235 Quotes by Hugh Johnson

There are big risks when you get leveraged,

When it appears as though the governors of the Federal Reserve believe that the end of the rate increases is near, that's very good news for investors. A lack of ambiguity from the Federal Reserve is always a little bit of a shocker.

Every time (crude prices) move toward $50, it raises serious questions about the economy and earnings in 2005.

If you get that configuration, particularly liquidity conditions, usually you can bet pretty heavily that this is going to be a bull market.

What we're seeing from Lehman is that market conditions improved through the summer, and that conditions are likely to continue improving. That's showing up in the earnings and in the detail of their reports.

Every market sector has a lot of good companies in it.

As the bull market progressed, analysts became more optimistic about next year's earnings. Now, it's the extent to which companies will hit their numbers for 2004 that will make next week so important for the market.

We're moving beyond that -- the market's almost immune to the scandals now.

If you're not a day trader, I would say don't do a thing. If you're buying for the long term, you'll be just fine.