[10] He is Membership Chair for Indian Wells Rotary Club, Ambassador for the Desert Business Association,[11] and a prominent member of the Rancho Mirage Chamber of Commerce.
[19] In conjunction with CNBC Europe's two major advertisers, BT Global [20] and Royal Dutch Shell,[21] Hobbs was sent around the world to host live TV debates.
[24] Initially Hobbs reported extensively across the US network on the unfolding European debt crisis,[25][26] with fill-in anchor slots,[27] until he was assigned co-anchoring duties on Squawk on the Street in 2011,[28] where he co-hosted the program's second hour.
[34][35] On 18 August 2011, at the height of the Euro Zone crisis, Hobbs made headlines when he challenged his CNBC colleague Jim Cramer on air for inaccurately suggesting that the French banks were about to go under, which could have had devastating consequences for the world's financial system.
[41] On August 18, 2014, Hobbs accepted the ALS ice water bucket challenge from Carnival CEO Arnold Donald and was drenched by co-anchor Sara Eisen outside the NYSE.