Edstock Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 For which flea-markets around the world are rejoicing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snooter Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 For which flea-markets around the world are rejoicing. haha true...everybody is going to be affected..damn iceland..i mean what the hell is in iceland except fish has declared bankruptcy...you will be affected no matter where you live Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suv_guy_19 Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 haha true...everybody is going to be affected..damn iceland..i mean what the hell is in iceland except fish has declared bankruptcy...you will be affected no matter where you live Iceland had a huge banking sector that had expanded into Europe and as a result, the companies were competing in a different dollar class than the country itself. Now they are paying for it with what looks to be a bankruptcy of the nation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quatsino Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 Wonder if our friend Kerkorian wants to shuffle up a few more shares. He bought 140.8 million shares for just under $1billion in June. Assuming he still has all the shares he's off about $695 million - in 4 months. - $82 million today - $36 million yesterday - $321 million for the 6 trading days before that. An average burn rate of $5.8 million/day to today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snooter Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 Iceland had a huge banking sector that had expanded into Europe and as a result, the companies were competing in a different dollar class than the country itself. Now they are paying for it with what looks to be a bankruptcy of the nation. iceland banks holds 12 times the debt of the usa consumer compared to the entire GDP of the country itself.....4 cars...3 houses...gold toliets..all that debt from the rabid debt induced consumer in this country just bankrupted iceland...wow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edstock Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 haha true...everybody is going to be affected..damn iceland..i mean what the hell is in iceland except fish has declared bankruptcy...you will be affected no matter where you live Especially when they show up on the Thames with those boats with all those shields and sharp, pointy things. Maybe they'd level Whitehall, if you asked nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ford Jellymoulds Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 FTSE 100 is down -7.75% at this moment in time, It looks like the bailouts are working? http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/stocks/mo..._index_ukx.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSFan00 Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 Ford is now closing in on a 4 billion dollar market cap, and at 2 bucks a share is a great bargain for the long term investor tolerant of risk, but ironically there's little need for that type of risk when large cap alternatives such as KBR, GE, BAC, BA etc. are all off of their 12 month highs by 30-40 percent too. I wonder what the Ford family is thinking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DUCKRACER Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 Question is, would this be a good buy or a good bye? I'm thinking they will come back. Very Good point. Last night I saw it was at $1.10/ share. What with the new high mileage euro cars coming in 2010 it might be a great deal. Plus they might get bailed out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ford Jellymoulds Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 Very Good point. Last night I saw it was at $1.10/ share. What with the new high mileage euro cars coming in 2010 it might be a great deal. Plus they might get bailed out. Ford's down at $1.88 GM $4.70 at the moment. How much will the US government give the banks shareholders once they nationalise them after the bailouts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TStag Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 Ford's down at $1.88 GM $4.70 at the moment. How much will the US government give the banks shareholders once they nationalise them after the bailouts? Nothing only the creditors would benefit I suspect. Why should Ford shareholder's be rewarded by the US taxpayer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpd80 Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 (edited) on the October 10, there were 10 million shares traded, at $2.00/share that's $20 million of business. I cannot see how you could base a company's entire worth on that get out price - that is insane nonsense. What is happening is either small investors are cutting their losses and running or there is a bit of Naked Short Selling of Stocks going on -stocks not owned by individuals. The SEC is not properly policing what is going on with these trades, they're under the radar. Edited October 11, 2008 by jpd80 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P71_CrownVic Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 (edited) deleted Edited October 15, 2008 by RichardJensen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpd80 Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 I see Ford is now trading at $2.45/share I wish people would check how many shares are traded when making outrageous claims about Ford Motor's worth On most days, there's barely 1 million share trades and every now and then, 10 or 20 million traded. - LINK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmm55 Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=F#chart...s=0;logscale=on Wow, 1982 was a BAD year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardJensen Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron W. Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 Holy Crap, just checked http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=F $1.91 a share. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
navlys32 Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 Holy Crap, just checked http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=F $1.91 a share. good time to add more. could be a good gamble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JZ150 Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 I am sure we have all done something dumber with $1,000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickF1011 Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 I am sure we have all done something dumber with $1,000. We're looking at you, Mr. Had-To-Be-First-To-Own-An-HD-DVD-Player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiefstang Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 We're looking at you, Mr. Had-To-Be-First-To-Own-An-HD-DVD-Player. HEY!!! I got one of those! Pretty touchy subject! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiefstang Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 There is a bit of a massive bloodbath going on in the Asia stockmarket at the moment the worse trading since the 1987.http://www.cnbc.com/id/27106905 Hope it does not hit the FTSE and the US Markets today. You havin' fun, Jelly? Maybe you could put the entire chunnel on your signature line! Got everyone scrollin' 'n such! LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noah Harbinger Posted October 26, 2008 Share Posted October 26, 2008 HEY!!! I got one of those! Pretty touchy subject! Well, nobody ever expected Sony to win a format war! How many have they lost? Betamax lost to VHS, Minidisk was killed by the CD, memory stick crushed by SD.... I'm sure there are others. If it hadn't been for the PS-3, Blu-Ray would likely have wound up in the dustbin of history, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickF1011 Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 Well, nobody ever expected Sony to win a format war! How many have they lost? Betamax lost to VHS, Minidisk was killed by the CD, memory stick crushed by SD.... I'm sure there are others. If it hadn't been for the PS-3, Blu-Ray would likely have wound up in the dustbin of history, too. Perhaps, except that for the first time in all the format wars Sony had been involved in, they actually offered a far superior product without a premium price tag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JZ150 Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 We're looking at you, Mr. Had-To-Be-First-To-Own-An-HD-DVD-Player. My point exactly, HD DVD Player value in 10 years $0 or 500 shares of Ford value in ten years $???? Might be $0 Might be $15,000 What's the better investment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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