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General Electric: Genuine Risk of Collapse?

The government wouldn't let GE go under. And let me add that if it does, it means we're heading for a depression and many other company's will go under...GE is for all intents and purporse, the worlds' largest and further reaching companies.

I have been buying GE shares at these levels and will continue to do so. I disagree with the poster.

And Forbes or Fortunes, whoever made that chart showing the different branches of GE and their earnings over time, should be given credit as that was ripped off straight from one of their articles from last week.

In the end, I'll take Buffett's opinion over anyone else's but mine...and I agree with Buffet.

GE is still the world's most profitable (read they make money STILL) finance company and while it is required to refi its debt over time as that is the way the financial aspects are structured, it does not mean it is a poorly run company. It simply means the system in place at the moment does not work...it doesn't mean the company is losing money hand over fist, it simply a victim of the current environment.

When GE starts reporting losses than that's one thing...but that hasn't happened.

GE: Struggling Short-Term, But Should Do Fine Long-Term

Long term holder of GE, bought some again today. The co. will be fine, no worries...I would hope the the market malaise leads GE to be an acquirere of companies to grow various businesses in the future. Lots of cheap stuff out there and GE (unlike JPM, BAC or C) has yet to lose a dime, as it still reports profits. So let's hope GE gets back on track and makes some timely purchases to augment its various businesses.

Long GE, especially at the current prices.

NBC's Olympics Web Strategy Came Out a Loser

March Madness is live on US TV and it is an office sport to follow it from work. The olympics, where most of the events were not live and in the middle of the night, are not what march madness is to US households. So no, I think its false analysis to think that the olympics would somehow trump march madness internet use in the US. I would for sure think CBS would pull in more ad revenue, that should be basic.

That's simply called not knowing the public and how each individidual sports is viewed. I watched these olympics on TV as the web (given all the results posted) would just ruin your experience...and the few times I did check the net, it did ruin it for me as I knew the winners and loser prior to them being shown at night on TV.

Not only that, NBC had so many channels with olympic covergae...why watch these sports on the web, with bad connections, no HD and tiny screens? You thinkn Americans wait every four years to see these sports on a tiny tube? I love the web...but not for sports (outside of results) for exactly the reason that monitors are tiny and not well suited for sports. And I have a 22 inch monitor, but still...rather watch it on TV

March Madness also benefits greatly from office pools...everyplace I've ever worked has ton of people who never wach one second of the games on TV checking the web constantly for results...just to see where they are in the office pool.

So that's a poor comparison as NCAA basketball as developed into something more than just sports fans watch, but something the office world in the US does to pass the time. The olympics, once every four years...will never reach that level and I am surprised a column like this one was written.

I thought it was obvoius, I know my own habits...the olympics on the webt isn't happening, its still better on TV and there's nothing NBC could've done to change that short of coming into my house and hooking up the web on my 60 inch TV

Poor anylisis in my opinion...no amount of live streaming or anything else would've changed my viewing habit. Olympics are meant for the big screen and without the need to check your stat sheet to see if your winning an office pool, there's not much reason to check the net for the olympics. And if I did, yeah...I got to what I know which is Yahoo!. No matter what network you put in for the olympics, I would still revert back to what I know on the web, which is Yahoo! or Google.

Merrill's Call Should Boost GE

I agree completly. The selloff is over-done...been buying a little bit here and there since it went below $30.

Adding to My GE Position

I agree with Mr. Bui and I've been doing the same thing.

Valuing GE (It's Cheap)

Banktrupcty? If GE was going bankrupt, why (Per Barrons & WSJ) have their high level VPs been buying shares in record amount? With all due respect to the negative posters above, these two items simply don't add up. And I certainly doubt GE and Immelt would be caught with their pants down 2 quarters in a row...ie-if their buying shares, then things will most likely look much better than current sentiment.

I for one have been buying GE, again for the first time in years, due to the low price and negative sentiment, albeit in small amounts. I expect them to say the quarters not as bad as expected (for god's sake, bankurtpcy...it'll be easy to to that sentiment) and the shares to have a short pop...only to settle probably marginally higher than now (above $30) until they can show continued execution of goals over a few quarters (ie-get confidence back).

I highly doubt the bankruptcy scenario, but if it does happen, run for the hills...on all your stocks. It'll be a giant tsunami of bad news for the market....October 1987 watch out! But I really, really doubt that would happen. Restructuring, changes...sure...along with every other financial heavy company out there...but not bankruptcy.

General Garbage

This article is worthless.

TV Looks in Rearview Mirror and Sees a Future Like Print’s

100% correct. With the web and broadband, along with videogames, movies on demand, etc...traditional TV viewing has only one way to go and that's down. But that happens always with any communication medium, something inevitably comes along to replace it.

I'm 32, a college graduate and a proffesional. I read the net on my free time about 50% of the time, use videogames 25% of the time and use TV 15% of the time. The rest is miscellaneous stuff, but my TV viewing has dropped and continuous to drop precipitously. TV is rather boring and network TV is god-awful.

Unless you're a woman, there's nothing on, and pretty soon they're going to discover its only women on network TV. Reality TV shows were the death of male oriented programing...dance contest, singing contest, contests versus third graders, Lets make a deal redone for a new generation...it doesn't take much to figure out why advertising dollars are leaving the TV medium with this crap on this medium all the time.

Thank god for the net and gaming.

Is General Electric Overvalued?

I GE Money's corporate credit line business and mortgage business have both been sold. The Mortgage business was sold last year and the credit card business was sold to AMEX for $1.1 Billion on 3/27/2008. The rest of GE Money's consumer division is focusing on emerging market that don't have credit cards such as eastern Europe. Hence, GE Money's profits have gone from $230M in 2004 to $944 M last year. GE itself, as of 4/1/2008 via the Financial Times, predicts profits of nearly $2 Billion in 3 to 5 years, an over 100% increase over the 2004 figures IN SPITE of the financial crisis.

So GE Money point 1 in your article is not a risk, its a growing business. The commmercial business is EXTREMELY strong...beleive me on this, its what I do for a living. Commercial real estate is strong worldwide and will continue to be strong...to say anything other simply shows that you're not in the business and I advice you to do a bit more research, as listing this business as a risk is simply false. Asset values of commercial real estate properties are not going down, at all.

GE Infrastructure is perhaps its strongest business, with major clients worldwide and growth currently led by China and India. This isn't going to stop growing, its accelerating quite fast. Again, I ask for stats backing up your argument...if you want to see stats on this, look at the annual report.

In the end, this article simply does not provide the data to back up its assumption. How/Why is it overvalued? What specific GE business are going to drag on it, EXACTLY?

Is General Electric Overvalued?

GE OVERVALUED?!?!?! That's the funniest thing I've heard in a LONG TIME!!!! Whoa! Hilarious, yet a bit worrysome that people with such poor analytical skills can write articles on here. Isn't there a screening process, why is this published?