The Opening Bell

The economy has chugged along relatively smoothly since the first half of President Trump’s time in office, but will the economy be impacted after the midterm elections? Steve Grzanich kicked off the show with Mark Hamrick (Sr. Economic Analyst at Bankrate.com) to sort through some of the most important economic factors for voters and what might change if the house and or the senate flips power. Rona Borre (CEO and Founder of Instant Alliance) then focused on a constantly evolving […]

On November 6th, 2018 Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) is out today The Economic Red Book is out today detailing the retail sectors performance Eli Lilly, CVS Health, Wendy’s, Etsy, GoDaddy, Zillow Group, Match Group, all report earnings today Midterm Elections are today as well

On November 2nd, 2018 Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: The PMI Services Index is out today along with the ISM Non-manufacturing Index Avis Budget Group, Seaworld Entertainment, Paramount, Michal Kors, Mylan all report earnings today  

A recent study detailing Hispanic sentiment showed that the Hispanic population is moving up in the United States, but Claudia Romo Edelman (Special Advisor to The We Are All Human Foundation) explained to Steve Grzanich that the numbers could increase. The two detailed the survey results and discussed what can be done going forward as the Hispanic population continues to grow in the US.  

On November 2nd, 2018 Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: The October Jobs Report is out today (expecting 208,000 added jobs) The details on the September Trade Deficit are out today Chevron, Exxon, Newell Brands, United States Steel Corporation, MSG Networks, & Seagate Technologies all report earnings

After a very volatile month, its fair to say Paul Nolte (SVP & Sr. Portfolio Manager at Kingsview Asset Management) and Steve Grzanich wanted to forget about the correction losses. The two of them dove into the big market drivers and how the jobs report coming out today will impact the end of the week ([email protected]). Brian Sumers (Aviation Business Editor at Skift.com) updated Steve on the latest from the plane crash on the coast of Indonesia and how it […]

Homelessness in Chicago has been difficult problem to fix, but a handful of city Alderman and Doug Schenkelberg (Executive Director of The Coalition For The Homeless) have looked at a number of other cities to see what we can do to make it better. Steve Grzanich and Doug talked about the proposed one-time tax that would be added to home purchases valued over $1,000,000 and use that money to shrink the homeless population.  

The October Jobs Report was released earlier today so Steve Grzanich and Paul Nolte (SVP & Sr. Portfolio Manager at Kingsview Asset Management) sorted through the details behind the 250,000 added jobs and how it pleasantly beat expectations.  

Steve Grzanich caught up with Brian Sumers (Aviation Business Editor at Skift.com) to learn about the latest from the Lion Airlines crash in Indonesia and another other of stories around the industry like his plea to airline companies, as a frequent flyer, to provide a communication alternative to talking on the phone with customer service reps.   http://serve.castfire.com/audio/3562916/3562916_2018-11-02-071716.64kmono.mp3

Europe has been the main focus of the international finance world these last few months – from the major slow down of Brexit talks over the last two years, to the possible “Greece 2.0” on the horizon in Italy, they’re all on the radar of Don Lloyd (SVP of Capital Markets – Foreign Exchange and Derivatives at Associated Bank). Steve Grzanich sat down with the Associated Bank Thought Leader Conversation to wade through all of these areas of concern for investors, and […]