The Opening Bell

On January 22nd, 2018 Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: The Economic Red Book is out today looking at retail numbers Mortgage Applications are released tomorrow Wynn Resorts, Johnson & Johnson, Travelers, IBM, and Capital One all report earnings

Integrating new technology takes a lot of money and effort, but Adam Jones (Director of Technology at Huge) explained that its time for it to happen. Steve Grzanich and Adam talked about the next generation of technology surrounding 5G that will take the consumer and business users to the next level.  

Today is MLK Day and along with the legacy he left us with around social and civil justice, Steve Grzanich and Joe Holberg (Founder and CEO of Holberg Financial) discussed a third aspect focusing on financial aspect. Steve and Joe both touched on the work that needs to be done in the classroom and in our everyday lives to help ease financial struggles all around the world. Adam Jones (Director of Technology at Huge) then dove into the next technological […]

On January 21st, 2018 Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: Markets are closed today in observance of the Federal Holiday, Martin Luther King Jr. Day Looking ahead, reports on Existing Home Sales, Mortgage Applications, and Jobless Claims among others will be out later this week

Every day the shutdown inches forward into uncharted territory, we see how much more impact it has on the economy. Steve Grzanich discussed with Paul Nolte (SVP & Sr. Portfolio Manager at Kingsview Asset Management) about what we can look at for economic health as the government sorts out their differences and ends the shutdown. Brian Sumers (Sr. Aviation Editor at Skift.com) then looked at how the shutdown is impacting, an area of great concern for many, the aviation industry […]

TSA continues to be one of the areas of the shutdown that consumers notice as more and more agents explain that they can’t afford to work for no pay. Steve Grzanich and Brian Sumers (Sr. Aviation Editor at Skift.com) sorted through the possibilities of the airline travel industry having more of an influence on ending the shutdown since airports are such an important part of the economy.  

On January 18th, 2018 Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: A report on Industrial Production from December is out today The preliminary January Consumer Sentiment report is released later today Schlumberger and Sun Trust Banks both report earnings today

The Residential Real Estate market has one of the more positive outlooks as 2019 gears up and John Horton (Vice President and Sr. Residential Sales Manager in the Chicago Region at Associated Bank) is confident about what is to come, but Steve Grzanich is good at testing the Associated Bank Thought Leaders on their stances (but they always hold up). Steve and John covered the traditional residential real estate markets, but even the massive amounts of commercial real estate that’s planned […]

One of the common resolutions is to have a more positive outlook on life, and that’s easy for John Horton (Vice President and Sr. Residential Sales Manager in the Chicago Region at Associated Bank) as he explained to Steve Grzanich and the Associated Bank Thought Leader Conversation that the outlook for the residential real estate market is bright and commercial real estate market will be playing a much closer role in the coming years as well. Birth rates in the US then took the […]

On January 17th, 2018 Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: Weekly Jobless Number will be released later this morning Housing Starts, the Philadelphia Fed Business Outlook Business Survey and the EIA Natural Gas Report are all out today Earnings reports expected today from American Express and Netflix