As one of the most widely held stocks and a storied Dow component, General Electric earnings are always highly anticipated.
This quarter is of particular interest because of GE's pending deal with Baker Hughes
By Diane Alter, Contributing Writer, Money Morning -
As one of the most widely held stocks and a storied Dow component, General Electric earnings are always highly anticipated.
This quarter is of particular interest because of GE's pending deal with Baker Hughes
By Diane Alter, Contributing Writer, Money Morning -
As one of the most widely held stocks and a storied Dow component, General Electric earnings are always highly anticipated.
This quarter is of particular interest because of GE's pending deal with Baker Hughes
Here's our full General Electric earnings preview...
By Shah Gilani, Chief Investment Strategist, Money Morning • @ShahGilani_TW -
Once it invented the lightbulb, GE spent the better part of the next 105 years expanding everywhere into consumer and industrial electronics. If it had an 'ON' switch, chances are GE made it.
That's how the company became a solid investment. In fact, on Wall Street, GE was known as a "widows and orphans" stock - completely safe for regular investors to buy and hold. It was the bluest of the blue chips - a decent dividend-payer and a stock to pass on to your grandchildren.
The company continued to diversify into content creation and distribution, software, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, and even capital.
And then, in 2008, the company imploded - spectacularly. It was that capital division that did it in the end.
GE Capital was very nearly fatal to the company. The king of American industry had to go begging for emergency funding of $74 billion to cover its financing needs. Millions of hitherto confident shareholders got slaughtered and watched the stock drop from a high of $42 down to $5.73.
By Diane Alter, Contributing Writer, Money Morning -
The GE stock price today held firm at $30.44 after announcing it has terminated the $3.3 billion sale of its appliance business to Electrolux amid regulatory roadblocks.
GE gets $175 million from Electrolux in a break-up fee and will pursue selling the unit.
Here's why GE is a stock to buy and own now...
By Diane Alter, Contributing Writer, Money Morning -
General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) stock rose nearly 3% to a 52-week high of $28.99 Friday morning after posting better than expected earnings.
The rise has General Electric (NYSE: GE) stock trading at its best level in seven years.
Here's how to invest in General Electric stock now...
By Diane Alter, Contributing Writer, Money Morning -
The General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) stock price jumped more than 4% to $26.63 Monday after activist investor Nelson Peltz revealed he has accumulated a sizable stake in the global conglomerate.
Peltz says GE could returns 40% of its current market value to shareholders by 2018.
But that's not the only reason we're bullish on the GE stock price now...
By Diane Alter, Contributing Writer, Money Morning -
Shortly after Tuesday's closing bell, General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) announced it will sell its healthcare financing business to Capital One Financial Corp. (NYSE: COF) for roughly $9 billion.
Here's what the General Electric-Capital One Deal means for investors: a slimmed down, more nimble, and less financially regulated GE.
Here's what investors need to know now...
By Diane Alter, Contributing Writer, Money Morning -
General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) stock is up 9% today (Friday), after the company announced it will be selling most of its GE Capital assets, which total $500 billion.
The news sent GE shares to a new 52-week high of $28.
We alerted investors to the profit potential of GE stock last month, and the stock remains one of our favorite blue-chip stocks to buy and hold in 2015...
In fact, there are three major reasons why GE stock is more attractive following today's move...
By Money Morning Member Alert, Money Morning -
General Electric Company's (NYSE: GE) move to bail on its GE Capital finance unit has three obvious advantages - both long and short term - for investors.
First, the schizoid structure of the firm...
By Garrett Baldwin, Behavioral Trading Specialist, Money Morning -
DJIA futures were up 30 points, S&P futures rose 2.75 points, and Nasdaq futures were flat this morning. Markets are reacting to General Electric Co.'s (NYSE: GE) announcement of a major real estate deal. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 56 points on Thursday as oil prices rebounded and lifted energy stocks. But the dollar's strength limited the market's upside and fueled uncertainty over corporate profits as earnings season gets underway.
By Tara Clarke, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @TaraKateClarke -
On Friday morning, General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) met Wall Street expectations when it reported second quarter earnings ahead of the bell, sending GE stock up more than 1% in pre-market trading.
By Kyle Anderson, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @KyleAndersonMM -
General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) has been reducing the size of its GE Capital division, and the conglomerate just took another major step toward that goal.
The company announced today (Thursday) that it has filed an initial public offering (IPO) of its North American retail financing unit.
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By Michael A. Robinson, Defense + Tech Specialist, Money Morning • @Robinson_STI -
Last year, when I shared my five secrets for uncovering wealth-building tech stocks, I also told you about a sixth "rule" you can use to find the big-time profit opportunities that are flying under Wall Street's radar screen.
I refer to these as "special-situation" investments because they tend to be companies that are grappling with unique challenges. Because of those challenges, analysts tend to ignore these stocks.
And that's good for us.
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By Kyle Anderson, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @KyleAndersonMM -
General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) will report earnings Friday morning, and analysts are projecting earnings per share of $0.53 on revenue of $40.2 billion.
The $0.53 EPS estimate is a 20% increase from General Electric's 2012 Q4 earnings. Likewise, the revenue estimate is 2% higher than the $39.3 billion revenue GE reported in the previous year.
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