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Deficits, Defaults, and Downgrades Tim Phillips, CEO – Phillips & Company There are so many interesting things going on right now in the world, but if I wrote on anything other than the debt debate it would be like talking about baseball during football season. I… More >>

Much Ado About Nothing - A Shakespearian Comedy That Exists today Weekly Market Commentary 7-18-11 Tim Phillips, CEO – Phillips & Company We’re into the weeds on the debt ceiling debate there’s no doubt about it. Like the Shakespearian couples in his classic comedy,… More >>

Setting Up for Something Big Tim Phillips, CEO – Phillips and Company Last Friday, The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released the June Employment Report. The numbers were dismal, and well below consensus. Only 18,000 total nonfarm payroll jobs added (consensus was… More >>

Effective Cash Management Weekly Market Commentary 7-5-11 Tim Phillips, CEO – Phillips and Company The Fourth of July celebration came early for the stock market. The S&P 500 closed up 5.61% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 648 points last week. We did… More >>

Ben Bernanke's “Investor Insurance for Investors” Weekly Market Commentary 6-27-11 Tim Phillips, CEO – Phillips & Company This week Ben Bernanke, Chairman of the Federal Reserve, gave a press conference following the release of the FOMC statement.… More >>

Nothing is Exactly as it Appears Weekly Market Commentary 6-20-11 Tim Phillips, CEO – Phillips and Company   According to the advance monthly sales for retail and food services released last week by the US Census Bureau, retail sales declined 0.2% in May (seasonal… More >>

Weekly Market Commentary 6-13-11 Our Emotions or Their Stupidity Tim Phillips, CEO – Phillips and Company The S&P 500 is down 6.8% since the end of April and is currently on a six-week losing streak. According to Bespoke Investment Group: Going back to 1928, this… More >>

Weekly Market Commentary 6-6-11 Tim Phillips, CEO – Phillips and Co. The Probability of Being When it comes to investing it’s about trying to predict future outcomes. These predictions about future outcomes have a range of probabilities and likelihoods of happening. Last… More >>

Sector Rotation Tim Phillips, CEO – Phillips and Company   “An elegant solution for keeping track of reality” – Inception Right now, there seems to be a healthy debate over GDP growth for the US. Q1 real GDP growth remained unrevised at 1.8% compared to a forecasted… More >>

Weekly Market Commentary 5-23-11 Inflationary head fake? Tim Phillips, CEO – Phillips and Company   Recently when I’ve been out learning how to see, there has been a lot of discussion on rapid inflation in the near future. Frankly, I agree with their concerns. However,… More >>