Will Ford Go A Begging?

You are confused if that is what you chose to believe. Ford is current on
the payments due all of it bank loans. Ford has adjusted its economies of
scale, to the point it will show a profit in the expected market for
10,000,000 plus vehicles sales in 2010. If you follow the market you will
see Fords stock price has been up every month, for that reason.

Ford has been investing billions on all new models for the past 24 months.
They are now in a position to earn more than they have been spending for two
years on those new models.

The only new models that have been developed, but are not yet available on
the market, are the new 2011 HD F Series trucks to be introduced in the
spring of 2010, and the 2011 US built model of their high mileage European
small car, the Fiesta.

Jay Leno has been running the all electric version of the 2011 Fiesta on his
show

Ford's bonds are still below investment grade. I very much admire what
CEO Mulally has done. But the Tsunami rumbles on. Next up: commercial
real estate and the true torrent of foreclosed homes in 2010 as 2007
ARMS go ballistic. I certainly don't want to see this happen, but the
price must be paid...by the taxpayer.

on 10/24/09 1:36 PM Mike Hunter said the following:

I agree. Not only that, but malls are often financed by five-year
financing contracts. Guess when those come up for renewal. And, one
major mall owner is already in Chapter 11. In fact, I will go right by
that mall in a few minutes.

On the other hand, now is the time to open a business in a mall - the
mall rates are relatively cheap. Jeff

OMG is it the end of the world as we know it? Me and my friend dr_jeff are
in agreement on something

The local/regional banks will pay this time. Even the ones that stuck
to conservative lending. The tsunami caused by the elites will wipe out
everything. Hopefully, we can rebuild. But the big banks are getting
bigger and leveraged security gambling is back in style. No lessons
learned. Second wallop could be worse.

on 10/24/09 6:52 PM Mike Hunter said the following:

Doubtful. Two different Wall Street analysts have suggested in the past
week that Ford may surprise everybody with a 3rd Quarter profit.
Personally, I don't think car sales will decline much further, if at all. I
see no reason to think things cannot be managed at Ford without hitting up
Obama for some cash.

Derek

anyone know the status of Ford/Volvo? Ford was supposedly raising cash
when divesting themselves of Jaguar, Aston, etc. (Thanks for the
billions down the drain, Jaques) and supposedly trying to unload Volvo,
too (bad idea IMHO) but haven't heard much lately.

I don't follow the financial news like you guys, just "seat of the
pants" here in a little mid-west town.....but......new Fusions all over
the place - seems many more here than new Toys or Accords...........the
restyled Taurus seems to be well-received here, too...........my elderly
neighbor lady who used to get a new Lincoln every 2 years, but hung-on
to the last one for quite a while suddenly has a MKZ (it's pretty and
just the right size)......and seems a number of non-car people heard the
recent news stories about "premature rustout" of Toyota trucks - can't
hurt sales of Fords!

That's because you got something right for a change! B-)

No, I didn't. Jeff

on 10/25/09 10:23 AM I M said the following:

People are feeling patriotic and don't want to buy Government Motors (GM
and Chrysler) so they buy Ford. I like that Ford brought back the mean
headlight look (first seen on Contour SVT) on the Fusion. Now put the
bi-turbo in it with an AWD drive option.

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2 24th October 17:20 yadda External User Posts: 1	Will Ford Go A Begging? Ford's bonds are still below investment grade. I very much admire what CEO Mulally has done. But the Tsunami rumbles on. Next up: commercial real estate and the true torrent of foreclosed homes in 2010 as 2007 ARMS go ballistic. I certainly don't want to see this happen, but the price must be paid...by the taxpayer. on 10/24/09 1:36 PM Mike Hunter said the following:

3 24th October 23:03 dr_jeff External User Posts: 1	Will Ford Go A Begging? I agree. Not only that, but malls are often financed by five-year financing contracts. Guess when those come up for renewal. And, one major mall owner is already in Chapter 11. In fact, I will go right by that mall in a few minutes. On the other hand, now is the time to open a business in a mall - the mall rates are relatively cheap. Jeff

4 24th October 23:03 mike hunter External User Posts: 1	Will Ford Go A Begging? OMG is it the end of the world as we know it? Me and my friend dr_jeff are in agreement on something

5 24th October 23:03 yadda External User Posts: 1	Will Ford Go A Begging? The local/regional banks will pay this time. Even the ones that stuck to conservative lending. The tsunami caused by the elites will wipe out everything. Hopefully, we can rebuild. But the big banks are getting bigger and leveraged security gambling is back in style. No lessons learned. Second wallop could be worse. on 10/24/09 6:52 PM Mike Hunter said the following:

6 24th October 23:03 derek gee External User Posts: 1	Will Ford Go A Begging? Doubtful. Two different Wall Street analysts have suggested in the past week that Ford may surprise everybody with a 3rd Quarter profit. Personally, I don't think car sales will decline much further, if at all. I see no reason to think things cannot be managed at Ford without hitting up Obama for some cash. Derek

8 25th October 16:20 dr_jeff External User Posts: 1	Will Ford Go A Begging? That's because you got something right for a change! B-)

9 25th October 21:23 dr_jeff External User Posts: 1	Will Ford Go A Begging? No, I didn't. Jeff

10 25th October 21:23 yadda External User Posts: 1	Will Ford Go A Begging? on 10/25/09 10:23 AM I M said the following: People are feeling patriotic and don't want to buy Government Motors (GM and Chrysler) so they buy Ford. I like that Ford brought back the mean headlight look (first seen on Contour SVT) on the Fusion. Now put the bi-turbo in it with an AWD drive option.