Art Hogan Good Quotations

We're in that dreadful point in investor psyche where bad news is bad news and good news is bad news,

We've seen some really good stuff and some really rough stuff, ... The market has worked its way through a bottom, at least on the Nasdaq and S&P. Money is rotating, so that means it's staying in the market and that's good news.

If Bush does really well tonight, that's good for the market,

We've gone through a lot this week in terms of getting ready for the Fed, ... We've got some important news at 2:00 on Tuesday and obviously you're not going to make a huge bet in front of that. However, we seem to be in good shape for that announcement.

I think the early going, the higher oil prices are what's happening, ... We could certainly work our way through it if we get some good earnings.

I think there's a lot of things going on, ... We had some good news from companies like Oracle, great economic data this morning, and you had the market clear two key psychological hurdles recently -- the Dow passing 10,000 and the capture of Saddam Hussein. All of that brings buyers back in for the short term.

Many are beating lowered expectations, but no one is saying anything good about the future,

that we've got more good news than bad on the corporate front for the first time in a while.

We didn't see any changes in his game plan and that is clearly good news for stocks at this juncture.

We opened up the floodgates of bad news. The good news is, a lot of this is behind us, and we probably overreacted on the downside.

We opened up the floodgates of bad news, ... The good news is, a lot of this is behind us, and we probably overreacted on the downside.

The decision being expedited is good news, ... There's light at the end of the tunnel.

When the Dow was doing its swan song yesterday (Thursday), the money was staying in the market and rotating into tech, ... That's the first time that's happened this year and that's good news -- folks are changing their minds about the sectors but they're staying in the market.

We've had a few good days and the only economic number we had today was the jobless claims, ... People are starting to get nervous -- if the jobless claims look like that, what will the unemployment rate look like, and that's the driver.

The second quarter is lining up to be another good quarter but people are looking ahead to the third and fourth quarters. Barring any major upsets on the earnings calendar I'd say the market is pretty range bound.

Of course, when you have a marquee name like Microsoft disappoint, it's hard to sit up on good news.

This is definitely good news, ... Six out of the previous eight PPI reports have been higher than expected but the corresponding CPI reports have not. That means that we're not seeing the creeping effects of inflation passed on to the consumer.

This is a delayed reaction to the Fed's rate cut and it was good news, ... It looks like investors are participating.

Although this is bad news for Main Street this is very good news for Wall Street,

This may be a very volatile trading session. The market wants good numbers, but an exceedingly good report may lead to further rates increases, and that's not good for stocks. On the other hand, a bad report on top of disappointing earnings, could spark another sell-off.

It's a good day for the market, ... It's a great boon for the economy when you've got more than $70 billion in M&A activity (mergers and acquisitions), and these companies are making these moves because they think the economy is getting better.

It's good news because it shows there's no creeping inflation. And the Fed is not worried about inflation. What they care about is the manufacturing side of things, retail sales and consumer spending.

It's good to remember that it's the consumer that's going to turn this economy around -- and if the consumer is out there spending, that's a good sign,

Not to be heartless, but this is very good for Wall Street, ... And I think that is why we are seeing this market take off in the early going.

The Fed said rates are going higher, which was no surprise. But when you're in an interest rate rising environment, all the smatterings of what would be considered good news look like a confirmation that rates will rise.

The Fed said rates are going higher, which was no surprise, ... But when you're in an interest rate rising environment, all the smatterings of what would be considered good news look like a confirmation that rates will rise.

The market got whacked for no good reason on Friday.