John Casesa
John Casesa
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We expect this mix improvement to overwhelm difficult market conditions for the foreseeable future, and therefore, we now expect solid earnings growth in 2002,
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These results are reminiscent of Ford's late 1990's performance -- driving earnings improvement with a richer truck mix, ... GM remains market-share driven and its North American pricing fell 1.0 percent. Fortunately, it was able to increase its mix of light trucks and decrease its fleet sales, offsetting partially the negative impact of lower prices.
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GM historically has derived almost a third of its earnings from the European business. It didn't do that in this quarter.
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If the strike continues through the end of October, the company will lose units of production that it can't replace in this quarter, and that will reduce the earnings outlook. The likelihood is that this strike will be settled soon, in the next three to four days, maybe in week.
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We believe that the Firestone recall is a storm that will intensify with the upcoming congressional hearing and then quickly pass. Based on our analysis of the outcome of other high-profile, controversial recalls, the stock should make a recovery.
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Like steel, textiles, airlines and other American industries that have undergone radical restructurings, ... we expect an increasingly volatile and difficult environment for the companies involved and for their shareholders.
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which is a tough number to justify without tangible results.
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The outlook for the fourth quarter is not so hot. It is very clear that results in North America will be compressed by all this price cutting.
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The pressure on GM management is greater than ever ... to adopt a more aggressive turnaround strategy.
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Today's reaction simply reflects the hope there's not going to be a strike that shuts down the industry.
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It's a very deep concern in the near term because there's no question it will be a deterrent to U.S. investors. He was highly respected by institutional investors in the United States.
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The auto companies have closed this excess capacity, are now making better product and simply don't have a lot of extra cars they can offer at low prices to this distribution channel. People like Henry Silverman or Wayne Huizenga will make those businesses more rationally structured.
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They just want to make sure that people don't rule GM out. But the probability of finding exactly what they want is probably pretty slim.
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The North American operations are the driver of the results. Business is great this year, and the mix is very rich -- they're selling lots of trucks,