Over the past week, the 24/7 Wall St.–The Channel Checkers poll surveyed Ford dealerships to gauge business trends at the ten retailers. We asked the following questions: 1. What is the best selling vehicle currently? 2. Are…
Reuters: Global consumer confidence is improving. Reuters: GM (GM) filed for Chapter 11 and expects a quick exit. Reuters: Most US retailers probably had sales drop in May. Reuters: China gave Geithner…
In most years, shareholder meetings are not full of much change. This year has been very different in that manner, and SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) just sealed its share fate…
Douglas A. McIntyre SIRIUS XM RADIO INC. (NASDAQ: SIRI) submitted an SEC Filing today noting a significant forfeiture on the surface. CEO Mel Karmazin voluntarily forfeited an aggregate of 30,000,000 non-qualified options to purchase shares…
Douglas A. McIntyre Several of the best-funded and most-publicized tech launches of the last ten years have ended in failure. Many large technology companies which had significant market share and product advantages in large industries…
According to Reuters, stress tests results will force ten banks to have to raise nearly $75 billion. Reuters reports that Toyota (TM) lost $6.9 billion and warned of more losses ahead. Reuters…
SIRIUS XM Radio (Nasdaq: SIRI) posted a pro forma revenue gain of 5% from last year of $605.5 and posted $108.8 million in pro forma adjusted income from operations (up $179 million…
Douglas A. McIntyre According to Reuters, Bank of America (BAC) will have to raise billions of dollars. Reuters reports that a judge has approved a quick auction of Chrysler assets over the objections of creditors.…
Sirius and XM Satellite Radio were among the great cult stocks of the last decade. They were heavily traded and volatile. Investors expected their business to be the most important development in…
Douglas A. McIntyre Short selling is among the most controversial investment practices and has been blamed for sharp sell-offs in the stocks of a number of large companies, especially financial firms. Governments in both the US and…
SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) might not exactly seem like the most stable or improving company by any financial statement analysis on the surface. If that is really the case, then…
Douglas A. McIntyre Short sellers were figuring that after the bank rally late last month, banks shares were likely to give back some gains. That was working until Wells Fargo (WFC) reported that it would…
The market rise of the last two weeks has been described as a “sucker” or a bear market rally. One means about the same as the other. The premise is that the…
According to Reuters, investors in GE (GE) are still worried that the stock will not recover to its highs of last year. Reuters reports that Madoff pleaded guilty of 11 charges of…
It looks like the long-awaited tie up from Sirius XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) and Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is happening. This opens up a much larger market for SIRIUS XM. The…