D.A. Davidson & Co. Analyst Named to 'Best on The Street'; Steve Chercover is Named Sector's No. 2 Analyst by Wall Street Journal, No. 1 in Sector by Forbes.com.Business Editors GREAT FALLS Great Falls, city (1990 pop. 55,097), seat of Cascade co., N central Mont., second largest city in the state, at the confluence of the Missouri and Sun rivers and near the falls that give the city its name; inc. 1888. , Mont.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 26, 2004 D.A. Davidson & Co. today announced that The Wall Street Journal has named Steve Chercover, Vice President, Senior Research Analyst for D.A. Davidson & Co., as one of its "Best on the Street" analysts -- a list of U.S. analysts selected for their stock-picking prowess during 2003. Chercover earned the No. 2 spot in the forest products and paper sector. "We are incredibly proud of Steve for this prominent recognition," said John Rogers John Rogers may refer to: Europeans
The Wall Street Journal recognition comes shortly after Forbes.com and StarMine named Chercover the No. 1 analyst in the forest products and paper sector for 2003 earnings estimates. Chercover also has received other recent accolades for his work, placing him firmly as one of the elite among U.S. analysts. In December 2002 and December 2003, Institutional Investor Institutional Investor A non-bank person or organization that trades securities in large enough share quantities or dollar amounts that they qualify for preferential treatment and lower commissions. magazine named both Chercover and D.A. Davidson & Co. the best among the nation's boutique and regional firms for coverage of the paper and forest products industry. The Wall Street Journal rankings are based solely on stock-picking prowess, recognizing the analysts whose recommendations generated the best returns during 2003. The survey identifies 230 analysts at 80 firms whose advice "helped investors find winning stocks and spot losers in each of 48 industry groups," the Journal said. The top performers were selected based on data from more than 4,000 analysts, then narrowed to 1,463 eligible analysts. The rankings were determined with data developed and verified by Thomson Corp.'s Thomson Financial Thomson Financial A major provider of information, analytical tools, and consulting services to the financial community. The firm, a division of Thomson Corporation, is best known to investors for its First Call segment, which publishes consensus earnings . For the Forbes.com "Top Equity Analysts Report," Chercover was chosen from more than 3,200 equity analysts and 70,000 stock recommendations during 2003. The system to determine the Forbes.com rankings was developed by StarMine, an independent financial research group, and measures the performance of analyst recommendations and the accuracy of their earnings estimates. Chercover, Vice President, Senior Research Analyst, joined D.A. Davidson & Co. in February 2000. He works in the firm's institutional research office in Lake Oswego, Oregon Lake Oswego (IPA: ɔs wiː ɡo) is a city in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States. (Small parts of the city extend into Multnomah County to the north and Washington County to the west. , with his research covering the stocks of companies such as Georgia-Pacific Group, Louisiana Pacific Corp., Smurfit-Stone Container Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation (NASDAQ: SSCC) is an American paperboard and paper-based packaging company based in Chicago, Illinois. It has approximately 38,600 employees. Smurfit-Stone was formed in 1998 as a result of the merger between Jefferson Smurfit Corp. Corp. and Weyerhauser Co. Previously, he was a research analyst with TD Securities. He received a bachelor's degree from the University of Western Ontario Western is one of Canada's leading universities, ranked #1 in the Globe and Mail University Report Card 2005 for overall quality of education.[2] It ranked #3 among medical-doctoral level universities according to Maclean's Magazine 2005 University Rankings. and his MBA MBA abbr. Master of Business Administration Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business Master in Business, Master in Business Administration from the University of Toronto Research at the University of Toronto has been responsible for the world's first electronic heart pacemaker, artificial larynx, single-lung transplant, nerve transplant, artificial pancreas, chemical laser, G-suit, the first practical electron microscope, the first cloning of T-cells, . He also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) An experienced financial analyst who has passed examinations in economics, financial accounting, portfolio management, security analysis, and standards of conduct given by the Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts. designation. About D.A. Davidson & Co. Founded in 1935, D.A. Davidson & Co. is a full-service investment firm with offices in eight western states. The firm's Equity Capital Markets Group provides original regional and correspondent research and corporate finance services to both individual investors and institutional clients both across North America and in Europe. The research is supported by professional sales and trading, including market making. D.A. Davidson & Co. is operated by the Davidson Companies, a financial services holding company based in Montana. Also part of Davidson Companies are Davidson Trust Co., a wealth management and trust operation; Davidson Investment Advisors, a professional money management firm; and Davidson Travel, a full-service travel agency. |
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