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Incidentally, all work stops in my office when I receive your letter. It's a MUST read for all of our senior executives.
William J. Allred, CEO
Hallmark Inns & Resorts
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Marple’s Pacific Northwest
Letter, published every other Wednesday
since 1949, provides intelligence on the economy
and companies of the Pacific Northwest and Alaska.
In four-page newsletter format that
saves time, Marple’s Letter analyzes trends in
employment, income, population, imports and
exports, housing prices, and output of the states’
economies.
Subcribers get heads-up
alerts to changes that affect their businesses
– and the region’s most comprehensive
reporting on insider
trading. For investors-subscribers, Marple's
strives to uncover opportunities
among more than 200 public companies monitored.
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June 17 2009
No 1525 |
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| Lukewarm: That's Wall Street verdict on the largest publicly held companies based in the Pacific Northwest. An exclusive table pulls together analyst ratings and fundamental data for three dozen Pacific Northwest companies ranked by market capitalization. Why the "sell" ratings on Amazon.com and Coinstar? And why the "buy" rating on the big dog that has been dead money for the past couple of years. |
Insight on personal income: The latest from Uncle Sam on personal income at the state level makes clear the historic nature of this Great Recession. Our report includes an exclusive tally on disposable personal income -- think of it as fuel for the economy -- for 2008 and charts and data showing the trend over 10 years. |
| Insider trading: Who's selling, and, more to the point, who is buying shares of publicly held companies based in the Pacific Northwest. Marple's Letter consistently carries the most comprehensive and timely reporting on open-market trades by officers, directors and some shareholders of companies based in the Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Alaska. |
Highlights from our June 3, 2009, issue, No. 1524 |
| Perspective on gross state product and personal income: Washington cracked the Top 10 in 2008 growth of output of goods and services. Few states have been hit harder than Oregon by the Great Recession, but, surprise, it was No. 2 in the U.S. in output growth over 10 years. Exclusive charts help you visualize changes in output and personal income over the past 10 years. |
House prices, delinquency rates, foreclosure rates: Exclusive analysis and charts cover the broadest house-price index in 30 metropolitan areas in the Pacific Northwest, Alaska and California. Mortgage delinquencies and foreclosures? Rates are up regionally, but they are tame compared with what's happening in the housing-bubble states. |
Highlights from our May 20, 2009, issue, No. 1523 |
| Pacific NW perspective, Great Recession of 2007-'09: Exclusive analysis and charts show why this downturn is one for the record books for four of the five states on our masthead. What does Oregon have in common with hard-hit Michigan during these tough times? |
| Supply-side report card: See what the author of the Laffer curve (as well as like-minded economists) have to say about the economic performance of the Pacific Northwest (well above average) and the economic outlook (definitely needs improvement), with grades for key variables affected by policy makers. You won't find this kind of perspective in your daily or even weekly business publication. |
| Economic perspective: Some of the brightest people in economics vote several times a year on their outlook for the U.S. economy. See how their views changed in three short months. |
Highlights from our May 6, 2009, issue, No. 1522 |
Bank earnings: Exclusive analysis backed by the most comprehensive tabulation of bank earnings in the Pacific Northwest. Why so much red ink? Check out our exclusive charts showing THE key earning-statement driver over six quarters for the region's largest banking companies. |
| Suspicions confirmed: Ever have a feeling that the stock market is rigged? Have a look at what happened to Dendreon stock April 28. Someone made a killing. NASDAQ shrugged its shoulders. |
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Michael J. Parks is
the Publisher of Marple's Letter and a respected
speaker on the Pacific Northwest Economy.
He's the "dean of Pacific Northwest economy watchers," says The Seattle Times.
Parks was quoted in the June 27, 2009, issue of The Economist in an article on the economy of Washington State.
Michael was a panelist on a KUOW Weekday broadcast April 3, 2009. here's a link.
See some recent PowerPoint slides here.
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