The Opening Bell

Interest rates are on the rise, but Chuck Garcia (EVP and Director of Commercial Deposits & Treasury Management at Associated Bank) reiterated that historically these rates are very low so taking advantage of them while you can might be a good strategy. Steve Grzanich discussed the rates on the rise with The Associated Bank Thought Leader along with touching on how the way the US Treasury is managed can find it’s way to impacting American businesses.  

On October 18th, 2018 Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: Initial Jobless claims are out today along with the Philadelphia Federal Reserve Business Outlook Survey The EIA Natural Gas Report is released today American Express, Blackstone, Bank of New York, E-Trade and PayPal all report earnings

Opportunity is one of the unique aspects of the United State, but even just being from one neighborhood compared to another only a couple miles away, the opportunity can be significantly different. Cecilia Reyes (Data Reporter at Chicago Tribune) shared with Steve Grzanich the latest study that detailed the opportunity gap here in Chicago. The food production industry was also on the docket for today as Heather Long (Economics Correspondent at Washington Post) explained how a change to the specific […]

Not many people know much about the chicken production industry here is the US, but a big change was recently made across the industry.  Heather Long (Economics Correspondent at Washington Post) told Steve Grzanich about the faster speeds that have been allowed for processing chickens, but its concerning if that will lead to a lack in quality and will the demand keep up?  

On October 17th, 2018 Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: A report on US crude oil inventories is released today The minutes from the last Federal Reserve meeting will be shared later this afternoon Winnebago, Alcoa, Abbott Labs, Northern Trust Corp, US Bankcorp, M&T Bank, ASML Holding and all report earnings today

Shifts and shocks to our future are happening every single day. Deb Westphal (CEO of Toffler Associates) is very excited about the way it’s all moving and she explained exactly what she is seeing ahead of us when she chatted with Steve Grzanich a day into the 2018 Future Shock Forum. The focus then took a turn to the growing industry of home DNA tests that consumers, but Cheri Preston (ABC News Correspondent) explained the nefarious things that could come […]

Data can be one of the most fluid things on the planet, finding its way into unknown hands very easily. Cheri Preston (ABC News Correspondent) shared with Steve Grzanich (Host of The Opening Bell) exactly how that’s happening with home DNA tests results that are being used in various kinds of scams.  

On October 16th, 2018 Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: Data on Industrial Production and the Economic Red Book are out today The JOLTS Report and Housing Market Report are about out United Airlines, IBM, eBay, Dominos Pizza, UnitedHealth, Johnson & Johnson, Progressive all report earnings today

A new survey from Challenger Gray & Christmas Inc. showed that a total of 148 CEO’s left their posts in September and it’s been one of the largest shifts in nearly 10 years. Andrew Challenger (VP at Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc.) joined Steve Grzanich to sort through the survey details as a number of CEO’s are in the national headlines today.  

On October 15th, 2018 Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: The Commerce Department reports on the retail sales data for September and Business inventories for August The Empire State Manufacturing Survey is out today as well Bank of America, Charles Schwab, release their earnings this morning