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Connecting The Dots
by Brad Houle, CFA Executive Vice President Last week’s Fed announcement had something for everyone. The Fed removed the word “patient” from its forecast for increasing interest rates. This is an...
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Pushin’ Forward Back
by Jason Norris, CFA Executive Vice President of Research Please note: This blog originally posted on Friday, April 3, 2014, but was unavailable due to technical difficulties related to our web...
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Mastering Expectations
by Shawn Narancich, CFA Executive Vice President of Research A Tradition Unlike Any Other As another Masters golf tourney gets underway in Augusta, Georgia this week, investors are beginning to...
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Market Letter First Quarter 2015
Please click here to find our Market Letter First Quarter 2015. We hope you find our economic insights interesting and informative.
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Movin’ On Up
by Ralph Cole, CFA Executive Vice President of Research Movin’ On Up U.S. oil production is finally starting to fall. After unrelenting production increases for the past several years, weekly oil...
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Investment Outlook: Second Quarter 2015 Video
We are pleased to present our Investment Outlook: Second Quarter 2015 Video. This quarter, George Hosfield, CFA, chief investment officer and principal, discusses what effects European quantitative...
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Moving Out
by Brad Houle, CFA Executive Vice President In the month of March, sales of previously owned homes increased to 6.1 percent. Sales of 5.19 million homes is the highest level we’ve seen since 2013. At...
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Taking a Bigger Bite Out of the Apple
by Jason Norris, CFA Executive Vice President of Research Apple reported earnings earlier this week. Due to recent strength in the stock, investor took profits. Specifically, sales grew 27 percent...
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Belaboring Labor
by Shawn Narancich, CFA Executive Vice President of Research Working for a Living Investors unnerved by disappointing economic data of late breathed a sigh of relief with the April jobs report, which...
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Krys-Rusoff Appointed to Metro Exposition and Recreation Committee
Deidra Krys-Rusoff, senior vice president and portfolio manager, has been appointed to the Metro Exposition and Recreation Commission (MERC). While new to the MERC, Krys-Rusoff is not new to Metro,...
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Spinning Wheel
by Ralph Cole, CFA Executive Vice President of Research Spinning Wheel The strong dollar has been a headwind for S&P earnings so far this year. However, that headwind appears to be dissipating....
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Faulkner Receives Award from Portland Business Journal
PORTLAND, Ore. – April 16, 2015 – Mary Faulkner, senior vice president of branding and communications, was honored by Portland Business Journal as a 2015 Woman of Influence Orchid Award Winner. Every...
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Ferguson Wellman Capital Management Ranked 32 on Forbes Magazine’s Top 100...
PORTLAND, Ore. – May 1, 2015 – Ferguson Wellman Capital Management was named by Forbes Magazine as a top wealth management firm. This is the third year that Ferguson Wellman was represented on the...
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Changing Liquidity in the Fixed Income Markets
by Brad Houle, CFA Executive Vice President The bond market is a dealer market with no central exchange. This means that all bond trades are over-the-counter trades whereby market participants trade...
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Wired and Connected
by Jason Norris, CFA Executive Vice President of Research For technology junkies, the Re/code conference in Southern California is one of the highlights of the year. It is a broad mix of public and...
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You’re Hired!
by Shawn Narancich, CFA Executive Vice President of Research Green Shoots A week chocked full of economic insight concluded with a bang, as a strong jobs report for the month of May provided more...
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Stuck With You
by Ralph Cole, CFA Executive Vice President of Research Stuck With You We all know too much of a good thing is no longer a good thing: that has been the case with interest rates in recent years....
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Multifamily Living Multiplies
by Brad Houle, CFA Executive Vice President Demand for commercial real estate from investors has been robust for the past few years. In a world of low interest rates, the relative yield advantage of...
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Supreme Summer
by Shawn Narancich, CFA Executive Vice President of Research While Chinese stocks endured more losses in a week that now puts the A-Shares Index into correction territory, U.S. investors continue to...
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Mind the Gap
by Jason Norris, CFA Executive Vice President of Research Volatility in the second quarter reigned in both equity and bond markets. Interest rates rose close to half-of-a–percent, resulting in negative...
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