The Opening Bell

The August Jobs Report was released today with The Opening Bell’s Steve Grzanich and Paul Nolte (SVP & Sr. Portfolio Manager at Kingsview Asset Management) reviewing the details behind the 201,000 jobs added last month, beating expectations by 5,000 jobs. The two sorted through a few other important numbers such as wage growth and unemployment.  

NAFTA negotiations, financial turmoil, and new market highs would make a lot of people nervous about what’s next for the global economy, but Don Lloyd (SVP & Manager of Capital Markets – Foreign Exchange, Rate Swaps and Commodity Derivatives at Associated Bank) shared his very optimistic outlook for moving forward on this week’s Associated Bank Thought Leader conversation. Tiffany Pham (Founder of MOGUL and Author of “You Are A Mogul: How to Do The Impossible, Do it Yourself, and Do […]

On September 6th, 2018 Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: The Labor Department issues revised data on productivity in the second quarter The Commerce Department releases the report on factory orders for July ADP reports on private employment numbers today before the official report tomorrow Freddie Mac reports on weekly mortgage rates The Institute for Supply Management has it’s Service Supply Index for August along with the PMI releasing their Services Index Barns & Noble, Broadcom, GameStop all report […]

Keeping an eye on the global movement of money is a 24/7 job for Don Lloyd (SVP & Manager of Capital Markets – Foreign Exchange, Rate Swaps and Commodity Derivatives at Associated Bank) and he told Steve Grzanich on The Associated Bank Thought Leader conversation about what he sees as some of the major global economic drivers like NAFTA negotiations and financial lessons we can learn from Venezuela & Turkey.  

On September 5th, 2018 Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: The weekly mortgage applications from the Mortgage Bankers Association are out today The Red Book and various Federal Reserve speakers are out today DocuSign, Vera Bradly report earnings today Facebook and Twitter are testifying in front of the Senate Intelligence Committee today

The food landscape is constantly shifting and thankfully Doug Roth (Founder and CEO of Playground Hospitality) joined Steve in studio to learn about the latest shifts around Chicago’s food scene from the hottest restaurant to getting the inside track Starbucks’s plan for their new Michigan Ave global flagship store. Michael Gelphman (Founder of Dare Mighty Things) then previewed this years event on October 29th to inspire Chicagoans with speakers who are focusing on big picture projects.  

Taking the first step on a project, a business, or just about anything is usually the hardest part of the process. That’s according to Sanyin Siang (Author of “The Launch Book: Motivation Stories to Launch your Idea, Your Business, or Next Career“) who chatted with Steve Grzanich about the best ways to launch yourself towards success, however that success is defined. John Molloy (Author of “Molloy’s Popularity Game“) then shifted the outlook towards the hurdles employees might face in the […]

Likability is difficult to measure, but when companies decide which high level employees to promote, it’s definitely a factor in the decision process. Steve Grzanich discussed ways to help hone in on likability with John Molloy (Author of “Molloy’s Popularity Game“) after his years of executive training experience.  

On September 4th, 2018 Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: The PMI Manufacturing Index is out today along with the ISM Manufacturing Index Restoration Hardware reports earnings today as well

The summer is nearly over but that doesn’t mean the markets are stopping any time soon. Steve Grzanich sat down with Paul Nolte ( SVP & Sr. Portfolio Manager at Kingsview Asset Management) recap the hot performance from Wall Street thanks a number of out performing earnings reports, and you can have your own review with Paul by emailing him at [email protected]. The week then closed out with Brian Sumers (Aviation Business Editor at Skift.com) wondering what airlines will do when […]