Topics: Debt

The Air Strike Issue


Denver labor attorney Lou Michels calls in for hour one. Chief and Lou discuss household debt, Google and Guam.  The guys also discuss North Korea and the air strike issue. VIX, SPX and RUT guru Russell Rhoads of the CBOE joins the Chief for hour two with Frank Fahey to discuss the VIX and SPX and market strategies.

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Coming Up Short


Kevin O’Neill leads off the show with a quick recap of the Stocks & Jocks softball team’s championship game loss before talking inflation, healthcare and more. Fari Hamzei of Hamzei Analytics assesses the risk of North Korea after its latest series of threats. David Andalman of PTI Securities & Futures talks $DIS, $NFLX and more. 

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Subsidize Guise


Chicago attorney Brendan Cournane is in-studio. Chief and Brendan welcome options guru and veteran floor trader, Frank Fahey, to talk Chicago Cubs baseball, real estate markets and the stagnant S&P 500. Karl Denninger of Market Ticker rejoins the show to breakdown the latest jobs number before telling us how a lack of anti-trust enforcement in this country is the leading cause of all economic issues. Finally, David Andalman of PTI Securities & Futures talks subway tax in New York, gold and oil. 

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From Good Looking to Distinguished


Chief and Matty Weber discuss how they would attempt to improve baseball’s pace of play before wondering whether or not marketing is worth the investment. Joel Elconin of Benzinga breaks down the Cubs’ trade with his Detroit Tigers. Chicago attorney Gregg Rzepczynski is in-studio talking Chicago’s real estate boom, the rise of youth hockey in the city and much more. 

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The Wife Bonus – A Dollar is a Dollar


Kevin O’Neill leads off with another installment of “Tom and Kevin’s Excellent (healthcare) Adventure” and Tom’s 3 part plan to fix everything. Kathy Dervin is in-studio and they discuss earnings, tax rates and improving the railroads heading into and out of Chicago.  At the end of the show, Viviana A. Zelizer the Lloyd Cotsen ’50 Professor of Sociology at Princeton University,  joins Kathy and the Chief.  They discuss the psychology of money and why we have different distinctions of money based on gender, geographic area and how we spend it.

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