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DivergenceWeekly Market Commentary 8-20-12Tim Phillips, CEO – Phillips and Company The definition of divergence: Di·ver·gence (diˈvərjəns) Noun: A difference or conflict in opinions. On the one hand, we have… More >>

Over the Cliff (? Or !) Weekly Market Commentary 8-13-12 Tim Phillips, CEO – Phillips & Company Over the next six months, the dominant macroeconomic event we will deal with is the Fiscal Cliff. Now that the Republican candidate has picked his Vice President, the… More >>

Confusion ConfirmedWeekly Market Commentary 8-6-12Tim Phillips, CEO – Phillips and Company The S&P 500 appeared to have another decent week ending up 0.36%. However, this is misleading because all of those gains came on Friday, whereas the market was actually down… More >>

Is it Time to Speculate? Weekly Market Commentary 7-30-12 Tim Phillips, CEO – Phillips and Company The Bureau of Economic Analysis has officially confirmed that the economy has downshifted from 4.1% growth to 1.5% growth in the first half of the year. The Dow Jones… More >>

  Norm Sherry Weekly Market Commentary 7-23-12 Tim Phillips, CEO – Phillips and Company   We just crossed the half way mark for the year, and that means two things: earning season is getting under way in earnest, and we are a little over half way through the 2012… More >>

The Great Recession or the Great Distraction Weekly Market Commentary 7-16-12 Tim Phillips, CEO – Phillips and Company In a recent presentation by David Rosenberg I was reminded of something that was often talked about prior to the Great Recession, which is the… More >>

The Importance of Getting Paid and A Little Wishful Thinking Weekly Market Commentary 7-9-12 Tim Phillips, CEO – Phillips and Company The economic data over the last few weeks continued to confirm what we had suspected for quite some time. This is an “L”… More >>

Second Half Slowdown? Tim Phillips, CEO – Phillips & Company Weekly Market Commentary 7-2-12 Last week, the news headlines were dominated by two main events. Here in the United States, the Supreme Court (SCOTUS) upheld the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act… More >>

Winners and Losers Weekly Market Commentary 6-25-12 Tim Phillips, CEO – Phillips and Company This week, the Federal Reserve made a widely expected move to extend Operation Twist (the buying of long-term government bonds and selling of short term government bonds).… More >>

  Panic Weekly Market Commentary 6-18-12 Tim Phillips, CEO – Phillips and Company   As a professional investor and advisor, I have had the dubious privilege to write - on a few occasions now - some basic lessons about investing during critical times. Over my 25+ years… More >>