The Opening Bell

We keep hearing it over and over in the news, but what exactly does a “tight labor market” mean? Steve Grzanich (Host of The Opening Bell) discussed the basics of this with Andrew Challenger (VP of Challenger Gray & Christmas Inc.) about the large number of US companies looking to hire and the growing number of companies looking for various ways to retain employees.  

Despite how bad of a day Facebook had yesterday, Paul Nolte (SVP & Sr. Portfolio Manager at Kingsview Asset Management) explained that they are simply back to where they started at the beginning of the year. Steve Grzanich and Paul discussed how today is expected to be a much better day, and just how much you can do with $120 billion dollars means to the market. Brian Sumers (Airline Business Reporter at Skift.com) then noted the changes coming to Jet […]

On July 27th, 2018 Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: The US Commerce Department shares economic growth figures for April to June Merck & Co, Twitter, ExxonMobil all report earnings today A Report on Consumer Sentiment is out today as well

Keeping up with industry standards are tough for airline businesses because it can be very expensive. Brian Sumers (Airline Business Reporter at Skift.com) joined Steve Grzanich (Host of The Opening Bell) to talk about all the changes the 6th largest airline company in the US is making to try and keep up with the heavy hitters, like retrofitting planes with better technology, pushing internal diversity efforts, and cutting financials in order to continue making money.  

The Lincoln Yards development has been stealing the CRE headlines for the past couple of weeks, but Steve Grzanich wondered if that was to keep the attention of Amazon for their HQ2 since the location is still up in the air. Greg Warsek (SVP & Sr. Regional Manager for the Chicago Market for Commercial Real Estate at Associated Bank) wasn’t able to confirm industry rumors, but the Associated Bank Thought Leader touched on the good news of low downtown vacancy […]

It seems like the Amazon HQ2 conversation is fizzling out right now but Steve Grzanich is always thinking about it. He couldn’t  help but ask Greg Warsek (SVP & Sr. Regional Manager for the Chicago Market for Commercial Real Estate at Associated Bank) about how the Associated Bank Thought Leader sees the Lincoln Yards development playing a role in landing HQ2. Mark Lawrence (Founder and CEO of SpotHero) then shared his thoughts about where he sees the autonomous driving future […]

On July 26th, 2018 Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: Earnings today from Amazon, American Airlines, Chipotle, McDonald’s, & Starbucks The US Commerce Department reports on durable goods Freddie Mac Reports on the weekly average mortgage rates The EIA Natural Gas report is out today along with the Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Index

On July 25th, 2018 Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: The US Census Bureau releases the Home Sales report today A Report on US Crude Inventories is also out along with the EIA Petroleum Status Report The Mortgage Bankers Association reports on weekly mortgage applications Boeing, Boston Scientific, Coca-Cola, General Motors, Grubhub, Hilton, IMAX, NASDAQ, Sirius XM Radio and other report earnings today

Many manufacturing companies felt that the tariff’s will scare off international customers because cheaper prices are elsewhere. Steve Grzanich (Host of The Opening Bell) talked with Ray Ziganto (Founder and CEO of Linara International) to discuss how the manufacturing industry should be searching for the opportunities outside of their comfort zone and that these situations will help force them towards innovation and keep them ahead of the industry.  

News of the $12 billion dollar bailout package from the USDA is top of mind for the Midwest, so Steve Grzanich discussed the situation with Zippy Duvall (President of The American Farm Bureau Federation). The immediate feeling is that the package will help in the short term, but Zippy emphasized that the industry is going into the trade war when the crop prices are at a low point which is not the ideal. Ray Ziganto (Founder and CEO of Linara […]