Would it be stupid to invest in Ford or GM?

GM and FORD are on life-support. If you want to take a GAMBLE, that's what this would be, not an investment. Find stable, cash flow positive companies with growing earnings if you want to invest.

Even if the government sustains the companies for a few more months, the stock prices will not necessarily improve until the company's prospects improve. Many smart investors are following these stocks and setting their value. If you think you can outsmart them all, go ahead. Just use "play money", or you may be sorry.

If you had invested $100 in either of these companies 10 yrs ago your shares would be worth approx $30 before the stock market crash!

These companies have stiffed their share holders for years and do not deserve any support from share holders.

GM and Ford make good cars, I have owned both!! However their hands are tied with debt from high wages, pensions, etc.

The best thing for them is bankruptcy and then restructuring. So that they can be freed from these shackles and put their money into research and development and not into an overpriced pension fund.

i am pondering investing into ford or gm, but i am not thinking of the long term until i hear what will happen with their bancrupcy protection or government bail out...if anything i am hoping for a miracle on "GM Street" or a merger with a promising company (any asian will do)...but if you were a savy investor and had a good investing account (td ameritrade or e-trade) you could capitalize on the small gains the company pulls off in the early morning or late afternoon...i think yesterday gm rose from approx 2.6 to 4.2 ( i think...well i am too lazy to check) but if you were to invest at that time you could have gained almost half of what u put in...i myself am afraid of that style of investing cuz so much is out of your control (look for a professional to take care of long term investing)...but if you had a day trading account you could probably pull off something like $200 to $1000 per day (off of $10,000) during the morning and afternoon rush...it is best to focus on the morning rush...cuz afternoon sometimes never happens especially if the day of trading was a good day. Like i was saying mornings are crazy cuz u could get double the volume in 3 minutes and that can cause great fluxuations so u could cash in on a little rise. but i am pretty new to trading...hope that helps

I thought they already turned down the bailout plan, but I suppose they will revise it and submit it again. As far as investing in a company, I would maybe invest in oil right now, because the price of gas will eventually climb back up to the 3-4 dollar range in the future.

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GM will go down first. Ford has said they have enough cash for another year.

It's not immoral. Invest if you want to, but if they do go up, watch them closely and be ready to sell fast if things go downhill again, which they almost surely will.

these are the too big company and they do every thing for saving themself and in comming days crisis will over and thy will agian the giant conpany