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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 18, 2008
No. 1505 |
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Wall Street favorites: About three dozen Pacific Northwest companies boast market capitalization (shares out times price) north of $1 billion. We survey the current ratings by Wall Street analysts. Two top-rated small-cap companies are in a sector often regarded as slow-growing and boring. Why boring is good.
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Be careful what you wish for: What's not to like about Alaska's economy, with its steady job growth, reverse taxation via Permanent Fund dividends and enormous public-sector surplus? Adjust for inflation, however, and you get a far different picture. What Alaksa has in common with basket-case Michigan. Exclusive charts and rankings on real economic growth over one, five and 10 years.
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| Insider trading: As usual, the Pacific Northwest's most comprehensive and timely reporting on insider buying and selling of stock. Worth noting: Insiders at several regional banks are opening wallets for more shares. |
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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.
See some recent PowerPoint slides here.
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