Ford Motor Company: Is It a Value or a Lemon?
My take is that Ford would be a very good buy and hold play right now. It has a strong brand, great dividends and a good return on equity.
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Market Mad House
In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. Friedrich Nietzsche
Tesla
The Apple Car and the GM Bolt Are Opportunities for the Battery Company Tesla
Musk intends to compete with the utility industry as well as the auto industry. He’s already competing with oil companies; Tesla even operates filling stations. Now Tesla intends to be your electric company as well as your car company.
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The Future of Energy
What’s happened in oil and natural gas is likely to be repeated in other areas of energy, such as electricity. Electricity costs in the U.S. are rising because large utilities are in a position to monopolize electricity production and distribution in the country. This is likely to change because of technological progress.
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ISIS Attacks Saudi Arabia
Strangely enough, the United States and Canada and some U.S. oil companies might benefit if ISIS attacks Saudi Arabia and destroys its oil fields.
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What would a Hyperloop Economy look like?
One result of a hyperloop would be a sort of economic boom in areas with lots of cheap housing that is in fairly close proximity to expensive urban areas. Another would be a fall in housing prices in areas where there are currently shortages that lead to high priced housing.
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Falling Commodities Prices could Create Economic Turmoil
The effect of falling oil prices should have us wondering about other commodities and energy in general. As modern technology makes increases the supply of commodities, prices will drop making industries and enterprises unprofitable with devastating effects on employment and the greater economy.
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Musk Is Still Involved in the Hyperloop Wants to Build Test Track
A high-speed ground transportation system like Hyperloop could be enormously profitable if somebody actually built it. A customer for it would be United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS), which reported a TTM revenue of $57.31 billion on Sept. 30, 2014, a $2.28 billion increase over September 2013, when it posted a TTM revenue of $55.03 billion.
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GM’s Chevy Bolt the First Car Built for Ride Sharing
That means GM will have to get the base price of an electric vehicle down to around $25,000 to be competitive in the ridesharing market. If it did that, General Motors could become the market leader based on fuel economy alone.
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GM’s Bolt Plug-in Hybrid Concept No Threat to Tesla but Probable Moneymaker
The most interesting thing about the Bolt is its basic design: it can seat five, it has a lot of cargo space and the hatchback will make it is easy to load and unload. From that description, it sounds as if the Bolt is the first vehicle designed specifically for ride and car sharing.
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Musk’s Game Changing Hyperloop Is Closer to Reality
If it gets built, the Hyperloop could be very profitable, if railroad revenues are anything to go by: Union Pacific’s TTM revenue increased by nearly $2 billion between September 2013 and September 2014.
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