Topics: Insider Trading

Labor Inflation


Kevin O’Neill calls in for hour one to talk vocational education, gaslighting and much more. Kathy Dervin is in-studio. Chief and Kathy welcome Wolf Richter of Wolf Street to discuss lending practices, Deutsche Bank and interest rates. Finally, John Neal of PTI Securities & Futures‘ Peoria, AZ location breaks down the labor report and how stagnant wages distort the positive number. 

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A Pork in the Road


Denver-based labor attorney, Lou Michels, calls in for hour one to talk Amazon, tariffs and racially-biased university admissions. Fari Hamzei of Hamzei Analytics talks market trading strategies. Jim Monroe, Sr. Communications Director at the National Pork Producers Council, joins us to break down how the Trump Administration’s pork tariffs are negatively affecting the industry. 

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Identity Politics


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Kevin O’Neill joins us for hour one to discuss Amazon’s stock price and Trump’s strategy regarding identity politics. Chief explains the skill set of many political leaders despite how they might portray themselves. Next up, the guys talked tariffs and imports with China. Russell Rhoads of the CBOE joins us to talk National Championships. Kevin mentioned his admiration for Villanova because of their dedication to students graduating. Russell and Chief closes out the show discussing the problems with entry level jobs becoming people’s careers.

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Bilaterally Regulated


Chief and Matty Weber tip off the show discussing the relevance of bilateral trade agreements. Joel Elconin of Benzinga is heading down to the Final Four in San Antonio, TX. He tells the Chief all about it. Kenny Polcari, Director of NYSE Floor Operations at O’Neil Securities and a contributor to CNBC, believes over regulation and the emergence of dark pools have greatly diminished his industry. Karl Denninger of Market Ticker calls in to get into the weeds on how Facebook and other tech giants are successfully mining our data. Finally, John Neal of PTI Securities & Futures‘ Peoria, AZ office talks trading strategies. 

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Eye of the Stormy


Chicago attorney, Brendan Cournane, is in-studio. Chief and Brendan welcome options guru and veteran floor trader, Frank Fahey, for hour one to debate Stormy Daniels, extortion and the future of Head Coach Porter Moser at Loyola. David Andalman of PTI Securities & Futures calls in to talk Facebook, volatile markets and trading strategies. 

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