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CAN GE FINANCE SURVIVE?

10 February 2009 by Cullen Roche 0 Comments

GE transferred $9.5B to GE Finance today to shore up the balance sheet.   As of the end of Q4 GE only had about $16.7B in cash from operating activities.   I continue to think the company will be forced to do something with the Finance unit.  Spinning off GE Finance is going to be incredibly tricky in this environment, but the potential cash drag puts the rest of GE’s spectacular assets at risk. I am still expecting a downgrade of their AAA rating or a dividend cut in the coming months.  Immelt needs to attack the problem.  Waiting for the economy to turn around (as Ken Lewis is doing) will not work.

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