The Opening Bell

On Tuesday November 22, 2016, Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: The National Association of Realtors releases its existing home sales for October later today. Solid Job Market and low mortgage rates have brought a lot of buyers into the market. Despite shortage of properties for sale the number of existing home sales had increased in September.  

On Monday November 21, 2016, Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: Congress and the Supreme Court are practicing the Thanksgiving holiday all week Chicago’s Ohare Airport workers are expecting to announce the day they will be going on strike this week. This could impact holiday travels.    

The week before the holidays, Paul Nolte joined Steve Grzanich to talk about the week behind us and the week ahead of us. Janet Yellen discussed yesterday the increased changes of rate changes happening in December, her serving out the rest of her term, and Paul telling the everyone how this will impact the economy. Just before the season for giving, Julie Yurko, President and CEO of the Northern Illinois Food Bank, talked with Steve about the need for giving […]

The Associated Bank Vice Chairman, Breck Hanson was our first Thought Leader and he joined the program again to talk about the biggest news story of 2016, the President-elect Trump and the future of his economy. Steve chatted with Breck about the immediate changes that will be felt in the banking world, all the way to your front doorstep.  

On the November 17, 2016 episode of the Opening Bell, Steve took a step back a week after the election happened and sat down the weekly Thought Leader, Breck Hanson. The Vice Chairman of Associated Bank shared his perspective of how the economy will be impacted in different manners. Steve also talked with National Geographic Photo Adventurer about the exposition of the world from the top of Mount Everest to an inspiring family portrait.  

On Wednesday November 16, 2016, Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: The Producer Price Index Report is released today The Industrial Production Capacity Utilization Report is released today The National Association of Home Builders release the housing market index today The US China Economic and Security Review Commission annual report is released today The Financial Stability Oversight Council meets today The Gershwin Prize will be presented today The UN Climate Change Conference continues today  

On the November 16, 2016 episode of The Opening Bell Steve chatted with Scott Kitun about the startup and tech communities ties to immigration and President-elect Trump. The CEO of Technori discussed with Scott about how the increased talent pool can be incredibly useful to our economy. With the holidays around the corner you might be traveling and staying in hotels, and you will most likely be using a hotel key card, but who makes them? Steve talked with Peter […]

On the November 15, 2016 episode of The Opening Bell Steve dove head first into both sides of the purchasing and selling market place. Steve chatted with David Hoffeld, the CEO and Chief Sales Trainer at Hoffeld Group, about his new book, “The Science of Selling“. On the other side, Kelly Stickel, CEO of Remodista, talked with Steve about the latest retail trends and how she expects people will react to another year of holiday shopping and what will change […]

On Monday November 14, 2016, Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: No major economic reports today but the markets will prep for tomorrow Home Depot reports market earnings before the bell today Department of Transportation releases the  Consumer Air Travel Report National Transportation Safety Board releases the most wanted safety improvements  

On Monday, November 14, Steve chatted with the featured CEO spotlight, Lindsay Pinchuk of Bump Club & Beyond. The online resource for moms-to-be and post pregnancy mothers is a close knit community that was built out of necessity now helps thousands of women. Mike Cetera, Mobile Banking & Credit Card Editor at Bankrate.com, also joined Steve to kick off the holiday shopping season by sharing a study telling us less and less people wanting to receive them.