The Opening Bell

On June 17th, 2019 Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: National Association of Home Builders releases the June Housing Market Index The Empire State Manufacturing Survey is out today Details on US Treasury Foreign Ownership are scheduled to be out later this morning The Paris Airshow is underway this week  

The Great Recession took a toll on most of the American economy, but have consumers bounced back after eleven years? Steve Grzanich and Mark Hamrick (Bureau Chief and Sr. Economic Analyst at Bankrate.com) broke down the recent Bankrate report that shows nearly 1 in 4 consumers are worse off now than they were before the 2008 crash. Jonathan Maze (Executive Editor at Restaurant Business Magazine) then focused in on McDonalds jumping on the latest plant-based food trend.  

Rod Murray (Chicago Market President at Associated Bank) knows that financial literacy in the U.S. could be much better, but Steve Grzanich wants to know how that’s going to happen. The Associated Bank Thought Leader, is reiterating that starting early is one of the best strategies for building a secure financial base later on in life – through high school, college, and even into retirement. The biggest takeaway is that its never too late to start saving.  

It doesn’t matter if its high school, college or retirement, financial literacy is vital for securing a strong financial future. Rod Murray (Chicago Market President at Associated Bank) explained to Steve Grzanich how to approach these different life phases by remembering some financial basics on this week’s Associated Bank Thought Leader Conversation. (At 18:44) Steve then shifted the focus to the larger economic picture with Heather Long (Economic Correspondent at Washington Post) by checking in on the long-term well being […]

On June 13th, 2019 Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: May Import/Export Prices are out today along with first time claims for unemployment The EIA Natural Gas Report is released later this morning Tesco, and Broadcom report earnings today

On June 12th, 2019 Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: Data on economic inflation is out today (expecting the data to show a slowing of inflation) The Mortgage Bankers Association releases the mortgage application numbers Lululemon, Tailored Brands, and Neptune Wellness report earnings today

On June 11th, 2019 Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: The Small Business Optimism Index for May will be released today The Producer Price Index for May is also expected today Dave & Busters, HD Supply, H&R Block all reporting earnings The E3 Gaming Conference is underway in Los Angeles

Steve Grzanich checked in on the latest news coming out of the business world, and then tuned to Sheraz Mian (Director of Research at Zacks investment Research) to assess the performance of the retail sector in 2019 so far. Keeping in line with the varied results of Wall Street, earnings and revenue from the major players are a mixed bag as well, but Sheraz and Steve discussed the most valuable takeaways from the quarterly scorecard.  

Last month was a tough month for Wall Street but Paul Nolte (SVP & Sr. Portfolio Manager at Kingsview Asset Management) and Steve Grzanich kicked off June with some positive news about stocks rallying this week, the Federal Reserve feeling good about fighting a recession, and of previewing the monthly jobs report. Brian Sumers (Sr. Aviation Business Editor at Skift.com) then closed out the week with a look at how Delta Airlines is feeling fine despite rising tensions between the […]

The tumultuous story of the 737 Max continues on but as regulators progress, perspectives differ on when the planes will get back in the air again soon. Steve Grzanich and  Brian Sumers (Sr. Aviation Business Editor at Skift.com) discussed the latest surrounding the model and how August could be when it makes a return. The two also discussed how Delta is managing to avoid trade war tensions in their business as flyers are still flying back and forth between the […]