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FIRST FRANKLIN IN THE NEWS AND MARKET COMMENTARY
Brett Ewing on Reuters: Trading at Noon, February 23, 2021
Trading at Noon: Rising Yields Weigh on the Markets Skip to the 3:15 mark to hear Brett on Reuters Trading at Noon from Monday, February 22nd where he discusses why he won’t be surprised by a 5-10%...
Brett Ewing on BNN Bloomberg, February 19, 2021
Investment Strategy for the Current Market Conditions Brett Ewing, senior financial advisor and chief market strategist at First Franklin Financial Services, discusses his investing strategy and...
Brett Ewing on Reuters “Trading at Noon”, January 26, 2021
Skip to the 2:15 mark to hear Brett’s commentary on Reuters Trading at Noon today about taking risk off the table, what continued widespread vaccine rollout can mean for the market going...
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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.