Topics: Economics
The Anti-Trust
June 6, 2016
Lou Michels makes a special Monday morning appearance to reflect on the life of the late Muhammad Ali. Chris Manns of PTI Securities & Futures is in-studio talking to special guest Carey Gillam, journalist and contributor to the Huffington Post who currently serves as the Research Director at U.S. Right to Know. Karl Denninger of Market Ticker breaks down May’s flop of a Jobs Report before sharing strategies on how to reverse troubling economic trends. Finally, David Andalman of DACS Research tells us how to trade these markets.
United Against Citizens United
June 1, 2016
Kevin O’Neill kicks off the show discussing NCAA corruption, university fundraising and much more. Fari Hamzei of Hamzei Analytics goes over campaign financing reform, citizens united and bull markets. David Andalman of PTI Securities & Futures shares his technical analysis.
Makers and Takers
May 31, 2016
Jon Najarian of CNBC’s ‘Fast Money’ is in-studio talking retail sales, Federal Reserve policies and much more. Joel Elconin of Benzinga discusses the financial tech industry. Kenny Polcari, Director of NYSE Floor Operations at O’Neil Securities and a contributor to CNBC, talks markets. Then, Rana Foroohar, Assistant Managing Editor and columnist at Time Magazine, Global Economic Analyst at CNN and author of ‘Makers and Takers: The Rise of Finance & the Fall of American Business’ joins us to share her theories on how modern economic policy is affecting the median person in America.
Throwback Thursday
May 26, 2016
Columbia College Associate Professor of Creative writing and Stocks & Jocks friend Eric Charles May joins the Chief for a Throwback Thursday. The two discuss the changing real estate market and how it makes it difficult for aspiring home owners. Eric and the Chief recall their parents’ first homes in the city and what it cost them. The throwbacks continue as the two discuss how their parents grew up in the shadow of the great depression, making spending habits and wealth discretion much different from today. At the top of the second hour the Chief picks at Eric’s higher education expertise to discuss how liberal arts colleges are worried about the decreasing enrollment rates ahead. Next they speculate if Apple actually has an electric car in the works that will change the electronic car market and turn their own earnings around.
Post-Traumatic Stress
May 24, 2016
Lou Michels is in-studio discussing the effect robotics will have on U.S. jobs, mass incarceration due to drug offenders, big pharma fraud and much more. Brent Slava of Benzinga talks quiet markets during a holiday week. Kenny Polcari, Director of NYSE Floor Operations at O’Neil Securities and a contributor to CNBC, discusses Get Head Strong, the charity organization he’s involved with who’s working to help veterans with PTSD.