235 Quotes by Hugh Johnson

You really want to stay with the large-cap (stocks), ... the big names in technology.

This is a market that's become very, very defensive, ... One thing I noticed is a move back to the defensive side.

I think the M&A activity is certainly the headline, with Oracle-PeopleSoft and a hangover of Sprint-Nextel,

The market is not doing well. At long last, it is doing what it should do in responding to the rises in interest rates.

This has been a very powerful earnings season and that's what's been driving the market.

I think you can spread yourself among many sectors,

The market is asking the question, given oil prices, given rates, given China's economy and other things, what does it look like for the economy and corporate profits in the fourth quarter and in 2005? The message we got last week was that it's probably not going to be as great as everybody once expected, but it will still be just fine.

They tend to be like sheep. They are followers. It's called piling on in football, and I think it's the equivalent. It's unprecedented.

I think we're going to edge our way higher but I don't think it's going to be a barn burning.