crackhead Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 is ford motor company on the verge of bankruptcy or a merger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FordTrucklover Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 is ford motor company on the verge of bankruptcy or a merger Ur guess is as good as anyones bud! I will say this though and its according to Wall Street...we seem to be in best pos of any of Big 3...thats not sayin much i know. Ford has 29bil cash and now Kerkorian to borrow from who has HUGE vested interest in Fords success (he is single largest shareholder) plus an emergency 12bil credit line they WONT tap unless things get much worse...AND Ford is always in tight w/ Goldman Sachs (big Wall St bank) & they have said they would invest 2-3bil if necessary in future. That said... we just need ecomony to improve and gas prices to stabilize....we have the product and quality to match anyone IMO. :reading: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTP_UAW Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 LoL! I just bought quite a bit of F today, and last week when it was about a buck higher as well. Guess I'll buy next week too .... that is, if it goes down anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatso Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 LoL! I just bought quite a bit of F today, and last week when it was about a buck higher as well. Guess I'll buy next week too .... that is, if it goes down anymore. You got some big one`s! Good Luck.I hope you make a million! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatso Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 is ford motor company on the verge of bankruptcy or a merger At the present time I would say neither but it is a fluid situation.Yahoo finance has information about Ford.I think maybe one out of 6 major brokerage firm recommends Ford as a buy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badfinger Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 is ford motor company on the verge of bankruptcy or a merger Yawwn.... No. Most of the talking head analysts on the cable financial shows aren't recommending any auto stocks. They expect the American consumer to retrench during the coming recession, ( that is, if you don't believe we're already in one) and for auto sales to fall across the board. The sky isn't falling just because Wall Street says "Dont buy Ford - or any other auto stocks for that matter..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigcountry Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 LoL! I just bought quite a bit of F today, and last week when it was about a buck higher as well. Guess I'll buy next week too .... that is, if it goes down anymore. YOUR ON THE RIGHT TRACK......BUY HIGH AND SELL LOW! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fantasyfrank Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 I could care less about Ford stock, has anybody heard anything new about Rawsonville? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mettech Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 (edited) YOUR ON THE RIGHT TRACK......BUY HIGH AND SELL LOW! That's how I do it.. And i thought Ford was a good buy when I was buying it in the $6.20 - $7.80 range.. The only thing that I own that is worse is GM... I bought it at $29.55............ I predict that within 18-24 months, major changes in auto companies ownership will occur. Tell me that a few companies aren't eying Ford's truck line at $6.00/share bid. Hummmm....... what car company(s) doesn't have a North American truck lineup?..... Hummmm... Edited July 3, 2008 by mettech Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatso Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 That's how I do it.. And i thought Ford was a good buy when I was buying it in the $6.20 - $7.80 range.. The only thing that I own that is worse is GM... I bought it at $29.55............ I predict that within 18-24 months, major changes in auto companies ownership will occur. Tell me that a few companies aren't eying Ford's truck line at $6.00/share bid. Hummmm....... what car company(s) doesn't have a North American truck lineup?..... Hummmm... You are in good company with Kerkorian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mettech Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 You are in good company with Kerkorian I really looked at the package he sent to me. How much money do you think it cost to send it out to each share holder? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordinfo Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 Pass this link on to everyone http://www.petitiononline.com/gastax/petition.html Have a Safe and Happy independents Day and HAVE A BLESSED DAY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordinfo Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 I really looked at the package he sent to me. How much money do you think it cost to send it out to each share holder? seems simple to me. THOUGHT FOR THE DAY OPEC sells oil for $145.00 a barrel. OPEC nations buy U.S. grain at $7.00 a bushel. Solution: Sell grain for $145.00 a bushel. Can't buy it? Tough! Eat your oil! Then, the price of oil will come down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badfinger Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 seems simple to me. THOUGHT FOR THE DAY OPEC sells oil for $145.00 a barrel. OPEC nations buy U.S. grain at $7.00 a bushel. Solution: Sell grain for $145.00 a bushel. Can't buy it? Tough! Eat your oil! Then, the price of oil will come down. Wow. So much stupid, so little time. OPEC does nothing to set the price of oil. All they can do is control the quantity. Saudi Arabia has raised output three times already and still the price goes up. No other OPEC member has spare capacity like they do. Until you are waiting in line because they turned off the spigot don't blame OPEC. Remember the California power shortages from a few years ago? Enron and others manipulated the energy futures market to force rolling blackouts. Why? To get rich off the pain of energy consumers and to defeat governer Gray Davis so the terminator could be Gov. of California. They got caught and now California has plenty of energy. At the time all the network news kept saying was how we hadn't built new power plants. It was a manufactured crisis. Fast forward. Oil is now traded in unregulated futures markets, much like electricity was. The price has doubled in a year. Could this be another scam like the Enron debacle? I dont know but the way the current administration has behaved over the past 7 years I cant count it out. Also all the network talking heads keep bleating about how we need to open up more land to drill. Could this be another manufactured crisis? If it is all I can say is somebody needs to go to jail for this one... