John Hughs Quotations

We're in a seasonal period that can be kind of choppy, ... Add to that yesterday's Fed rate hike and the options expirations, and you can see this kind of movement.

We're getting to the year-end period and stocks are starting to drift. You're seeing that today, ... There's still a lot of uncertainty about the economy and about the change in Bush's economic team. We're also coming off a period where the Dow rose for 8 weeks and so you're seeing a little pullback. You saw it last week and I think it's continuing.

What we're seeing is this kind off continuing correction in tech stocks that began a few weeks ago. The money is leaving tech and going to what we call value stocks.

We're going to have to go in and rebuild it from the ground up because it went to seed before we got it. There are literally trees and shrubs growing up in the greens, and it's going to take a lot of work and money to get it back into shape.

We're getting a little follow-through from yesterday but we are in a transitional environment where we've lost our leadership in the commodity-based stocks, and there is still a question on whether technology will step up to replace it.

We've got low volume and not a whole lot of new buying interest. You're just not there yet from a technical standpoint. It's going to be choppy for the next few days.

We're looking at a softer open. Retail sales are a bit of a concern. There is still some uncertainty over rising rates that has got everybody a little bit more cautious.

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Maybe when we get back after Thanksgiving we will get our first pull back or some sort of consolidation before we gear up for a year end rally,

Maybe there will be some anticipation that this might be the last bit of bad news that is going to come out, and we can look forward from here.

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But given all the negatives, investors should also consider the positive side. The market is discounting the bad news. We know the economy is terrible and corporate profits in trouble. With that kind of a backdrop, that's when we get a snap-back rally. Investors need to be on the look out for it.

GM is obviously a big concern. It's just such a large company, and there's a big focus on it, whether it's right or wrong. It's obviously a huge part of our economy, and it has a lot of implications for other companies. Also, earnings on balance have not been terrible, but they haven't been great either.

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Going forward you're not going to see anything too dramatic, barring any major news event.

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HMOs have had a great year very quietly. They're up about 47 percent on the year. And recently they've gotten a little bit beaten up because, if you listen to Mr. Gore's speech on Thursday, it would concern anybody that owned them. They are up a lot, we still like the group, (and) we selected medical group as a whole.

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We may have cleaned out the sellers for the very short term,

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Greenspan is the least influential event this week. We know where the economy is, and there isn't much expectation of him saying anything new.

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I think it's a pretty constructive day, ... It was nice that you got some more encouraging economic news. This week was a stealthy-type rally...There really isn't any selling pressure out there, there seems to be more buying pressure.

I think you've got a little bit of the Goldilocks scenario with the CPI, with investors concluding that growth is strong, but not so strong that we have to worry about a 50 basis point rise at the next meeting,

I think when you look at the rally last week, the behavior we're seeing from the market today is pretty constructive, ... We're digesting the gains from last week, and if historical trends prove right, we should close the week a little higher. Technically and objectively, the market is doing everything it can.

I think we're going to continue to see this churning for the rest of the month and then February tends to be seasonally weaker for the market, ... Longer-term, the momentum is still up, but we may need a few weeks of consolidation.

Just as things get overdone on the upside, they can get overdone on the downside.

I think consolidation is kind of the theme here. It's been there for the past few days and I think it will continue. I don't think there's a big risk for a major decline out there, but I don't think there's much out there that's going to change what's going on.

Rising rates is the excuse, ... Genuinely, there is worry about the impact of rising rates, because maybe people didn't think that they would rise so quickly, but that fear begins to feed on itself.

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President Bush's speech relieved some fears that war is imminent, it boosted the overseas markets and gave us a little short-covering rally at the open, but I'm not that impressed. There's nothing behind it,

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I think over the last week or so, a lot of the negative news that has been bothering the market for some time has been priced in, ... So when you have a day like today, when you get a drop in the price of oil, some people are willing to get back in.

I think GE and Citigroup could help lift the market if they say something positive.

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We'll probably see a few more days of this but that's it. It looks more like an oversold bounce than anything more meaningful,

Today's drop is a follow-through on more bad news. Also, the developments on Iraq and deflationary concerns in the economy remain in the background.

