2. Wells Fargo Financial (WFC) US$41.1 STRONG BUY
3. General Electric (GE) US$19.7 BUY => HOLD
4. American Express (AXP) US$48.6 HOLD
5. Walt’s Disney (DIS) US$36.99 HOLD
- American Express share price down recently from US$46.5 to US$41.0 (climb back a bit) on the worry USA government will be more restricted in credit card service charges. Last week, VISA & Master Card share price got the hit as the regulator reform the debit card service charges.
- General Electric’s (I will use GE in below, it is how its own press release name themselves though) share price did not recover as fast as the big 4 banks, nor the giant industrial corp such as Caterpillar, the main reason is because of GE Capital – the finance segment @ GE.
1. GE is an industrial / technology corp which manufacture energy / power / health equipments & devices
2. With its strong financial position, they are able to borrow short term loan cheap enough and lent it through GE Capital to their customers in long term (just like u buy a car through finance & then Honda/Nissan/Mini Copper lend $$ to u)
3. After the financial crisis, GE gets harder to borrow cheaper, therefore, its GE Capital interest spread got narrow down at the same time rise a potential cash flow issues (cuz they borrow in short term but lent it for long term)
4. Investors has an ongoing cash concern on GE, that’s why its share price only up about 130% from bottom compare to say Wells Fargo which up 250%.
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