Ford Motor Company
NYSE: F
$11.07
-$0.17 (-1.5%)
Closing Price on October 25, 2024
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Part of what was supposed to happen in Detroit this year was that the new UAW contract was going to lower costs for the Big Three. This would bring their cost to produce a vehicle more in line with...
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Chrysler is recalling over 575,000 vehicles. According to Reuters "long-term wear on the gear shift assembly could cause them to shift out of park without the key in the ignition." The move does no...
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The November 30 short interest of NYSE traded stocks shows that the market is predicting a further drop in financial and tech stocks. The numbers compare to November 15, 2007. The short interest in...
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The new cost cuts at GM (GM) and Ford (F) are not going to help them with their debt service. Cash flow will be hurt by a combination of lower US car sales and the money borrowed to set up health...
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A booming market in widgets makes most widget company management look good. It turns out to be the same with private equity. The people who run Blackstone (BX) looked like rocket scientists when...
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Going back to 1962, GM (GM) sold half of all the cars bought in America. By 1981, it had only dropped to 45%. In 1999, the Big Three still had a 71% share of the US market. Based on November numbers,...
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Ford (F) and GM (GM) said they would cut back production for 2008. Demand is just not there due to higher fuel prices and a slow economy. But, that is not the entire reason. The US car companies now...
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November was supposed to be ugly for domestic car sales, but Ford (F) did fine. Ford sales totaled 182,951, up 0.4 percent versus a year ago. The company had seen 12 straight months of sales...
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According to Reuters, a fire closed most of the oil pipeline between the US and Canada. Reuters writes that the head of VW said the the Russian car market would eventually be the largest in Europe....
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According to Reuters, GM (GM) will begin to build hybrid cars in China next year. Reuters writes that BHP Billiton (BHP) is insisting that a merger with Rio Tinto (RTP) will not raise pricing...
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Short interest for stocks traded on the NYSE was up about 3% for the period ending November 15 compared to the October 31 numbers. Bets against big financials sky-rocketed, and positions in some...
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Ford has world class management now, at least according to the company. It has a better deal with the UAW, which improves its balance sheet and will sharply improve its cost base in North America....
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According to Reuters, the Fed’s decision to make an October rate cute was a "close call." Reuters writes that Paulson said home loan defaults will be much higher in 2008. Reuters writes that HP’s...
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The promise of fuel cell cars has been a long arduous prospect for investors and for green-tech consumers alike. Last week marked the more official unveiling of Honda Motor’s FCX Clarity, the...
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Imagine what would happen if vehicle sales in the US dropped nearly 10% from one year to the next. Car sales did drop 11% in America during 1991 and hit a low of 14.5 million vehicles two years...
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