Future of Work: ‘We Have Had One Of Our Best Years For New Business’
The managing director of Ferguson Wellman Capital Management makes the case for bringing employees back to the office.
Ferguson Wellman Capital Management
Passing the Baton
Ferguson Wellman is in the middle of an ambitious plan to increase the number of employees who own stock in the firm. It is a move aimed at addressing the demographic time bomb that is about to hit the wealth-management industry.
The Financial Advisor Time Bomb
The wealth management industry is working out ways to diversify its aging workforce.
‘History doesn’t repeat itself — but it often rhymes’
Recent market activity prompts us to consider Mark Twain’s famous quote — and revisit historical trends to understand how equities might perform for the remainder of 2018.
Opinion: Back in Black
The retail market improves as year draws to a close, and Amazon, Target and Walmart continue to attract outsize share of consumer sales.
Reflecting on stock market 30 years after Black Monday
Thirty years ago last week, we experienced the infamous Black Monday stock market crash. Today, a sell-off of 508 points on the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) would be slightly over two percent, a regular occurrence during any given year. Back in 1987 it was a 23% decline. The 1987 fall was the worst single-day … Read more
Delivering the Goods
With global growth reaccelerating, coupled with a strong and improving U.S. economy, we do not see a recession at least until 2019.
Market Watch: Is the Runaway Bull Dead?
Today’s economic uncertainty has not translated into stock market volatility. But we may be witnessing a runaway bull market.
Diagnosing post-election market fever
The post-election Trump rally reflects “animal spirits,” in which instinct and emotion drive feelings about the economy.