The Opening Bell

Following the consumer’s wants and needs can be difficult since they are constantly changing, and that’s especially true in the healthcare industry. Steve Grzanich discussed the 2019 Digital Health Consumer Survey with Dr. Kaveh Safavi (Sr. Managing Director and Head of Global Health Practice at Accenture) to learn about how younger generations aren’t satisfied with the current offerings as convenience, digital access, and cost that all are vital factors in choices that are made.  

On February 20th, 2019 Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: The Mortgage Bankers Association shares the weekly mortgage applications The Federal Open Market Committee releases the minutes from it’s last meeting

The electric vehicle market is growing. How do we know that? Competition. Steve Grzanich learned of the next big player in the market with Michael McHale (Director of Communication at Rivian). Electric pickup trucks and SUV’s will be rolling out of the manufacturing plant in Normal, IL while they boast the backing of $700 million of investments with Amazon being one of their biggest partners.  

Making transportation simpler and more efficient is a dream for a lot of cities, and Trafi is doing just that in Berlin where Christof Schminke (Managing Director of Trafi in Germany) explained to Steve Grzanich how transportation integration in Germany will soon be reality. Steve and Christof discussed how Trafi is creating a single platform to pay for a number of transportation options and how it could be seamlessly replicated in other cities around the world. Michael McHale (Director of Communication […]

On February 19th, 2019 Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: The Housing Market Index for February is due out this morning Loretta Mester is out speaking on monetary policy Advance Auto , Ecolab, Walmart, La-Z-Boy, Lending Club, and Texas Roadhouse report earnings by the end of the day today

The search for the right higher education is essential to the forward progress to career success in 2019, but there are more options than many people think. Steve Grzanich sat down with Dr. Kenneth Ender (President of Harper College) to learn about what puts Harper College ahead of the community college curve and how they are leading the country in their apprenticeship practices. Francis Vergunst (Postdoctoral Research Fellow at University of Montreal) then joined the program to share the direction […]

On February 18th, 2019 Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: The markets are closed today due to the Presidents Days Holiday February Housing Market data is released tomorrow The minutes from the Federal Open Market Committee Meeting are out on Wednesday  

Little advantages of the span of a career can seem insignificant, but can have major results over time. Francis Vergunst (Postdoctoral Research Fellow at University of Montreal) is currently studying the relationship between early childhood behavior of boys from lower socioeconomic standings and the employment earnings later on in their careers – he shared with Steve Grzanich the major findings so far and explained how the study will soon be expanded to young girls in similar situations.  

Steve Grzanich and the weekly Associated Bank Thought Leader, Doug Myers (Senior Vice President and the Chicago Private Client Market Leader at Associated Bank) sat down to check in on the world of private banking that is seeing a jump in recruiting competition, boutique banking trends, and the way artificial intelligence is helping to make banks more efficient. Changes are on the horizon but Steve and Doug also touched on the direction of the economy based on what Doug has been hearing on the front […]

On February 14th, 2019 Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: The PPI (Producer Price Index) with the retail sales report will be coming today The EIA Natural Gas Report is due out this afternoon Coca-Cola, CBS, and nvidia all report earnings today