235 Quotes by Hugh Johnson

Today the market is pausing a bit, given the strong performance last week. There is lot of acquisition activity, which is giving the market some lift, particularly because oil prices are stable.

It's pretty clear that companies have made money and their cash positions are high and this should help the market stage an advance in November and December.

Today the market is pausing a bit, given the strong performance last week.

It's uncharacteristic of him to make big-picture investments, ... This whole area -- zero coupons, silver -- when he seems to depart from big companies, he feels uncomfortable, it's not his place?he's sort of saying to himself, 'this is not my cup of tea.'

You know, we had four great years because we had declining inflation and interest rates. There's been a sea change. We now have inflation and interest rates actually heading higher. That makes things entirely different - you can't get away with high-priced earnings or overvalued stocks and so we're going through this adjustment to a new reality.

Does this signal a policy change in Washington?

We need to watch the Japanese parliament and see if they do anything about their banking crisis.

The one thing you don't want to ignore is the stock market itself,

The numbers across the board were pretty surprising. I would say that improvements in the leading indicators of the economy, like the employment and manufacturing numbers, is very encouraging and indicate that the economy is expanding and not contracting. It also suggests continued expansion into the first quarter.