Now Is the Time for Active Fund Management
September 1, 2015
The active vs. passive investment management debate has raged for decades. And 2014 proved particularly tough for active managers; only […]
China’s Rough Ride Puts Active Management in Focus: Debra Silversmith in The Street
August 27, 2015
China’s growth concerns shouldn’t mean gloom and doom for everyone, everywhere. Figuring out which companies have direct exposure to China’s […]
Long Awaited Correction Arrives: Chinese Market Bulletin
August 24, 2015
First Western Investment Research August 24, 2015 China is the world’s second largest economy and one that we have pointed […]
Why You Don’t Need to Worry About Puerto Rico, China or Greece
August 5, 2015
First Western Chief Investment Officer Debbie Silversmith recently wrote an article for The Street, discussing the recent economic concerns brought […]
Second Quarter 2015 Quarterly Economic Review
July 28, 2015
Second quarter 2015 saw investors shift their focus from oil prices and the dollar to the sustainability of the U.S. economic recovery and […]
State of the Markets Webinar
July 15, 2015
On Tuesday, July 14th, First Western Trust’s Chief Investment Officer Debbie Silversmith discussed the state of the markets. In the […]
On the Brink: An Update on Greece
July 1, 2015
First Western Investment Research Following five months of “11th hour” negotiations that generated a lot of posturing by officials but […]
1Q 2015 Economic & Market Review
April 22, 2015
Our Investment Research team recently published its first economic review of the year, discussing market activity within the first quarter […]
Will Active Management Come Back into Vogue?
April 8, 2015
First Western Investment Research The Active/Passive discussion has been robust since the mid-1970s when the first index fund came into […]
What Happened to Oil?
March 2, 2015
Since peaking at $107/barrel in June 2014, oil, as measured by West Texas Intermediate (WTI), has fallen -53% through Friday, […]