Guests: Joel Elconin
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.
A Bedroom Community Nightmare
July 5, 2022
Chicago attorney, Brendan Cournane, leads off discussing another mass shooting in America, this time right up the road in Highland Park, IL. Joel Elconin of Benzinga shares his thoughts on the Highland Park shooting before talking volatile markets. Kenny Polcari, Managing Principal at ButcherJoseph Asset Management, LLC and a contributor to Fox Business, joins us to talk inflation paired with stagnant wages. Westminster Professor of Economics, Dr. Hal Snarr, closes the show talking Federal Reserve policy, college football, and much more.
Constitution Thumpers
June 28, 2022
Chicago attorney, Brendan Cournane, leads off discussing Biden’s Gun Safety Bill, the overturn of Roe v. Wade, issues with judicial decisions being made on the foundation of religious beliefs, and more. Joel Elconin of Benzinga shares his thoughts on current market trends and the Russian oil embargo. Kenny Polcari, Managing Principal at ButcherJoseph Asset Management, LLC and a contributor to Fox Business, joins us to talk the stock market rally and his vision for fiscal decision making in the White House. Westminster Professor of Economics, Dr. Hal Snarr, closes the show to speak on what defines a recession, concerns over the median wage given the current fiscal climate, healthcare costs and insurance, investment cost-benefit analysis, and much more.