Winners & Losers in Auto Parts (JCI, ALV, BWA, GNTX)
Morningstar is well known for fund research and ratings, but the company also focuses on research in many equities and ETF products as well. One of today’s focal points was on what lies ahead…
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There were strong gains in three Tickerspy indexes over the most recent 30-day period. This month’s biggest gainers are in broadcast TV, vehicle rental, and radio stocks. Broadcast TV stocks are up 30.8% in the past month. The best…
Ford Soars
Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F]) reported first quarter 2010 net income of $2.1 billion, or 50 cents per share, a $3.5 billion improvement from first quarter 2009, as strong selling new products, improvements in…
Auto Sales Probably Took A Sharp Dive In April: Toyota, Ford, And GM Will Fight For No.1 Spot
The incentives that drove March domestic car sales have begun to go away. These were driven primarily by manufacturers who needed to match Toyota’s (NYSE: TM) discounts as it tried to regain market share on the…
Chrysler: Losing Money Is Never Good News
The pig was out at Chrysler and so was the red lipstick. The floundering US car company presented the case that its $197 million loss in the first quarter was perfectly fine.The firm also…
Misleading Research: Americans Now Prefer American Cars
American cars have now passed their Asian competitors in the quality race among US consumers. The new Associated Press-GfK Poll shows that “38 percent say U.S. cars are best and 33 percent prefer autos made…
Toyota Will Pay $16 Million Fine, But Guilt Gets Dodged
According to many media sources, Toyota Motor Corporation (NYSE: TM) will pay the $16.4 million penalty levied on it for not disclosing sticking pedal information which eventually caused the company to recall millions of…
Ford Captures Lead in European Auto Market & Slams Opel Bailout
Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) is crowing this morning. The company claimed that it is the leader in European sales for the month of March, displacing Volkswagen AG for the top spot. Ford sold…
Who Put Consumer Reports In Charge Of Car Testing?
Consumer Reports’ monopoly on auto testing remains largely unquestioned. Recently, the magazine found that the Lexus 460 rolls over. In years past, it has found problems with Jeeps and Firestone tires. The question is…
Car Sales In China, The Industry’s Salvation, Rise 63% In March
Car sales in China during March rose 63% to 1.26 million according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers. US domestic vehicles sales for the same period were 1.07 million. When trucks were included…
Toyota Was Warned Of Defects By Inside Employee
The smoking gun inside Toyota (TM) has been found. An executive warned his colleagues in the US that cars made by the Japanese company had severe defects. the warning came weeks before the world’s…
A bailout of the bailout of Detroit?
GM and Chrysler are short about $17 billion in contributions to the pension plans of their workers, or so says the a report from the United States General Accountability Office on the progress of…
DOT Wants Toyota To Pay Maximum Fine
The Department of Transportation wants to make Toyota (TM) pay the maximum civil penalty– $16.375 million– for “failing to notify the auto safety agency of the dangerous ‘sticky pedal’ defect for at least four months, despite knowing…
The US Fixes The Car Industry And Plans To Break It Again
GM and Chrysler will pay the government back their tens of billions of dollars in loans by 2016 or go bust in the attempt. That is the year that the The White House wants…
Toyota Finds Forgiveness In China And Japan
Toyota (TM) found some measure of redemption in the US last month. Its sales rose 43% over March 2009. Its unit sales were nearly the same as those of GM and Ford (F) and…