Robert Barry
Robert Barry
Robert Barryis an American artist. Since 1967, Barry has produced non-material works of art, installations, and performance art using a variety of otherwise invisible media. In 1968, Robert Barry is quoted as saying "Nothing seems to me the most potent thing in the world."...
ProfessionPerformance Artist
Date of Birth9 March 1936
caution costs given interest pricing rising
Caution is warranted given uncertainty about the consumer, rising interest rates, raw-material costs and pricing pressure.
challenges change given likely longer management move north occur plan prospects require severe term time turnaround
We think such a move would not occur if prospects for traction on the turnaround plan were tighter. The management change comes at an inopportune time given the challenges ... and severe stresses on the North American business, some of which will likely require longer term attention.
auto bottom earnings flat given growth line notable sector
The bottom line is we see little to no earnings growth in '06. Indeed, flat earnings may end up being a notable accomplishment, given the stresses the auto sector is facing.
achieve aggressive consumer environment estimate expect given initial million needed pricing sales since spending
The consumer spending environment since midsummer has softened. Our initial estimate is for 2006 sales of 16.8 million units, but we expect aggressive pricing will be needed to achieve that given a weakening consumer.
becoming cash caution given number optimistic weak
We'd caution about becoming too optimistic given a number of challenges, such as very weak (free cash flow).
boost credit cut divert earnings funding likely plans ratings sell stake
Plans to sell a controlling GMAC stake would likely boost credit ratings and cut funding costs, ... divert earnings from GM.
board concur demand election joint management
We concur with the Joint Election Management Board that the candidates' demand to nullify the election is unjustified,
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What investor wants to buy a company that sells plastics to GM when plastics are going through the roof while the prices GM pays go down?
brings confident core gm issue north supply
We are not confident the restructuring addresses the core issue that GM brings too much supply to the North American market.
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We remain confident GM will offer some assistance to Delphi, but bankruptcy risk cannot be ignored. We think GM would find it hard to justify not offering its struggling, former captive supplier, Delphi, some form of assistance.
concern drag fewer profit selling
We reiterate our concern about the profit drag from selling fewer SUVs.
believe continue downward face gm market persistent pressure pricing share term
We believe that GM's market share will continue to face persistent long term downward pressure, and that market pricing pressure will intensify over time, eroding GM fundamentals further.
cars cost driver higher improvement key north performance possibly
We think better cost performance was a key driver of the improvement in North American and possibly higher profitability on cars than we had anticipated.
consumer fleet growing hurt increasing large likely pressure pricing risk spending weaker
Growing fleet sales, increasing competitive pressure in large pickups and escalating risk of weaker consumer spending is likely to hurt pricing and revenue.