The Opening Bell

On February 26th, 2019 Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: A report on Factory Orders and International Trade in Goods for December is out today Pending Home Sales Index for January also out today Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell scheduled to give the House his Semi-Annual Report Best Buy, Campbell Soup, Loews, Sinclair Broadcasting, Boingo Wireless, FitBit, Hostess Brands, L Brands, Monster Beverage, and Square all report earnings today by the end of the day

College courses can be stressful, but current U.S. college students are experiencing a dangerous level of stress and anxiety. Brad Wolverton (Contributor at The New York Times, POLITICO and Investigative Reporter at Nerd Wallet) said we have seen a large spike in the stress and anxiety among college students, but Steve Grzanich is wondering how schools are addressing this problem.  

The McDonalds franchisees have generally seen success for years, but that’s not without growing pains. The West Loop base fast food chain is feeling some of those growing pains right now as Jonathan Maze (Executive Editor at Restaurant Business Magazine) explained to Steve Grzanich that delivery of the food is making things difficult for owners. Brad Wolverton (Contributor at The New York Times, POLITICO and Investigative Reporter at Nerd Wallet) then chimed in to provide an update on the emotional […]

On February 26th, 2019 Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: Housing Starts from December are out today with high expectations along with the Case-Shiller Home Price Index The Federal Reserve Redbook is released today and Jerome Powell is also speaking today AutoZone, Home Depot, J.M. Smucker, LendingTree, Macy’s, Shutterstock, Thomson Reuters, Papa Johns, and Tivo all report earnings today

On February 25th, 2019 Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: Numbers behind Wholesale Inventories for December are shared today The Chicago Federal Reserve National Index is out today along with the Dallas Fed Manufacturing Survey A report on Housing Starts are out tomorrow in the wake of the Consumer Confidence report

Building a safe and comfortable home is important for many, but as the idea of “keeping up with the Jonses” fades away, the focus on personal health jumped to the top of the list. Steve Grzanich and Jon Jesse (Vice President of Industry Development at the International Home and Housewares Association) previewed the show coming up next week (March 2nd-5th) and all signs are pointing to the shift towards health with a number of products that are expected to steal […]

There are a number of advancements that the banking industry is always looking into and when they evolve to offer customers new services, they are usually big changes. Steve Grzanich and Rod Murray (Chicago Market President at Associated Bank) chatted about some of those monumental changes that could be happening this year in the weekly Associated Bank Thought Leader Conversation. touching on public banks, the marijuana industry financial integration, and more. Kaveh Waddell (Artificial Intelligence Reporter for the “Axios Future” […]

The banking world might seem like a slow moving industry, but the innovation coming out of it is more focused on the calculated moves. Steve Grzanich sat down with the Associated Bank Thought Leader, Rod Murray (Chicago Market President at Associated Bank) to discuss the trends and innovation coming out of 2019, but also touched on the idea of a public bank and how the legal marijuana industry will integrate themselves into the banking system on this week’s Associated Bank […]

On February 21st, 2019 Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: The order on Durable Goods from December and a look at first time jobless claims are both out today January Existing Home Sales will be released today along with the EIA Petroleum/Natural Gas Report Dominos Pizza, Hormel Foods, Wendys, Caesars Entertainment, HP, Roku, and many more report earnings today

Utilities isn’t a very flattering industry, but there is still plenty of money that flows because of it, so you’ll believe that it’s on Steve Daniels‘ (Sr. Reporter on Banking, Insurance, and Utilities at Crains) radar. Steve Grzanich and Steve talked about the long hyped ComEd “Smart Grid” that is finally finished, but there are a number of questions that still remain. The focus then shifted to the younger generation that is beginning to search for their own healthcare and […]