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Barron's Picks And Pans: Harvey Stocks, Nathan's Famous And The End Of The Bull
Sunday, September 3, 2017 - 12:42pm | 631Read More...This weekend's Barron's cover story helps investors prepare for the coming bear market. Other featured articles discuss how insurance, refiner and auto stocks are expected to fare in the wake of the devastation left by Hurricane Harvey. The prospects for a high-profile brand food...
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20% Of Millennials Don't Think A Car Will Be Necessary In 20 Years
Saturday, September 2, 2017 - 10:33am | 325Read More...As electric cars, gigafactories, ride sharing and autonomous driving develop, the auto industry is on its way to some severe disruption. Millennial preferences and attitudes toward cars mean we will see a big shift in the industry in the decades to come. When Gene Munster of Loup Ventures sat down...
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Cool Options For The Smart Cars Of Tomorrow
Monday, August 28, 2017 - 8:46am | 906Read More...Is that a steering wheel in your car or are you just happy to see me? There are thousands of fascinating patents out there from the 37 companies dedicated to the self-driving car. Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) has an idea for a dashboard with a removable steering wheel and pedals. As first reported...
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Will Monthly Auto Sales Decline For 8th Straight Month?
Thursday, August 24, 2017 - 11:16am | 541Read More...Seasonally adjusted annualized auto sales in August are expected to land at 16.6 million units and “will be viewed negatively by investors,” according to the Buckingham Research Group. The sales projection represents the eighth consecutive month of year-over-year declines in auto sales...
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Get 'Em While They're Hot: UK Sets 23-Year Deadline To Ban Sale Of Petroleum-Fueled Cars
Wednesday, July 26, 2017 - 3:40pm | 441Read More...The U.K. joined France Wednesday in becoming the second major country to institute a ban on new petroleum vehicle sales starting in 2040. While France is a relatively small market for U.S. auto producers Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) and General Motors Company (NYSE: GM), the U.K. ban puts some...
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The 'Wild West' Of Autonomous Vehicles Will Create 'A Handful Of Big Winners'
Thursday, July 13, 2017 - 3:42pm | 557Read More...More than 50 companies are now working on autonomous vehicle technology, and the cost of AV systems could drop 78 percent by 2025 due to competition, according to an AlixPartners survey of the auto industry. New entrants in the autonomous space often have different DNA than traditional automakers...
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Benzinga's Bulls And Bears For The Past Week: McDonald's, Ford, BlackBerry And More
Sunday, June 4, 2017 - 6:48pm | 663Read More...Benzinga has featured a look at many investor favorite stocks over the past week. Summer is here, but the markets are still trading at all-time highs. Here is a glance some of the past week's bullish and bearish picks. Summer is upon us, and again in the shortened trading week last week, the...
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Benzinga's Bulls And Bears For The Past Week: Ford, Kroger, Netflix And More
Monday, May 29, 2017 - 8:20pm | 669Read More...Benzinga has featured a look at many investor favorite stocks over the past week. The markets are still eking out gains ahead of the unofficial start of summer. Here is a glance back at recent commentary on stocks that are related to travel, food and more. The major indices eked out small gains...
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Barron's Ponders The Future Of Ford
Sunday, May 28, 2017 - 3:45pm | 658Read More...The cover story in this weekend's Barron's features a look at the future of an iconic Detroit automaker now that it has a new chief and a new vision. A companion article examines how self-driving vehicles are likely to change society and the U.S. economy. Other featured articles take a look at the...
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Was Mark Fields Given Enough Time To Lead Ford? Cramer Doesn't Think So
Monday, May 22, 2017 - 11:57am | 514Read More...An executive shuffle occurred at Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) as Jim Hackett, the former CEO of office furniture giant Steelcase Inc. (NYSE: SCS), was named CEO Monday. He will replace Mark Fields, who stepped down after overseeing a 40-percent plunge in the carmaker's stock price since taking over...
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Barron's Picks And Pans: Amazon, Novartis, Tesla And More
Sunday, May 7, 2017 - 2:06pm | 642Read More...This weekend's Barron's takes a look at why the king of e-commerce must avoid becoming too profitable. Other featured articles offer the prospects for retail stocks that benefit from woes in the sector and a Swiss drug giant with an underappreciated pipeline. The outlook for the...
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Tesla And The Auto Market's New 'Big Three'
Friday, April 14, 2017 - 9:30am | 466Read More...Yes, Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) surpassed Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) and General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) in value last week. The Silicon Valley company market cap stands at $47 billion as of Thursday's close, slightly under GM ($50 billion) while boasting a sizable lead over Ford ($44 billion...
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Big Day For The Auto Industry: Ford, GM And Tesla Dominate Headlines
Tuesday, March 28, 2017 - 4:42pm | 447Read More...Tuesday was a pretty big day for the auto industry, struck with news from several of the major players in the business. Einhorn And GM Activist investor David Einhorn unveiled a plan for General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) to split its stock into two classes, much like the plan he proposed for...
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Ford Will Produce Lincoln SUVs In China Amid Strong Demand
Monday, March 13, 2017 - 10:24am | 429Read More...Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) introduced its Lincoln brand in the Chinese market three years ago to great success. Throughout 2016, sales of Lincoln vehicles tripled from the prior year to around 33,000, which prompted the automaker to expand its efforts in the world's largest car market....
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Mixed Earnings Expectations For Merger Hopefuls Dow And DuPont
Monday, January 23, 2017 - 2:43pm | 647Read More...Two merging chemical giants are expected to report their earnings this week. Consensus Wall Street forecasts see very different results from each of them. Both have handily topped earnings estimates in recent quarters. We are in the heart of the fourth-quarter earnings reporting season. Among the...
















