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Ford Getting A Little Sick And Tired Of Being Peed On By The Government
Jun 08, 2009, 4:32pm
Posted by Greg Michaels
According to Ford, it is better to be in bankruptcy than out of it. Ford alleges that the government's support for GMAC allows it to access cheaper financing than Ford can get through the TALF. In advance of a June...
Making Cost Efficient Efficient By Raising Costs
Apr 29, 2009, 12:50pm
Posted by Equity Private
Count on a failing business backed into a corner to rely on "changing the rules of the game" to sustain itself, to carry it above water (barely) for another few periods. Just buy some time until something miraculous can be...
Ford Shorts: 13% Carrying Costs
Mar 05, 2009, 5:15pm
Posted by Equity Private
The Huffington Post is running a piece on Morgan Stanley's effort to find borrows for Ford shorts a few days ago. In short: 13% carrying costs. The shorts must be having quite a time finding borrows. Morgan Stanley's 13% Payout...
The Theta Theta Theta Sorority
Jan 12, 2009, 10:59am
Posted by Equity Private
It says something that we credit Ford with some kind of great accomplishment insofar as they didn't go begging for government handouts when GM and Chrysler debased themselves during Congressional Pledge Week. ("I want that bathroom floor shining in the...
Challenge Extended, Challenge Accepted
Nov 20, 2008, 4:48pm
Posted by Equity Private
GENERAL MOTORS CORP GM SAYS INTENDS TO TAKE CONGRESS' DOUBLE DOG DARE AND DELIVER PLAN THAT SHOWS VIABILITY IN EXCHANGE FOR 25 BILLION GENERAL MOTORS CORP GM SAYS WILL DELIVER SOLUTION TO PIONEER ANOMALY TUESDAY FOR EXTRA 10 BILLION GENERAL...
The Patron Saint Of Lost Causes
Nov 06, 2008, 2:26pm
Posted by Equity Private
Who can possibly make an argument that the "big three" are anything but the Terri Schiavo of the United States public markets? They have been on life support so long and at such cost as to defy reason, other than...
Damn The Markets, Full Speed Ahead
Oct 31, 2008, 1:43pm
Posted by Equity Private
Oil is down. The markets are rallying. Let's build more Trucks and SUVs! Brilliant, man. Brilliant! Gutsy contrarian play if ever I saw one! Ford Lays Bet on New Truck By Rehiring 1,000 Workers [The Wall Street Journal]...
It Smells Like Death In Here
Oct 21, 2008, 11:30am
Posted by Equity Private
We have a soft-spot for Kirk Kerkorian. He flies. He owns casinos. He was married once for a month. He names his firms after his kids. He was alive during the Roosevelt administration. (The first one). So we looked the...
Credit Where Credit Is Due
Oct 15, 2008, 10:17am
Posted by Equity Private
Ford Executive on CNBC just now: "One of the great myths is that there is no credit available out there." What's the other one? That F is headed to zero?...
