Guests: Joel Elconin
Irish Apples
August 30, 2016
The Chief opens the show talking corporate tax rates, Chicago’s most violent August in 20 years and the EU’s ruling that Apple must pay Ireland $14.5 billion in back taxes. Joel Elconin of Benzinga previews the upcoming University of Michigan football season. Audrey Johnson of HomeSource Realty talks Chicagoland housing markets and how Illinois property taxes are forcing residents to move to other states. Finally, John Neal of PTI Securities & Futures‘ Peoria, AZ office joins the show to talk market trading strategies.
Ignorance is Risk
August 23, 2016
Chief and Matty Weber talk banking regulations, issues facing startup companies and Matt’s first movie theater experience in five years. Joel Elconin of Benzinga chimes in on the first place Cubs before taking a technical look at the markets. Then, Kenny Polcari, Director of NYSE Floor Operations at O’Neil Securities and a contributor to CNBC, joins the show from Houston, TX to discuss the Fed’s effect on the current market landscape.
Yesterday’s Home Runs
August 16, 2016
Jon Najarian of CNBC’s ‘Fast Money’ is in-studio talking options insurance, NFL practice restrictions and much more. Joel Elconin of Benzinga shares his thoughts on how the Presidential election could affect the markets. Kenny Polcari, Director of NYSE Floor Operations at O’Neil Securities and a contributor to CNBC, discusses the vanishing middle class and how regulations are strangling the financial industry. Then, John Neal of PTI Securities & Futures’ Peoria, AZ office shares a ‘Stock of the Day’.
Economic Fallacy
August 9, 2016
Jon Najarian of CNBC’s ‘Fast Money’ is in-studio talking Fed policy, TableSavvy.com, Election 2016 and much more. Joel Elconin of Benzinga talks Olympics and earnings. Kenny Polcari, Director of NYSE Floor Operations at O’Neil Securities and a contributor to CNBC, shares his thoughts on failed economic policies. Then, John Neal of PTI Securities & Futures’ Peoria, AZ office chimes in on oil stocks.
Chief’s Political Revolution
July 26, 2016
The Chief and Nick Isasi kick off the show to talk about the Democratic National Convention that kicked off last night. Nick, Chief and Joel Elconin of Benzinga touch on the Chicago Cubs blockbuster trade to acquire Aroldis Chapman before talking some markets.
Kenny Polcari, Director of NYSE Floor Operations at O’Neil Securities and a contributor to CNBC helps Chief make sense of these earnings reports that are slowly starting to creep in. Chief Drafts Kenny to his newly minted political party before Brooke Harrington joins us on the phone – and is the calm, soft spoken voice of reason we sometimes need on the show from a real economist.
Chief admits to not knowing one French person and Brooke pledges to translate for him if he ever comes to France. Yes, really.