The Opening Bell

On January 16th 2017, Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential economic drivers due to the Martin Luther King Jr. Federal Holiday: The World Economic Forum is underway today in Davos, Switzerland One of the surveys released from the forum focused on the biggest concerns around the world Edelman Trust Barometer is released today

Ringing in the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, Steve Grzanich chatted about one of the biggest concern looming for many American’s the healthcare transition. The CEO Spotlight featured Dr. AJ Acierno of DecisionOne Dental to talk about the dental changes and concerns that people should be aware of with the transition. Dr. Shiva Ayyadurai also joined Steve to talk about his entrepreneurial and inventing experience. As a respected  systems scientist, he is considered one of the inventors of email.  

This morning on The Opening Bell, Steve Grzanich we welcome in Paul Nolte of Kingsview Asset Management to discuss the Fed speakers which are ending their hearings this week, culminating in Fed Chief speaking tonight. We’ll see how the stock market behaves and how bonds will follow suit.  Also, they discuss the recent comments floating around about the “Trump” trade… What is it, should you worry and what will the market’s reaction be to his latest ‘tweets’. Then, Andrew Gause […]

On January 13th 2017, Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: The Commerce Department releases two reports today: Retail Sales Data for December & Business Inventories for November. The Labor Dept reports on U.S. Producer Price Inflation for December today.

This morning on The Opening Bell, Steve Grzanich we welcome in Associated Bank Thought Leader, John Horton – Mortgage rates have moved higher for the seventh week in a row so, naturally Steve wanted some deeper perspective and 27 years of Residential Mortgage Business experience is what we have. John Horton is the Vice President and Senior Lending Manager at The Associated Bank specializing in construction loans, jumbo mortgages, and refinancing. Steve and John also touch on the reasons behind […]

Mortgage rates have moved higher for the seventh week in a row so, naturally Steve wanted some deeper perspective and 27 years of Residential Mortgage Business experience is what we have. John Horton is the Vice President and Senior Lending Manager at Associated Bank specializing in construction loans, jumbo mortgages, and refinancing. Steve and John also touch on the reasons behind the fluctuating mortgage rates and question whether the rise will continue through 2017 – All this and more on […]

On January 12th 2017, Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: Labor Dept releases its report today on the amount of people who have applied for unemployment benefits over the last week. The U.S. Treasury Dept releases the federal budget for December.

This morning on The Opening Bell, Steve Grzanich we welcome in Transportation reporter and “Getting Around” columnist for the Chicago Tribune, Mary Wisniewski who shares her insight into the news of Obama sending $1.1 billion in Federal funding for CTA improvements.  They also discuss the importance of getting this funding started before the next presidential team takes office and the amount of time it will take for the money to reach the City of Chicago. Dale Buss (Journalist for Forbes) […]

This morning on The Opening Bell, Steve Grzanich we welcome in Steve Bernas (President and Chief Executive Officer for the Better Business Bureau) to discuss the rise in Scams in 2016 and how to avoid them for 2017.  He also shares tips on avoiding phony tickets to today’s Presidential Address here in Chicago as well as how to be weary of Gym Memberships in the new year. Then, Author of “The Glass Universe: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory […]

On January 10th 2017,  shares today’s potential market drivers: The Commerce Dept releases wholesale trade inventories for November. The Labor Dept releases job openings and labor turnovers for November. The Associated General Contractors for America releases national and state construction hiring and business forecast for 2017.