The Opening Bell

The U.S. legal system was created to be one of the best in the world, but according to business leaders its vastly different from state to state. Steve Grzanich was joined by Harold Kim (COO of The U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform) to review the 2019 Lawsuit Climate Survey that measured the fairness and reasonableness of each state’s court system but unfortunately Illinois ranked dead last.  

The United Auto Workers (UAW) is a powerful manufacturing union, so when 50,000 of them walk out and strike, people are going to listen. Steve Grzanich checked in on that strike with Dale Buss (Contributor at Forbes, Wall Street Journal and Chief Executive Magazine) to gauge the pulse of their demands and what General Motors will likely do to resolve contract negotiations.  

On September 17th, 2019 Steve Grzanich shares the day’s potential market drivers: Data on Industrial Production for August will be released later this afternoon The National Association of Home Builders Housing Market Index is out today Federal Reserve begins its two-day Federal Open Market Meeting today Chewy and FedEx both report earnings after the closing bell

On September 16th, 2019 Steve Grzanich shares the day’s potential market drivers: Data on China Retail Sales and Industrial Production are out today Optical Cable Corporation and KBS Fashion Group both report earnings by the end of the day The Federal Reserve begins their monthly two-day meeting tomorrow  

Steve Grzanich spoke with Paul Nolte (SVP & Sr. Portfolio Manager at Kingsview Asset Management) about Federal rate cuts and the need to stop allowing politics to be the guiding light when making investment decisions; the continuous annual increase in retail sales; and more. Brian Sumers (Sr. Aviation Editor at Skift.com) joined the program to provide an update on the return of the Boeing 737 Max and changes with United Airlines frequent flyer rewards program.

Achieving a certain executive level in a career is an achievement that requires a lot of time, and responsibility. That being the case, Mia Erickson (SVP at Whitnell – Part of Associated Bank) told The Opening Bell’s Steve Grzanich on this week’s Associated Bank Thought Leader conversation that these executives need another set of eyes to sort through the assets and benefits complied over the span of a career and need personal CFO – that’s where Mia comes in. (At […]

The old saying goes, “there aren’t enough hours in the day”, and that’s true for executives that have amassed a career’s worth of daily responsibilities. Mia Erickson (SVP at Whitnell – Part of Associated Bank) jumped in the Associated Bank Thought Leader conversation this week with Steve Grzanich to talk about how she acts as a personal CFO for clients to asses and organize  career benefits and personal assets.  

On September 12th, 2019 Steve Grzanich shares the day’s potential market drivers: Details on the August inflation rate are out today First time claims for unemployment benefits are out this morning Kroger, Broadcom both report quarterly earnings by the end of the day

The world runs on data these days, but understanding it can be one of the biggest hurdles to getting ahead. Steve Grzanich caught up with Nancy Duarte (CEO of Duarte Inc. & Author of DataStory: Explain Data and Inspire Action Through Story) to learn about how to sort through the raw data and finding the story line to share to an audience. Samantha Powers (Research Manager at TripleLift) then shared the data behind the effectiveness of videos and video advertising […]

On September 10th, 2019 Steve Grzanich shares the day’s potential market drivers: The Jobs Opens and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) for July is out today The National Federation of Independent Business is out with their Small Business Optimism Index today HD Supply Holdings, GameStop, Cracker Barrel all report earnings Apple is expected to announce new products later this morning