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Ford a Likely Survivor of the Auto-Industry Fallout
It is no surprise that Chrysler, GM and Ford F – the former Big 3, now the “Barely Surviving 3”, keep reporting abysmal sales month after month, while mounting their losses into the billions. Their stocks are at levels not seen since the 1970’s, and speculation about their survival occupies many headlines across the... »
Wall Street Bail Out
The government opened up $700 billion to our banking institutions. Some argue that Hank Paulson is partial to his friends at Goldman Sachs. Afterall, these same companies paid out millions of dollars in bonuses to their execs just last year – execs who are supposed to safeguard investor interests. First, the mortgage crisis was... »
Some American Brands Still have Integrity
In the current economic and stock market environment, where questions have been raised around business ethics, salaries and layoffs, and tarnished images of once revered American brands like Citigroup, AIG, Ford, GM, Countrywide, Lehmann Brothers, Bank of America, WaMu, Bear Stearns and many more flash across our eyes in one negative context after another,... »
Government rescues Beloved Banks but shuns Auto makers
It has now been well over a month since the $700 billion package was approved and the government came to the aid of the US banks with the hopes that it would trickle down to the consumer. However, the general feeling out there is that banks are shoring up their reserves with this money... »
Buy the Worst of Barron’s 500
Every year, Barrons publishes a ranking of the top 500 companies. A subsidiary of Credit Suisse (Holt) is the entity that has come up with the methodology for these rankings. I will not bother to explain the methodology since the point of this post is not to critique nor endorse these rankings. Rather, I... »
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