D.A. Davidson & Co. Named Best in Paper and Forest Products Research by Institutional Investor Magazine.

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. -- Honor Marks Third Consecutive Year of National Recognition for Regional Firm

D.A. Davidson & Co. today announced that Institutional Investor Institutional Investor

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Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. firm as "Best" in the paper and forest products category for the magazine's annual "Best of the Boutiques and Regionals" 2004 issue.

The honor is a result of the All-America Research Team's survey of 1,400 analysts and portfolio managers at nearly 440 investment firms nationwide. This marks the third consecutive year that D.A. Davidson & Co. has been recognized for its coverage of the paper and forest products category by Institutional Investor magazine. Steve Chercover, vice president, senior research analyst, is the analyst providing paper and forest products research for D.A. Davidson & Co. since joining the firm five years ago.

"We pride ourselves on providing the most thorough and accurate research on the industries and companies that matter in our region," said Bill Johnstone, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Davidson Companies, the financial services holding company that operates D.A. Davidson & Co. "The continued recognition from Institutional Investor illustrates D.A. Davidson's ability to meet the specialized spe·cial·ize
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D.A. Davidson & Co. provides strong institutional research coverage of public companies that are important in the Pacific Northwest region

This article is about the region in Pennsylvania. For the area of the United States of America, see Pacific Northwest.

The Northwest Region , with 13 analysts following a list of 164 regional and national companies.

The Institutional Investor ranking follows several other accolades by the investment community. Most recently, The Wall Street Journal named Chercover as one of its "Best on the Street" analysts -- a list of U.S. analysts selected for their stock-picking prowess PROWESS Infectious disease A clinical trial–Recombinant Human Activated Protein C [Zovant^™] Worldwide Evaluation in Severe Sepsis during 2003. Chercover earned the No. 2 spot in the paper and forest products sector. In addition, Chercover was named the No. 1 analyst in the forest products and paper sector for 2003 earnings estimates by Forbes.com and StarMine.

In April 2003, Institutional Investor named John Rogers John Rogers may refer to: Europeans

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, senior vice president, managing director of institutional research for D.A. Davidson & Co., as one of its 10 "Home-Run Hitters" -- a prominent list of U.S. analysts who picked the top-performing stocks during 2003. In addition, The Wall Street Journal named Rogers the No. 1 U.S. analyst in 2001 for his stock picking in the machinery sector and among the top five analysts for his earnings forecasting in machinery. In the same 2001 rankings, the Journal named Bill Frerichs, senior research analyst and technology team leader for D.A. Davidson & Co., among the nation's top three analysts in stock picking for the software industry.

About D.A. Davidson & Co.

Founded in 1935, D.A. Davidson & Co. is a full-service investment firm with offices in 14 states. The firm's Equity Capital Markets Group provides original regional and correspondent research and corporate finance services to individual investors and institutional clients across North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. 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 Investment Advisor

1. A person making investment recommendations in return for a flat fee or percentage of assets managed, known as a commission.

2. For mutual fund companies, it is the individual who has the day-to-day responsibility of investing and monitoring the cash and , a professional money management firm; Kirkpatrick Pettis Capital Management, a registered investment adviser providing fixed income services; and Davidson Travel, a full-service travel agency.

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