256 Quotes by Art Hogan

We celebrated the fact that (the Fed) was much less stern on their rhetoric yesterday (Wednesday), but today the party is over and a slower economy may have an adverse effect on earnings,

The biggest fear is earnings going forward, ... All the consumer non-durable multinationals are going to have to warn about the ill effects of the strong dollar versus the weak euro, but that's cyclical.

Not to be heartless, but this is very good for Wall Street, ... And I think that is why we are seeing this market take off in the early going.

We came into the day, week, month with the same three worries -- earnings, the economy, and geopolitical concerns. We're still dealing with all the same negatives and the selling is pretty broad.

The bad news is stuff that we know about -- it's Corporate America, especially on the technology front, letting us know they're not going to make their numbers and we knew that was going to happen,

We've got some big numbers coming out (Thursday). Any upside surprise to wages might put a little spook in the market.

With the financials, that entire space has been tarnished by a confidence crisis. Also, on a more fundamental level rather than a psychological level, there's no investment banking business going on right now. The concerns remain about the banks' exposure to bankrupt telecoms WorldCom and Global Crossing,

That gives us a lot of trading time, unfortunately.

It's distressing how slow it's been this particular summer season,