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Weekly Market Commentary 12-12-11 Tim Phillips, CEO – Phillips and Company Last week, we touched on a report from the Economic Cycle Research Institute (ECRI) that calls for the United States to enter a recession in 2012. This deserves further examination for two… More >>

Weekly Market Commentary Tim Phillips, CEO – Phillips and Company Over the last two weeks we've looked at the European Debt Crisis and the potential impact on US exports if Europe falls into a recession (What’s All the Fuss?). We also covered the challenges many… More >>

Weekly Market Commentary 11-28-11 Tim Phillips, CEO – Phillips and Company As we discussed earlier this month, a recession seems almost inevitable and the impact on US GDP growth is negligible. In fact, this morning the Organization for Economic Cooperation and… More >>

Weekly Market 11-21-11 Tim Phillips, CEO - Phillips and Company As of this writing on Sunday, the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, i.e. the Supercommittee, is poised to admit defeat. Once again, Washington is gridlocked and if the markets react like they did… More >>

Weekly Market Commentary 11-14-11 Tim Phillips, CEO – Phillips and Company By now, I think it’s safe to say investors have been sufficiently tortured by what’s happening in the European economy. The moment Greece moved off the headlines, Italy took center… More >>

Weekly Market Commentary 11-7-11 Tim Phillips, CEO – Phillips & Company Last week, we discussed the details of the Bureau of Economic Analysis’ (BEA) advance estimate of US real GDP for the third quarter. Sticking with the GDP theme, later that week the Federal… More >>

Weekly Market Commentary 10-31-11 Tim Phillips, CEO – Phillips and Company You hear a lot about “risk on” and “risk off” by the media to describe the day-to-day short term volatility. For example, in the third quarter the S&P 500 fell 13.87%,… More >>

Weekly Market Commentary 10-24-11 Tim Phillips, CEO – Phillips and Company   We have now entered the final quarter of the year and Alcoa kicked off the final earnings season after the bell on October 11th. As we hit the home stretch we wanted to look back and compare the… More >>

Weekly Market Commentary 10-17-11 Tim Phillips, CEO – Phillips and Company Lately everyone I talk to from small business owners to “the men on the street” are words of doom and gloom. They all express significant doubts about the global economy and think a… More >>

Weekly Market Commentary 10-10-11 Tim Phillips, CEO – Phillips and Company The equity markets performed well last week after a historic late day rally on Tuesday. However the prevailing mood of business and consumers are of significant caution and concern. At the… More >>