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This post was written by admin on October 29, 2008
“Why Do Ford, GM and DCX Alone Still Speak for the Industry …
"Why Do Ford, GM and DCX Alone Still Speak for the Industry?" - Wall Street Journal
Overwhelming queries are bombarding the auto industry but why is it that there are only a chosen few that speaks for the entire industry? That is also the inquiry that Wall Street Journal ought to answer.
"Why do Ford, GM and DCX alone speak for the industry?" That was the query posed by Wall Street Journal as reported by the AIADA newsletter. Said statement was extracted as the paper explores on lack of connectivity regarding Detroit’s dilemmas to that of the entire United States auto industry.
Wall Street Journal said, "GM, Ford, Chrysler and their enablers in the new Congress [Michigan Democrats] would have you believe otherwise, but outside of Michigan the U.S. remains a great place to produce vehicles." It added, "Consumers have more choices in what to drive and better quality than ever. And prices are competitive. Government intervention in a market this healthy can only increase the chances that it won’t stay that way."
The obvious fact is that Detroit automakers are still dominating the automotive arena even though the international car manufacturers are increasing its market shares and continuously extends their operations in the US.
According to automotive statistics, about 43 percent of all passenger cars and light trucks sold in the US account for international vehicle manufacturers. Furthermore, approximately 60 percent of the entire sales of cars and light trucks in the US by said manufacturers are built in the US.
Wall Street Journal also reported that a recent study conducted by Cato Institute’s Daniel Griswold and Daniel Ikenson found out that each of the top 10 selling cars and trucks in the first 6 months of this year is produced at US facilities.
"Toyota Camry, Honda Accord, Chevy Impala (GM), Ford Taurus, Nissan Altima, Ford Explorer, Chrysler Town & Country, and other models that round off the most popular 20, regardless of the location of company headquarters, are produced in U.S. plants by American workers who contribute to the local, state, and national economies through their employment, expenditures, and taxes," the authors of the newsletter further noted.
Toyota is famous for its consistency approach and quality Toyota body parts. Ford and GM are also known for their determination and steadfast strength of character. Toyota, which is said to be struggling to dethrone GM will find it difficult to pass through its shield. Moreover, Ford is still holding on to its reign in the truck segment of the auto industry. The auto battle is still sizzling as ever.
| By Tracy Dawson Published: 11/26/2006 |
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This post was written by admin on October 29, 2008
“Why Do Ford, GM and DCX Alone Still Speak for the Industry …
"Why Do Ford, GM and DCX Alone Still Speak for the Industry?" - Wall Street Journal
Overwhelming queries are bombarding the auto industry but why is it that there are only a chosen few that speaks for the entire industry? That is also the inquiry that Wall Street Journal ought to answer.
"Why do Ford, GM and DCX alone speak for the industry?" That was the query posed by Wall Street Journal as reported by the AIADA newsletter. Said statement was extracted as the paper explores on lack of connectivity regarding Detroit’s dilemmas to that of the entire United States auto industry.
Wall Street Journal said, "GM, Ford, Chrysler and their enablers in the new Congress [Michigan Democrats] would have you believe otherwise, but outside of Michigan the U.S. remains a great place to produce vehicles." It added, "Consumers have more choices in what to drive and better quality than ever. And prices are competitive. Government intervention in a market this healthy can only increase the chances that it won’t stay that way."
The obvious fact is that Detroit automakers are still dominating the automotive arena even though the international car manufacturers are increasing its market shares and continuously extends their operations in the US.
According to automotive statistics, about 43 percent of all passenger cars and light trucks sold in the US account for international vehicle manufacturers. Furthermore, approximately 60 percent of the entire sales of cars and light trucks in the US by said manufacturers are built in the US.
Wall Street Journal also reported that a recent study conducted by Cato Institute’s Daniel Griswold and Daniel Ikenson found out that each of the top 10 selling cars and trucks in the first 6 months of this year is produced at US facilities.
"Toyota Camry, Honda Accord, Chevy Impala (GM), Ford Taurus, Nissan Altima, Ford Explorer, Chrysler Town & Country, and other models that round off the most popular 20, regardless of the location of company headquarters, are produced in U.S. plants by American workers who contribute to the local, state, and national economies through their employment, expenditures, and taxes," the authors of the newsletter further noted.
