Ford management continues a media tour in which it slowly signals layoffs. The most recent example is a comment by its chief financial officer. CFO John Lawler told Yahoo! Finance that “We’re working on…
Bloomberg News ran a damning article about the composition of the top management and the board of recently created Warner Bros. Discovery. CEO David Zaslav has been an American management superstar for years, and…
Meta Platforms, the oddly named parent of Facebook, posted its worst earnings in memory. Its shares now trade at $162, down from a 52-week high of $384.33. Its current market cap is $450 billion,…
Some research about the consumer satisfaction of people who consume news online does not distinguish between whether news sites are liberal or conservative. The new “ACSI E-Business Study 2021-2022” was just released and is…
Electronics retailer Best Buy has already been on the ropes because of recent earnings disappointments and deep concerns about future quarters. It turns out that concerns were well founded. Best Buy announced it would…
Ford Motor Company posted much better-than-expected numbers for its most recent quarter. And, it explained why its future is bright. Investors cheered the results. Based on comments about expenses, many of Ford’s employees did…
Each year, the American Customer Satisfaction Index looks at consumer reactions to hundreds of brands across dozens of industries that range from food to cars to clothing. Its most recent study is called the…
The housing market in America continues to be on fire, although there is some indication that price increases have slowed. Nevertheless, the carefully followed S&P Case Shiller home price index showed that, nationwide, home…
The Wall Street Journal reports that both The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and Ford have started to investigate whether its new and highly popular Bronco has an engine failure problem at high speed.…
Unlike many large-cap stocks, McDonald’s shares have not sold off in the market slide. As a matter of fact, they have done much better than any of the three major indexes. McDonald’s continues to…
The period when home prices rose by double digits year over year is mostly over. In some markets, sales have started to struggle significantly. These are precursors of what will become a national trend.…
Mercedes Benz sold 141,356 SUVs, and crossovers during the first half of this year. Ford’s Lincoln division sold 42,893. The gulf has persisted, more or less the same, for decades. Lincoln will never close…
Several large retailers have posted stock selloffs this year. Among them is consumer electronics company Best Buy, the shares of which have dropped nearly as much as the retail train wreck Target. So far,…
Corelogic’s real estate data are among the most carefully watched by experts. Each month, it looks at the national, state, and local markets. In its most recent report, it forecast prices from May 2022…
Many economists believe that the U.S. will enter a recession next year. Several think it has already started. One debate about the downturn is how long it will last. Will it be two or…
The future of the American car industry is grim, at least as measured by stock prices. GM’s share price has dropped 40% this year, and Ford’s by nearly as much. Ford has a powerful…
Prior to the pandemic, the streaming media service sector was dominated by Netflix and Amazon Prime. Each had a very different beginning. Netflix was a DVD by mail company. Started in 1997, it began…
Home prices have skyrocketed in the last two years. After a slowdown in home buying activity brought on by the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, buying activity and price increases have…
The COVID-19 pandemic dealt a brutal blow to the movie industry in 2020. Domestic box office levels were over $11 billion a year in the previous five. The number dropped 81% to $2.1 billion…
Many economists believe the U.S. (and much of the world) will fall into a recession later this year. The primary cause will be inflation. There have been some radical solutions suggested. Larry Summers, a…
