Crazy or Gutsy? The Call for $2 on General Electric (GE)
We rarely have time to watch video interviews from around the web early in the morning, but what choice is there when someone is calling for General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) to be worth…
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GE’s (GE) CEO Jeff Immelt wants the US to focus on rebuilding its manufacturing economy in the hopes of expanding the American export base. The notion is laudable, but financially impossible. GE will launch a national…
Good News For GE (GE): Siemens See Stimulus Revenue
It should be considered significant good news for GE (GE) that Siemens (SI) says its revenue from global stimulus packages would be huge. According to Reuters, the conglomerate claims that it expects new orders…
Even Good News Does Not Lift GE (GE) Shares
Just a few months ago, a relatively large number of investors and analysts thought that GE’s (G) earnings would be crushed by losses at it financial unit. That did not happen and first quarter…
GE (GE) Gets Its Pride Back, But Not Its Stock Price
GE’s financial business was supposed to be worth zero, or worse. Deutsche Bank analysts said it had a negative valuation of $50 billion. Some publicity-seeking stock commentators said the entire company was worthless. GE…
Buffett & Berkshire Hathaway Disclose Holdings G to O (BRK-A, GCI, GE, GSK, HD, IR, IRM, JNJ, KFT, LOW, MTB, MCO, NLC, NKE, NSC, NRG)
The first quarter of 2009 Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A)(BRK-B) holdings are now out for the cut off date here of March 31, 2009. There are some changes from the end…
Taxing Offshore Operations A Huge Blow To US Multinationals
The US Treasury needs money to offset growing deficits and the Administration plans to get that capital by whatever means are necessary. According to The Wall Street Journal, the new proposal “aims to change…
Buffett & Berkshire Primer Ahead of Annual Meeting (BRK-A, BRK-B, BNI, USG, TIF, HOG)
This weekend will mark the annual shareholder meeting for Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B). In the past, this has been considered the Financial Woodstock. But this is a much different year. Berkshire…
Qualcomm (QCOM) Finally Wises Up
Qualcomm’s (QCOM) management has not done its investors any favors by fighting wars with its largest customer, Nokia (NOK), and its largest rival, Broadcom (BRCM). The battles, over royalties and intellectual property have put…
The Silver Lining of Lower DJIA Earnings (CAT, KO, DD, IBM, MRK, UTX)
There have been some pretty poor reports on earnings from DJIA components such as Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT), The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO), EI DuPont de Nemours & Co. (NYSE: DD), International Business Machines…
GE (GE) Confounds Its Critics
As usual, the GE (GE) quarterly report was a massive compilations of numbers on its various divisions and their performance compared to last year. The only number Wall St. cared about what the one…
GE (GE) Adds $10 Billion In Market Cap On Earnings Optimism
GE (GE) is surging based on the assumption that results from Wells Fargo (WFC) are an indication that earnings from the conglomerate’s financial services business will be relatively strong. The stock is trading up…
Moody’s Joins S&P In G.E. Downgrade (GE)
Moody’s Investor Services has decided to join in on the downgrade of General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE). This downgrade takes the unsecured debt ratings of GE itself and General Electric Capital Corp (“GECC”), and…
The Fallacy of Buffett Takeover Lists (BRK-A, SYY, VFC, DHR, BNI, WFC, COP)
It seems that there is renewed interest in a Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) acquisition strategy for another large takeover. This has always been on the table, and as we noted…
S&P Takes 3M Down A Notch (MMM, GE)
Standard & Poor’s has just downgraded conglomerate 3M Company’s (NYSE: MMM) corporate credit and senior unsecured ratings to “AA-” from “AA.” It affirmed the “A-1+” short-term credit rating and the new outlook is listed…