Firm continues broadening expertise with award-winning analyst
D.A. Davidson & Co. announced today that Tom Forte has joined the firm’s award-winning institutional equity research team in New York to provide analysis of ecommerce companies.
Tom joining our team marks the next positive step in our continued expansion and deepening of the high-quality coverage that our team excels at delivering.
-Gil Luria, Director of Institutional Research
“Tom’s insightful coverage of the critically important ecommerce space has stood out for years and his strong professionalism, experience and insight are the right fit for D.A. Davidson,” Luria said.
Forte has authored 10 white papers on the convergence of technology and retail and was ranked among the best U.S. stock pickers by StarMine in 2017, leading to frequent appearances in the national news media. He has extensive experience and joins D.A. Davidson from Maxim Group, where he established the firm’s consumer technology research effort. He previously was an analyst with Brean Capital, the Telsey Advisory Group and other equity research teams in the securities industry. He holds a master’s in professional writing from the University of Southern California-Los Angeles and a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Illinois. Additionally, he has earned the Chartered Financial Analyst professional designation.
D.A. Davidson’s Equity Capital Markets group provides capital markets services and products that include investment banking, institutional sales, trading, research and analysis of approximately 300 publicly traded companies, and corporate services. The firm’s industry-driven research team is supported by a dedicated group of sales and trading professionals.
About D.A. Davidson Companies
D.A. Davidson Companies is an employee-owned financial services firm offering a range of financial services and advice to individuals, corporations, institutions and municipalities nationwide. Founded in 1935 and headquartered in Montana, with corporate offices in Denver, Los Angeles, Portland and Seattle, the company has more than 1,300 employees and offices in 24 states.
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