Hot US Companies To Own In Right Now

Hot US Companies To Own In Right Now: Ford Motor Credit Company(F)

Ford Motor Company primarily develops, manufactures, distributes, and services vehicles and parts worldwide. It operates in two sectors, Automotive and Financial Services. The Automotive sector offers vehicles primarily under the Ford and Lincoln brand names. This sector markets cars, trucks, and parts through retail dealers in North America, and through distributors and dealers outside of North America. It also sells cars and trucks to dealers for sale to fleet customers, including daily rental car companies, commercial fleet customers, leasing companies, and governments. In addition, this sector provides retail customers with a range of after-sale vehicle services and products in the areas, such as maintenance and light repair, heavy repair, collision repair, vehicle accessories, and extended service contracts under the Ford Service, Lincoln Service, Ford Custom Accessories, Ford Extended Service Plan, and Motorcraft brand names. The Financial Services sector offers vari ous automotive financing products to and through automotive dealers. It offers retail financing, which includes retail installment contracts for new and used vehicles; direct financing leases; wholesale financing products that comprise loans to dealers to finance the purchase of vehicle inventory; loans to dealers to finance working capital, purchase real estate dealership, and/or make improvements to dealership facilities; and other financing products, as well as provides insurance services. Ford Motor Company was founded in 1903 and is based in Dearborn, Michigan.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Ben Levisohn]

  GM sales disappointing but not thesis changing – take advantage of sell-off. While GM sales of -6% y/y were shy of Street expectations calling for +1.5% y/y growth, we wouldn’t read too much into one month of sales. Further, we believe GM did a better job holding the line on incentive spending in the month whic! h means more profitable sales. To wit, GM average incentive/unit was up +4% y/y, below the industry increase of +7% y/y and well below Ford (F) at 24% y/y, Toyota (TM) at +8% y/y, Honda (HMC) at +17% y/y and Nissan (NSANY) at +13% y/y. For 4Q13, GM US sales were +6% y/y, which is above our NA wholesale forecast of +4% y/y. Yes, there are some adjustments when comparing monthly sales to wholesale units, but we believe, net, our volume assumptions are ok. On the other hand, we have increased confidence in our 4Q13 NA price factor.

• [By WWW.DAILYFINANCE.COM]

  Koichi Kamoshida/Bloomberg via Getty Images DETROIT -- Faulty air bags -- which have already led to the recall of millions of cars worldwide -- are blamed for a new round of recalls in the U.S. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the government's auto safety agency, said Monday that BMW, Chrysler, Ford (F), Honda (HMC), Mazda, Nissan and Toyota (TM) will recall cars sold in places where hot, humid weather can potentially affect the air bags. The older-model cars have air bag inflators that can rupture. If that happens, the air bags might not work properly in a crash, and shards from the broken system could fly out and cause injury. The automakers all have air bag systems made by Takata Corp., a Tokyo-based supplier of seat belts, air bags, steering wheels and other auto parts. NHTSA opened an investigation this month after getting six reports of air bags rupturing in Florida and Puerto Rico. Three people were injured in those cases. It had estimated 1.1 million vehicles automakers in the U.S. could be affected, but the total is likely to climb. Honda, for example, said it will include 10 states and territories in its recall, including Texas, Georgia and South Carolina. Honda says Takata recommended recalling cars in four places: Florida, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The government says it wanted to act quickly in warm states while it continues to investigate the issue. "Based on the! limited ! data available at this time, NHTSA supports efforts by automakers to address the immediate risk in areas that have consistently hot, humid conditions over extended periods of time," the agency said in a statement. Honda says too much pressure may be building up in the system, causing the air bags to deploy with too much force. In one complaint last August, a Honda driver's lawyer told NHTSA that the car was in a crash, and both driver and passenger air bags inflated. The driver's air bag inflator ruptured "and propelled a one-in

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