235 Quotes by Hugh Johnson

  • Author Hugh Johnson
  • Quote

    It looks pretty much like it's going to be George Bush. I think it's sort of a sense of relief that that's behind us, and I think more importantly, it's really getting rid of all that kind of uncertainty. But we also know that regardless of who's the winner, we're not going to see much in the way of fiscal policy or fiscal stimulus coming out of the next Congress or Washington.

  • Tags
  • Share

  • Author Hugh Johnson
  • Quote

    We have such speculation in Internet stocks already that it's earnings will be keenly watched and could stir up more speculation or spur a decline, depending on their results.

  • Tags
  • Share

  • Author Hugh Johnson
  • Quote

    It's good news that the durable goods orders were stronger than expected, but those are August numbers and probably don't carry that much weight,

  • Tags
  • Share


  • Author Hugh Johnson
  • Quote

    Usually, when you have a stock market mania, it's driven largely by individual investors borrowing money to buy stocks at prices that are too high. And usually, when a bubble becomes unwound, it's because of margin calls.

  • Tags
  • Share


  • Author Hugh Johnson
  • Quote

    It's foolish to jump the gun. The thing to do is wait until you actually see large caps outperform, because if you don't wait you can be a year early .

  • Tags
  • Share

  • Author Hugh Johnson
  • Quote

    Usually when they're cheap, the story is not a pretty story,

  • Share