Auto Industry

Chrysler Shuts Down All Factories

Calculated Risk — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:01:00 -0500

From MarketWatch: Chrysler to idle all factories for at least a month Chrysler said Wednesday that it will idle all of its manufacturing operations starting this Friday through at least January 19 i read more »

Alcoa Will China Hurt?

georgeg — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:33:00 -0500

Alcoa (AA) if 2009 was all about demand destruction then 2010 should be about demand recovery. Commercial airlines, housing and auto’s all continue to be major question marks. read more »

Auto Industry Light At The End Of The Tunnel?

247Wallst — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 10:31:03 -0400

There may be a tiny pin-hole of light at the end of the auto sales depression tunnel. VW said its global shipments rose 1.5% last month. read more »

Snapping up Volkswagen could be the smartest move in the car business

247Wallst — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:16:06 -0400

By Matthew DeBord from The Big Money The auto industry generates nothing these days that even remotely resembles good news. read more »

No Word on Auto Bailout

Calculated Risk — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:20:00 -0500

From the WSJ: Treasury Still Studying Auto Rescue The U.S. Treasury Department said Monday it has made no decisions on how to engineer a rescue effort for U.S. auto makers, ... read more »

When Toyota (TM) Has A Rating Cut, The Auto Business Really Is In Trouble

247Wallst — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:50:43 -0500

Detroit is in real trouble. There has been some hope that the really healthy Japanese and European car companies could hold on to their credit ratings. read more »

Second Push To Stop Auto Bailout Madness

mish — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:50:00 -0500

This is a second push to prevent Congress from throwing more money down a bottomless hole. In case you missed the first push, please read Stop The Auto Bailout Campaign . Please call and fax now. read more »

Black Swans and recent returns

mahar — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 09:15:56 -0500

Yahoo video of Nissan Taleb (Black Swan) Yahoo has a copy of the video from CNBC on Taleb's performance of late. It also has a discussion of his holdings and strategy. read more »