Chad Moutray joins Jim Blasingame to report on the National Association of Manufacturers Outlook Survey which reached a record high in optimism for the future of the economic conditions for manufacturing.

Nicole Gelinas joins Jim Blasingame to identify some of the factors that make the current Wall Street scenario look a lot like the Dot Bomb era, plus how a stock market collapse could hurt small businesses before the economy truly recovers.

Barbara Friedberg joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the likely over-exuberance of Wall Street and why the ultimate correction could cause Main Street businesses to become collateral damage.

Barbara Friedberg joins Jim Blasingame to recommend some ways you can invest your money during a period of overheating on Wall Street, including funds that short the current exuberance.

Barbara Friedberg joins Jim Blasingame to report on how inflation is increasing and some steps to take to hedge your investments against it, including two specific investments.

Diana Furchtgott-Roth joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that President Trump’s plan to end the Obama Clean Power Plan is right because the Plan was based on bad assumptions and dishonest numbers.

Gary Moore joins Jim Blasingame to lament the fact that Wall Street has become merely a leading indicator of itself and that it will probably continue to practice financial capitalism, leaving the Main Street economy out of its plans.

Gary Moore joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the fact that we have the lowest employment rate in 40 years, and whether that level of workers can accomplish dynamic scoring in a growing economy to reduce the national debt.

Gary Moore joins Jim Blasingame to agree with Jim that the current behavior of Wall Street regarding stock prices and why even a growing economy may not trigger dynamic scoring to reduce the national debt.

Bob Negen joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why Main Street businesses find themselves in a unique time of opportunity as Big Box retailers are retreating from their markets and leaving customers behind.