Topics: Chicago

A Quarter of Your Finest


Options guru and veteran floor trader, Frank Fahey, tips off the show talking markets and more. Joel Elconin of Benzinga calls in to report on $WMT earnings. Kenny Polcari, Director of NYSE Floor Operations at O’Neil Securities and a contributor to CNBC, wonders if we’re in for another down week. Karl Denninger of Market Ticker shares why ‘Big Pharma’ may have more to do with school shootings than we realize. Finally, John Neal of PTI Securities & Futures’ Peoria, AZ location talks retail sales. 

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Gunning for a Better Future


Kevin O’Neill joins us for hour one to discuss the most-recent mass shooting before talking NCAA basketball corruption. Pedro da Costa of Business Insider calls in to talk inflation before sharing his student loan debacle. Lastly, John Neal of PTI Securities & Futures‘ Peoria, AZ location wonders if Mitt Romney would have won the 2016 Presidential Election had he run (share your opinion here!). 

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Unspeakable Tragedy


Denver-based labor attorney, Lou Michels, dropped lots of knowledge on us this morning, mainly discussing gun control regarding these constant mass shootings. Fari Hamzei of Hamzei Analytics joins us during the second hour to discuss usual markets. David Andalman of PTI Securities & Futures joined us to to talk policy, income, healthcare and much more.

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Indexing Inflation


Kevin O’Neill leads off the show talking ‘group think’ dynamics before breaking down the Cubs’ signing of Yu Darvish. Russell Rhoads of the CBOE is in-studio for the second hour talking VIX, hedging your positions and hidden inflation. 

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Grasping at Flaws


Author and Professor at Columbia College Chicago, Eric Charles May, is in-studio talking creative writing, investigative reporting and much more. Joel Elconin of Benzinga wonders if there are enough human market makers. Kenny Polcari, Director of NYSE Floor Operations at O’Neil Securities and a contributor to CNBC, is fired up about flawed products in today’s markets. Finally, John Neal of PTI Securities & Futures‘ Peoria, AZ location discusses the infrastructure in Phoenix before talking markets. 

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