The Opening Bell

On the November 1, 2016 episode of the Opening Bell, Dave Plier stood in for Steve Grzanich and chatted with CEO of Kindly Care, Igor Lebovic. Kindly Care is making a major shift to the elderly health care industry by announcing a $3.1 million funding to utilize a suite of technological tools to help healthcare aids care for family members. Dave also talked with Bill Thorne, SVP of Communication and Public Affairs of The National Retail Federation. Today marked the […]

On Friday October 31, 2016, Dave Plier shares today’s potential market drivers: Federal Open Market Committee will meet today in Washington Freddie Mac releases their quarterly earnings this morning Institute For Supply Management releases their manufacturing index for October Commerce Department releases their construction spending report Pfizer, Sony, and many more release quarterly earnings today  

On Friday October 28, 2016, Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: July-September economic estimates from the Commerce Department is released today Bureau of Economic Analysts published the GDP data for the 3rd quarter in 2016 is released today Labor Department is releasing the employment cost index for the 3rd quarter ExxonMobil will be releasing their quarterly earnings today.

On the October 28, 2016 episode of the Opening Bell Steve chatted with Paul Nolte of Kingsview Asset management to about the many earnings reports released this week. Steve also learned the news about 401k’s that be put into place in 2017. Steve also chatted with Friday favorite, Rick Seaney, CEO of FareCompare.com about the latest airline news and he shared a few getaway deals for the weekend.  

This week’s Associated Bank Thought Leader conversation was with Donald Lloyd (Senior Vice President & Manager of Capital Markets – Foreign Exchange, Rate Swaps and Commodity Derivatives). Steve and Don broke down the foggy field of derivatives and how to properly approach the foreign markets that are moving 24 hours a day. The education of derivatives is key because it revolves around knowing the risk for a company, and Don notes that the more questions the better.  

On the August 27, 2016 episode of The Opening Bell Steve talked about a word in the business world that many people might be aware of, but not completely understand – derivatives. Donald Lloyd was today’s Thought Leader from The Associated Bank and he helped listeners break down the perspective towards foreign markets, derivatives, and much more. CNN Money’s Heather Long also joined the program to talk about the tough road that the very popular restaurant, Chipotle, has had for […]

On Thursday October 26, 2016, Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: Southwest Airlines, Boeing, Comcast, Coca-Cola & Tesla are reporting their quarterly earnings today The US Commerce Department will release their report on New Home Sales for September  

On the October 26, 2016 episode of The Opening Bell, Steve thought about next week’s election and how kids take in all this information. Steve chatted with Dr. Judith Myers-Walls (Professor Emerita of Human Development & Family Studies, Human Development Extension Specialist, & Certified Family Life Educator at Purdue University). Steve also chatted with Sophie Shrand who is starting a new media initiative to push for closing the gender gap within the STEM fields. She is creating a new educational […]

On the October 24, 2016 episode of The Opening Bell Steve kicked the week off with the CEO Spotlight featuring Jim Schultz of Intersect Illinois. Bettering the state of Illinois is the goal and creating the opportunity to change the directory of success. Jim focused around a particular question, “how do we create a red carpet state that attracts business and people through marketing and branding?” Steve also chatted with Scott Lindstrom (Driver Assist Technologies Manager at Ford) to talk […]

This week’s thought leader came after reports of millions of new home buyers in the next five years, and mortgage rates at an all time low. Naturally Steve wanted some deeper perspective and 27 years or 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 broke down the latest residential real estate news, discussed if the […]