The Opening Bell

On March 29, 2017 Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: The National Association of Realtors releases pending home sales for February The Bankrate.com report about the best states to retire is out US Supreme Court holds further hearings today  

As tax day inches closer (April 18th) each year we are more concerned about safety with our personal digital documents. Steve Grzanich chatted with Shaun Murphy (CEO of sndr) to discuss some of the best practices and red flags of cyber security for when millions of people provide personal information online. Forbes also released their annual Billionaire List for 2017 this month and Steve sat down with Senior Editor, Kerry Dolan to talk about the most impressive list yet.  

On March 24, 2017 Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: The US Commerce Department releases the February report on Durable Goods The Labor Department will report on state unemployment rates House Republican leaders will attempt another vote today for the new health care bill The Keystone Pipeline is expected to be set back in motion today after the final approval today  

On March 23, 2017 Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: The US Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits this week The US Commerce Department will report on sales of new homes in February Freddie Mac reports on this weeks average mortgage rates A vote on The American Health Care Act is tonight (6pm CST) Fortune Magazine is out with it’s top 50 industry leaders list  

On March 22, 2017 Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: The National Association of Realtors releases the existing home sales report for February World Water Day is today raising awareness for those without clean drinking water The 44th Daytime Emmy Nominations are announced today  

Steve Grzanich looks forward to the future often and he chatted with two companies who are doing the same thing. Andy Hobbs is the Global Director of Environmental Quality at Ford, and Andy told Steve about the Global Water Management Initiative Ford is focusing on, featuring a Chicago Assembly Plant’s plan to save 47 million gallons of water. The International Home + Housewares Show wrapped up yesterday at McCormick Place featuring new home and houseware technology. Jon Jesse (Vice President […]

The importance of aesthetics can be easily over looked despite it’s every day importance. Even more important, the role it plays to cancer patients. Steve talked with Jeanna Doyle (Founder of Suite HOPE) to discuss the nonprofit that focuses on the esthetic difficulties millions of oncology patients face everyday. Steve also discuss the Internet of Things (everyday devices interconnected with the internet of computing) with Steve Bernas (President & CEO of the Better Business Bureau – Northern Illinois & Chicago) […]

Tamara Jurgenson is the head of the Aging 2.0 Startup Competition in Chicago. Aging2.0® is a global innovation network on a mission to accelerate innovation to improve the lives of older adults around the world. Aging2.0 connects, educates and supports innovators through community (Aging 2.0 Alliance and Chapters), events, startup programs and content. She joins Steve to discuss the impact of Aging 2.0 and what the competition can do for older adults. P.J. Rourke is the author of “How The […]

On March 15, 2017 Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: The Federal Reserve wraps up their meeting today, likely bringing the first interest rate hike of 2017 US Commerce Department releases retail sales data for February & business inventories for January US Labor Department releases consumer price index for February The National Association for Home Builders releases the housing number index for March US Treasury releases International Money Flows data for January Madrid based Inditex (owner of Zara) releases earnings […]

On March 14, 2017 Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: The Producer Price Index for February will be released today from the US Labor Department The Federal Reserve begins their two-day meeting today to discuss raising interest rates (the announcement expected tomorrow) Volkswagen releases full year earnings today SXSW continues today in Austin, Texas