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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 >>

Weekly Market Commentary 10-3-11 Tim Phillips, CEO – Phillips & Company     Last month, European physicists announced that they may have put a serious dent in Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity when they suggested it might be possible for something to travel… More >>

Weekly Market Commentary 9-26-11 Tim Phillips, CEO – Phillips and Company   Investor and consumer sentiment are near all-time lows and the instinctive thing to do is to follow the crowd and run for the exit.   Behaviorally speaking I call this, “risk as emotion… More >>

The State of Consumption and Policy Debates Weekly Market Commentary 9-20-11 Tim Phillips, CEO – Phillips & Company Focusing on one side of the balance sheet for consumers and corporations from a big picture standpoint you have: debt (liabilities) and net worth… More >>

I'm from the Government and I'm here to help. Tim Phillips, CEO – Phillips & Company   We heard that message loud and clear last week. Bernanke gave a speech to reiterate the FED still has plenty of tools at their disposal and Obama gave a speech to a joint session of… More >>