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FIRST FRANKLIN IN THE NEWS AND MARKET COMMENTARY
Brett Ewing, Chief Market Strategist of First Franklin Financial Services, featured on TheStreet
Insights, Podcast23 May 2025 – View the original article here: Click Here Nvidia (NVDA) just hit a $3.35 trillion market cap, closing in on Microsoft’s (MSFT) crown as the world’s most valuable company. Brett Ewing, chief market strategi...
Brett Ewing, Chief Market Strategist of First Franklin Financial Services, featured on the Schwab Network
Articles27 March 2025 – View the original post here: Click Here “Earnings optimism faces off against tariff uncertainty. Despite some positive guidance, Brett Ewing says fundamentals may not be enough to quell concerns just yet. With the S&P 500...
Brett Ewing, Chief Market Strategist of First Franklin Financial Services, featured on Money Life with Chuck Jaffe
Podcast, Press ReleaseOctober 2, 2024 – Listen to the full episode: Click Here Excerpt: “We believe the move started later due to the stall on inflation in the first and second quarter. But as that stall ran its course and we got lower inflation numbers, it s...
Brett Ewing, Chief Market Strategist of First Franklin Financial Services, featured on Business Insider
UncategorizedBusiness Insider – June 15, 2024 – Article: Elevated interest rates are creating the best entry point in decades for a severely discounted index expected to see an explosive upside of up to 100% as rates drop. Excerpt: “If you look at th...
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Our History
1966
George F. Ewing founds George F. Ewing Insurance with an emphasis on Life Insurance, 401k management and Mutual Funds.
1973
George F. Ewing Insurance becomes affiliated with Sun Life of Canada.
1982
The agency expands its services to include Property Casualty Insurance.
1998
George F. Ewing Insurance is renamed First Franklin Financial Services in honor of George’s father, Leonard Franklin Ewing, the “First Franklin.”
2000
Brett F. Ewing moves back to Tallahassee and joins the firm.
2008
Brett takes over operations of First Franklin, the firm earns its first Quantum Leap Award.
2009
George retires but remains at the firm to act as Comptroller.
2011
The firm acquires its Palm Coast branch and partners with the Florida division of Burke Financial and begins releasing its economic research to the public
2013
First Franklin earns the Top Advisory Firm Award.
2014
First Franklin wins its second Quantum Leap Award.
2015
First Franklin wins its second Top Advisory Firm Award and the firms first MVP of the Year Award.
2016
The firm receives nationwide coverage in the Wall Street Journal, Investment News and USA Today.
2017
First Franklin wins its fourth consecutive Top Advisory award. The firm is featured on Fox Business News and CNBC Asia.
2018
First Franklin wins its fifth consecutive Top Advisory award.
2019
The firm is featured on Bloomberg Daybreak, Yahoo! Finance and Forbes.
2020
First Franklin was named Advisory Branch of the Year
2021
First Franklin was named Advisory Branch of the Year
Brett featured in CNN Business, Yahoo Finance, Bloomberg, Market Watch and Reuters
2022
Brett was featured on Fox Business with Charles Payne
Brett is named Top Advisor of the Year, out of 650 competing offices.
Completed building and moved into the new First Franklin building in October.
2023
First Franklin was named Top Branch of the Year
2024
Brett is named Top Advisor of the Year, out of 650 competing offices.
Brett received Top Advisory Services of the year, out of 650 competing offices.
First Franklin was named Top Branch of the Year.
Our Team
Allison Rudd
MARKETING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS COORDINATOR
William Saunders
ADVISOR, RESEARCH ANALYST
Hannah Burkhead
OPERATIONS AND MARKETING ASSISTANT
Tara Shiring
OPERATIONS ASSOCIATE