Topics: Currency
Getting Out of Guantanamo
September 16, 2016
The Chief and Nick kick off the show to talk about inflation. If you think that your paycheck immediately inflates when prices inflate, you are sorely mistaken. Kathy Dervin joins us live in studio – as we get to poke fun at Chief. We touch upon some local politics before our first guest joins us.
James Connell, Lead Defense Counsel at Guantanamo Bay, joins us from Washington D.C. He explains to us exactly just how many people are left in Guantanamo, how many are cleared for release and what the next steps are for these people that are cleared for release.
The Chief and Karl Denninger of Market Ticker round out the show to talk specifically about the 5.2% alleged rise in Middle Class income.
Disappearing Pensions, Multiplying Price-Hikes
September 15, 2016
The Chief and Lou Michels are live in studio to kick off this wonderful Thursday morning by starting a discussion on Chicago politics and teachers’ disappearing pensions. What needs to change? Who needs to leave? What a nice way to kick off the day, right?
The Chief and Lou Michels are both confused about the Wells-Fargo fraud situation. I think it’s going to stay that way. Next they talk about how the poor continue to get poorer as taxes go up. They touch on the rising prices of service based industries like restaurants. Where is the price hike coming from?
Lou gives us a military weaponry lesson before rounding out the show.
Sweat Off Our Tax
August 31, 2016
Kevin O’Neill leads off talking Apple owing back taxes to Ireland. He and the Chief then go over Chicago’s violent summer and look at multiple sides of mass incarceration. Fari Hamzei of Hamzei Analytics talks $AMZN and the August ADP number. Then, David Andalman of PTI Securities & Futures shares currency trading strategies along with a deep dive into precious metals.
Ethanol for All
August 29, 2016
Chris Manns of PTI Securities & Futures is in-studio for ‘Ag Mondays’. Tom Marquis, VP and Director of Marketing at Marquis Energy, talks about his company’s growth in the industry and what it takes to ship ethanol globally. Then, Christine ‘Chris’ Pentice, Journalist at Reuters focusing on the sugar and bio-fuels industries, takes a look at the overall ethanol landscape along with corn-based ethanol versus sugar-based. Finally, David Andalman of DACS Research discusses the Colin Kaepernick situation before taking a look at the markets.
Hack Attack
August 3, 2016
Kevin O’Neill joins us to talk Fed policy, the Bitcoin hack and much more. Fari Hamzei of Hamzei Analytics talks oil, before giving background on why he thinks the $400 million was sent to Iran. Lastly, David Andalman of PTI Securities & Futures talks down markets and government overhead.