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Great PR, fundamentally at least. But lacking detail and still no filings, no share info.
Great volume so far too, but PPS is all wrong. Technicals have been pointing down for days, price action so far today just confirms that.
Pinksheets says "STOP" "No information". They need to get rid of that. We were told the Co. would file 1/4-ly and it has not. What about the uplisting that was mentioned 2x in the last year?
If we had filings and share info PPS would probably have moved up nicely assuming no shares being added today. (they may have weeks of not adding millions of shares to make up for)
We all know there is much more to moving PPS up than just letting us know they are getting work done. A good 1st step(?) though...
What's with the 2 months thing?
PSAR on our side now. PPS toying with MA8, other indicators looking bottomed. Would like to break 2.96 to get out of that downtrend begun last week. Then as long as the market continues back toward 11,800 LVLT should keep moving.
Yeah, but I suppose a few billion $$$ wouldn't hurt them at this juncture. International attention and interest shouldn't hurt them either, but if China really is Volvo-crazy it might be good to hang on to that assett and sell them lots more cars. Foreign markets seem to be their saving grace, if they have a saving grace right now.
Good to see Tracinda still involved via the SC 13. I wonder if they'll be adding more at these levels.
A Chinese Volvo: Would You Buy One?
Posted By:Phil LeBeau
Topics:Mergers & Acquisitions | China | Asia | Automobile Industry
Sectors:Automobiles and Parts
Companies:Ford Motor Company
For as long as I've worked the auto beat, I've heard the same thing, "watch out for the Chinese car companies!"
The theory/fear being, Chinese automakers will get to the U.S. market and work quickly to make their mark. For years, many thought the companies would leverage their relatively cheap labor to send us a flood of entry level cars. Turns out the Chinese are more likely to take the highway of established brands.
Reports that Chinese based Chery Autos may be interested in buying Volvo from Ford [F 5.11 0.21 (+4.29%) ]are not surprising given the appetite the Chinese have to establish themselves in foreign markets. And from Chery's perspective, getting Volvo for $3-$5 Billion would be acquiring a brand with a strong identity. That image as a leader in safety and quality would go a long ways towards convincing the world Chery is serious about building and selling stylish, well-made cars.
And don't think the Chinese automakers aren't ready to try stepping out of their home market. When I went to the Beijing Auto Show in April, I heard and saw how "international" these companies have become.
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Many of the engineers and executives building these companies, were trained and cut their teeth at automakers in the U.S., Europe, and Japan. Now they've come home. They are the ones driving the the Chinese automakers to grow quickly and expand. And they know what it takes to win in the U.S.
Which brings up the question: would you buy a Volvo if a Chinese company owned it? Would it make a difference to you? Drop me a note and let me know.
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Are they actually buyers of F and not just buyers of the rally? Very nice movement of the $4.30 low last week!
250,000th Ford Focus Rolls Off St. Petersburg Production Line
Jul 9, 2008 9:30:00 AM
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ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, July 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The 250,000th Russian-built Ford Focus rolled off the production line today at the Ford plant in Vsevolozhsk, near St. Petersburg.
The car, a silver 1.8 litre Ghia Wagon, will be delivered to a customer in Moscow.
The Ford Focus has been Russia's best-selling foreign car for the past five consecutive full years.
"We were the very first foreign manufacturer to open our own production facility in Russia and when the first locally-built Focus was built at Vsevolozhsk in 2002, the plant had an annual production capacity of 25,000 cars," said John Fleming, president and CEO, Ford of Europe.
"In order to keep pace with demand from customers in Russia, that figure has risen today to 75,000, and it will rise again to 125,000 in 2009, when the Ford Mondeo will also be produced at the plant," he added.
To support this production increase, the plant is currently recruiting 1,300 new employees, raising the total number of people employed at the plant to 3,500 by the end of this year.
The Ford Focus is built in Russia in four body styles: three-door, four-door, five-door and wagon, with a choice of five engines, automatic and manual transmissions and in a choice of three trim series.
Sales of the Ford Focus in Russia are up by 25 percent in the first six months of this year to 46,335 versus the same period in 2007. Total Ford vehicle sales in Russia to the end of June are up 20 percent to 97,626 when compared to the first half of last year. By contrast, the company sold just 1,363 vehicles in Russia in 2000.
With more than five million examples produced in Europe since it was launched in 1998, the Ford Focus has won over 80 awards in Europe alone. The Focus has been a major influence on the automotive world and continues to be one of the key pillars of Ford of Europe's product-led growth.
