Topics: Options
Stagflation Station
August 1, 2016
‘Ag Mondays’ with Chris Manns in-studio and special guest Shayle Shagam, Senior livestock, poultry and dairy Analyst for the USDA’s World Agricultural Outlook Board. John Neal of PTI Securities & Futures shares a ‘Stock of the Day’. Then, David Andalman of DACS Research tells us how to trade these markets.
The DNC Code
July 29, 2016
Hal Snarr, Author and Professor of Economics at Westminster College, joins the show, He’ll help us decipher the economic planks in the DNC and RNC platforms along with who he sees as more fit to lead, Trump or Clinton. We talk Chicago Baseball and the ‘Crosstown Classic’. Lastly, the show takes a moment to reflect on the gun violence in Chicago and what can be done to resolve the issue.
Dauntless Democrats and Crazy Conventions
July 28, 2016
The Chief kicks off Thursday’s show with Audrey Johnson to talk the real estate market as it stands today. What is the next hot trend when building new houses?
Gregg Rzepczynski, Chicago attorney, rounds out the first hour and continues the real-estate discussion but more on the legal side.
Wayne Madsen kicks off the second hour – as he calls in from the DNC in Philadelphia. Where are Bernie voters going? How inaccessible is the DNC? How are they handling the big crowds? It’s a wacky election year. There’s no arguing that.
Gregg and The Chief finish off the show to discuss just what the markets are doing because of this upcoming election? Will it stay steady until November?
Nothing Soft About Softball
July 27, 2016
Kevin O’Neill and The Chief kick off the show telling war stories from some intense softball games before touching on the election and the DNC.
We touch on the Olympics and the Russian national team ban along with the historical evolution of PEDs in sports. Fari Hamzei of Hamzei Analytics joins us for his usual heated segment talking markets. He and the Chief touch on ‘hacking’ and how it become a problem we hear about on a near weekly basis.
David Andalman of PTI Securities & Futures finishes off the show with his call for the day and a bit of a recap of the effects from the recent Brexit vote.
Chief’s Political Revolution
July 26, 2016
The Chief and Nick Isasi kick off the show to talk about the Democratic National Convention that kicked off last night. Nick, Chief and Joel Elconin of Benzinga touch on the Chicago Cubs blockbuster trade to acquire Aroldis Chapman before talking some markets.
Kenny Polcari, Director of NYSE Floor Operations at O’Neil Securities and a contributor to CNBC helps Chief make sense of these earnings reports that are slowly starting to creep in. Chief Drafts Kenny to his newly minted political party before Brooke Harrington joins us on the phone – and is the calm, soft spoken voice of reason we sometimes need on the show from a real economist.
Chief admits to not knowing one French person and Brooke pledges to translate for him if he ever comes to France. Yes, really.