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Weekly Market Commentary 4-30-12 Tim Phillips, CEO – Phillips and Company On Friday the BEA released US GDP numbers for the first quarter of this year. Unfortunately, GDP grew by only 2.2%, slower than last quarter’s growth of 3%. So the economy is slowing, but… More >>

Weekly Market Commentary Tim Phillips, CEO – Phillips and Company 4-23-12 Our markets have had a tremendous run during the first quarter of 2012. The P/E multiple on the S&P 500 has expanded to 14 from 13.2 since the beginning of the year and earnings for the first… More >>

Weekly Market Commentary 4-16-12 The markets have had a great start to the year. The S&P 500 was up 12.6% for the first quarter, making it the best first quarter since 1998. Now the focus will be on company earnings with the first quarter earnings season getting underway. As… More >>

Weekly Market Commentary 4-9-12 The market has rallied off of its lows from the third quarter of last year, but the jobs report last Friday is a reminder that the global economy still has room for improvement. Economists were expecting 201,000 new jobs, and the actual result… More >>

Weekly Market Commentary Tim Phillips, CEO – Phillips and Company Since Jim O’Neill’s paper on the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) economies in 2001, there has been a lot of emphasis on growing economic countries because of their rapid GDP growth… More >>

Weekly Market Commentary 3-27-12 Tim Phillips, CEO – Phillips & Company We all know we need to save for retirement; the fuzzy part is how much we need to save. Most experts these days will say you need about 70 to 80% of your current income for retirement but this… More >>

Weekly Market Commentary 3-19-12 Tim Phillips, CEO – Phillips and Company Last week the S&P 500 had its best weekly gain of the year and economic data continued to show signs of an improving economy (albeit slowly). While this was happening last week, you might have… More >>

Weekly Market Commentary 3/12/12 Tim Phillips, CEO – Phillips and Company Last week’s economic data was overall positive. The most notable piece of economic news last week was the Nonfarm Payrolls Report. Last month nonfarm payroll rose by 227,000 according… More >>

Weekly Market Commentary 3-5-12 Tim Phillips, CEO – Phillips and Company For the last four years I’ve believed that in order for the economy to improve, we must at least see an improvement in jobs and income. Depending on the lens you choose to look through, it… More >>

Weekly Market Commentary 2-27-12 Tim Phillips, CEO – Phillips and Company Warren Buffett released his annual shareholder letter this week. Among the facts and ramblings was an interesting opinion on gold: “…Gold, currently a huge favorite of investors… More >>