Topics: Housing
Chief Loves Taxes
September 1, 2016
The Chief and Lou Michels kick off the show with a discussion on taxes. Are we paying too much? How can we fix it? What taxes need to be eliminated? Who needs to pay more? Where exactly are these lenient tax codes coming from that help these huge companies get these tax breaks? Lou. is. heated.
We talk about new weapons in today’s arsenal – and which ones does America already have? Which ones do we need? Chief gets mad about Chicago city stickers and we touch on minimum wage before rounding out the show with a reminiscing session regarding the abacus and a slide rule. No, really.
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.
Ignorance is Risk
August 23, 2016
Chief and Matty Weber talk banking regulations, issues facing startup companies and Matt’s first movie theater experience in five years. Joel Elconin of Benzinga chimes in on the first place Cubs before taking a technical look at the markets. Then, Kenny Polcari, Director of NYSE Floor Operations at O’Neil Securities and a contributor to CNBC, joins the show from Houston, TX to discuss the Fed’s effect on the current market landscape.
Over the Hump
August 17, 2016
Chief and Kevin O’Neill reflect on the Stocks & Jocks softball team’s first Chicago Radio League Championship before taking a dive into government waste. Fari Hamzei of Hamzei Analytics talks market strategies and how the investment landscape has changed over the last four decades.
Yesterday’s Home Runs
August 16, 2016
Jon Najarian of CNBC’s ‘Fast Money’ is in-studio talking options insurance, NFL practice restrictions and much more. Joel Elconin of Benzinga shares his thoughts on how the Presidential election could affect the markets. Kenny Polcari, Director of NYSE Floor Operations at O’Neil Securities and a contributor to CNBC, discusses the vanishing middle class and how regulations are strangling the financial industry. Then, John Neal of PTI Securities & Futures’ Peoria, AZ office shares a ‘Stock of the Day’.