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Shawn Narancich, CFA

Shawn Narancich

Shawn Narancich, CFA

Executive Vice President
Equity Research and Portfolio Management

Shawn Narancich, CFA, joined the firm in 2008 and is a member of the investment team, serving as an analyst managing the energy, utilities and consumer discretionary sectors. He is also a portfolio manager serving clients in Oregon, Washington and California. Shawn is lead manager of the firm’s International Equity strategy and is a member of the practice management committee. He is also a shareholder of the firm.

Prior to joining Ferguson Wellman, Shawn was an investment analyst and vice president at Chittenden Corporation in Burlington, Vermont and a senior corporate financial analyst at Stancorp Financial Group. Previously, he was a vice president and portfolio manager with Wells Fargo and an equity research analyst with D.A. Davidson & Co. 

Shawn earned B.S. degrees in accounting and business administration from College of Great Falls. He currently serves on the Meridian Park Medical Foundation’s board of trustees and was a past chair. Shawn is also past board chair of the Cascades Region American Red Cross and is a member of the CFA Institute Society of Portland. 

He and his wife and two children enjoy the outdoors and sports in their spare time.  

Shawn’s Articles and Videos

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2024 Outlook Publication: Sticking the Landing

Outlook publication for the first quarter 2024 detailing our investment strategies.

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Giving Thanks (And Talking Drama)

The holiday-shortened week was chock full of drama … all centered around both the market’s current mania (artificial intelligence) and the market’s favorite pandemic era mania (cryptocurrency). A strong third quarter earnings season, favorable inflation data and a moderation of long-term interest rates have all contributed to a stellar month for the stock market which is now within 5% of its all-time high, which was reached in December 2021. We will all be giving thanks if recent momentum continues into the end of the year.  

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Early Holiday Cheer

Further evidence of slowing inflation amid moderating retail sales lent additional credence to the economic soft landing narrative this week, exactly 18 months after the Federal Reserve began raising interest rates to combat high prices. Meanwhile, retailers book-ended third quarter earnings season in generally encouraging fashion, putting finishing touches on a surprisingly upbeat reporting period that now tallies positive revenue growth for the S&P 500 and over 6% earnings per share expansion.

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