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Ron Krzyzewski

Ron Krzyzewski

Chairman and CEO of Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF), frequent CNBC markets commentator and 2025–2026 chair of SIFMA's board.

Oct 14, 2026

35:56
How did that happen, Ron, where you became a playoff event in the PGA Tour champions?
36:03
Well, I'll tell you, it took a year, Tom, and you know what it is? It's a testament and a big thank you from me to the St.
36:09
Louis community because what happened last year was it's an event the players love.
36:15
The crowds show up, similar to what the BMW was bigger with the PGA Tour.
36:22
But the tour looked at this and said, all right, if we're going to move from Labor Day, let's give St. Louis a playoff event.
36:31
And that's what happened.
36:32
One year, and then we get moved to a playoff event, and that's exciting.
37:55
What? The gin blossoms are coming? Yeah.
37:11
Do you care about the dollar, about gold, silver?
37:15
Well, that's two different subjects in some ways, or the same one if you want to combine them.
37:21
You know, Kelly, the move in gold and silver relative to the S&P 500, it's very rare that you'll see the commodities up that much and equities up that much.
37:30
And in fact, we just wrote a report that speaks to the level of gold relative to the S&P 500.
37:37
And it's very high.
37:38
Gold's 5,200 an ounce.
37:39
The S&P is 7,000.
38:20
I mean, that's what's driven a lot of these stocks to the levels that they're at right now.
9:00
You know, the crazy things are going to happen.
9:03
I'm not saying that.
9:04
Look, and I remember, Kelly, I was saying buy equities when everyone was panicking on tariff.
9:10
I said, this is not the new normal.
9:11
I was on your show and said, have me back.
9:13
But you did have me back, so thank you.
9:15
But look, I think you have to look at where we are.
11:33
right? Where would you say, if this was like a mini Beige Book, what are the strongest and weakest parts of the economy, whether it's by industry, geography,

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