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mettech Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 Wow. So much stupid, so little time. OPEC does nothing to set the price of oil. All they can do is control the quantity. Saudi Arabia has raised output three times already and still the price goes up. No other OPEC member has spare capacity like they do. Until you are waiting in line because they turned off the spigot don't blame OPEC. Remember the California power shortages from a few years ago? Enron and others manipulated the energy futures market to force rolling blackouts. Why? To get rich off the pain of energy consumers and to defeat governer Gray Davis so the terminator could be Gov. of California. They got caught and now California has plenty of energy. At the time all the network news kept saying was how we hadn't built new power plants. It was a manufactured crisis. Fast forward. Oil is now traded in unregulated futures markets, much like electricity was. The price has doubled in a year. Could this be another scam like the Enron debacle? I dont know but the way the current administration has behaved over the past 7 years I cant count it out. Also all the network talking heads keep bleating about how we need to open up more land to drill. Could this be another manufactured crisis? If it is all I can say is somebody needs to go to jail for this one... Something good will come out of this..... If the market is allowed to continue. A new energy source Changes in poor and wasteful energy usage' Our children's children may thank us for this short term sacrifice. Maybe in a similar fashion we look upon the "Greatest Generation" for their sacrifices. We must get away from oil as a primary energy source in this country. Soon. No new drilling. :reading: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordtpworker1993 Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 Wow. So much stupid, so little time. OPEC does nothing to set the price of oil. All they can do is control the quantity. Saudi Arabia has raised output three times already and still the price goes up. No other OPEC member has spare capacity like they do. Until you are waiting in line because they turned off the spigot don't blame OPEC. Remember the California power shortages from a few years ago? Enron and others manipulated the energy futures market to force rolling blackouts. Why? To get rich off the pain of energy consumers and to defeat governer Gray Davis so the terminator could be Gov. of California. They got caught and now California has plenty of energy. At the time all the network news kept saying was how we hadn't built new power plants. It was a manufactured crisis. Fast forward. Oil is now traded in unregulated futures markets, much like electricity was. The price has doubled in a year. Could this be another scam like the Enron debacle? I dont know but the way the current administration has behaved over the past 7 years I cant count it out. Also all the network talking heads keep bleating about how we need to open up more land to drill. Could this be another manufactured crisis? If it is all I can say is somebody needs to go to jail for this one... I agree somebody needs to go to jail, when ever somebody in the market speculates about oil, it goes up! OPEC is not setting the prices! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mettech Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 I agree somebody needs to go to jail, when ever somebody in the market speculates about oil, it goes up! OPEC is not setting the prices! Correct.... It's market driven. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theoldwizard Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 (edited) Something good will come out of this..... If the market is allowed to continue. A new energy source Changes in poor and wasteful energy usage' Our children's children may thank us for this short term sacrifice. Maybe in a similar fashion we look upon the "Greatest Generation" for their sacrifices. We must get away from oil as a primary energy source in this country. Soon. No new drilling. :reading: I agree with part of what you are saying. We do need new energy sources, but there are none available quickly. We are stuck with what we have for the next 5 to 10 years. Drilling new oil and NG wells is our best short term solution and it will still take them 5+ years to come on line. Nuclear, solar and wind are the answer to our future power requirements. We will be using either natural of man-made hydrocarbon based fuels in many applications (mostly transportation) for the next 25+ years. Man-made fuels, either hydrocarbon or pure hydrogen won't happen (in large volume) until we have excess electric capacity (go back to the first sentence of the paragraph). In the mean time, we suffer. We just need to make certain that the "suffering" is spread across the "new" world economy. The Chinese government is currently subsidizing diesel at less than $4/gal (close to $5/gall around here). Now lets take this a year or so down the road. China is closing some factories because they are no longer the world's low cost supplier of things that contain large amounts of steel or cast iron (China has to import coal for coke and iron ore, scrap steel and aluminum), The cost of importing these raw materials and exporting (heavy) finished products has far out stripped their lower labor costs. And because they are not truly a Communist country, they have no social system for the unemployed. Food and housing riots in the cities. Starvation in the rural areas. India may do better because their economy does not rely as much on heavy manufacturing. The countries capable of excess food production and an abundance of fresh clean water will do well in the long run. Edited July 7, 2008 by theoldwizard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theoldwizard Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 LoL! I just bought quite a bit of F today, and last week when it was about a buck higher as well. Guess I'll buy next week too .... that is, if it goes down anymore. I hope you are buying the "preferred" stock ! At least that puts you at the head of the line if they do go bankrupt ! If you really want to gamble, buy the Jan 2010 $10 Call (WFOAB.X) for only $0.64. If Ford pass $10 before then, you will be "rolling in clover" ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8A4RE Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 is ford motor company on the verge of bankruptcy or a merger I quit listening to Wall Street years ago (Teck stocks). I just loaded up on F stock. Its going to be a fun ride heading up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mettech Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 How big of a swing on the stock price will we have today after the announcement? I say +$0.50 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OAC_Sparky Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 Closer to -.50 at the start... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktpworker69 Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 is ford motor company on the verge of bankruptcy or a merger neither, and you better start buying up ford stock before it starts going up again. theres gonna be 4 assembly plant in north america by 2012 and ford is going in the right direction it just may take some time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktpworker69 Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 I could care less about Ford stock, has anybody heard anything new about Rawsonville? i could give a shit about rawsonville, we are talking about ford stock here. you wanna know about rawsonville, start a thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F150 Man Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 neither, and you better start buying up ford stock before it starts going up again. theres gonna be 4 assembly plant in north america by 2012 and ford is going in the right direction it just may take some time It's not going to be an overnight fix... Building European products in North America means resourcing many parts and optimizing costs etc. Alsom we typically price our products lower here in NA. Increased Sales alone does not translate to PROFITS. Remember Jaguar, Land Rover, and perhaps Volvo? They all represented increased sales revenue, but did not contribute much to the bottom line. Keep hoping and wishing.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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