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A Brilliant Ploy


Chicago attorney Brendan Cournane is in-studio. Chief and Brendan welcome options guru and veteran floor trader, Frank Fahey, for hour one to recap Notre Dame’s Women’s Basketball National Championship and Loyola’s Final Four run. In hour two, the guys talk Chicago’s population decrease, pension liabilities and much more. 

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Bilaterally Regulated


Chief and Matty Weber tip off the show discussing the relevance of bilateral trade agreements. Joel Elconin of Benzinga is heading down to the Final Four in San Antonio, TX. He tells the Chief all about it. Kenny Polcari, Director of NYSE Floor Operations at O’Neil Securities and a contributor to CNBC, believes over regulation and the emergence of dark pools have greatly diminished his industry. Karl Denninger of Market Ticker calls in to get into the weeds on how Facebook and other tech giants are successfully mining our data. Finally, John Neal of PTI Securities & Futures‘ Peoria, AZ office talks trading strategies. 

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How Trade Wars Become Real Wars


Hal Snarr of Westminster College called in this morning discussing affordable healthcare and the wages of doctors versus insurance companies. Joel Elconin of Benzinga shares his views regarding the NCAA and discussed trade wars. Kenny Polcari, Director of NYSE Floor Operations at O’Neil Securities and a contributor to CNBC, also touched on tariffs and the steel industry. Next up, we had Karl Denninger of Market Ticker discussing the difference between dumping and competitiveness. Karl also sparked some interesting questions regarding just and unjust means of production and related those viewpoints back to Trump’s flat rate tariffs. Lastly, John Neal of PTI Securities & Futures‘ Peoria, AZ location calls in to talk CPI reports and short term trade.

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Taxing Consequences


Denver-based labor attorney, Lou Michels, joins us for hour one to talk Jerusalem, state’s rights and the divided Supreme Court case of a baker who refused to create a wedding cake for a same-sex couple. David Andalman of PTI Securities & Futures talks unintended consequences of the GOP Tax bill and bitcoin. 

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Taxing Floods


Kevin O’Neill joins us for hour one discussing tax code reform, the NBA’s ‘one and done’ rule and much more. Kristian Koreman of Zones Urbaines Sensibles (ZUS) discusses the complexities of water management and how their predictive models may help to prevent the kinds of mass flooding we’ve seen in Houston, New Orleans, etc. Finally, John Neal of PTI Securities & Futures‘ Peoria, AZ location talks tax reform history, market timing strategies and $HD. 

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