Hugh Johnson Though Quotations

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.

Even though it's a bad time, it's a good time - if you have a taxable account, you clearly want to harvest some of the gains, and offset it with some sales of losses,

There's fairly widespread anticipation that the economic numbers this week will be solid, though not great, and I think the market is reflecting that.

It's almost as though we're getting a crash, and it's coming at us one stock at a time,

It's not good news, ... Even though the focus is on the Middle East and oil prices, these numbers clearly are not going to stabilize the markets.

The inflationary news today was extraordinary. Even though we are seeing upward pressure on wages, it's not overwhelming. We are seeing some upward pressure on prices, but it remains very benign.