The Opening Bell

On the October 17, 2016 episode of The Opening Bell, Steve celebrates Chicago Museum Week with the CEO Spotlight with Michelle Larson, the CEO of The Adler Planetarium. The timeline of The Adler has gone from layoffs not too long ago, to thriving in space education. As election day approaches, being an educated voter is one of the biggest unspoken issues from the other side of the ballot, and that’s why Steve checked back in with former CEO spotlight, Alex […]

This week’s Thought Leader conversation could not have come at a better time after national news of Wells Fargo’s CEO stepping down yesterday afternoon, the changes for stress testing in banking, and much more. Chuck Garcia is the Director of Commercial Deposits & Treasury Management and with 30+ years of finance experience, he provided much needed insight into the Wells Fargo situation, future banking business for the Midwest, and what people can do to prevent future red flags in their […]

On the October 11, 2016 episode of The Opening Bell, the predawn business conversation focused on the Federal Reserve, how/why it was created and its role in our economy.  Steve was joined by Roger Lowenstein, former reporter for The Wall Street Journal and author of the new book America’s Bank: The Epic Struggle To Create The Federal Reserve.  Read a sample here. The conversation about The Fed continued with Mark Hamrick, Sr. Economic Analyst at Bankrate.com and also touched on […]

On the October 10, 2016 episode of The Opening Bell, Steve shaped up his closet as he chatted with Sonny Balani, CEO of Balani Custom Clothier. Sonny talked with Steve about all the uses that custom clothing has had in the developing market for the fanciest of business men to the up and coming business driven millennial. Along with dressing for success, University of Chicago Booth School of Business Associate Professor of Organizations and Strategy Elizabeth G. Pontikes shared her […]

On Monday October10, 2016, Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: No official government reports out today Facebook is releases “Facebook at Work” in London today The Nobel Prize in Economics awarding could also cause the markets to react

On Friday October 7, 2016, Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: The September Jobs Report is released later today detailing unemployment numbers The Commerce Department will release it’s August reports on wholesale stock piles The Federal Reserve will release a report on Consumer Credit Data for August  

On the October 7, 2016 episode of The Opening Bell, the focus is the jobs report. Paul Note from Kingsview Asset Management joined Steve to chat about what’s happening with our portfolios, rumors of a November rate hike, and the September Jobs Report set to be released today (hopefully out performing last months report). Rick Seaney also joined Steve during his regular time today discussing the cancelled flights troubling the United States due to Hurricane Matthew.  

The Associated Bank is a new partner of The Opening Bell, and we are excited to be starting a weekly segment showing The Associated Bank Thought Leaders. Steve will be chatting with pioneers in the industry to provide wise perspectives, with a fortitude of experience backing them up. The first conversation featured Breck Hanson, Vice Chairman and former Head of Commercial Real Estate at Associated Bank. Steve brought up the burning question in the retail sector: is brick and mortar […]

On Thursday October 6, 2016, Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: The Labor Department will report today on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits last week. Freddie Mac will report on this week’s average U-S mortgage rates. A Pew study is out mid morning about the number of workers in occupations requiring average to above average education, training and experience  

On Wednesday October 5, 2016, Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: Commerce Department releases August trade data Institute for Supply Management releasing the service sector index Yum Brands releases their quarterly results after the bell