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GM in Process of Dumping Ally, Formerly GMAC
General Motors is in the midst of rebuilding its long gone GMAC financial empire due to bankruptcy, is replacing it with General Motors Financial, which appears to be an exact duplicate of the auto-lending arm of Ally, formally known as GMAC without the housing lending risks that sunk the company. Continue reading
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U.S. New Vehicle Revenue at $38 Billion in January
The average transaction price (ATP) for light vehicles was $32,812, up 3.5% from a year ago, while average incentive spending per unit increased by $93 to $2,642. Continue reading
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GM Dividend Stays at 30 Cents
The General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) Board of Directors today declared a Q1 2015 dividend of 30 cents per share on its common stock. The dividend is payable Tuesday 24 March 24 to all common stockholders of record as of Wednesday, 11 March. On an annual basis, the dividend of $1.20 is paying 3.6%. Continue reading
GM Buys Back all Series A Preferred Stock
The preferred shares had a liquidation preference of $25 per and accrued cumulative dividends at a rate equal to 9% annually, which was an expensive ~$350 million annual cost. GM used cheaper debt to buy the stock. Continue reading
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FCA – First Earnings since Chrysler Merger Mixed to Weak
Worrisome was a huge charge that FCA took for the cost of safety recalls and warranty repairs in the U.S. – a whopping €200 million for Q3 alone. Continue reading
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Ford Q3 Earnings off as Sales Drop, Recalls and Launches Hurt
Guidance was unchanged from the Ford’s late September adjustment down to a 2014 pre-tax profit of about $6 billion, excluding special items, which pummeled the stock. Ford common took another beating by ending the day at $13.78 per share, a 4.3% drop. Continue reading
GM Posts Mediocre Q3 Earnings of $1.4 billion. Revenue Flat
All of GM’s profit came from North America, with – Europe, International Operations, South America and GM Financial down or flat year-over-year. Continue reading
Ford Motor Q4 Dividend Steady at 12.5 Cents
Ford stock has been slumping recently after Ford removed $1 billion from its annual profit guidance and analysts balked. Selling in the $14 per share range, this translates to a ~3.4% dividend from Ford. Continue reading
GM Declares 30-Cent Dividend on Common Stock
With GM stock being hammered because of analyst skepticism about short-term improvements possible in Europe, as well as the Russian and South American crisis, and now 24 deaths from ignition switches – all bad for business, the current sell-off of GM presents a challenge to investors. Trading today in the $30-32 per share range the $1.20 annual dividend represents a good return on a stock that analysts said recently could be at $55 in a couple of years with a $42 one-year target. Continue reading
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Dark Money at $50 Million. Congress Bought by Unnamed Interest Groups
The OpenSecrets Blog and the Center for Responsive Politics reported today that political spending by non-disclosing or secret political non-profit lobbying funds, aka dark money groups, has reached $50 million, a record at this point in the election cycle. Continue reading
Legal Woes at Porsche Continue
The so-called Higher Regional Court of Stuttgart will try two former executive board members of Porsche Automobil Holding SE in the aborted takeover caper where Porsche attempted to win control of the Volkswagen Group. Continue reading
Chrysler Group Posts Q2 Net Income of $619 Million
Chrysler Group today reported preliminary financial results for Q2 and the first half of 2014, including net income of $619 million for the quarter, up 22% from $507 million in the year-ago quarter. Chrysler net revenue for the Q2 was $20.5 billion, up 14% from a year ago. Continue reading
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Ford Motor Posts Q2 Pre-Tax Profit of $2.6 Billion
It was a solid quarter particularly when compared with Q1 results of a pre-tax profit of $1.4 billion, a decrease of $765 million compared Q1 of 2013. It’s possible that Ford moved charges into Q1 to pave the way for the CEO change that took place on 1 July with Mark Field replacing Alan Mulally. Continue reading
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GM Q2 Flops with $200 Million Net Income. Stockholders Whacked with $1.2 Billion in Recall Charges
GM is taking a $900 million non-cash pre-tax special charge in Q2 for the estimated costs of future possible recalls for up to the next 10 years on 30 million GM vehicles on the road today. A special charge of $400 million was taken for the GM ignition switch compensation program. GM said this is the best estimate of the amounts that may be paid to claimants. It guess-timated the total cost could increase by approximately $200 million. Continue reading
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Auto Loan Subprime and Prime Losses Increase In May
Losses for U.S. prime auto loan asset backed securities and subprime ABS increased in May but strong used care values propped up the results. Continue reading
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