The Opening Bell

On December 30th 2016, Matt Bubala shares today’s potential market drivers: The Chicago Purchasing Manager’s Index is due out today. An earnings report from Atari is due out today, and Monsanto’s will be released next week. http://serve.castfire.com/audio/3260861/3260861_2016-12-30-084801.64kmono.mp3?ad_params=zones%3DPreroll%7Cstation_id%3D5454.mp3

On this morning’s episode of The Opening Bell, Mark Carman filled in for Steve Grzanich. Mark opened with your numbers and some business news headlines, and then passed things over to this week’s Thought Leader, Breck Hanson. Breck talked about his predictions for the economy, interest rates and auto and home sales in 2017.  Then, Mark talked to  John Haber, Founder and CEO of Spend Management Experts about the shipping and supply chain industries.

On December 29th 2016, Mark Carman shares today’s potential market drivers: The International Trades and Goods Report and Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index both are to be released today. The EIA Natural Gas Report, the 3 and 4 week bill announcements, as well as farm prices will also be updated. http://serve.castfire.com/audio/3260260/3260260_2016-12-29-115200.64kmono.mp3?ad_params=zones%3DPreroll%7Cstation_id%3D5454.mp3

This week’s Thought Leader on The Opening Bell was Breck Hanson, Vice Chairman and former Head of Commercial Real Estate at Associated Bank. Steve Grzanich sat down with Breck to talk about predictions for the economy in 2017. They talk about where interest rates are going and how that will effect consumer debt. Steve also brought up what regulations are going to be rolled back on under the watch of the upcoming Trump administration. Then, they talked about how auto […]

Author and Professor Diane Mulcahy joined Dave Plier on the December 28, 2016 edition of The Opening Bell to talk about the “gig economy.” Then, George Karzas from Gale Street Inn and Guido Nardini from Club Lago joined Dave in-studio to talk about how they keep things fresh for the customers while living up to the legacies of their family-owned classic Chicago restaurants. They also previewed what’s going on in their restaurants on New Year’s Eve. http://serve.castfire.com/audio/3259518/3259518_2016-12-28-110718.64kmono.mp3?ad_params=zones%3DPreroll%7Cstation_id%3D3779.mp3

This morning on The Opening Bell Broker JP Picinnini from JP and Associates REALTORS joined Dave Plier on air to talk about buying a home during the holiday season. JP explains why now is a good time to buy. They also talk about how Illinois is ahead of the curve as far as home prices go and why the luxury home market is softening up.JP said the trend is to downsize, and he revealed which room gets sacrificed in doing so. […]

On this morning’s post-Christmas edition of The Opening Bell, David Plier filled in for Steve Grzanich. For starters, he shared some headlines in the news. Then he spoke with  Bill Thorne, the senior vice president for communications and public affairs for the National Retail Federation on holiday sales and projections. Bill gave tips on returning presents and items, including keeping your receipts and  understanding what the return policies are. They also talked about trends to look for in retail in 2017, including […]

Regular contributor Paul Nolte from Kingsview Asset Management joined Dave Plier on the air to talk about this week’s earnings and what they might tell us about returns in the coming year. They also talked about what it will mean for the DOW to hit 20,000…according to Paul, it doesn’t mean “too much,” apart from being a nice milestone to hit. Then, Paul recommended gifting stocks instead of cash this holiday season. Shannon Stewart, Executive Director and CEO of Inspiration Corporation […]

This morning on The Opening Bell, Dave Plier filled in for Steve Grzanich. He started things out with business headlines including the home sales report, FedEx’s big holiday boom and Nintendo’s download record. Then, Associated Bank’s Thought Leader of the week Doug Myers spoke to the importance of financial planning, which he predicts will be the number one wealth management trend of the new year. He emphasized that, as always, the earlier you get started on planning, the better. Finally, […]

On December 22nd 2016, Dave Plier shares today’s potential market drivers: Today we’ll be looking at the weekly job list claims report, the Chicago Fed National activity index and reports on personal income. Earnings reports are due from Conagra brands and Rite Aid.