The weekly Associated Bank Thought Leader Conversation covers everything from mortgage industry updates for Americans to human resource/legal issues in the office, but today Steve Grzanich dove into the growing concerns revolving around Europe’s economy with Don Lloyd (SVP of Capital Markets – Foreign Exchange and Derivatives at Associated Bank). At 22:53,  Doug Schenkelberg (Executive Director of The Coalition For The Homeless) then focused on an issue locally with the new proposed plan that implements a one time tax for high end […]

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 […]

Parenting children is hard enough, but parenting them online is even more difficult, and that’s why Bark was created. Steve Grzanich  talked about the parenting resource with Titania Jordan (Chief Parent Officer at Bark) to discuss the tool that is working to help keep young kids safe on social sites like YouTube and prevent school violence. Sheraz Mian (Director of Research at Zacks Equity Research) joined Steve to recap some of the midweek movement on Wall Street as Amazon gears […]

Many have said that we have reached correction territory in the market, as Sheraz Mian (Director of Research at Zacks Equity Research) might explain by the number of missed expectations on earnings for the quarter. Steve Grzanich discussed with Sheraz what these over priced evaluations might mean for the rest of 2018 and leading into 2019.  

On October 31st, 2018 Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: Mortgage Applications from the Mortgage Bankers Association are shared today The ADP Employment report is due out today along with the Employment Cost Index Allstate, Anthem, Yum Brands, Dine Brands, Express Scripts, Clorox, General Motors, Fitbit, Pandora, NXP Semiconductors

Healthcare has gone through plenty of ups and downs in the last 5 years but the important thing is that people have coverage to help with medical costs. Steve Grzanich checked in with Joshua Peck (Former Health and Human Services Official & Co-founder of Get American Covered) to learn about the changes that consumers should know about, and the basics for choosing the right plan this year.  

On October 30th, 2018 Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: Case-Shiller Home Price Index for August Consumer Confidence Index of October is out today as well as the Economic Redbook EA, Under Armor, Aetna, Caesers Entertainment Group, Tribune, Coca-Cola, Hyatt, Denny’s, Fiat Chrysler, Cheesecake Factory, Ebay, Herbalife, GE, Yelp, T-Mobile, and Sony all report earnings today

With the growth of technology, farming has been an industry that has had a hard time keeping up with the changes. Amazon is a big reason for that shift as Greg Trotter (Food Industry Reporter at The Chicago Tribune) explained to Steve Grzanich and now the impact is being felt on community supported agriculture as consumers are finding more convenient shopping options. Options aren’t just in the food world though as the annual healthcare enrollment window has opened and Joshua Peck […]

With technology at the forefront of every industry, car makers might feel more pressure to succeed as autonomous vehicles have been highly anticipated for years. Steve Grzanich checked in with that auto industry through Dale Buss (Contributor at Chief Executive Magazine and Forbes) and how Ford is clamping down on Silicon Valley and their role of developing technology for automakers.  

Though many of us aren’t kids anymore, toys are still being made every day for kids to play with. Steve Grzanich dove into this week’s CEO Spotlight with Mary Couzin (Founder and CEO of Chicago Toy and Game Group) to discuss the toy industry that isn’t slowing down for anyone or anything before the premier toy and game fair of the year with ChiTAG 2018 (Nov 17th-18th). The focus then shifted to the auto industry with Dale Buss (Contributor at […]