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Is Buying GM, Ford and Chrysler Stock a Good Investment?

Posted on 11/17/2008 4:03:56 PM PST by Candybar

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1 posted on 11/17/2008 4:03:56 PM PST by Candybar
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The best reply I got to this post was that the UAW Pension Fund should spend about $7 billion of their own money to buy all of the stock.

Interesting idea.

Won't go, tho. Too much responsibility.

2 posted on 11/17/2008 4:07:02 PM PST by CE2949BB (Fight.)
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The Union thugs are too smart to sink any of their own money into the Big 3.

But you raise an interesting question.

“Is Buying GM, Ford and Chrysler Stock a Good Investment?”

And that depends on if Obama and the Socialists are gonna bail them out. And if they do, will that raise their stock values out of the gutter?


3 posted on 11/17/2008 4:10:11 PM PST by Responsibility2nd
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And that depends on if Obama and the Socialists are gonna bail them out. And if they do, will that raise their stock values out of the gutter?

Only until that pile runs out. Wash, rinse, repeat, ad infinitum!

4 posted on 11/17/2008 4:14:16 PM PST by Don Corleone (Leave the gun..take the cannoli)
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Probably as good as buying Penn-Central. I forget. How'd that work out?

ML/NJ

5 posted on 11/17/2008 4:18:22 PM PST by ml/nj
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YES

Only if US Government backs any liabilties - that is the tax payer (aka suckers)!

6 posted on 11/17/2008 4:23:10 PM PST by jamaksin
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YES

Only if US Government backs any liabilties - that is the tax payer (aka suckers)!

7 posted on 11/17/2008 4:23:11 PM PST by jamaksin
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To: Candybar

The union is dumb, but they are not Congress dumb.


8 posted on 11/17/2008 4:23:52 PM PST by Leisler ("Give us the child for 8 years and it will be a Bolshevik forever. " Lenin)
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Yep. They want to kill the golden goose. They just don’t want to be blamed for it’s death.


9 posted on 11/17/2008 4:27:19 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Obama is the Antichrist.)
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Take a gamble and buy some today. If the bailout is approved, the stock will go up 100%. A bunch of people will tout this as evidence the bailout was a great idea. Sell the next day, because a year from now the stock will b worth less than today.


10 posted on 11/17/2008 4:34:20 PM PST by CharacterCounts (Wanted: Snappy, erudite tag line.)
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The best reply I got to this post was that the UAW Pension Fund should spend about $7 billion of their own money to buy all of the stock.

Nah...strikes wouldn't be any fun then.

11 posted on 11/17/2008 4:42:36 PM PST by tsmith130
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How do you buy stock on line. A banker wanted $200 and said that I could buy it online for $7
12 posted on 11/17/2008 4:44:48 PM PST by mountainlion (concerned conservative.)
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What a joke. If the UAW bought GM the first thing they would do is void all existing contracts with themselves.
13 posted on 11/17/2008 4:48:08 PM PST by hinckley buzzard
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There’s a lot of sites. www.Etrade.com, www.ameritrade.com, www.scottrade.com just to name a few.


14 posted on 11/17/2008 4:50:47 PM PST by tsmith130
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Go to Scottrade (or Schwab or Ameritrade or many others) website and open an account. Deposit some money. You're in business.
15 posted on 11/17/2008 4:51:20 PM PST by hinckley buzzard
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ooops, sorry...that’s www.tdameritrade.com


16 posted on 11/17/2008 4:51:35 PM PST by tsmith130
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Why buy the stock? Last time I checked you could buy 2010 calls for about 50 cents a share. That is if you thought the stock would be at $10 in 2010. Ha!


17 posted on 11/17/2008 4:58:39 PM PST by gotribe (obama just sucks - your wealth away)
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To: Leisler

The union isn’t dumb. The members are. The union has managed to keep the gravy train running at an obscene level for an amazing length of time. It is shocking that they could pull this off. They managed to play both sides beautifully and, even if the automakers die and the jobs are lost, they will still have made a boatload of money.


18 posted on 11/17/2008 5:05:10 PM PST by SlapHappyPappy
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To: hinckley buzzard

“What a joke. If the UAW bought GM the first thing they would do is void all existing contracts with themselves.”

Actually, it’s not a bad idea IMHO. That’s exactly what saved some of the US steel industry back in the 70’s. Workers bought the companies when they were about to go out of business, and decided they couldn’t run the company paying themselves as much as they USED to make. Three things happened:
1)The new owners cut their pay.

2)There was much interest in making the company efficient and profitable, since THEY were now the new owners.

3)The companies became competitive again and began to make a profit.

A classic argument against socialism if there ever was one. Give people a real stake in the economy and leave them alone, and the economy will grow and prosper.


19 posted on 11/17/2008 5:39:37 PM PST by EEDUDE
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No. Not until they declare bankruptcy and are able to fix the real problem. Otherwise they are just going to piss away whatever bailout they get and be back for another, then a third, and another, etc.


20 posted on 11/17/2008 5:45:39 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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