On August 7th, 2018 Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: The Job Opening and Labor Turnover Survey (aka The JOLTS) is out today Dean Foods, Discovery, Office Depot, Avis, Budget, Lending Club, Match Group, Papa Johns, Potbelly, Snap, Wendy’s and Disney all report earnings today

Being located on Lake Michigan is a commonly over looked characteristic for Chicagoans, but for Whiting, Indiana it’s helping surge Midwest tourism. Steve Grzanich discussed the booming business trend in the small city of Whiting with Joe Stahura (Mayor of Whiting, Indiana) and the plan to turn the small Indiana town into a tourist hub that is finally coming together.   http://serve.castfire.com/audio/3533624/3533624_2018-08-07-072724.64kmono.mp3

The small business lending space is an emerging market right now because competition is high and opportunity is out there. Steve Grzanich sat down with Tim Roach (President and CEO of Lendr) to talk about the latest from Lendr but also how they continue to stay ahead of the disruption in the industry. Joe Stahura (Mayor of Whiting, Indiana) then joined the program to look back on Indiana’s initiative to invite businesses to move to the state and how its […]

Many businesses would say that their biggest asset is their building, and the second biggest asset is usually their parking lot. Steve Grzanich kicked off the week with the CEO Spotlight featuring Ed Campbell (President and CEO of Rose Paving) to discuss the overlooked aspect that is the first thing customers notice when deciding where to spend their money. Katie Pyzyk (Contributor at Smart Cities Dive) then joined the program to discuss the issue ride sharing companies are facing and […]

On August 6th, 2018 Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: The Labor Department releases the Jobs opening and labor turnover survey for June tomorrow The Federal Reserve reports Credit Data for June tomorrow The Walt Disney Company reports earnings after the bell

The original intent for ride sharing, was to alleviate much of the car congestion in urban areas but with the saturation, it has caused an increase in congestion.  Katie Pyzyk (Contributor at Smart Cities Dive) joined Steve Grzanich to talk about the new Lyft initiative called, “Ditch with Lyft” to help solve that problem.  

On August 3rd, 2018 Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: The Jobs report will be topping headlines today The Commerce Department will report on The US Trade Gap for June The Institute for Supply Management issues the non-manufacturing data for April

The Federal Reserve Meeting closed out earlier this week and everything in the economy is moving as expected but both Steve Grzanich and Paul Nolte (SVP & Sr. Portfolio Manager at Kingsview Asset Management) looked ahead to the next expected rate hike in September. The two also previewed the highlight of this year being the consistent job market growth as another jobs report is released today. Brian Sumer (Airline Business Reporter at Skift.com) then provided updates on the Aeromexico plane […]

A flurry of airline news came out this week as Steve Grzanich and Brian Sumer (Airline Business Reporter at Skift.com) caught up on the miraculous survival of all of the passengers from the Aeromexico crash, but they also realized that super cheap plane tickets consumers love could become a thing of the past as fuel costs prepare to jump.   http://serve.castfire.com/audio/3532413/3532413_2018-08-03-071113.64kmono.mp3

On August 2nd, 2018 Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: Freddie Mac shares the data on weekly mortgage rates today The Commerce Department details factory order numbers for June The EIA Natural Gas Report is out today Berkshire Hathaway, Yum Brands, Aetna, and Blue Apron report earnings today