Ford Motor Company
NYSE: F
$10.57
+$0.12 (+1.1%)
Closing Price on October 4, 2024
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According to Reuters, the bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (FRE) was greeted with cautious optimism. Reuters says the the Justice Department has hired a litigator to look into antitrust issues...
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According to Reuters, the government takeover of Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE) will do little to help the mortgage market short-term. Reuters writes that Lehman (LEH) made a number of...
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Ford (F) wants investors to think that there is profit in small cars. Since there is no money in SUVs and pick-ups, that is the company’s only option. Gas prices are probably not going back to $2 a...
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The evidence that sales at many companies are struggling and that employment will suffer are almost everywhere. Recently, a division of GMAC said it would let 5,000 people go. According to MSNBC,...
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"Worst case scenario" is a term used by people who have been out of business school for less that two years. It is a buffoon’s way of saying that a firm has gone directly to the Ninth Circle of...
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There was some ray of hope that the second half of the year would be OK when the government revised GDP up 2.2% for the second quarter. A number of economists looked at the figures and said they...
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Robert Lutz, the oldest car company executive in the history of the industry, recently said that Detroit could not raise the money it needs to retool its plants to build fuel-efficient cars. The...
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Toyota (TM) has already cut its sales targets for its fiscal 2008 year. Now it is taking down its forecast for 2009. According to The Wall Street Journal, "Japan’s biggest car maker by sales volume...
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Ford (F) Oil moves up. Drops to $4.25 from a 52-week high of $9.24. Nexmed (NEXM) Drug trial problems. Falls to $.23 from a 52-week high of $.1.87. Cell Genesys (CEGE) Drug trial problems. Plunges to...
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Short sellers believe that they have seen the bottom for financial shares and exited the industry en masse. Shares sold short in Merrill Lynch (MER) fell 12.6 million to 42.3 million. Short interest...
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Ford (F) came within a nickel of its 52-week low yesterday, hitting $4.35. News also came out that the US car companies will urge Congress to support funding up to $50 billion in low-interest loans...
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Several reports indicate that GM (GM, Ford (F), and Chrysler are approaching the government for a total of $25 billion in loans at interest rates as low as 4.5%. The money could come in the form of...
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The quality of American cars was supposed to be getting better. Perhaps that was an illusion. Part of the reason that investors thought GM (GM) and Ford (F) could come back was that their vehicles...
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Car sales in China may not have gone negative year-over-year, but they are getting close. In July, sedan sales were only up 1.9%. If SUVs and light trucks are thrown in, the increase was 6.8%. So,...
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According to Reuters, Ford (F) will build a news luxury crossover vehicle. Reuters writes that Merrill Lynch (MER) will freeze all hiring through the end of the year. Reuters reports that the FAA...
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