Why solar power and EV’s go hand in hand

04/14/22 • -1 min

Don Butler, Vice President of Kapital Electric, tells John about the growing electric vehicle and electric vehicle charger market, the increased interest in renewable energy, how solar power and electric vehicles go hand and hand, the government subsidies on solar energy, and some of the benefits of home EV charging stations.

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Wintrust Business Lunch 4/14/22: Retail sales rise, future of food inflation, and Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter

Segment 1: Jason Turner, Chief Investment Strategist for Wintrust Wealth Management, joins John to talk about the ongoing concerns about inflation, retail sales rising in March, the weekly jobless claims also rising slightly, supply chain disruptions still causing trouble, and the S&P headed for another losing week.

Segment 2: Joan E. Solsman, Senior Reporter, CNET, chats with John about a variety of tech stories including Elon Musk making an offer to buy Twitter, and Meta gunning to launch AR glasses by 2024.

Segment 3: Dale Buss, veteran financial journalist and founder and executive director of The Flyover Coalition, joins John to talk about the future of food inflation, agriculture expectations for this year, and what we should know about indoor agriculture.

Segment 4: Don Butler, Vice President of Kapital Electric, tells John about the growing electric vehicle and electric vehicle charger market, the increased interest in renewable energy, how solar power and electric vehicles go hand and hand, the government subsidies on solar energy, and some of the benefits of home charging stations.

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Wintrust Business Lunch 4/15/22: Balance sheet runoff, the future of inflation, and the health of Illinois’ hotel industry

Segment 1: John Bever, Financial Advisor, Phase 3 Advisory Services, joins John to talk about the Federal Reserve policy of accelerating interest rate increases and balance sheet runoff, if the Fed waited too long to raise interest rates, how how inflation might go, the surprise changes to IRA withdrawals that just passed the House and Senate, and the latest on Elon Musk’s attempt to buy Twitter.

Segment 2: Segment 2: Michael Jacobson, President & CEO of the Illinois Hotel & Lodging Association, joins John to talk about the health of the hotel industry as we begin to come out of the pandemic. Michael also discusses the Illinois General Assembly approving the Fiscal Year 2023 state budget, in which hotels are set to receive $75 million in aid to assist with pandemic recovery efforts.

Segment 3: Rebecca Ryan, Economist and Futurist, tells John about the future of inflation, if we have reached the peak of inflation, how inflation is impacting consumers, why some inflation is here to stay, and what you can do to combat inflation.