John Hughs Economy Quotations

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The concerns over the slowdown are little overdone, ... The economy is still growing at a good clip, though not as quickly as expected. Things are still good despite the slowdown, despite high oil prices.