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U.S. government bond yields and prices have been on a roller-coaster ride in recent weeks. In a Wall Street Journal titled “U.S. Government Bonds Strengthen After Earlier Selloff,” Mary Ann Hurley, fixed income trader with D.A. Davidson, discusses the ways that investor expectations may have driven the strong fluctuations.Wall Street Journal subscribers can read the full article here.

The so-called “athleisure” market seems to remain strong, even though some equity research analysts have labeled the idea as a fad — and somewhere in the middle of the discussion is Lululemon Athletica Inc. (LULU). The views of the stock by Andrew Burns, D.A. Davidson senior equity analyst, are discussed in “Optimism & Pessimism for Lululemon (LULU),” an Investopedia article by Dan Moskovitz.Read the full article here.

Employee-owned D.A. Davidson Companies has earned the first-ever Washington Achieve Award in recognition of the company’s high-quality education and workforce development programs. The company’s CEO accepted the award from the Association of Washington Business, the state’s oldest and largest business association, at its Evening of Excellence on Wednesday.This marks the first year that the AWB has honored a company with the award, which “recognizes a business that has exc...

Sales for footwear and sports apparel retailer Nike continue to be strong, but more questions are arising about what the company will do to ensure its future results keep up the momentum. D.A. Davidson Senior Research Analyst Andrew Burns discusses what might be ahead for the company in “Nike still in the lead, but losing ground to Adidas, Under Armour,” an article for The Oregonian by Jeff Manning.Read the full article here.

D.A. Davidson has been named a finalist for the Association of Washington Business’s (AWB) Washington Achieve Award. This award recognizes a “business that has excelled in creating, implementing or supporting a high-caliber education and/or workforce development system aligned with closing the employment gap.”In an industry notoriously difficult to enter, D.A. Davidson continues to build upon its history of providing students, young professionals and “second career”...

Retail sales could mark their largest increase since the recession, with a few notable companies leading the way.

Aerospace giant Boeing has announced plans to move thousands of jobs out of southern California, furthering a shift that has been in the works for years.

D.A. Davidson & Co. has served as exclusive financial advisor to Quarter Group, LLC, a real estate investment company, in its definitive agreement with Pacific Western Bank to acquire and leaseback bank-owned properties in California.

D.A. Davidson & Co. has served as exclusive financial advisor to Glacier Bancorp Inc. (NASDAQ: GBCI) in its agreement to acquire TFB Bancorp Inc. (OTC Pink: TBBN), the holding company for Foothills Bank, a community bank in Arizona.

D.A. Davidson & Co. has served as sole underwriter for two bond offerings totaling more than $73 million for the Jubilee Academic Center, a Texas nonprofit, open enrollment and tuition-free public charter school organization. The offerings were developed to allow the Center to purchase four properties and refinance another office, providing permanent housing for its academies in several Texas cities.Eric Duran, managing director of public finance with D.A. Davidson, worked alongside the Jubi...