Guests: Kevin O'Neill
On the Eve of Things
December 24, 2015
The Chief and Fari Hamzei of Hamzei Analytics talk holiday markets. Thomas Hall is in for Matty Weber discussing the latest in Daily Fantasy litigation. Kevin O’Neill talks ‘sportsbiz’.
Talking Policy
December 22, 2015
Brent Slava of Benzinga talks GDP number with the Chief. Kevin O’Neill makes a rare Tuesday appearance to discuss the possibility of the United States switching to a single-payer healthcare system and publicly funded higher education, should Bernie Sanders’s policies become law.
Dovish Undertones
December 17, 2015
Kevin O’Neill joins the show first thing to discuss the impact of the Fed’s decision to “dovishly” raise interest rates along with sharing his outlook on local government. Fari Hamzei of Hamzei Analytics talks end of year trading strategies.
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.
Joey: The Up-and-Coming Economist
December 10, 2015
Kevin O’Neill and Fari Hamzei join the Chief to start off the show discussing oil, football, and monopolies. Then Stocks and Jocks is joined by a very special guest, Joey Gillespie, a young aspiring economist who has some tough questions for Fari and The Chief. Joey wants to know why they love trading, what they would do for the economy if they were president, and how long Patrick Kane’s hot streak will last. In the later hour Joey packs up for school and leaves the Chief with Fari and the new woman in Fari’s life, Alexa (the voice of Amazon’s new Echo home service technology) to discuss the fate of trend brands including Chipotle, Amazon, Netiflix, and Apple.