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Keep Calm and Carry On
by Shawn Narancich, CFA Executive Vice President of Research Feeling Violated Worries about competitive currency devaluations emanating from China’s small haircut to the yuan last week were supplanted...
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Shawn Narancich Quoted in Portland Business Journal
Posted on Portland Business Journal website Oregon Stocks Stumble as Market Plunges By Matthew Kish August 24, 2015 The stocks of 18 of Oregon’s 20 biggest public companies dropped Monday as the stock...
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Never Can Say Goodbye
by Ralph Cole, CFA Executive Vice President of Research Never Can Say Goodbye Market volatility has historically increased before and around Fed tightenings and 2015 is apparently no exception. The...
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Flying High Again
by Jason Norris, CFA Executive Vice President of Research Flying High Again Earlier this week Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton announced several healthcare proposals. The focus was to...
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Upside Down
by Ralph Cole, CFA Executive Vice President of Research Upside Down This has been one of the most interesting trading weeks of the year. The seasonal pattern of the stock market is to bottom in...
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Opening the Floodgates
by Shawn Narancich, CFA Executive Vice President of Research All Over the Board Investors anxious to put concerns about the broader economy behind them and focus on the “micro” view of company earnings...
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Monster Mash
by Ralph Cole, CFA Executive Vice President of Research Monster Mash No holiday better describes earnings season than Halloween. When companies announce earnings, investors are hoping for treats but...
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A Lack of Household Formation Participation Trophies
by Brad Houle, CFA Executive Vice President Millennials get a bad rap. They are characterized as the generation that was born between 1980 and 2000 and are often considered to be indulged and coddled....
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Inflation Is Like Wine
by Brad Houle, CFA Executive Vice President This week, a few of us at Ferguson Wellman had the opportunity to attend a lunch presentation where Dr. John Williams, president of the Federal Reserve Bank...
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Ferguson Wellman Capital Management Recognized as One of Portland Business...
PORTLAND, Ore. – December 10, 2015 – Ferguson Wellman Capital Management is pleased to announce that the firm has been named by Portland Business Journal as a “Most Admired Company.” Of the 10...
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Happy New Year (?)
by Shawn Narancich, CFA Executive Vice President of Research Deja Vu As we observe U.S. stocks down roughly 5 percent in the first week of 2016, we are reminded of what occurred last fall when Chinese...
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Under Pressure
by Jason Norris, CFA Executive Vice President of Research Under Pressure Earlier this week we lost a music icon. While I was not a big fan of David Bowie, there are a few songs of his that I enjoy. My...
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Ralph Cole and Brad Houle Quoted in Bend Bulletin
Posted on Bend Bulletin’s website Experts express optimism to investors Advisers tell Bend clients trends from 2015 to continue By Joseph Ditzler January 22, 2016 For investors, this year started with...
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Rescue Me
by Ralph Cole, CFA Executive Vice President of Research That’s the message we heard loud and clear from the markets this week. As economies and markets around the world wobble to start the new...
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PBJ Interview: Ferguson Wellman’s Steve Holwerda on the Wrong Way to Manage...
Originally appeared in the Portland Business Journal January 22, 2016 by Matthew Kish PBJ Interview: Ferguson Wellman’s Steve Holwerda on the Wrong Way to Manage Money A cast iron mechanical bank is a...
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Norris Quoted in the Portland Tribune
ECONOMY ON THE RISE Portland Tribune By John Vincent January 26, 2016 Speaking before a packed Portland Business Alliance audience, economist John Mitchell predicted that the region’s economy will...
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Ferguson Wellman Featured in Portland Business Journal
Don’t Sweat China, Says One of Oregon’s Largest Wealth Managers January 8, 2016 By Matthew Kish The slowing Chinese economy is ripping through markets, but Ferguson Wellman Capital Management is...
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PBJ Quotes Ferguson Wellman Regarding Fed Rate Hike
Oregon Bankers, Businesses Await Fallout from the Fed Rate Hike Portland Business Journal December 16, 2015 By Andy Giegerich Portland banking leaders have steadfastly agreed that the prospect of a...
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A New Bull Rides
by Shawn Narancich, CFA Executive Vice President of Research Shock & Awe With change at the economic margin beginning to improve (e.g. recent U.S. payrolls, durable goods orders and manufacturing...
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Back Where We Started
by Ralph Cole, CFA Executive Vice President of Research The S&P 500 rallied again this week and is back to even for the year. Our original outlook came under pressure from the first day of trading...
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