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We know the economy is slow and that the quarter isn't great, so these weak pre-announcements are no surprise, ... The trend of the last three months has been rally, go sideways, rally, go sideways, so we're just following that.

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We are seeing money leave anything that's not technology, biotech or telecom and shifting into those very groups.

We're kind of back to where we were four or five weeks ago. We're in this transitional environment, where after the December and early January run there seems to be a cap on the upside, but there's also no major negatives pulling us down.

The question is how far can this particular rally go?

The expectation is that earnings growth is slowing, so any kind of improved earnings would help,

We passed the ball and kept it very well. These boys have a bit about them and I didn't think 3-1 was a true reflection on our performance. But we will dust ourselves down and come back stronger, because that is the nature of my players. In Stephen Thomson, I think I have unearthed a gem in midfield.

We like technology still because it is one of the better acting groups, ... We've seen a good push with the Internet stocks, but we're seeing with a bit of a warning that you have to be quick here if things start to deteriorate, to get out.

We're overbought, especially after yesterday, and there's talk that tomorrow's payroll number may disappoint, ... Yet stocks are hanging in.

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We're in a bit of a downtrend right now. There's a bit of a negative pattern technically and fundamentally. But we rarely follow through on these dips downward, ... This is a constructive process we're going through as we're working things out. It's a positive thing.

We're sure not going to discourage people from helping. But we can't just send untrained people into a disaster zone.

You have a lot going on this week. But emotionally, for lots of us in New York and elsewhere, Wednesday is the big day.

You had a pretty good day yesterday -- there was broadness in the rally and good volume, ... We're taking a day to fill in here. Things still look relatively positive, it's just consolidation or a rest after yesterday's action.

Everything came down to key support levels late last week and so I think you're seeing a bounce off that, ... You've also got some economic reports that are being perceived favorably, plus McDonald's earnings.

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There's not a huge rally building now, but we've seen a little pattern in the past few weeks of rally, scale back, and then continue, and we may see that again,

There's just a lot of nervousness out there and the trading is reflecting that. We're going to need some sort of resolution in terms of Pakistan and India and some sort of corporate catalyst before things can really turn around, ... In the short term, that doesn't seem to be there.

So much of this economic news has been anticipated that you're not going to get much reaction either way, to better than expected news, or to something that misses estimates,

Techs are up, because the selling is basically done for now. The sector has been so out of favor, with everybody downgrading it, that you're getting this end-of-the-quarter bounce.

Russell has a great appetite for the game ... I thought he might have been tired after Wednesday but he played superbly again. His composure is outstanding and his passing is flawless. My only worry is that sometimes maybe I'm asking too much of him.

(Pride Petroleum) is not a household name. A lot of energy stocks have had pretty good moves of late, ... up around 15-to-20 percent. Pride is kind of a smaller player in the area, just kind of a stock that has a good technical pattern, a good chart, and is being dragged up by the rest of the group, and with higher energy prices we think that one can do better.

Our desire was sadly lacking at Motherwell and that was very disappointing. We need to play our passing game and stop Celtic having the ball.

After WorldCom, Qwest and everything else, the market is having a 'When will this end?' and 'Which company is next?' reaction, ... So even though this isn't exactly a surprise, it shakes investor confidence even more.

After Greenspan changed the language in the statement last time, there is some apprehension about what he'll say,

So you have quality assets, you have an operating concern that is looked on as the jewel in the crown of the North American producer group.

Oil is out there, and any time it rallies, it's a concern to stocks,

Oil is on everyone's mind. We're expecting a fall in inventories, but instead we get a rise,

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You're seeing a follow-through of what you've seen this week, ... On Monday, you had some profit-taking after Saddam Hussein's capture, Tuesday you saw a rally, Wednesday it consolidated and today we're up again. I would expect the week to end on an up note.

This is equally as exciting, and nerve-wracking and rewarding as last time. Those two smiles - on Sarah's face when she won the Olympics and on Emily's face last night ... boy.

