Topics: Federal Reserve
The Wife Bonus – A Dollar is a Dollar
July 28, 2017
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.
Is Congress Fundamentally Broken?
July 27, 2017
Labor attorney Lou Michels joins the Chief at the top of the show to discuss US Health Care and medicare along with the rising costs of treating gun shot victims, the latest Fed announcement and our deficit problem. Then producer Barb Kalicki and the Chief talk about electonic banking and how many things you do can be tracked and added to a database and the heath care reform bill. Finall, THE Russell Rhoads, joins in at the bottom of the show to discuss homelessness and the state of the economy and an update on the VIX.
Aging Arguments
July 26, 2017
Kevin O’Neill leads off the show with a continuation of last week’s healthcare discussion. Fari Hamzei of Hamzei Analytics has lost all confidence in the Trump Administration. David Andalman of PTI Securities & Futures debates the state of the Chicago Blackhawks before talking $GM and their inability to compete with tech stocks.
Trading Places
July 25, 2017
Chief and Matty Weber lead off the show talking Donald Trump vs. the Boy Scouts, tonight’s Stocks & Jocks softball clash with ESPN Radio and more. Joel Elconin of Benzinga joins the show and shares his thoughts on whether the buyers vs. sellers theme has gotten out of hand in professional sports. Kenny Polcari, Director of NYSE Floor Operations at O’Neil Securities and a contributor to CNBC, talks earnings, interest rates and much more. Josh Nelson of the ‘Southside Podcast’ on SB Nation chimes in on the earlier discussions before sharing the latest on the Cubs and White Sox. Finally, John Neal of PTI Securities & Futures‘ Peoria, AZ location talks markets.
Counterpoint to Chaos
July 24, 2017
Chicago attorney Brendan Cournane is in-studio. Chief and Brendan welcome options guru and veteran floor trader, Frank Fahey, to talk Trump administration, Federal Reserve and a big week in earnings. David Andalman of PTI Securities & Futures tells us how to trade these markets.