The Opening Bell

Some would say learning from failures is the best way to move forward and Tim Roach (CEO of Lendr) would agree. Steve Grzanich sat down with the small business lender to discuss the importance of knowing that failing isn’t the worst thing for a small business as long as the recovering is fast.  

Over the weekend Hurricane Florence was downgraded to a tropical storm but the economic impact could still be as high as the flood waters. Steve Grzanich caught up with Jeanna Smialek (Economy Report at Bloomberg) to discuss the areas of the economy that will spike and the the areas that will drop due to the damage from the storm and the flooding is expected to be the most difficult aspect to recover from.  

From the consumer perspective, the aviation industry is expected to be seamless from take off to landing, but there is a lot of work that goes into making sure the planes are ready for the air. That’s where John Holmes (CEO of AAR), this week’s CEO Spotlight, comes into the equation. Steve Grzanich sat down with John to discuss how he started at the company right after 9/11 but how he’s brought the company to arguably some of the best […]

On September 17th, 2018 Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: The Empire State Manufacturing Survey is out today FedEx and Oracle report earnings today iOS 12 Software is launched later today which plenty other economic report out later this week

All eyes are on Hurricane Florence this week as it inches it’s way towards making landfall, so Steve Grzanich and Paul Nolte (SVP & Sr. Portfolio Manager at Kinsgivew Asset Management) broke down what will be the biggest factors to rebuilding the towns and neighborhoods from an economic standpoint ([email protected]). Brian Sumers (Aviation Business Editor at Skift.com)then looked at the airline industry being impacted by the hurricane and a follow up on the trend of raising passenger bag fees.  

Steve Grzanich and Brian Sumers (Aviation Business Editor at Skift.com) recapped their conversation from last week when Brian reported on JetBlue raised it’s bag fees and this week Brian had the opportunity to sit down with the airline’s CEO to learn about the the reasoning behind it. The two also touched on the impact Hurricane Florence could have on the rest of the scheduled flights around the country.  

On September 14th, 2018 Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: Data on Retail Sales are out today along with Import/Export Prices  The Consumer Sentiment report is out today Charles Evans from the Federal Reserve is out speaking today

500,000 square feet of commercial office space, opportunity zones, and blockchain integration. Steve Grzanich and Greg Warsek (SVP & Sr. Regional Manager for the Chicago Market for Commercial Real Estate at Associated Bank)covered it all in the Associated Bank Thought Leader Conversation this week while Brian Fung took the time to review the Apple product announcement yesterday explaining the features on the new iPhones and the new Apple Watch.  

On September 13th, 2018 Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: Initial Jobless Claims along with CPI numbers are out today The EIA Natural Gas Report is due today The Federal Reserve Balance Sheet and Money Supply are shared today as well

Bringing 5,000 jobs to any city would have a significant impact, and that’s what Salesforce could bring to Chicago, but of course at a cost that could jolt the downtown commercial real estate market. Steve Grzanich and Greg Warsek (SVP & Sr. Regional Manager for the Chicago Market for Commercial Real Estate at Associated Bank) discussed this along with the CRE opportunity zones in Chicago and how blockchain might be shaking things up around the industry on this week’s Associated […]