235 Quotes by Hugh Johnson

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    When all of the markets around the globe simultaneously go down, that's the message. That's what you have to worry about.

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    This thing that bothers me is you get into markets like this and they can go from being overvalued to extremely overvalued,

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    There have been a lot of high-profile companies taking a lot of extraordinary drops. When things go south for a company, they really go south.

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    I know we were up 4 to 5 percent in the first to 10 days of the year. But the market's now up 20 percent, just like the fourth quarter.

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    I'm referred to as a fundamentalist -- a person who cares about company earnings and where the economy is going -- but the truth is I'm a closet technician. I've learned something as we've moved through the bear market: The last people to find out about a problem are research analysts and fundamentally oriented strategists.

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    Individuals are buying stock with the idea that it will become even more overvalued. That's a sign of speculation.

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    I like the large-cap technology names. Over a three- to five-year period they are going to be real winners.

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