The home builder had a disappointing fourth quarter, and the future isn't looking any better.
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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 John...
Filed under: Good newsIt must be something in the water in Bentonville, Arkansas. The tiny town is home to Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT), of course, but also the less famous America's Car-Mart (NASDAQ: CRMT), which operates 92 used car dealerships in the South-Central United States.While the auto industry is mired in the biggest downturn in its history, America's Car-Mart is posting some pretty impressi...
Filed under: Law, Bank of America (BAC), HousingEveryone cheered when Countrywide Financial, owned by Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), agreed to modify loans under a settlement with 11 state attorneys general reached in October.Everyone, that is, except the people who held those mortgages and stood to lose hundreds of millions of dollars as a result of slashed balances and reduced interest rates. S...
Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C) is still in a pinch despite more than a 100% bounce from recent lows, and its still-relatively new CEO is caught right in the middle of a storm he might not escape. This call comes with some mixed emotions because what is obvious is that Vikram Pandit has been trying to make this horrible banking year and this horrible environment as painless for the company's employe...
Filed under: General Electric (GE)Remember how admired General Electric (NYSE: GE) used to be? After its stock has tumbled 71% from its all-time high in 2000 of $58.13, I don't think people admire it much anymore. You may have missed that GE got $139 billion in loan guarantees from the FDIC a few weeks ago but nobody blinked an eyelash. Meanwhile today, GE is reporting more disappointing earnin...
Filed under: Forecasts, Recession, Financial CrisisA good rule for a forward-thinking executive to observe is never go anywhere -- at least don't walk into any meeting -- without the latest projections or models for the U.S. economy for the year ahead. How's the U.S. economy likely to perform in the year ahead? Well, here are the summaries of economist David H. Wang's models based on predetermi...
Buy, Sell or Hold Insight: GM Remains a High Risk Profit Play – Even as it Files its Turnaround Plan Today
Tue, Dec 2, 11:31 AM ET
With America’s “Big Three” automakers all due to submit turnaround plans to Congress today (Tuesday) – a requirement if General Motor Corp. (GM), Ford Motor Co. (F), and Chrysler Corp., are to receive $25 billion in government loans – I couldn’t help but recall the moment eight years ago when I realized the U.S. auto industry was skidding toward a financial c...
The home builder's fourth quarter was dismal, and things haven't since improved.
Filed under: Bad news, Industry, Ford Motor (F), General Motors (GM)Tom Libby with J.D. Power and Associates indicated Monday that November automobile sales in the U.S. will probably fall sharply due to the sagging economy and the state of all three U.S. automakers (possible bankruptcies or other maladies). In fact, the CEOs of the big three are on Capitol Hill today to try again for a $25 bill...