This is the first one after the election, and I think it will be seen as more indicative of economic growth than previous ones, which were looked at in terms of the election,

The weakness could be driven by earnings, or a slowing own in the economy, or even uncertainty over the Iraqi elections. The violence is escalating and it's an overhang for the market.

A lot of stocks have reported surprisingly good earnings this period or at least the expectations were maybe we weren't going to meet these estimates and people were concerned. But they have been performing a little bit better of late. Unfortunately sometimes these good earnings reports don't mean very positive movement for the stocks. Sometimes the stocks have run up in anticipation. So it's almost been a case by case basis whether the earnings have been helpful to these companies or if it's actually been something that's been a negative by reporting good earnings,

They need to get back on track and focus on what they do well. They have a good, defensible position. Once they get the business back on track then they can consider some of the potential options.

They're not so jaded; they haven't done it 20 times before. When you go on location in Chicago, even the onlookers are thrilled.

They're not so jaded; they haven't done it 20 times before, ... When you go on location in Chicago, even the onlookers are thrilled.

It's finally something that you can hang your hat on, ... I think the one-day rally always is more impressive to the average person, but people should be more impressed with the last three days.

It's more difficult than you think. We'll get there. I promise.

It's a pretty good start to the year, ... You have a lot of small-cap, lower-priced stocks gaining, which is typical of January, but you also have gold, metals and a number of other sectors participating.

It's going to start bad but the key is how the market finishes. You've haven't really had any good earnings reports just yet and after the big run-up, you're going to have a lot of people questioning whether or not there is valid, fundamental support for that run.

The news is all positive, but it was what the market had built in, ... There was nothing spectacular about the numbers. The market is still in a correction phase, and it will continue for the next four or five weeks -- at least through Labor Day.

The numbers today will confirm what the Fed's been saying -- they're concerned about inflation, but they don't think it's an imminent concern,

That's now 42 goals against which averages two a game. That means we need to get three goals to win a match. That's why we went five at the back, to give them a hand. We sacrificed the flair up front, knowing that they were on the bench and we could throw them on.

It's not as if we haven't dealt with crude prices at these levels, but again you're pushing up against the historic highs.

It's not a really good start to the new year, ... I would term it sloppy at best, concerning at worst.

That is the kind of (bad) luck we have been having whole season. All we can do is keep working hard and hope the breaks go our way.

It's important he doesn't get too caught up in it all, because it takes a lot out of you and he'll need to make sure he's getting his rest as well.

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It's been volatile and sloppy today. I'm not pleased with the action, ... But we're not down that much, so you've got to put it in perspective. There's a lot of confusion about the confidence number and the bond market's reaction.

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It will be a very hard replay. But we are still in the draw and now we will have to dig in again in order to get through.

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They came out after half, more aggressive. We had good match ups; we just couldn't find a way to score in the second half.

There's very little buying interest right now and there are concerns with the Dow and S&P 500 falling close to the January lows,

The chips and the Nasdaq, that's where the leadership was in the April to May rally, and after two weeks of sideways trading, we're seeing a bit of a resurgence in that area,

I'm not sure that there is anyone that would want to take on the company, given the current circumstances.

I fully expected Livingston to cause us a bit of discomfort in these last few weeks. But our future is very much in our own hands just now and I can't ask any more from the players than what they are giving me just now. We are unbeaten in our last three games, we have lost only one goal in that time and we are picking up points. My only criticism is that the players are showing the tension they are obviously feeling and that is stopping them from playing in their usual free-flowing manner, but it is an understandable reaction bearing in mind what is at stake. All I can ask is that they remain focused and concentrate on winning their last four games.

If you look at the market overall, you are in a negative place technically, ... The whole thing on the international front is kind of noise. It's a distraction from the fact that the economy is still choppy and that's why stocks aren't going anywhere. You almost want to get this whole geopolitical thing out of the way so stocks can just go down, which is where they would be without this, instead of just drifting.

I have to say that we weren't as sharp as we should be - that was evident from an early stage in the game,