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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The question coming out of the meeting is, is the dollar's slide going to continue and will foreign investors start pulling out of stocks and bonds because of the weak dollar, ... Most people don't think this will happen, but the G7 meeting raised that concern a little.Hugh Johnson
You know, we had four great years because we had declining inflation and interest rates. There's been a sea change. We now have inflation and interest rates actually heading higher. That makes things entirely different - you can't get away with high-priced earnings or overvalued stocks and so we're going through this adjustment to a new reality.
Hugh Johnson
The worry is that the lid, or the cap, on interest rates is now off.
Hugh Johnson
It's pretty clear that companies have made money and their cash positions are high and this should help the market stage an advance in November and December.
Hugh Johnson
It seems so tied to the price of oil, that it's very hard to forecast what stocks will do next. On balance the message of the markets for the last nine trading sessions, including today, seems to have shifted to say that the price of oil is taking a chunk out of consumer spending.
Hugh Johnson
It's a migration toward value as a reflection that investors believe the growth rates of earnings are slowing. It will continue until investors are convinced that the Fed will take its foot off the break, or reduce interest rates.
Hugh Johnson
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