The Opening Bell

Hawaii has typically been a niche market for Hawaiian Airlines, but Southwest Airlines is looking to get in on the market. Steve Grzanich learned from Brian Sumers (Aviation Business Editor at Skift.com) that Southwest Airlines is gearing up to provide service to Hawaii starting in early 2019 which could put Hawaii Airlines in a tight spot after a difficult third quarter earnings report.  

On December 6th, 2018 Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: The ADP Private Payroll report is released today (forecasting 175,000 new jobs in November) Multiple report detailing international trade are out today October Factory Reports are released later today  along with the Challenger Jobs Cut Report, the PMI Services Index, the ISM Non-Manufacturing Index, and the EIA Petrolum Status Report Duluth Trading Company, H&R Block, Kroger, Lands End, Michael’s Stores, an the Children’s Place all release earnings today

On December 5th, 2018 Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: The US Markets are closed today because of the National Day of Mourning honoring Former President George H. W. Bush A number of reports have been rescheduled do to market closures Mortgage Applications from the Mortgage Bankers Association along with the Federal Reserve Beige Book are expected to be released today

Yesterday’s performance on the market still had many investors and traders stinging, but Steve Grzanich and Sheraz Mian (Research Director at Zacks Investment Research) are still looking forward. They recapped the major movers from the Q3 earnings season this year, and how Q4 is shaping up as 2019 starts to gear up.  

Mortgage rates are always a focus in the housing market, but Danielle Hale (Chief Economist at Realtor.com) focused on much more than that when she sorted through the results of next year’s housing market forecast. Steve Grzanich discussed the 2019 US Housing Forecast with Danielle to touch on the most important factors that different buyers and sellers will be focused on going forward.  

An office environment can be a difficult place to navigate since there are a number of different ways to communicate with each other but thankfully Mark Murphy (CEO of Leadership IQ and New York Times Best Selling Author) has studied and sorted those differences out. Steve Grzanich sat down with Mark to learn about the different personalities and communication types and the question people should be asking more often, “what can I share with you?” Danielle Hale (Chief Economist at Realtor.com) also joined […]

On December 4th, 2018 Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: Motor Vehicle Sales for November are out today (expected to be down from October) The Economic Red Book is out released today Bank of Montreal, Dollar General and Restoration Hardware all report earnings today

Deloitte is Chicago’s largest professional services firm in Chicago but it didn’t get that way overnight. Steve Grzanich talked with Carl Allegretti (Chicago Managing Partner at Deloitte) who helped achieve that title through his dedication to the company, endless travel schedule, and five pillars of success. Debbie Scott (Founder of Help a Teacher Foundation) caught up with Steve to discuss the problem that continues with the lack of classroom funding for teachers around the country, but Debbie found a solution […]

Deloitte is Chicago’s largest professional services firm in Chicago but it didn’t get that way overnight. Steve Grzanich talked with Carl Allegretti (Chicago Managing Partner at Deloitte) who helped achieve that title through his dedication to the company, endless travel schedule, and five pillars of success. Debbie Scott (Founder of Help a Teacher Foundation) caught up with Steve to discuss the problem that continues with the lack of classroom funding for teachers around the country, but Debbie found a solution […]

Teachers around the country regularly have a difficult time with classroom funding so they usually have to spend  out of pocket to make ends meet. Steve Grzanich discussed a charitable effort that is trying to limit that with Debbie Scott (Founder of Help A Teacher Foundation) who is cutting out the middle man to give people to opportunity to help teachers in need. Donations can be provided to teachers based on a wish list and can be sent directly to […]