Topics: Insurance
Getting Out of Guantanamo
September 16, 2016
The Chief and Nick kick off the show to talk about inflation. If you think that your paycheck immediately inflates when prices inflate, you are sorely mistaken. Kathy Dervin joins us live in studio – as we get to poke fun at Chief. We touch upon some local politics before our first guest joins us.
James Connell, Lead Defense Counsel at Guantanamo Bay, joins us from Washington D.C. He explains to us exactly just how many people are left in Guantanamo, how many are cleared for release and what the next steps are for these people that are cleared for release.
The Chief and Karl Denninger of Market Ticker round out the show to talk specifically about the 5.2% alleged rise in Middle Class income.
7 Weeks
September 6, 2016
Jon Najarian of CNBC’s ‘Fast Money’ is in-studio discussing Congress’s lack of productivity, his experience at the U.S. Open in New York and much more. Joel Elconin of Benzinga shares his thoughts on how to break down August’s data numbers. Kenny Polcari, Director of NYSE Floor Operations at O’Neil Securities and a contributor to CNBC, tells us how to trade these markets. Then, John Neal of PTI Securities & Futures’ Peoria, AZ office shares a ‘Stock of the Day’.
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.
Ethanol for All
August 29, 2016
Chris Manns of PTI Securities & Futures is in-studio for ‘Ag Mondays’. Tom Marquis, VP and Director of Marketing at Marquis Energy, talks about his company’s growth in the industry and what it takes to ship ethanol globally. Then, Christine ‘Chris’ Pentice, Journalist at Reuters focusing on the sugar and bio-fuels industries, takes a look at the overall ethanol landscape along with corn-based ethanol versus sugar-based. Finally, David Andalman of DACS Research discusses the Colin Kaepernick situation before taking a look at the markets.
Allergic to Policy
August 25, 2016
The Chief kicks off the show by asking Lou Michels – “What would it take for you to adopt an all cash money system again?”
They discuss everything from the newly minted Guaranteed Rate Field to what would happen in Chicago if there was an extreme earthquake to Chief’s round of golf yesterday.
We ask the question – what are hardcore Trump voters actually voting for? Policy, ideals, or hate?
Just how corrupt is this epipen price hike? How deep does it go? We finish off the show with a heated debate about competitiveness across different industries before Chief challenges Lou to a real discussion about foreign policy on next week’s show.