Wintrust Business Lunch 6/6/25: Relief rally, reshoring manufacturing, small business growth

Segment 1: Craig Bolanos, Founder and Wealth Advisor at VestGen Wealth Partners, joins John Williams to talk about the good job report, what is driving the market today, the dustup between President Trump and Elon Musk, the outlook for Tesla (and EV's in general) moving forward, the fantastic run that gold has had recently, what he thinks of Fed policy, why he think there should be two rate cuts this year, and the importance of keeping diversified.

Segment 2: Nick Schlanger, director of research services at NAI Hiffman, joins John to talk about why Chicago has an advantage over other regions for reshoring manufacturing.

Segment 3: Mike Spriggs, Head of Consumer Insights, Fiserv, joins John to break down the Chicago data in Fiserv’s May Small Business Index. You can look at the data via t