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Has been a tough few weeks - no doubt about that Capin! The only thing working for me is ACI -- and they had quite the day yesterday HaW!
2.20 here is conceivable but seems like the lower end of the lows so I agree that it may not get hit.
$2.62 is a significant low, I don't love that it hit $2.60 but that is not too much of a break and it seems to be holding above it for now. A Doji would be nice for today given the oversold condition of the chart. Recovery from Citigroup downgrade and market plunge could bring $3.12+ soon. If they report a good Q and intergation successes, even better to follow in the weeks leading up the report.
Enjoy the long weekend!
I wanna go to the back of the line too!
Kerkorian is down about 35% on his investment in F.
1,285,000 @ .007 ...moved .008s to the bid.
I was thinking more like a penny than the moon :) Maybe tomorrow
My L2 ended at
1@ .008 x 2@ .009
1@ .0075 x 1@ .01
1@ .007 x 1 @ .013
1@ .0016 x 1@ .015
5@ .005 x 1@ .02
1@ .001 x 1@ .04
Watch those .005s though
crazy L2, support wall just dropped to .005, ask just piled up at .008
1 .0075 x 3@ .008
2@ .007 x 1@ .013
1@ .006 x 1@ .015
5@ .005 x 1@ .02
1@ .001 x 1@ .04
$4.64 - how sweet is that?
(I hope that is as sweet as it gets)
Will be spending some time with this chart today!
I'd call Chittybank pretty in-credible at this point.
I guess they were very short LVLT and needed to knock it down to where the market wasn;t taking it so they could get long at a better price.
HaW!
Whatta market, huh? 11,300 :) weeeeeeeee
Level 3 Communications Sets Second Quarter 2008 Earnings Call Date
Jun 26, 2008 2:00:00 PM
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BROOMFIELD, Colo., June 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Level 3 Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: LVLT) will release its second quarter 2008 results on Thursday, July 24, and will host a conference call at 10 a.m. EDT.
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About Level 3 Communications
Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: LVLT) is a leading international provider of fiber-based communications services. Enterprise, content, wholesale and government customers rely on Level 3 to deliver services with an industry-leading combination of scalability and value over an end-to-end fiber network. Level 3 offers a portfolio of metro and long-haul services, including transport, data, Internet, content delivery and voice. For more information, visit http://www.Level3.com.
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Dow = 11,562... new low for 2008. Could be falling through May 06 support... what comes 1st... $11,200s? New range around 11,500 - 12,000? Turn back up?
I don't think its ready to turn up just yet; 'slow and low, that is the tempo'
This should be the bottom of the curve here but I am not so sure this time. Maybe it needs to do some time in the 11,200 - 11,700 range before moving back up. wow
LVLT is holding up well here, all things considered. Really needs to hold on to the $3.25 area. Howabout a couple upgrades or some good news to help that along?
Technically this shoulda been a good week for LVLT but with the overall market choking there may be an increase in short positions fighting to drag it down. If the market corrects, those shorts will drive LVLT even higher later.
6/13 shorts = 236M, up 5M from 5/30.
How do you know this? ..."Aquagold will move its water bottling facility to the west coast of canada."
Did you email them to inquire about whether aquagold is affiliated?
Right through the bottom bollie! Only 3 up days out of the last 27 trading days. Very few closes below the bottom bollie in the past year. No support from any of the MAs at this level. $4.95 tomorrow? Looking oversold but plenty of room below.
200MA = 7.12
100MA = 6.70
50MA = 7.24
20MA = 6.34
8MA = 6.02
There will always be, regardless of the exchange, times when one strategy or another will or won't work. You stated that "technical analyisis dont work for pinks". I think it do. :)
We can go back and forth on that 'forever' as I've done with many of your perspective. I've seen the arguments a hundred times. I'm sure you have too. I am not out to change anybody's mind. I am satisfied to say that, for me, charting works. Based on your statement, I can only guess that charting the pinks doesn't work for you. Hence my reply.
We can feel differently about our approaches and still be in the same stock. The more reasons to be in a stock (the more approaches people are taking and are thinking will be successful) the better overall chance the stock has of succeeding.
Not for you I guess.
L2 is looking very nice for a change. All that lack of volume seems to really be helping the stock.
3@ .003 x .0033
1@ .02 x 3@ .004
4@ .002 x 3@ .007
1@ .0017 x 1@ .008
2@ .001 x 1@ .0095
1@ .0009 x 2@ .015
4@ .0001 x 1@ .029
chart looking decent too...
