Guests: Hal Snarr
Who Are “They”?
August 16, 2022
Chicago attorney, Brendan Cournane, leads off discussing frustrations with journalism, where and how inflation is allocated, the baby formula crisis, various U.S. factory productions, and the new CHIP & Anti-Inflation Bills. Joel Elconin of Benzinga calls in to talk about his swing trading event this week and current market trends. Kenny Polcari, Chief Market Strategist at SlateStone Wealth and a contributor to Fox Business, joins us to share his thoughts on Walmart’s market volatility, compromises consumers are making to accommodate for inflation, and semiconductor distribution. Westminster Professor of Economics, Dr. Hal Snarr, closes the show to speak on Voyager Digital’s bankruptcy scandal, cryptocurrency, consumer spending patterns, credit card debt, and the Fed’s balance sheet.
Feeding The Beast
August 9, 2022
Chicago attorney, Brendan Cournane, shares his thoughts on the new healthcare and climate bills. Joel Elconin of Benzinga talks market volatility. Chief and Elianne chat about spring trading. Kenny Polcari, Managing Principal at ButcherJoseph Asset Management, LLC and a contributor to Fox Business, joins us to discuss the FBI Trump raid, Nvidia, and inflation. Westminster Professor of Economics, Dr. Hal Snarr, closes the show to speak on chips, the Inflation Reduction Act, gas prices, productivity numbers, the federal funds rate, and much more.
Pelosi, Pelosi, Pelosi
August 2, 2022
Chicago attorney, Brendan Cournane, leads off discussing the fraudulence of the trickle down effect, professional sports salaries and the cost to attend games, how the Fed and the White House define a recession, and whether term limits should exist on the congressional level. Joel Elconin of Benzinga shares his thoughts on the March 14th drop in the hang seng index, Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan, and the inflation rate. Kenny Polcari, Managing Principal at ButcherJoseph Asset Management, LLC and a contributor to Fox Business, joins us to talk about Taiwan/China and the semiconductor index and congressional term limits. Westminster Professor of Economics, Dr. Hal Snarr, closes the show to speak on difficulties live streaming professional sports, evaluation of pricing in the housing market, causes of the employment gap, the green energy movement, the locomotive industry, his frustrations over the lack of liability and punishment big corporations endure for environmental destruction, and more
Canary In The Coal Mine
July 26, 2022
Chicago attorney, Brendan Cournane, leads off discussing gambling trends, Chicago’s choice of pending infrastructure, unreasonable cost of attending baseball games, reasons for extreme financial disparity post-pandemic, and more. Joel Elconin of Benzinga shares his thoughts on current market trends and Walmart’s retail conditions. Kenny Polcari, Managing Principal at ButcherJoseph Asset Management, LLC and a contributor to Fox Business, joins us to talk about his concerns over the future of the market and his aggravation over the Fed’s definition of a recession. Westminster Professor of Economics, Dr. Hal Snarr, closes the show to speak on how one should study economics, rising healthcare costs, the creation of scarcity and how that impacts inflation, conspiracies around the 2013 Stock Act, and much more.
Conundrums
July 19, 2022
Chicago attorney, Brendan Cournane, leads off discussing concerns over increasing gun violence on the highways, the Russian oil pipeline, Saudi Arabian socio-economics, and renewable energy. Kenny Polcari, Managing Principal at ButcherJoseph Asset Management, LLC and a contributor to Fox Business, joins us to talk stock market volatility and inconsistencies. Westminster Professor of Economics, Dr. Hal Snarr, closes the show to speak on the corn market, conventional fuel vs E85, the Russian oil sanction, frustrations over a Fed-distorted market, what defines a recession, confusion over what data to rely on when measuring inflation, and more.