Guests: Kathy Dervin
Fixin’ the Matches
January 29, 2016
Stocks and Jocks friend Brian Tuohy, professional sports gambling expert, joins the show to discuss the recent gambling scandal rocking the world of tennis. In the last half hour the Chief, Kathy Dervin, and Brian discuss the state of ESPN and it’s parent company Disney. When viewers have the luxury of on demand content through providers like Netflix and Amazon can traditional television networks like ESPN compete?
The Big “They”
January 22, 2016
The Chief starts the show considering the complaints the FED is getting with the dropping rates. Kevin Riordan and Kathy Dervin join in to discuss the markets and the topic of the week– Oil, oil, oil. Palmer Bailey, AKA legalman, joins in at the top of the hour to discuss the Supreme court and the question of the day, “Who is the big They?”
Sweet, Sweet Economics
January 15, 2016
Many voices joined us for this week’s Free-for-all-Friday. The Chief starts off the show discussing the changes in the oil industry that have ousted OPEC’s oligarchy on the industry. Next to step up to the plate was Jack Roney of The American Sugar Alliance and Chris Manns to discuss the sugar market. Kathy Dervin and Stocks and Jocks friend Pedro Da Costa join us at the top of the second hour to discuss Pedro’s new job as the Editorial Fellow at the Institute of International Economics. Mark Esposito of Hamzei Analytics joins the Chief for the last 30 minutes to discuss the market and what he is doing to take Hamzei Analytic’s to new heights.
A Stabilizing Friday
January 8, 2016
John Neal kicks off the show to talk markets and drop his ‘stock of the day.’ Kathy Dervin and Kevin Riordan join us in studio to talk about the stabilization of China’s markets and ‘circuit breakers’ in our stock markets. Finally, Lars Brownworth makes his Stocks and Jocks debut and gives some insight to the foreign turmoil with his history experience.
Bonds, Junk Bonds
December 11, 2015
The Chief and Maddie kick off the show discussing Chicago Universities and their resistance against the recent push from students and faculty to allow the unionization of non-tenure-track professors. The Chief asks, what are students actually paying for? Maddie’s not content with the answer. Kevin Riordan, Kevin O’neill, and Kathy Dervin join in for a discussion of bonds and dividends. Stocks and Jocks friend Wolf Richter calls in at the top of the second hour to discuss his most recent article on wolfstreet.com on junk bonds.