Spokane Journal of Business

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Focusing on growth at the CFA Society

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The Chartered Financial Analyst Society Spokane, an organization of financial analysts, portfolio managers, and other investment professionals, has grown from about 40 members to 70 members since 2005, mainly from starting a subchapter in Montana, holding...

Palouse Capital Management adds to its “Top Guns” list of honors

Palouse Capital Management Inc., of Spokane, says its Large Cap Value Strategy has earned recognitio...

Investor optimism surged early this year, poll shows

The Wells Fargo/Gallup Investor and Retirement Optimism Index suggests that consumer optimism is ri...

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Boosting IRA gains by diversifying into real estate

Using a Roth individual retirement account to invest in real estate is a little-known strategy that ...

Community development unit invests $3.2 billion

Charlotte, N.C.-based Bank of America Merrill Lynch Community Development Banking says it provided m...

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Refis bounce back

Some Spokane banks and credit unions are reporting a mini-boom in home mortgage refinance loans in recent months due to another dip in mortgage interest rates. In the Spokane area, 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage rates had fallen to between about 3.69 perce...

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Ag loans remain gainful, expected to rise next year

While commercial and other kinds of loans have taken a hit over the years since the economic recession, agricultural loans have remained more robust, some industry leaders here say. Northwest Farm Credit Services, the Spokane-based agricultural lending ...

Publicly traded Inland Northwest companies outperformed S&P 500 last quarter

Hart Capital Management, a Spokane-based investment firm, says the combined stock value of 11 publicly traded Inland Northwest companies, as measured in an overall index it compiles, rose 9 percent in the fourth quarter of 2014, beating out the S&P 500, w...

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New high tech trading room aids collegiate investors

Every Thursday morning at 6:15 a.m., Whitworth University senior Ashley Sievers can be found on campus in a high tech trading room, discussing stock pitches and portfolio allocations with other members of the Whitworth Student Investment Group. The H.H. ...

Potlatch’s earnings rise

Potlatch Corp., of Spokane, reported today fourth-quarter net income of $20.1 million, or 49 cents a diluted share, up from $13.7 million, or 34 cents a share, in the year-earlier period. Fourth-quarter revenues hit $146.2 million, up from $140 million...