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Policy Errors, Part II Weekly CEO Commentary 2-4-13 Tim Phillips, CEO—Phillips & Company It's official: the threat of massive cuts in spending with the fiscal cliff created a contraction in our economy. According to the Financial Times, GDP as reported this last week… More >>

Measuring Sleepless NightsWeekly CEO Commentary 1-28-13Tim Phillips, CEO—Phillips & Company I was recently asked by a client to explain what standard deviation is as it relates to investments and what's a good number. Two things struck me about the questions. One,… More >>

  American ConsumerismWeekly CEO Commentary 1-22-13Tim Phillips, CEO—Phillips & Company If the S&P 500 is any guide, the American Economy is back on track. Reuters reported that we hit a five-year high on the index last week, and it also appears we will not have a… More >>

Diversification Finally!Weekly CEO Commentary 1-14-13Tim Phillips, CEO—Phillips & Company For the last couple of years, investors that followed the easiest thing in finance, diversification, were not properly rewarded. In fact, a heavy emphasis on US Large Cap stocks… More >>

  Precisely InaccurateWeekly CEO Commentary 1-7-13 Tim Phillips, CEO—Phillips & Company This is the time of year when firms roll out their predictions for 2013. Honestly, if they were so accurate they wouldn't need clients, nor would they share their information. It… More >>

  All The Times I Thought I Should Sell: PanicWeekly CEO Commentary 12-31-12Tim Phillips, CEO—Phillips & Company As of this writing (Sunday Night) the Political Class in this country has failed to come to terms with over 500 billion in tax increases and spending cuts… More >>

  Really? Weekly CEO Commentary 12-24-12Tim Phillips, CEO—Phillips & Company While I was traveling through India in April I snapped the photo you see on the header of this blog. I've looked at it several times over the course of this year and I finally figured out what… More >>

  Don't Look Down: The GDP Growth Cliff Weekly CEO Commentary 12-17-12 Tim Phillips, CEO—Phillips & Company This week the Federal Reserve took another step in encouraging risk taking by shifting their communication policy. They effectively went to a rules-based… More >>

  It's Never Quite What You ExpectWeekly CEO Commentary 12-10-12Tim Phillips, CEO—Phillips & Company If you followed your instincts and sold out of your equity positions 3 weeks ago, you would have missed a 2.25% return. Certainly you would have been reacting to your… More >>

Stock Buybacks: Headline Investing or Looking Under the Hood? Weekly CEO Commentary 12-3-12 Tim Phillips, CEO – Phillips & Company Stock buybacks are expected to be on the rise, according to a report in the New York Times. We have already seen Starbucks, Procter &… More >>