James Paulsen Quotes

Without a 'depression panic,' short-term rates probably would have bottomed fairly close to where they are today. Essentially, the Fed has just now returned interest rates back to recession lows and can now 'begin' to tighten. - James Paulsen

With corporations sitting on excessively strong balance sheets, they've got the growth to set off a major spending cycle. - James Paulsen

What's driving the market higher is continued evidence that the economy is stronger than expected. While people are waiting for rates to peak, they are missing out on a lot of rising stock prices. - James Paulsen

What little earnings reports we have had have been a little bit more disappointing than outperforming. - James Paulsen

We've got total labor compensation growing at 6 percent. . . . We've got record-setting highs in terms of household net worth, and it's still a record high if you exclude housing. - James Paulsen

This was not a year for macro-sector bets -- whoever bet on sectors, or indexes other than energy, got extremely frustrated. This was the year of individual stocks. - James Paulsen

This economic recovery, both in the United States and globally, is staying stronger and more durable than what people thought. That means that profits are going to keep coming in better for longer, and that's pushing stock prices up. - James Paulsen

There is no message out there that rates are biting enough to shut anything down. - James Paulsen

There are a lot of different things going on than there was ... People talk about a bubble in housing, but I think there is a lot more bubbleness in oil prices. - James Paulsen

The stock market doesn't know if it should focus on the fact that the economy is strong and profit momentum is good, or that rates have to go higher. - James Paulsen

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