Toyota is famous for its consistency approach and quality Toyota body parts. Ford and GM are also known for their determination and steadfast strength of character. Toyota, which is said to be struggling to dethrone GM will find it difficult to pass through its shield. Moreover, Ford is still holding on to its reign in the truck segment of the auto industry. The auto battle is still sizzling as ever.
| By Tracy Dawson Published: 11/26/2006 |
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This post was written by admin on October 29, 2008
Negativeinterest rates
ifff the real inflation rate for daily living is 2.5% +, and the fed funds rate is 1%, then in reality, interest rates have turned negative. classsically, this means a delfationary scenario. it is being done to prevent a deflationary scenario for fixed assets such as real estate, homes, buildings.
in analysing crimes, the fundamental principle is cui bono–who benefits?
if all that happens is another round of refinancing to make th payment rate doable, without supporting the ability to earn the payments, this too will cycle into the next wave, as fibonacci dances.
i found an amusing drawing of fibonacci recently, done by the team that is trying to make this websitre workable….
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This post was written by admin on October 29, 2008
warrants: the mm’s death star
More than once in this little corner of th world, i will be making reference to a stock that has been on the :obb, nasd:sc, nasd:nm, amex, and back to nasd:obb–the penny stock boards…sometimes called "pinks" ahthough pink sheets refers to a different marketing system now, thankfully, lost to history..i hope.
As an example of what the prudent speculator should examine while doing the dd (due diligence) to manufacture a chart, warrnats serve as an example of fundamental analysis that will need be considered.
A warrant is the right to buy from the treasury (the treasury of the corp "warrants" or promises that the total authorised includes an allowance for future stick not issued) a warrant for some large discount, that becomes a coupon to rtade for a share of stock under certain conditions.
Thus, corp yuck:nasd:obb whose common traddes at 7/8, can sell warrants @ let’s say 3/16, which are tradable 1:1 for a share of common >>>if<<< the average trading price of yuck is at or above 1 1/2 for 30 days before 122112….december 21, 2012…the winter solstice and end of the world.
to make the warrants attractive, an mm will keep the ticker as close to that level as he ca get it. the warrants get sold, te treasury takes the money, and the comoany then watches the mm sell off, shorting into the raly he built, collecting his fees for moving the warrant, whle the corp screams about evl manipulators..while waknig away with free cash.
here’s a chart:
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=BTIM.OB&t=5d&l=on&z=m&q=l&c=
here’s another…lol..
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=BTIMW.OB&t=5d&l=on&z=m&q=l&c=
whoops…
so…what is the soruce of this week long rally?
fundamentals?
a news release?
or…..could it be…. mm games?
or do they all work together?
the prudent speculator wants to know.
before he hits the trigger. he gets to know by doing is dd well in advance, and never being done with it. only then do the charts become tea leaves…
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This post was written by admin on October 27, 2008
a guide to market triggers and manipulation
recently i have seen a lot of ads for software that claims to spot
upcoming two-baggers for you, out of a zillion or so "penny stocks"
"penny stocks" is an old term meaning very little.
another term is nasd:obb whch means the ticker meets some very small prereqs.
the usual only pre-re is that some mm will make the "market".
becuase once upon a time, not all that long ago, there were pink sheets,
there were blue sheets for pork, red sheets for beef,
pink sheets for thinly trded stocks, such stocks were called "pinks."
this program
http://makemoneyathomeadnetwork.com/link/24/
masked here to protect the guilty,
runs thousands of such stocks and does candlestick analysis on them.
candlestick analysis is the original t/a, invented in japan 200 years ago.
this program looks for breakouts.
it uses a central rlational database and sees what people choose to look at.
because of this, the owners are able to see who likes what.
this knowledge gves an edge that influences the chart.
i tested the software, and it had better than a random wall average.
just about every ticker it liked was a dog, whore stock, being run.
run by omebody who neded the momo to make a deal.
those who are fast enough on the trigger might be able to use it.
those who are not dead fast on the trigger may get run over by it.
many people offer to sell it to you.
that suggests to me the money is in the sale not the product.
that would be dd in action.
so what dd do u do?
peter lynch once said, if you don’t uderstand it-don’t own it.
is that true for your port?
