Topics: Derivatives
Inflating What?
April 21, 2016
The Chief asks Kevin O’Neill, do people really know what inflation means? People keep calling for inflation but no one seems to really understand what they’re talking about. Mark Esposito of Hamzei Analytics joins in for the last hour to discuss bank loans and question if the Fed has lost control.
In the Zone, the Eurozone
April 19, 2016
Jon Najarian joins the Chief and starts the show off with a discussion of the Eurozone. The two debate whether Britain will or won’t vote to stay in the union. Joel Elconin joins in for a discussion of how hockey has changed over the years and Kenny Polcari takes out the first hour with his perspective on this week’s market. Jon and the Chief spend the second hour asking who is to blame for the spike in student loans, the complex set up in Chicago for the NFL Draft, and how well The Big Short managed to represent what actually happened leading up to the house market crash.
Drawing the Line
February 18, 2016
The Chief is worried about where we’ll draw the line with government surveillance. From the recent call for Apple to grant the FBI access to encrypted data to the decreased dependence on cash currency, he and Kevin O’Neill discuss how Americans are giving up more and more of their privacy. Kevin and the Chief conclude their conversation with the ins and outs of the Louisville basketball scandal. Fari Hamzei joins the show for the later hour to discuss what happens when the FED increases rates. Fari predicts that there is a long hard road ahead for 2016.
Deutsche’s Got Trouble
February 4, 2016
Kevin O’Neil joins the Chief for the first hour of the show discussing the high interest rates that Chicago Public Schools is promising on its $750 million borrowed in bonds. Then the Chief gives Maddie a lesson in gambling before the crew discusses where to place bets on the Superbowl and how they would spend a big powerball payday. Fari Hamzei joins in for a discussion of football hall of famers and baseball allstars. The Chief and Fari take the show out with a market analysis and discussion of the troubles of Deutsche Bank.
Terrorism Across Borders
November 20, 2015
The weekly Friday circus with Kathy Dervin and Kevin Riordan keeps it uncharacteristically professional through the first hour discussing the markets, technology advances, and what defines Kevin’s trading style. (Well almost professional. There was some talk of porn, too.) The show’s friend Wayne Madsen, investigative reporter and conspiracy theorist, joins for the second hour to discuss the effects of past foreign policy on the recent actions of ISIS and the controversy over whether the US should be letting Syrian refugees across the border.