MoMo gonna break north of 0 soon
%R heading for overbought
MACD diverging positively and accelerating
SS buy signal already in
RSI higher than it's been since PPS was .015
If they are done with all the games, this is getting to be a nice time for some filings, some real transparency, a real PR, and so forth.
$3.37... MFI and %R turning up but SS and MACD still falling. RSI flattening out. Bottom nearing?
5/30 short interest = 231M (down from 238M on 5/15 and down from 243M on 4/30)
Support around $3.25, again around 3.10, not much after that til around 2.75.
I'm ready for that! Thanks for posting your calls to them. GLTY.
2@ .0028 x 1@ .032
1@ .0021 x 1@ .0033
5@ .002 x 3@ .004
now .0028 x .003 and $29.53 traded to prove it!
someone must want a few shares for "cheap"
1@ .0028 x 3@ .003
2@ .0021 x 1@ .0032
6@ .002 x 1@ .0033
1@ .0017 x 1@ .004
2@ .001 x 1@ .007
1@ .0009 x 1@ .008
4@ .0001 x 1@ .095
They even raised the inside bid today. But it looks like the 2nd bidders dropped to .021... another headfake? Unless I am wrong and there was only 1MM at .0023 all along?
1@ .0025 x 3@ .003
2@ .0021 x 1@ .0032
6@ .002 x 1@ .0033
1@ .0017 x 1@ .004
2@ .001 x 1@ .007
1@ .0009 x 1@ .008
4@ .0001 x 1@ .095
sigh ... I remember when you would see .02 once you got this deep into the L2, now you;re lucky to see .01
That is very true and extends well beyond business.
"In North America, the model is to make a deal, make some money, and then build a relationship. The China model is to build a relationship first, then strike a deal, and profit is expected thereafter. Trust comes from friendship. . . . Chinese businesspeople prefer to do business with friends."
In America we want "New and Improved". In China they want "Old and Proven"
If these guys make friends with the Chinese, especially the Chinese Government... The plus is they are sure to succeed and be prosperous.
The minus is if they don't listen or upset their friends ... well you know what happens to people who don't listen to the G in China. :) That said, the Chinese Government can move a lot of water.
I'm loving the volume!
Nice movement in the last half hour. .016 x .017 EOM
I know the market is sucking right now and even though the lows are still getting higher, LVLT is falling below trendline support. Looking for >$3.70 close. Otherwise
$3.50 - $3.25 could be coming soon.
Meantime SMA 50 about to cross up through SMA 200.
Should be interesting here over the next week or so.
Wants (ideally):
More aggressive slope in the SMA 50
Flatter or positive slope in the SMA 200
and turn all the other indicators around too :)
Membermark for you sir.
Candle theory:
IMO: We've just seen 2 dojis in a row and the black candle on Monday wasn't all that long. At .015, AQUI is still within the downtrend but I'd give the benefit of the doubt to a modified morning star reversal setting in if today closes above .0175.
The last 2 dojis held the middle of the big white candlestick from 6/5. The .013 trade broke that this morning but it still looks like .014 is holding and becoming support. Below that, it needs to hold .01 for a couple days or preferably bounce off it.
Aroon shows downtrend appears to be weakening, and uptrend to be about as weak as it gets (potential for reversal coming). Setting up but not ready yet. I expect more floundering before news and/or technical time to buy hits.
That's great stuff! 20M more ...two days after meeting with Mulally!
Dunno what he paid for the latest 20M but his avg is probably much closer to $7.00 again.
Figure if you can match his average, you're in it to win it.
Being in F at the same price as Kerkorian is about as close to becoming a multibillionaire as I can realistically expect to get - LOL!
$172 dropped it >20% on the day so far. . . Who's gonna spend $20 to close it up for a 7% gain today?
Are you sure looking at the AQUI chart?
What indicator is in the oversold area?
RSI = no
SS = no
MACD = no
MFI = no
%R = no
The only one I see as oversold is the RSI 2 - which means very little in terms of overbought /oversold.
The problem with the significance of yesterday's Doji is that, while it does appear in a down trend, the chart is not oversold, the volume that day was very low, and there was not a big and fast downward force preceding it. There does also not appear to be significant historical support at .015
The .021 Doji from 6/10 was much more significant. Although the stock was not overbought at that time, there was a strong uptrend just prior, and good volume that day. That Doji has proven itself by dropping PPS down to the .011 low, over a 50% drop from the high on the Doji day.
