5:20am ET
Economy
How Does A Market Move Up 400 Points On Bad News?
Rally caps were out in force yesterday with the Dow moving up almost 400 points. How and why it did that in a day of predominantly bad news is hard to fathom.…
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2:48am ET
Media
News Digest 4/2/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTImes, FT, Bloomberg
According to Reuters, Lehman (LEH) raised $4 billion. Reuters writes that US factory orders probably fell in February. Reuters reports that the Fed approved the JPMorgan (JPM) purchase of Bear Stearns (BSC)…
5:15pm ET
Cars and Drivers
GM (GM) King Of Online Marketing, Chrysler Plays Joker
New research out reveals that GM (NYSE:GM) has made a sharp and powerful turn to the internet for marketing. A new comScore survey shows that in January, GM delivered nearly 1.7 billion…
4:24am ET
Investing
NYSE Short Interest: Investors Turn Against Finance And Auto Stocks
The short interest in most large stocks traded on the NYSE increased as measured on March 14. The figures compare to February 29. Car stocks were hit especially hard. Shares short in…
1:22pm ET
Cars and Drivers
Bad News For Big Three: Nissan Sees Share Gains In March
No matter how much Detroit would like to change the math, the total always adds to 100%. Over the course of the last week, management from GM (NYSE:GM), Ford (NYSE:F), and Chrysler…
4:45am ET
Cars and Drivers
The Ostrich Farm: Detroit’s Trouble Gets Worse (F)(GM)(TM)
When the most powerful company in an industry says it won’t makes it numbers, the ripples are bound to look like storm-driven waves. Toyota (TM), for so long certain that it would…
11:58am ET
Cars and Drivers
US Vehicles Sales Could Hit Thirteen Year Low (GM)(F)
GM (NYSE: GM) and Ford (NYSE: F) already trade near 52-week lows because of high gas costs and the rising prices of commodities for components used in cars. Now, JP Power is…
11:49am ET
Investing
Bleak House: Despair On The 52-Week Low List (GE)(VZ)(GOOG)(C)
Those rummaging through the garbage of 52-week low lists are usually bottom-fishing investors or desperate CEOs. But, the list is so broad that it has become a tableau of the market as…
5:30am ET
Cars and Drivers
US Car Companies: Let Ford (F) And GM (GM) Merge Domestic Operations
One thing is very clear now. The plans for GM (NYSE: GM) and Ford (NYSE: F) to make money in North American in 2009 are dead as a door nail. Both stocks…
2:58pm ET
Investing
The 52-Week Low Club (CHTR)(SIGM)(GM)(F)(BSC)(VM)
Virgin Mobile (NYSE VM) Quaterly loss takes shares down. Falls to $1.90 from 52-week high of $15.69. Bear Stearns (NYSE: BSC) Market still believes that company has severe balance sheet problems. Sells…
10:04am ET
Cars and Drivers
Shares in Ford (F) And GM (GM) Collapse
The wheels finally came off in Detroit. GM (NYSE: GM) is down 8% to $19.13, a new 52-week low. The stock bounced around that level in late 2005 and early 2006 when…
10:48am ET
Cars and Drivers
Metal Commodity Price To Eat Car Company Margins, If They Had Any
Ford (NYSE: F) is trading near its 52-week low at $5.75. GM (NYSE: GM) came within a dime of its nadir today, trading at $21.43. These figures are not very different from…
6:33am ET
Cars and Drivers
VW Plans To Overtake Toyota (TM) And GM (GM) In Worldwide Sales
Bold words. VW says that by 2010 it can produce 10 million vehicles and pass Toyota (NYSE: TM) and GM (NYSE: GM) as the world’s largest car company. According to the Times…
5:02pm ET
Cars and Drivers
Delphi’s Troubles Prick GM (GM) Balance Sheet
GM (NYSE: GM) would rather not put money into its former parts operations which is now a separate company and in Chapter 11. Because of tight credit markets, the large auto company…
Douglas A. McIntyre 6:17am ET
Cars and Drivers
Strike At Suppliers Helping GM (GM)
According to Bloomberg, GM (NYSE: GM) has a 113 day supply of trucks. That is well above the 60 days that most industry analysts believe is ideal. Strikes have closed some companies…
Douglas A. McIntyre