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Coke vs. Pepsi - Cramer's Mad Money (8/19/08) [view article]
Great article. The part on automobiles was especially interesting. Maybe GM shot themselves in the foot with their 10 year 100000 mile warranty. That's got to stimulate people to hold onto their cars longer (thus potentially sabotaging new car sales). ReplySafe Haven Investments Amid a Global Crisis [view article]
I was invested in PMs in 1988, at no time did Platinum ever "drop to $100" in one day or any other time. It came close to a $100 drop and approcahed price of gold at the time, around $400. No one who could print such a thing has any understanding of markets, research, or historical prices whatsover.But then, Marc Anthony is very poorly researched and has very shallow understanding of all the topics he touches on. Platinum's source for example.
Anthony recently this week posted on the SLV board that diamonds are made in Hell and Platinum in heaven. His rationale? Diamonds undergo high heat and pressure as they transform one type of carbon to another, and because Platinum is a heavy element that came from 'space'. above.
However, anyone with even rudimentary science, physics, chemistry, or astrophysics knowledge, is aware that platinum (like all heavy metallic elements in the universe), was created in Type1 Supernovae events where heat and pressures are enormously higher than those which create diamonds. The heat of a supernovae is 6000 TIMES the heat of the sun's core! Talk about hell!
Anthony's contentions equating previous oil emabrgo to today, are simply incorrect. Gas stayed cheap after the oil embargo, so people went back to big gas guzzlers. Today gas will NEVER be cheap again, and the future is;
a) Much smaller cars with much smaller catalytics that use much less PGM metals.
b) Hybrids, electrics, and Ethanol fueled vehicles that will use much lee to no PGM at all.
The Ford and GM sales falling off a cliff is merely a harbinger of what is to come. Smaller engines, with far less PGM metals in catalysts. Reply
Coke vs. Pepsi - Cramer's Mad Money (8/19/08) [view article]
So Cramer’s only willing to give that company four points, and Pepsi 4.5. Score: 4.5-4, Pepsi.Say did they reverse the points here? Or am i reading this wrong? Reply
GM, Ford: Big Mistakes Keep Piling Up [view article]
Just because You didn't see $4.00 gas coming doesn't mean the auto execs shouldn't have known a major price disruption was coming soon. I have a DOE/NREL document from 2001 (seems to have disappeared from the web) predicting China and India's increase in private autos, also the flattening (followed by declining) of world oil production.Expecting the them to read and act on the DOE's assessment of oil reserves and production is a lot different than predicting the oil price on a particular date. Reply
Chrysler's Rebadging Plan: Strategic Blunder for Nissan? [view article]
Markham,Please watch your grammar. We do not say more bigger, just bigger is enough.
Yoroshiku.
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GM, Ford: Big Mistakes Keep Piling Up [view article]
still no disclosures...is anybody watching??? ReplyChina's New Car Tax Could Make Luxury Cars an Endangered Species [view article]
Mercedes has been selling a small two seater for several years in EU and introduced it here last year. It has been selling very well for several months. Name escapes me right now. ReplyChina's New Car Tax Could Make Luxury Cars an Endangered Species [view article]
I wouldn't jump off the cliff yet. The Chinese market is totally controlled. When it's time to heat it up, they do. When it's time to cool off, they do.When they have an awful lot of people to employ, it seems like more content the better. On the other hand, they seriously need to do something about their air! Reply
China's New Car Tax Could Make Luxury Cars an Endangered Species [view article]
Fascinating post, thank you.I suppose that means the end of their love affair with black Buicks, as well. Reply
GM, Ford: Big Mistakes Keep Piling Up [view article]
Ford and General Motors have similar but not the same problems.Ford and General Motors need part/option reductions which they are doing that will save ton's of money.
Just a decade ago Ford and GM where so strong they were buying everything they could. They need to get ROI on their purchases. Ford determined they could not with Jag/Land Rover in a timely manor so they dumped them. Again part consolidation is key here.
All the crap about Electric cars is stupid. Not being first to market is typically the one who has less lessons learned in the auto industry. Rushing (not being ready) to the market is something that has always hurt the US autos. I think there is and will be room to enter Fuel Cell/Electric auto market after the company has truly made a product.
Talking about product mixes I think is a valid complain, but they may know more about what is selling or needed then I do. I think Ford is doing right by bring european vehicles here. I think GM is a little slower here and it may end up hurting them but GM has a good core of products.
Everyone wants to complain about Ford and GM but they have done essentially what we wanted as consumers and that is not reduce product lines. But it is time. Toyota has 3 product lines with little overlap. Ford and GM have collectively over 2 dozen product lines world wide and and have alot of over lap. This has a high cost. It is time to reduce cost.
Bitch about Ford and GM all you want. When (And they will) they straigten out, Toyota will get whipped (Honda is a much better car company). Market cap aside Ford and GM have a large foot print sand can put out.
Watch and see. :) Reply
Brand Names: Important, But Not Key to Investment Decisions [view article]
I would disagree with the notion that American cars are popular overseas, and would instead say that there are some instances where American cars do quite well overseas but they aren't a dominant brand world-wide.Yes you do see a lot of Ford Mondeos in the U.K. (they're as ubiquitous as Accords) but the overall mix is heavily slanted towards the European brands.
Ditto for a lot of other countries, you may see an American model doing well but not enough (for me anyway) to say that foreigners prefer American.
-M Reply
Brand Names: Important, But Not Key to Investment Decisions [view article]
I'm nearly 56 and remember gas lines well. But gasoline was a pittance then compared to now.I believe that the slow decline of the American auto industry began back then, when the industry stubbornly refused to change its product mix to favor smaller vehicles.
As we now see, nothing much has changed. Reply
GM, Ford: Big Mistakes Keep Piling Up [view article]
I want an electric car. All my appliances are electric, my computer is electric, my tv is electric, even my shaver is electric. GM's EV1 was electric as was Ford's Think. Those cars were crushed even though thousands of people wanted them. Now my attention is on the new Triac. Unfortunately its going to take years to ramp up to the kinds of quantities that will satisfy the market of millions like me. But I have no choice except to keep my older car on the road until these new cars come available. I want an electric car - not a hybrid - just an electric. ReplyGM, Ford: Big Mistakes Keep Piling Up [view article]
I couldn't agree with you more. Besides we shouldn't be depending on other countries anyway. It baffles me that GM and Ford didn't see this coming. We've been dealing with the same problem for 30 yrs. Its called putting all your eggs in one basket. Oil is not the only resource we have. If Brazil can become totally independent of oil why can't we? Startups like tesla, zpm and tata motors have postioned themselves while we are still stuck on oil and nuclear technology. Go figure!!! You can't do the same the over and over again and expect a different result. ReplyGM, Ford: Big Mistakes Keep Piling Up [view article]
All of the auto manufacturers are scrambling to re-tool in order to accomodate $4.00 per gallon gasoline. As IF it's going to stay at $4.00 per gallon. Guess what guys? It's already dropped 35 cents within the last month. And there is no sign that there's going to be a slow down.Oil should be between $60 to $80 per gallon. My guess is that it will get there. With continued reduction in demand, coupled with an explosion in interest in alternative fuel sources, the demand for oil & gas will continue to dwindle.
When we get solar & wind up & running 100% & we have cars that run on water vapor, hydrogen & batteries, oil will have no more value. Reply