The Opening Bell

On the October 5, 2016 episode of The Opening Bell, studying, furthering, and creating communities was the focus for Steve. The UIC School of Public Health, with the help of Lisa Brosseau, has developed the Center for Healthy Work to look into the betterment of low-wage, and hazardous workers. Steve also chatted with Henry Snow (LIVE from Osaka, Japan) who is creating a nomadic community of YouTubers, called CreateAbroad.org, to show various parts of the world through 15 video perspectives. […]

On Tuesday October 4, 2016, Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: The Vice Presidential Debate starting at 8:00pm (cst) will be closely watched by the markets Possible developments of the Deutche Bank news  

On the October 4, 2016 episode of The Opening Bell, Steve was intrigued by the recent survey done by the Missouri Institute of Mental Health with Dr. Rachel P. Winograd. Dr. Winograd and her team broke down the research into categories to help translate for educational purposes. Ken Novak, Vice President and Sr. Financial Consultant at Charles Schwab joined Steve to share what Chicagoans feel is necessary for a “financially comfortable” retirement.  

On the October 3, 2016 episode of The Opening Bell, Steve focused on a huge issue plaguing the United States, that being credit card fraud. Canh Tran is the CEO of RippleShot.com and they are fighting data with data. He explained to Steve in depth about how everyday use of credit cards and debit cards can be done safely on this week’s CEO Spotlight. Dr. Eugene Declercq also joined Steve from Boston University School of Public Health where is a […]

On the last day of September, Steve checked in on the portfolios with Kingsview Asset Management, Paul Nolte, about all the drama surrounding the banking world. Wells Fargo is in the spot light, Deutche Bank is making people nervous, who knows what’s next? Rick Seaney, CEO of Fare Compare also joined Steve to get us all out of town for the weekend but also looking back a bit and how consumers have such few airline choices these days.  

On the September 29 , 2016 episode of The Opening Bell Steve talked with Dale Buss of Forbes about the heated twitter responses between Donald Trump and Ford about Trump’s criticisms of jobs leaving the US. Steve also talked with ABC London Correspondent, Tom Rivers about the recent news of the MH17 missile that took down a commercial plane was owned by the Russians and Tom shared the latest.  

…You have to wait in line to get them. Steve kicked off the morning with the science behind lines during a chat with MIT professor Richard Larson, and according to “Dr. Que” there can be a lot of benefits to standing in line. Steve was joined by space travel expert and author Julian Guthrie after Elon Musk released further developments about his plan for traveling to Mars. Julian’s book is titled, “How To Make A Spaceship: A Brand of Renegades, […]

The first presidential debate is behind us and Steve broke it down in many ways. Josh Scacco is an Assistant Professor in the Brian Lamb School of Communication at Purdue University and shared with Steve what he saw as the most effective and the missteps that will stay with the candidates. The markets will also have reacted to the debate by the end of the day and Steve brought in John Jamieson into the conversation. John is a 25 year […]

On the September 22, 2016 episode of The Opening Bell Steve was not surprised to to see that Federal Reserve Chair, Janet Yellen decided note to hike interest rates a choice that many expected. Author Caitlin Shetterly joined Steve to talk about her concern about GMOs (very different to WGN’s Orion Samuelson’s stance) and her new book, “Modified: GMO’s and the Threat to Our Food, Our Land, Our Future.” And this week starts the second annual “Chicago Curbed Micro Week […]

On the September 21, 2016 episode of The Opening Bell, Steve prepped for the anticipated decision of The Fed possibly increasing rates by the late afternoon today. CNN Money’s Heather Long chatted with Steve about how the economic roller coaster has reached the top of the ride and many see two options: slowly ease our way back down, or drop to the bottom. The decision is expected today at 2:00pm. Dayna Steele, Chief Caring Expert at Caring.com, joined Steve to […]