Topics: Energy
Left My Heart in San Francisco
September 19, 2016
The Chief and Matt Weber discuss Matty’s latest trip to San Francisco. Then ‘Ag Mondays’ with Chris Manns welcomes Kyle Isakower, Vice President for Regulatory and Economic Policy at the American Petroleum Institute. Mr. Isakower and the guys discuss the North Dakota access oil pipeline and how this election impacts the oil industry. David Andalman of PTI Securities & Futures is shocked at the weekend’s events and their lack of effect on the markets. Then he and the Chief debate the actual interest collected by card brands and the big banks.
Irish Apples
August 30, 2016
The Chief opens the show talking corporate tax rates, Chicago’s most violent August in 20 years and the EU’s ruling that Apple must pay Ireland $14.5 billion in back taxes. Joel Elconin of Benzinga previews the upcoming University of Michigan football season. Audrey Johnson of HomeSource Realty talks Chicagoland housing markets and how Illinois property taxes are forcing residents to move to other states. Finally, John Neal of PTI Securities & Futures‘ Peoria, AZ office joins the show to talk market trading strategies.
Nothing Soft About Softball
July 27, 2016
Kevin O’Neill and The Chief kick off the show telling war stories from some intense softball games before touching on the election and the DNC.
We touch on the Olympics and the Russian national team ban along with the historical evolution of PEDs in sports. Fari Hamzei of Hamzei Analytics joins us for his usual heated segment talking markets. He and the Chief touch on ‘hacking’ and how it become a problem we hear about on a near weekly basis.
David Andalman of PTI Securities & Futures finishes off the show with his call for the day and a bit of a recap of the effects from the recent Brexit vote.
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.
Inflationists
May 18, 2016
Kevin O’Neill joins the Chief to discuss public housing, hidden inflation and the NBA Draft Lottery. Fari Hamzei of Hamzei Analytics shares his opinions on the future of the Fed. David Andalman of PTI Securities & Futures shares his technical analysis on the markets.