The Opening Bell

On July 3rd, 2018 Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: Quiet day in the markets with a half day of trading Factory Orders and the Red Book are out today Thursday holds the weekly mortgage applications, the Challenger Jobs Cut report, the ADP Employment Report and others  

The debate around e-cigs/vaping in the tobacco industry has been going on for a while, but Joe Nocera (Opinion Columnist at Bloomberg) things the debate should be reshaped. Steve Grzanich (Host of The Opening Bell) discussed with Joe about how the initial purpose of creating the tobacco alternative was to ween smokers off of cigarettes, but young adults are attracted to the ease of access.  

Online privacy has been a big point of discussion since the Cambridge Analytica story, but should Facebook change their privacy sharing ways, or should users adapt? Allen St. John (Tech Reporter at Consumer Reports) learned about the latest process of signing up with Facebook and shared with Steve Grzanich about the details of the company’s data collection practices/personal user settings.  

Many thought the news about Cambridge Analytica would be a wake up call for Facebook’s approach towards user privacy, but what exactly has changed since then? Allen St. John (Tech Reporter at Consumer Reports) went through the step by step process of signing up for a profile and told Steve Grzanich what he learned about the changes from the social media giant. Then the attention was turned toward the holiday season when Julie Heckman (Executive Director at The American Pyrotechnics […]

On June 29th, 2018 Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: The Commerce department issues their May report on consumer spending The Chicago PMI and Consumer Sentiment Report is out today as well The OPEC meeting happens today

Closing out the week, Brian Sumers (Airline Business Reporter at Skift.com) previewed one of the busiest travel days of the summer, but also talked with Steve Grzanich (Host of The Opening Bell) about how no matter how hard airlines fight for low airfares, customers are still focused on travel safety.  

With all of the numbers to follow in the financial markets, it can be tough to see what’s important for personal portfolios. Thankfully Steve Grzanich learned from Paul Nolte (SVP & Sr. Portfolio Manager at Kingsview Asset Management) about how the current bond market can tell us a lot, including the possibility of a recession in the next 2-3 years. Brian Sumers (Airline Business Reporter at Skift.com) then capped off the week by previewing one of the busiest travel days of […]

Home ownership for Americans has always been part of the American Dream, but if young potential buyers feel in the dark about how to buy, then that can seriously impact the markets. Steve Grzanich kicked off the Associated Bank Thought Leader conversation with John Horton (VP and Sr. Residential Sales Manager in The Chicago Region at Associated Bank) to remind listeners that the process starts with a basic conversation and can result in positive financial & physical benefits for the […]

The weekly Associated Bank Thought Leader needed no reminder about the positive effects of home ownership, but John Horton (VP and Sr. Residential Sales Manager in The Chicago Region at Associated Bank) and Steve Grzanich looked through the perks of owning a home and the surprising amount of young buyers that feel uneducated before embarking on the home ownership process. Dale Buss (Contributor at Forbes and Chief Executive Magazine) then explained the thought process of the Harley-Davidson CEO and how […]

On June 28th, 2018 Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: The Commerce Department shares their GDP estimates about the January-March Quarter Freddie Mac reports on US Average Mortgage Rates Initial Jobless Claims and a report on corporate profits are out today The EIA Natural Gas Report is out today Nike and Walgreens Boots Alliance both report earnings today Foxconn breaks ground on their Wisconsin manufacturing plant