Topics: Illinois
Dark Horses
May 6, 2016
Handicapping insider ‘Spider’ kicks off the show with his 2016 Kentucky Derby preview. Kathy Dervin joins us in-studio ahead of the jobs number to discuss the stagnant U.S. economy along with Puerto Rican bonds. Hal Snarr, Author and Professor of Economics at Westminster College, shares his thoughts on how government regulations are handcuffing growth. Finally, John Neal of PTI Securities & Futures talks markets.
Politics Ain’t Beanbag
May 5, 2016
Lou Michels joins The Chief on the show to discuss the latest election news now that Trump is the sole GOP candidate. The Chief wonders how Trump’s harsh New York-ness hasn’t turned the country off from his charms. In the first hour Lou and the Chief rekindle their debate over Uber and discuss the national deficit as well as the average American family’s debt. Later they discuss how the US broke the Russian economy and how we’re not in a war right now but one seems inevitable within the next ten years. In between talking about politics and markets, The Chief and Lou find time to discuss gym etiquette and women’s hairstyle fads.
Trumped
May 4, 2016
Kevin O’Neill kicks off the show talking election 2016, the Cubs’ and Sox’s hot starts and more. David Andalman of PTI Securities & Futures talks healthcare, currencies and how to trade these markets.
Eminent Domain Game
May 2, 2016
Chris Manns of PTI Securities & Futures is in-studio talking Puerto Rico’s imminent default, before welcoming Keith Mussman, President of the Kankakee (Illinois) County Farm Bureau, to shed light on a potential railroad project affecting Illinois property owners downstate. Jim Burns, lean hog trader at the CME, goes over Michael Bloomberg’s college commencement speech and more. Then John Neal and David Andalman of PTI Securities & Futures tell us how to trade these markets.
Fed Day
April 27, 2016
Kevin O’Neill discusses the current political landscape before sharing the latest on the University of North Carolina cheating scandal. Kenny Polcari, Director of NYSE Floor Operations at O’Neil Securities and a contributor to CNBC, talks $APPL, the Fed and more. Fari Hamzei of Hamzei Analytics discusses trading strategies. Then, David Andalman of PTI Securities & Futures shares his technical market analysis.