{"id":553,"date":"2018-02-09T21:40:51","date_gmt":"2018-02-10T02:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stockpicks4you.com\/?p=553"},"modified":"2018-02-09T21:40:51","modified_gmt":"2018-02-10T02:40:51","slug":"will-ge-survive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stockpicks4you.com\/index.php\/2018\/02\/09\/will-ge-survive\/","title":{"rendered":"Will GE Survive?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>General Electric has been in free fall since Q2 2017. This is despite a roaring bull market in stocks last year.<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"554\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/stockpicks4you.com\/index.php\/2018\/02\/09\/will-ge-survive\/ge-stock\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stockpicks4you.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/GE-Stock.png?fit=972%2C532&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"972,532\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"GE Stock\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stockpicks4you.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/GE-Stock.png?fit=300%2C164&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stockpicks4you.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/GE-Stock.png?fit=660%2C361&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-554\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stockpicks4you.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/GE-Stock.png?resize=660%2C361\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stockpicks4you.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/GE-Stock.png?w=972&amp;ssl=1 972w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stockpicks4you.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/GE-Stock.png?resize=300%2C164&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stockpicks4you.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/GE-Stock.png?resize=768%2C420&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><br \/>\nI can summarize GE&#8217;s problem in two charts.<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"555\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/stockpicks4you.com\/index.php\/2018\/02\/09\/will-ge-survive\/ge-stock-assest-li\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stockpicks4you.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/GE-Stock-assest-li.png?fit=526%2C379&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"526,379\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"GE Stock assest li\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stockpicks4you.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/GE-Stock-assest-li.png?fit=300%2C216&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stockpicks4you.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/GE-Stock-assest-li.png?fit=526%2C379&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-555\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stockpicks4you.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/GE-Stock-assest-li.png?resize=526%2C379\" alt=\"\" width=\"526\" height=\"379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stockpicks4you.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/GE-Stock-assest-li.png?w=526&amp;ssl=1 526w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stockpicks4you.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/GE-Stock-assest-li.png?resize=300%2C216&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"556\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/stockpicks4you.com\/index.php\/2018\/02\/09\/will-ge-survive\/operting-cash-flow\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stockpicks4you.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/operting-cash-flow.png?fit=530%2C320&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"530,320\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"operting cash flow\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stockpicks4you.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/operting-cash-flow.png?fit=300%2C181&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stockpicks4you.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/operting-cash-flow.png?fit=530%2C320&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-556\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stockpicks4you.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/operting-cash-flow.png?resize=530%2C320\" alt=\"\" width=\"530\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stockpicks4you.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/operting-cash-flow.png?w=530&amp;ssl=1 530w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stockpicks4you.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/operting-cash-flow.png?resize=300%2C181&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><br \/>\nThere operating cash flow has gone negative.<br \/>\nMore importantly though, they have to much debt. When assets and liabilities get this close I get suspicious of accounting games being played to make it look like you are not buying a stock with negative equity. For instance &#8216;Goodwill assets&#8217;, &#8216;other long-term assets&#8217;, etc are high on their balance sheet. Digging deeper you could discover you are buying shares in a company with negative equity.<br \/>\nAmazingly, despite these deteriorating financials, the stock went side ways in 2016 all the way through the first quarter of 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General Electric has been in free fall since Q2 2017. This is despite a roaring bull market in stocks last year. I can summarize GE&#8217;s problem in two charts. There operating cash flow has gone negative. More importantly though, they have to much debt. When assets and liabilities get this close I get suspicious of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/stockpicks4you.com\/index.php\/2018\/02\/09\/will-ge-survive\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Will GE Survive?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9wXzO-8V","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stockpicks4you.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stockpicks4you.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stockpicks4you.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stockpicks4you.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stockpicks4you.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=553"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stockpicks4you.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":557,"href":"https:\/\/stockpicks4you.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553\/revisions\/557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stockpicks4you.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stockpicks4you.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stockpicks4you.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}