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Love Boat


A spirited show as always when the Chief and Lou Michels are in-studio. Today, with Matty Weber chiming in as only he can, the guys cover Love Boat, civil disobedience, the public pension crisis, how Chicago’s attractive qualities are being overshadowed by debt and much more.

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The Donnie Trump Show


The Chief and Kevin O’Neill kick off Friday’s show. They recap Trump’s press conference from the day before and try to explain what his plan for the future might or should be.

Brooke Harrington joins us from Copenhagen, hot off a lecture based off her new book – “Capital Without Borders.” She gives her opinion on Donald Trump – tells us about her time in Russia – and a bit on her sabbatical to become a wealth manager. We always love having Brooke on the show.

John Neal helps round out the show with us to talk markets before opening bell.

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Out Like Flynn


Chief and Matty Weber discuss the current administration’s lies that led to the resignation of National Security Advisor, Michael Flynn. They also reflect on Donald Trump’s rise to power and how people with nothing in common somehow identify with the Real Estate mogul. Joel Elconin of Benzinga talks gold and whether or not the markets will ever go down. Kenny Polcari, Director of NYSE Floor Operations at O’Neil Securities and a contributor to CNBC, shares how financial regulations have completely changed the trading industry. Finally, Chicago attorney Gregg Rzepczynski and John Neal of PTI Securities & Futures‘ Peoria, AZ office debate where this administration is heading, for better or worse. 

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Vampire Squids


Brendan Cournane returns to the show in-studio to talk Illinois’s credit rating, last night’s Super Bowl comeback by the Patriots and much more. Options guru and veteran floor trader, Frank Fahey, predicts a flat market this week in spite of inflammatory political announcements (check out Frank’s weekly blog here). Matt Taibbi, writer/reporter for Rolling Stone, has a detailed discussion with the Chief regarding financial regulation and the role of the media covering the new administration. Finally, David Andalman of PTI Securities & Futures tells us how to trade these markets.

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Apple A Day


Kevin O’Neill kicks off the show talking incompetency in the regulation industry, hypocrisy on both sides of government and much more. Fari Hamzei of Hamzei Analytics tells us how he called $AAPL before dropping some knowledge on the history of Iran. David Andalman, Technical Analyst and Money Manager at PTI Securities & Futures, tells us why $AAPL had such a huge quarter before taking a look at some of the sectors he’s interested in for 2017.

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