Almost three years ago, executives at Ford Motor Company (F) expressed frustration with its financial results, noting that "fundamental change" would be needed in how the automaker engineered, sourced, and produced vehicles. Ford's then-CFO, John Lawler, said at the time that costs added up to a staggering $7 billion to $8 billion disadvantage for Ford compared to its traditional rivals.
It's been about three years since Ford Motor Company (F -0.59%) CEO Jim Farley said that fixing quality was a top priority for the Detroit automaker. Farley also acknowledged the unfortunately large task would take several years to right.
If Ford's (F -0.59%) recently announced $5 billion investment in creating the "Ford Universal EV Platform and Ford Universal EV Production System," looks like an all-in bet on electric vehicles (EVs) and sounds like one, it's a pretty safe assumption that it is one. It's a bold move, and makes perfect sense in light of CEO Jim Farley's long-term strategic decision-making.
Dividend stocks offer income investors, or anyone, really, the ability to offset market downturns and slowly build wealth through reinvested dividends, and are historically stable and mature businesses. Those are all comforting things, but what investors give up with most dividend stocks is potential for high growth in the stock price -- as the businesses are typically larger and more mature.
Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) has launched its Ready Set Ford marketing campaign, which will cost it tens of millions of dollars. It came less than a day after Ford made its 104th recall this year. That number is unfathomable. The first wave of the campaign's effort is confusing. Someone driving a pickup saves a running bull. A man is running without a car. A race car is driving. Someone jumps into ...
Dividend stocks are highly desirable for their ability to generate regular income, building investors' portfolio wealth through the power of compounding, and they can also provide a buffer to market volatility. If you're looking for two rock-solid dividend stocks backed by stable and mature businesses, look no further than two juggernauts of their respective industries: Coca-Cola (KO -0.05%) an...
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