If one compares F stock price to rise of stock market DOW Index, F fell behind the 1%+ needed to maintain a stock market price rise needed to keep
the government treasury bond interest paid.
F also may be presently carrying a growing amount of suspect vehicle low interest buyer contracts as loans that represent zero value to the efforts of f to stay solvent. Why this state might well be important, is some have termed these 'easy credit buyer purchases, as akin to Lair Loans that ensued during the housing bubble.
F has borrowed monies to make EV and hybrids happen, as well as AV possibilities. <---Will the customer base and economy continue to support low I rate borrowing? Better hope so.
And , what if F has to start throwing in Auto Insurance and Repair Policies into the purchase contract?
Do you understand that F may not win the AV Bet, as many worldwide research teams are competing for that honor? Odds are?
What would transpire if F has to cut further back its Dividend, to keep
operational under above mentioned circumstances?
Would, then. retiring F employees maintain their stake in F . . . what would other large investors do?
Best hope is government grants everyone a birth-to-death credit card, to keep the whole pie operating . . . thus deficit spending comes to the reality of consumerism . . . as a Universal Basic Income.