Topics: Oil
Left My Heart in San Francisco
September 19, 2016
The Chief and Matt Weber discuss Matty’s latest trip to San Francisco. Then ‘Ag Mondays’ with Chris Manns welcomes Kyle Isakower, Vice President for Regulatory and Economic Policy at the American Petroleum Institute. Mr. Isakower and the guys discuss the North Dakota access oil pipeline and how this election impacts the oil industry. David Andalman of PTI Securities & Futures is shocked at the weekend’s events and their lack of effect on the markets. Then he and the Chief debate the actual interest collected by card brands and the big banks.
Disappearing Pensions, Multiplying Price-Hikes
September 15, 2016
The Chief and Lou Michels are live in studio to kick off this wonderful Thursday morning by starting a discussion on Chicago politics and teachers’ disappearing pensions. What needs to change? Who needs to leave? What a nice way to kick off the day, right?
The Chief and Lou Michels are both confused about the Wells-Fargo fraud situation. I think it’s going to stay that way. Next they talk about how the poor continue to get poorer as taxes go up. They touch on the rising prices of service based industries like restaurants. Where is the price hike coming from?
Lou gives us a military weaponry lesson before rounding out the show.
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.
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.
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’.