Adam Phillips

Philip Barnard, or Phil as he was known to everyone who worked with him, was one of the most successful members of the generation of market research agency heads who built the emerging business of British commercial market research into the global enterprise it is today.

While John Deere is no longer the number one selling tractor brand in the world (a title stolen from the ‘green giant’ by India’s Mahindra in 2010), the Illinois based company is still the world’s largest producer of agricultural equipment. Deere used CES 2025 to showcase its expanded range of fully automated products, including broadacre tractors, orchid equipment and lawn mowers. For Deere customers automation isn’t just about efficiency savings.

Advisor Perspectives welcomes guest contributions. The views presented here do not necessarily represent those of Advisor Perspectives. Many investors are wondering how the market will react to the results of the 2024 Presidential Election. During previous open election years, the market’s discomfort with uncertainty has been on full display as equities exhibited heightened volatility in the final months leading up to the election.