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  Inflation UrgencyWeekly Market Commentary 7-22-2013Tim Phillips, CEO—Phillips & Company Over the weekend Japan, the world’s 3rd largest economy and 2nd largest developed economy, held a historic vote. Their Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, basically won control of both… More >>

Earnings Outlook Weekly Market Commentary 7-15-2013 Tim Phillips, CEO—Phillips & Company Earnings season is starting, and as we have written about in the past, earnings are what really drive stock prices. Expectations for this earnings season are somewhat cautious.… More >>

It's Not WorkingWeekly Market Commentary 7-8-2013Tim Phillips, CEO—Phillips & Company What if the Fed is not talking about tapering their purchases of bonds because the economy is getting better. There is no doubt parts of the economy are improving over the past year:… More >>

  Learning how to see…things that aren't really there!Weekly Market Commentary 7-1-2013Tim Phillips, CEO—Phillips & Company After spending a considerable amount of time traveling to one of the financial "hot zones" in the world, Italy, I can make an important… More >>

  Returning to RationalWeekly Market Commentary 6-24-2013Tim Phillips, CEO—Phillips & Company If there was any question about what direction monetary policy (interest rates) are trending toward the Fed clearly laid those to rest: Going forward, the economic outcomes… More >>

  Testing Your NervesWeekly Market Commentary 6-17-13Tim Phillips, CEO—Phillips & Company Since the world misinterpreted the Federal Reserve Chairman's comments, we have seen a massive increase in volatility (also known as worry, anguish and second guessing by… More >>

  There Is No Free Lunch: Correlations AboundWeekly Market Commentary 6-10-13Tim Phillips, CEO—Phillips & Company Since the beginning of the year, the S&P 500 is up 16.2%, the Dow up 17.7% and the NASDAQ up 15.6%.[i] Over the last several weeks, Wall Street has… More >>

  The Onion Has More Than One Layer: Crying or smiling will depend on your sensitivityWeekly Market Commentary 6-3-13Tim Phillips, CEO—Phillips & Company As discussed in last week’s blog, policy errors are all around us. The US equity markets have pulled back 1.44%… More >>

  On Wednesday, the Chairman of the Federal Reserve gave a very slight indication the Fed would consider adjusting the amount of bonds they buy on a monthly basis from $85 billion.(source: Bespoke, 5/24/13) In that moment, the US Equity markets tanked. We lost approximately… More >>

Client EducationPlanning For Health Care in RetirementMay 22, 2013 As part of our ongoing mission to help our clients make educated financial decisions, we are now releasing our latest client education presentation. This issue focuses on a topic that many of our clients… More >>