Today needs to close at .0175 or better to create a Morning Star pattern. That seems somewhat unlikely based on trading today so far.
Not that I couldn't be wrong, but volume is low and bid is not moving up in support of buying at the ask so far. I would need a confirmation in the form of .018 today and upwards momo tomorrow breaking .02, which seems like it will be good resistance.
Here's some hot news - Ford now in the hybrid heavy duty van business... sort of.
First 135 AuraGen Equipped Hybrid Electric Ford E-450 Vans Sold to AT&T, Federal Express and Purolator
Jun 18, 2008 9:15:00 AM
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EL SEGUNDO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Aura Systems, Inc. (OTCBB:AUSI) announced today that the AuraGen will be used on the first 135 parallel hybrid electric Ford (NYSE:F) E-450 vehicles sold by Azure Dynamics Corporation (TSX: AZD, LSE: ADC & OTCQX: AZDDF) ("Azure") to AT&T (NYSE:T), Federal Express (NYSE:FDX), and Purolator. This represents the first production orders of over 250 hybrid electric chassis that Azure expects to produce over the next 5 months.
Azure is a leading developer of hybrid electric and electric powertrains for commercial fleets. Azure evaluated several technologies for use in the hybridizing kit before settling on the AuraGen power system earlier in the year. These units are part of the 1000 unit order Aura has started to deliver on that was previously announced on March 3, 2008. According to Azure, these hybridized Ford vans show an improvement of 40% in fuel economy and a 30% decrease in maintenance costs over the standard gasoline powered vehicles. On June 12, 2008, the Sopp Ford dealership in Los Angeles showcased the parallel Hybrid Electric Ford E-450 that includes the AuraGen on a Federal Express hybrid van as well as other commercial vans.
Mr. Gagerman, Aura's CEO, said, "We were pleased to learn that Azure already sold over 135 of their hybrid systems that include our AuraGen to such customers as Federal Express, Purolator, and AT&T. It was exciting to see the AuraGen on a Federal Express hybrid van at the Sopp Ford dealership open house." Mr. Gagerman added, "It is clear that with the price for fuel at an all time high, every fleet is looking for fuel reduction solutions. Hybrid commercial vehicles have demonstrated significant fuel usage reduction and at the same time provide lower emissions. We at Aura, through our patented AuraGen usage on hybrid vans, are participating in helping the nation reduce its dependence on foreign fuel imports and at the same time help the environment by reducing harmful emissions."
Aura Systems Inc. is the developer and provider of the AuraGen/VIPER mobile electric power solution using patented axial induction technology where the vehicle engine is the prime mover. The Company's AuraGen/VIPER is now available in 5 kW, 8 kW and 16 kW continuous power levels. All power levels are available in configurations that provide AC or a combination of AC and DC power. The AC power is available in 120 VAC or 240 VAC or both voltages simultaneously. The DC power levels are available in 14 VDC or 28 VDC or both simultaneously. The combined AC/DC system provides the user with the ability to use simultaneously all four different voltages. Later in the year the Company will offer a 230 VAC 3 phase solution and support for European and Asian AC standards.
For more information, see the Company's website: http://www.aurasystems.com.
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CYHA - taking a shot here - huge drop in last couple days, (.085H to .016L) Fell below old .03 support, fell below L2 support of .02 this morning, chart showing support about .015, which is today's low so far.
Purely technical; usually thinly traded; possible RS candidate; I have done no DD, sadly outdated website, share count is not readily available, last rs was 300:1, OS could be huge, bounce, if any, should be quick.
True, but you don't have to pay a premium for voting power. You still get the same $ of votes whether you pay 6.00/share or 8.50/share. And VS what the family owns he would not be able to outvote them. They made a good decision putting Mullaly in charge, shows they are interested in going outside the family to keep the company moving.
The fact that they followed through on the offer when, by the terms of the offer, they were not required to, says to me that they are trying to show great confidence in "F" or trying to generate consumer confidence in F.
I can't see why else they'd follow up if they didn't have to. Makes me feel like I am missing something but I haven't figured out what... why would they do that? Why pay a premium for something you can get at a discount? Is paying up going to make F a better value or sway enough buyers to bring Tracinda significant profitability on the trade? I mean, if they bought at 8.50, even though their average is much lower, they still need to sell at better than $8 to make more than 10% on it.
hmmm
That is a very expensive vote of confidence! If I remember correctly, Tracinda's average on the 100M shares was about $6.91. Add 20M shares @ $8.50 to that and their average is now about $7.17 per share.