Topics: Currency
Crashing the Party System
May 9, 2016
The Chief and Maddie kick off the show discussing the Kentucky Derby and the wildfires ravaging Canada. Chris Manns joins in for a discussion of the election and the party system. The crew wonders if the increasing popularity of party “outsiders” like Trump and Sanders will break the 2 party system. Stocks & Jocks friend Karl Denninger calls in with an analysis of the labor market. He says he’s not buying the optimism reflected in the recent job reports. From Arizona, John Neal calls with his stock of the week and gives his two cents on whether John McCain can hold his senate seat another term. David Andalman takes out the show with his market analysis. As far as he can tell the future is rocky but we may be exactly where we are now in 2 months.
Politics Ain’t Beanbag
May 5, 2016
Lou Michels joins The Chief on the show to discuss the latest election news now that Trump is the sole GOP candidate. The Chief wonders how Trump’s harsh New York-ness hasn’t turned the country off from his charms. In the first hour Lou and the Chief rekindle their debate over Uber and discuss the national deficit as well as the average American family’s debt. Later they discuss how the US broke the Russian economy and how we’re not in a war right now but one seems inevitable within the next ten years. In between talking about politics and markets, The Chief and Lou find time to discuss gym etiquette and women’s hairstyle fads.
Trumped
May 4, 2016
Kevin O’Neill kicks off the show talking election 2016, the Cubs’ and Sox’s hot starts and more. David Andalman of PTI Securities & Futures talks healthcare, currencies and how to trade these markets.
iChief
May 3, 2016
Jon Najarian of CNBC’s ‘Fast Money’ kicks off the show with Chief to talk some stocks like Apple and Twitter. Has Apple peaked? Joel Elconin of Benzinga joins the discussion to help answer Chief’s question – What does Apple need to do to succeed?
Kenny Polcari rounds out the first hour to talk markets and this wacky election. Later on the show, Jon elaborates on a stock call he made last week.
Eminent Domain Game
May 2, 2016
Chris Manns of PTI Securities & Futures is in-studio talking Puerto Rico’s imminent default, before welcoming Keith Mussman, President of the Kankakee (Illinois) County Farm Bureau, to shed light on a potential railroad project affecting Illinois property owners downstate. Jim Burns, lean hog trader at the CME, goes over Michael Bloomberg’s college commencement speech and more. Then John Neal and David Andalman of PTI Securities & Futures tell us how to trade these markets.