For a while now Steve Grzanich has checked in with the weekly Associated Bank Thought Leaders about the latest in their industries, and for Chuck Garcia (Director of Commercial Deposits & Treasury Management as Associated Bank), that regularly revolves around technology. Steve and Chuck talked about instant payment tools that are influencing the industry, attracting STEM educated workers, and the finalization of the merger of Bank Mutual.  

On July 18th, 2018 Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: Jerome Powell continues his visit to Capital Hill to talk in front of the House Financial Services Committee The Federal Reserve releases The Beige Book at 1:00pm CT Housing Starts and weekly mortgage rates from the Mortgage Bankers Association are out today Morgan Stanley Alcoa, American Express, Ebay, IBM and Kinder Morgan report earnings today

The Cook County Assessor’s Office is responsible for determining the value of roughly 1.8 million properties, although recently, unreliable changes to the calculated mass appraisal system might have been made. Hal Dardick (City Reporter at the Chicago Tribune) shared the details behind his findings with Steve Grzanich about how the office was relying on editable real estate data bases like Zillow and Trulia  for many of their appraisals. Mike Grayson (Analyst at Vivaldi Capital Management) then introduced a new TOB […]

Following the market is a full time job, but keeping a good overall understanding and recognizing good buys are important for feeling secure towards equity investments. Providing that further understanding is what Mike Grayson (Analyst at Vivaldi Capital Management) did with Steve Grzanich (Host of The Opening Bell) and looked at today’s expected market drivers, Qualcomm, Netflix, Disney, AT&T, etc.  

The wage gap is a constant battle that men and women are concerned about across the country, but Kari Paul (Finance Reporter at MarketWatch) found that the pay gap could be starting during childhood chores. Steve Grzanich then turned his attention to the restaurant industry where David VanAmburg (Managing Director at The American Consumer Index) shared the results from the 2018 Customer Satisfaction Report for restaurants across the country.  

On July 17th, 2018 Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: The Housing Market Index is released today along with a report on Industrial Production Jerome Powell is testifying before the Senate Banking Committee Facebook , Google, Twitter Goldman Sachs, and Johnson & Johnson all share earnings today

Chick-fil-A, Panera Bread and Papa John’s are reigning supreme in the eyes of consumers as the 2018 American Customer Satisfaction Index “Restaurant Report” details. Steve Grzanich (Host of The Opening Bell) broke down the report with David VanAmburg (Managing Director at The American Consumer Index) to learn about Chik-fil-A’s consistent performance year over year, and why McDonalds is at the bottom of the list.  

The PR nightmare behind Papa Johns leads to a larger conversation around the company’s brand. Steve Grzanich checked in with Nicole Ertas (Founder and President of Free Range Brands) to discuss how this could the be a naturally spurred evolution of the brand if they utilize their customer community to build themselves back up after relieving John Schnatter of his duties. Steve then updated listeners on the other weekend & developing stories moving into today’s news cycle.  

On July 13th, 2018 Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: The Commerce Department releases retail sales data for June along with a report for inventories for May The Empire State Manufacturing Survey is out today BlackRock, Bank of America share earnings before the market open along with plenty others throughout the day

If you’re not laughing often, you could be falling behind your peers. Steve Grzanich (Host of The Opening Bell) sat down to discuss the study looking at how various types of humor can lead to higher IQ’s with Lowri Dowthwaite (Lecturer of Psychological Interventions at University of Central Lancashire). The two broke down the different styles of humor and where they fell in the study’s results.