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GM (GM) distributed its turnaround plan to Congress. It was almost exactly what the market expected, but it fudges one key issue, which is what happens to the company's finances if it loses a great deal more market share. According to the firm, "GM is seeking a term bridge loan facility from the Federal government of $12 billion to cover operating requirements under a baseline forecast of 12 mi...
Hedge funds have had a lousy year, losing an average of 10.8%. But two hedge funds -- big winners in 2007 -- kept making money this year as well. Meanwhile, those two winners mask an awful lot of losers who will probably find their way into oblivion. The winners for 2008 (at least through September) are run by James Simons ( a math genius whose money-making techniques elude explanation) and Joh...
Picking out a CEO to go in technology right now might seem as though the argument could be almost any of them if you count share price only. That is doubly true if you look at just DRAM and flash memory makers. But the one stand out company which could use a new CEO is SanDisk Corp. (NASDAQ: SNDK). Dr. Eli Harari is a co-founder of the company, and he sits as Chairman, CEO, and as a member of ...
Two days before the chief executives of Detroit’s Big Three - General Motors Corp. (GM), Ford Motor Co. (F), and Chrysler Corp. - march back to Capitol Hill to again petition Congress for a $25 billion bailout, details about each company’s plan to scale back operations are emerging. Each CEO - GM’s Richard Wagoner, Ford Chief Executive Alan Mulally and Chrysler’s Robert ...
Now that US economy is officially in recession, the big question on everyone’s mind is, how long will it last? So far, the current recession is the fourth longest in the past 80 years and its on track to be as long as recession in the 1970s and 80s, which lasted for 16 months. However we are still a long ways from the Great Depression, when the recession lasted for 43 months or more than ...
A reader recently asked me to give a look at the German DAX Index in terms of a possible Elliott Wave Count to see how it related to the US Equity Indexes. Here is my preferred count on the DAX Index on both the Weekly and then zooming in on the fractal Daily Count: German DAX Weekly: The DAX Elliott count is very similar to that of the S&P 500 (^GSPC), with the exception that the topping ...
MERCEDES-BENZ (DAI): REPORTS US NOV SALES -30% Hyundai (HYMLF.PK): REPORTS US NOV SALES -40% Y/Y MAZDA: REPORTS US NOV SALES -31.3% Y/Y GM (GM): REPORTS NOV VEHICLE SALES -41.3% V -33%E BMW: REPORTS US NOV SALES -36.1% HONDA (HMC): REPORTS NOVEMBER US SALES -31.6% CHRYSLER: REPORTS NOV SALES -30% Y/Y PORSCHE: REPORTS US NOV SALES 1,378 V 2,662; -49% Y/Y FORD (F): REPORTS NOV SALES -30.6% V -32%...
According to WSJ, former AOL (TWX) Chief Executive Jonathan Miller is trying to raise money to buy part or all of Yahoo (YHOO). Miller, who runs venture capital fund Velocity Interactive Group with partner Ross Levinsohn, the former president of Fox Interactive Media (NWS), has discussed the idea with Yahoo board members, and believes that a deal in the range of $20 to $22 a share is possible. ...
As we enter the final month of 2008, it’s time to start thinking about what will be hot in 2009. To start that off, I want to revisit this post I made on SeekingAlpha in late September of 2008 — a little more than two months ago — regarding preserving your wealth in our current economic downturn. Here’s a reassessment of that view: 1. My macroeconomic view remains unchan...