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The End is Near for GE

Article Submitted by: Herman Kline
The Economy

Tags: Ge, Immelt, Ge capital.

I've written on this site for many months that GE is the ultimate unknowable stock and people should get out. Did you?

Submitted: Feb 20, 2009 Views: 155 Comments: 1 Likes: 2

Search GE on this site and you find my other articles indicating what I think of the company.

I've always thought that GE Capital is completely unknowable - and leveraged to the most risky elements of consumer finance, equipment finance, commercial real estate finance and aircraft finance. Essentially GE Capital is a hedge fund that makes up most of GE's profits and revenues. GE also happens to sell light bulbs and turbines and run a TV network on the side. Somehow, GE has a triple A rating and trades at a much higher multiple than any of the component businesses could possibly have as a standalone.

This entire unknowable hodge-podge of businesses in GE is now blowing up, because people are finally realizing that GE Capital is most of the company and has liabilities which could just overwhelm the rest of the thing.

$9 may be the lowest point in 15 years. I think it is also a good exit point if you haven't sold yet.

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JDonahue

If GE were to start to fail, you would see the government come in to try to rescue the debtholders. The debt is spread throughout the financial system.

Posted: Feb 26, 2009

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