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Welcome to THE WRAP

Welcome to THE WRAP, the beginning (not the end) of our newest show here on OC Talk Radio (Orange County's only community radio station) hosted by Steve Cederquist, President of Cornerstone Property Services and forever known as one of the top general contractors on HGTV's hit show FLIP OR FLOP. For his first show here on our station, Steve talks with the amazing angels at Mirakles about their inspirational work helping heal damaged adults.  And then he ends by talking with his friend Christy Gibel from Lifetime's hit reality show LITTLE WOMEN: LA about their life in the public eye and the "reality" of reality TV.  All that and more as Steve shares stories and conversations with the people in his life AFTER the cameras are off.

Park Howell discusses Business Storytelling

Stories are the coin of the realm when it comes to the Internet.  Everyone wants to give facts and figures about their product or service, but stories are what customers remember.  Listen as Park Howell discusses the art of "business storytelling" on this week's CONTACT MARKETING radio w/author of Stu Heinecke (author of the bestseller "How to Get a Meeting w/Anyone") only here on Orange County's only community radio station, OC Talk Radio.

StrategyCasters produces powerful multi-media tools for Fund Marketers

Listen as Paul Roberts continues his conversation with veteran wholesaler Bob Hennessey about the new StrategyCasters and how their professionally produced, interview style podcasts with Fund Managers and Strategists can help explain their investment strategies directly to Registered Independent Advisers (RIAs) and the clients and become a key tool for their wholesalers to use to start conversations, get meetings and follow up with these targeted advisers.

StrategyCasters creates podcasts for the Investment Industry

Listen as Paul Roberts talks with a veteran independent wholesaler for mutual funds, Bob Hennessey, about the new StrategyCasters and how they can create interview style podcasts with fund managers to help explain their strategies directly to Registered Independent Advisers (RIAs) and their clients.  Let your strategy speak for itself!

Is It a Law? fr/THE CITY SQUARE 07-27-16

Wow!  For over a year, we've been asking public policy officials here in Orange County "Is It a A Law", finding the craziest ordinances we can to try and stump them.  And in all that time, only ONE guest (Councilman Mike Posey of Huntington Beach) ever answer all five questions correctly.  Now, for the 2nd week in a row, we've had another guest go 5-0 (Kellee Fritzel, also from the City of Huntington Beach). Hmmm. Must be something in the water!  See how you fare with this week's IS IT A LAW segment from our weekly, public policy show THE CITY SQUARE (hosted by the Association of California Cities-OC and Rutan and Tucker Law Firm that sponsors this segment of the show).

What is the Federal Reserve's NATURAL RATE?

So, all things being equal, what is the Federal Reserve's "natural rate"? The ideal rate that creates the so-called "three bears economy"...not too hot, not too cold.  Used to be around 5%, but many seem to think it's more around 2-3% today. Why does this matter?  Because it tells a lot whether the Fed wants to raise rates or lower them (long term) and where we might be headed with our home and consumer loans in the near term.  Our hosts Hamid and Fay Hamadanchy then dive into some more "macro economic trends" that factor into those Fed decisions (mainly  the jobs report and "consumer demand") and how perplexed they are that job growth has been slowly but steadily growing since "The Great Recession" (except for THIS week's poor performance) while consumer demand remains stubbornly weak. What's going on? Find out in this week's fascinating look at housing prices and loan rates as they try and peer into the Fed's crystal ball and see where we headed this year.  Only on Orange County's only community radio station, www.OCTalkRadio.net.

Buying a Home with Funds From Your 401K

This week's wide ranging discussion starts off with our weekly look at what the Fed is or isn't going to do with interest rates right now (a topic on everyone's mind) and moves into a deeper discussion about how the Fed is really just there to control American Consumer Demand.  That means it does not really factor in world economies and whatever demand there might be for our products overseas, especially with our dollar being so low relative to other currencies. So are they missing key elements when it comes to deciding whether to pump the economy or slow it down thru their control of the Federal lending rate...the so-called "discount rate" the Federal Reserve charges commercial banks and other depository institutions on loans they receive from their regional Federal Reserve Bank.  You decide.  Then listen to the last part where our hosts Hamid and Fay Hamadanchy discuss using funds from your 401K to purchase your next fund.  You won't want to miss this one! Only on Orange County's only community radio station, www.OCTalkRadio.net.

Choice TV talks Real Estate

Join Jon Marchese from CHOICE TV as talks all things real estate with one of OC's TOP real estate agents, Linda Ginex (as in Linda Ginex Sells Orange County) and Bruce Bryant, Publisher of Home and Realty Magazine. Only on OC's only community radio station, www.OCTalkRadio.net.

Is it radio? Or is it TV? It's both! Welcome to CHOICE TV Radio.

Host Jon Marchese brings his successful CHOICE TV to radio along with the many celebrities, entrepreneurs and fascinating folks he meets in his day-to-day world of TV production, including his inaugural guest Steve Cedarquist, CEO of Cornerstone Property Services, famous for his work on HGTV's hit series "Flip or Flop". Steve Cederquist, CEO of Cornerstone Property Services, Inc

Does the Fed NEED to raise rates?

Does the Federal Reserve actually WANT to raise rates regardless of whether they NEED to right now? Is it more than just holding off inflation?  Or do they see some larger crisis looming over the horizon which they feel REQUIRES them to raise rates (regardless of its short term effects on the election or the economy) so they can cut them back again in response to some unforeseen stock market correction, China meltdown or Eurozone explosion? That's the question our hosts Hamid and Fay Hamadanchy debate today (along with yours truly, the "everyman" on the show).  For if (as some speculate) there is surely a stock market correction coming or some Euro/China storm just over the horizon, then what could the Fed do if rates are already at or near zero?  Go into negative territory as some banks in Europe have already done? And how would banks continue to make money if interest rates were BELOW zero? It's a fascinating look at "macro-economics" today on our OC HOUSING CONNECTION show as we argue over not just IF or WHEN the Feds will raise rates but do they feel COMPELLED to do so (regardless of the short term effect on the economy or election) to give them ammunition for some future economic crisis?  You'll want to hear this one!