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First Wilshire is not prone to celebrating success and milestones, and in fact we are rather superstitious about it, but we’re proud to note that 2017 marks First Wilshire’s 40 year anniversary serving our clients. We’ve been “Detecting Value Since 1977,” and surviving this many years is an accomplishment in itself, but doing so with […]

We are pleased to announce that Cristian Pedroza has joined First Wilshire as our new Trader. He brings with him nearly a decade of trading experience which includes trading our style of small-cap and international investments. Cristian holds a B.S. in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance from California State University, Fullerton. We welcome Cristian to the […]

 So how do stock markets, and in particular small caps, perform during rising rate cycles? The table below, produced by Standard & Poor’s (S&P), shows small stocks (the S&P 600 and Russell 2000) have tended to outperform larger stocks (S&P 500) when interest rates rise. Rising interest rates do not automatically spell doom for stocks. […]

Great Companies One of the best ways to outperform is to identify “great companies.” In this spirit, our research team set time aside this quarter to describe and debate what factors make a great company. We focused on how a company becomes and stays great, which helps us in our search for new companies, and […]