2011 NABCAP PREMIER ADVISOR

CONGRATULATIONS FIRST WESTERN ADVISORS!

It is our distinctive honor to congratulate your practice for their achievement and inclusion in the NABCAP Premier Advisors list in Utah Business Magazine November 2011.

NABCAP is privileged to recognize an elite group of advisory practices in Utah. Your practice has been reviewed versus a long list of your peers from all industry channels and firms. Our process evaluated each practice based on a proprietary system and objectively verified the information submitted through our multi-level verification process.

As a NABCAP Premier Advisor, your practice is a member of an exclusive group who represents the best in quality Wealth Management.

NABCAP is the first non-profit 501(c)(3) organization to create a discerning process to help identify the top quality advisory practices in order to better serve the investing community.

Thank you for your participation and helping NABCAP add transparency to the financial services industry. We wish you the best and prosperity in 2011.

Charles E. King

Vice President Board of Directors

NABCAP

2011 FWA CUP Golf Tournament

Thanks to everyone at FIRST WESTERN ADVISORS who helped to make our annual Golf Tournament a great success. A special thanks as well to our event sponsors, and to the many participants. You can see photos from the event at our facebook page.

Utah analysts foresee bleak investor outlook

STEVEN OBERBECK

The Salt Lake Tribune

With plenty of fear and a lack of faith to go around, the huge sell-off that hit the nation's stock markets Thursday is likely to keep Utah investor in its grips for days or even weeks to come.. «More

American Diabetes Association: Tour de Cure 2011

First Western Advisors participated in the American Diabetes Association's 2011 Tour de Cure, Salt Lake City. The event, which was held on June 11 in Brigham City, UT, raised money toward research for preventing and finding a cure for diabetes. To read more about the Tour de Cure, or to learn more about the ADA, visit www.diabetes.org.