The Opening Bell

It’s maybe not a surprise that the STEM majors are some of the most valuable majors for college students upon graduation, but would you guess that Zoology ranked number two on the list. Steve Grzanich and Adrian Garcia (Data Journalist at Bankrate.com) sorted through the most valuable college majors list from Bankrate.com that shed some light on the way people look approaching college majors.  

On September 12th, 2018 Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: Mortgage Applications from the Mortgage Bankers Association is out today The EIA Petroleum status report is out along with the Federal Reserve Beige Book The US Bureau of Labor Statistics shares the producer price index Apple is set to announce new products this afternoon

Many of us were taught proper grammar in school but for some reason what we learned in those lessons has been pushed to they way side since joining the business world. Steve Grzanich discussed the shift in non-standard grammar around the office with Randall Iden (Professor of Communication at Northwestern University) and how some people could be mixing up punctuation with emojis. Adrian Garcia (Data Journalist at Bankrate.com) then looked towards the new school year for college students as he […]

Making money for a company can be difficult, and making money for an entire state seems, but Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs is trying to do just that. Steve Grzanich touched base with the State Treasurer about the latest coming out of the the treasurer’s office along with the annual conference coming up that will discuss blockchain, cyber-security, and public pensions. Dale Buss (Contributor at Forbes and Chief Executive Magazine) then shifted to the C-suite where more and more business […]

On September 11th, 2018 Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: The NFIB shares their Small Business Optimism Index The JOLTS Report is out today The Red Book from the Federal Reserve is out today as well

Everyday the market inches forward, another record is reached in this historic bull market run. Steve Grzanich checked in with Mark Hamrick (Sr. Economic Analyst at Bankrate.com) to review a recent economist survey about the economic concerns ahead with only 3 of 21 surveyed experts seeing positive outlooks ahead, but the question is, “when will it all shift?”  

On September 10th, 2018 Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: The Federal Reserve releases July’s Consumer Credit Data Turkey, Russia, Japan, and the UK report second quarter GDP Apple will announce it’s new products on Wednesday

Hours before the monthly jobs report is released, Steve Grzanich learned from Paul Nolte (SVP & Sr. Portfolio Manager at Kingsview Asset Management) that August has gained a reputation of missing it’s jobs growth target and the two sorted through the factors that could show a miss or a hit before the official numbers are released today ([email protected]). Brian Sumers (Aviation Business Editor at Skift.com) then updated listeners on the higher bag fees that are coming from JetBlue and United […]

On September 7th, 2018 Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: The monthly employment report is out today Federal Reserve speakers are out around the country discussing the economy Treasury Department releases economic data a little later this afternoon as well

Bag fees have been the focus lately in the airline industry, and Brian Sumers (Aviation Business Editor at Skift.com) found out from the CEO of JetBlue that it had to happen. Brian told Steve Grzanich and that the change comes in the wake of one major factor, fuel costs. Brian and Steve recapped that conversation with the head of the airline and what other companies will do now that United Airlines has raised their bag fees.