Hugh Johnson
Hugh Johnson
Hugh Johnson OBEis a British author and expert on wine. He is considered the world's best-selling wine writer. His 1961 tasting of a bottle of 1540 Steinwein from the German vineyard Würzburger Stein is considered to potentially be one of the oldest wines to have ever been tasted...
ProfessionNon-Fiction Author
Date of Birth10 March 1939
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The question I get asked a lot is what's it going to take to get investors back in the game. One is leadership, for the President to take some steps and make some statements that show he's ahead of the curve.
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Time to dig in and start to go.
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I get worried about so much optimism and the fact that the market is overvalued,
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If the Fed raises rates three times, they're not doing it just to have fun. Life is good.
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The one thing you don't want to ignore is the stock market itself,
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The problem is there are exceptions. You're still left with the question: Is this the time when it won't work?
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Those are some 'old economy' picks. But a lot of those companies, quite frankly, look very 'new economy' to me, lately.
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Those of us who said technology is immune, that was too strong a statement.
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We had a very solid move up in stocks in the first quarter. There's a good chance that what the markets will be left with is a great deal of uncertainty or even the belief that more rate increases are coming.
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When the markets struggled for a technical bounce in the morning, that was investors sending a message that we're either heading toward an economic recession or toward a profits recession.
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We did have a little rain last Friday and Saturday, but this is the biggest rainfall we've had in months.
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We might get blindsided by some (hedge fund) announcement that nobody's anticipating, ... You worry about another big bolt out of the blue.
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Yesterday's weak ISM number shows the manufacturing sector is just limping along. Another report this week suggests that Friday's August employment report may not be very good. Worries about the economy resurface and are reflected in stocks,
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Yes, it creates volatility around the world when they pounce. As a small investor, you should keep an eye on hedge fund activity?It's going to be a part of our financial landscape. You're going to have to live with that.