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This post was written by admin on October 23, 2008
what does this mean–proportionally?
Here’s the daily factoid about the world economy:
“Governments around the world have promised $3.3 trillion to guarantee bank deposits and bank-to-bank lending, and in many cases have taken stakes in struggling banks.
“With honesty on bank balance sheets and enough government bucks, private investors will come back in,” said Lawrence J. White, professor of economics at New York University’s Stern School of Business, who helped oversee the liquidation of savings and loan assets in the late 1980s and early 1990s.”
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081021/bs_nm/us_financial5_100
okay.. so what is the daily churn of money world wide? in 2007 the world gdp was estimated at $54.3 trillion so we end up with about 22 days worth of activity… another way to look at this is that the whole world got 3 weeks late on a payment. and thus ground to a compleat halt? no, but certainly heading that way, economically.
the question in my mind is, ok, why was the payment late? where did it get spent? answers like “corruption and politics” will always be correct, so they don’t count. Look for where it got spent, and stay away from there. look for where it didn’t get spent, and get in now. Kerkorian likes gambling and hospitality–more than he likes industry. gee, maybe industry has a chance now.
the noise about this emergency is politically driven. the question is what political solutions will become the next noise factor.
got an idea? drop it by.
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This post was written by admin on October 22, 2008
Japanese Win Sweeteners in Morgan Stanley Rescue
Japanese Win Sweeteners in Morgan Stanley Rescue
Investment bank reprieved as Mitsubishi UFJ steps in to send share prices rocketing
Morgan Stanley won vital breathing space yesterday by closing a deal to secure $9bn (5.2bn) of funding from Japan’s largest bank, alleviating fears about the 73-year-old Wall Street firm’s financial position.
After a frantic weekend of negotiations, Morgan Stanley secured the cash injection in exchange for sweetened terms giving Mitsubishi UFJ a higher return, a boardroom seat and a stake of about 21%.
The closure of the deal sent Morgan Stanley’s shares rocketing by 52% to $14.78 during early trading in New York, ending a sell-off that caused the stock to plunge by almost 60% last week.
In a memo to the bank’s 48,000 staff, Morgan Stanley’s chief executive, John Mack, acknowledged the scale of the scare that has gripped the global financial services institution. “These are truly unprecedented times, and I know the past few weeks have been difficult for all of you,” said Mack. “Tough times like this test people, and the people of Morgan Stanley have risen to the challenge.”
The backing of Mitsubishi is likely to reassure investors after a swirl of rumors, denied by Morgan Stanley, that the US bank’s financial position was weakening.
Mitsubishi, which has some $1.1tn in deposits, decided to invest last month. But, weakened by a slide in market confidence, Morgan Stanley has agreed to give it extra preference shares with a dividend yield of 10% in place of common stock.
The US treasury secretary, Henry Paulson, has made it clear that he will not allow another major Wall Street firm to follow Lehman Brothers into bankruptcy.
Mitsubishi’s president, Nobuo Kuroyanagi, said: “Despite a very challenging environment, MUFG [Mitsubishi] and Morgan Stanley have demonstrated our mutual commitment to this strategic alliance and have revised the terms of our investment in the best interests of both companies and our shareholders.”
The US bank said the money would bring its ratio of core capital to risk-weighted assets to 15.5%, well above the 6% required by the Federal Reserve to be considered “well capitalized”. Morgan Stanley said it had $900bn of assets, down from $987bn at the end of August.
Insiders at Morgan Stanley said the bank would have no immediate need to tap the US treasury for funds under an expected government initiative to recapitalise the banking sector. Executives believe the bank has been caught in a back draft of unjustified panic among investors still reeling from the speed at which Lehman and Bear Stearns unraveled this year.
Sources close to Morgan Stanley insist there was no justification for the sell-off in its shares, which could have been aggravated by speculators after the lifting of a US ban on short-selling financial stocks.
The credit rating agency Moody’s fanned the fires of skepticism last week by putting Morgan Stanley on watch for a downgrade. The financier George Soros appealed to the US treasury to help, writing in the Financial Times that Morgan Stanley “urgently needs rescue”.
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This post was written by admin on October 22, 2008
