The Opening Bell

The 78, and Lincoln Yards are the poster children of a new Chicago developments with multi-billion dollar backings and Greg Warsek (SVP & Regional Manager for the Chicago Market for Commercial Real Estate at Associated Bank) helped sort through some of the bad press that is sticking to them. Steve Grzanich and the Associated Bank Thought Leader also touching on the co-working space with Chicago boasting one of the largest markets in the U.S. with over 30 co-working companies working […]

Large scale construction projects change the way we experience and live in a city, but whats also important is the process. This week’s Associated Bank Thought Leader conversation with Greg Warsek (SVP & Regional Manager for the Chicago Market for Commercial Real Estate at Associated Bank) discussed the highly anticipated Lincoln Yards and 78 projects with also touching on the large co-working space. At 17:35, Cheri Preston (ABC News Correspondent) then updated listeners about the social media giant, Facebook, and […]

On April 25th, 2019 Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: Durable Goods Orders for March and Weekly jobless and first time unemployment benefit numbers are out today The Kansas City Federal Reserve Manufacturing Index is due today 3M, Comcast, Southwest Airlines, Amazon, Grubhub and many other report earnings today

The Federal Aviation Administration made major steps yesterday after they announced they approved Wing Aviation LLC to become one of the first major players in the US drone delivery space.Brent Skroup (Sr. Research Fellow at the Mercatus Center) joined Steve Grzanich to break down how this will change the way we receive packages right now, and how the future of aviation policy will grow around

The aging population of the US workforce is growing everyday, but many of them aren’t retiring (mostly because they can’t afford to). Steve Grzanich and Elizabeth Kelly (SVP of Operations at United Income) reviewed a recent study detailing that 20% of the workforce 65 years old (or older) because they feel as though they need to keep growing their nest egg. Brent Skroup (Sr. Research Fellow at the Mercatus Center) then explained what the new FAA approval for Google’s drone […]

On April 24th, 2019 Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: Weekly Mortgage Rates are out from the Mortgage Bankers Association The State Street Investor Confidence Index is out today Anthem, AT&T, Boston’s Scientific, Caterpillar, Dominos Pizza, Sirius XM, & Chipotle among others

The last time Steve Grzanich talked with Grant Easterbrook (Co-founder of DreamForward) was back in January when he heard about how he is helping to simplify the way consumers understand their 401k plans. Grant shared the progress by partnering with Ben Olson (Founding Partner of Faircourt Partners) and rolling out chat bots that will help sort through basic questions surrounding retirement planning.  

On April 23rd, 2019 Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: New Home Sales for March are released today (expecting a 2.5% decline) along with the FHFA House Price Index The Richmond Federal Reserve shares the Manufacturing Index Twitter, SNAP, and Proctor and Gamble report earnings today

Sustainable investing can focus on a number of things areas of concern but since today is Earth Day, Jake Barnett (Financial Advisor and Institutional consultant at Graystone Consulting) and Steve Grzanich sat down to sort through the giant financial shift that investors have made where 1 in 4 professionally managed dollars are focused on sustainable investing.  

Physical Therapy is an industry that has been significant growth in recent years and Athletico Physical Therapy is one of the major reasons because of that. Mark Kaufman (Founder and CEO of Athletico Physical Therapy) joined Steve Grzanich to share the method behind expanding to more than 400 locations across the U.S. and what role the industry plays in the larger medical world. Jake Barnett (Financial Advisor and Institutional consultant at Graystone Consulting) reminded listeners about the big push by […]