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GMAC Bailout: A Sign of the Times

Companies / Credit Crisis Bailouts Dec 31, 2008 - 09:39 AM GMT

By: Oxbury_Research

Companies

Best Financial Markets Analysis ArticleWASHINGTON — The Treasury Department said Monday that it will provide $5 billion to GMAC Financial Services LLC, the ailing financing arm of General Motors Corp., from the $700 billion bank rescue program.(The Huffington Post)

GMAC will also potentially receive up to $1 billion from the Treasury in the form of an equity purchase. Shocking right? Not if you have two eyes and can read beyond a 4th grade level.


Back in the first week of September I shared with you this figure from Ty Andros.

* Lehman Brothers (LEH)--11-13%

* Merrill Lynch (MER)--11-12%

* Morgan Stanley (MS)--9-10%

* Citigroup (C)--9 ½-10 ½%

* Keycorp (KEY)--11-13%

* National City (NCC)--13-15%

* Wachovia (WB)--10-12%

* Zions Bancorp (ZION)--13-15%

* GM/GMAC (GM)--not possible

* Washington Mutual (WM)--not possible

* Ford (F)--not possible

Of these 11 companies, at least 8 have either gone bankrupt, or received bailout money. I hate to be Captain Obvious here, but you can't run a company that has large short term liabilities and is forced to pay double digit interest rates.

I believe many Americans have grown comfortably numb with the fact that there is an ever pending bailout. The recipient may be unknown in the near term, but there is trouble brewing, and Uncle Sam is waiting with his checkbook.

So instead of going on one of my rants, I would like to focus at the irony of this situation, and how GMAC has been truly a story of the times.

Rush to the Bubble

As you know GMAC deals in auto lending, mortgage lending, and insurance. So why does a company that has manufactured cars for nearly 100 years get involved in the credit markets?

The answer if very simple, to make money. Just like every bubble that preceded it, there was a lot of money to be had in the credit bubble before it went bust. As a result of Keynesian economic policies in the form of ultra loose fiscal and monetary actions, the system was flush with liquidity.

The firms that had access to the highest tiers of our fractional banking pyramid scheme were the ones that made the most money. The easiest way to access this money and then turn it around for a profit was to lend money. That's what GM decided to do when it created GMAC.

All bubbles come to an end. As you know, when the pop, the markets move hard. Those left long the bubble get burned. For GMAC, their burn amounted to approximately $10 billion in losses over the last two years.

GMAC is simply a perfect sign of the times. GM, a manufacturing giant, altered it's long lasting business plan by entering the lending markets. GMAC is a direct product of Keynesian economics. Without loose monetary and fiscal policies, GMAC doesn't have a market. I guess when it's all said and done, GMAC will be another drop in the bucket.

By Nicholas Jones
Analyst, Oxbury Research

Nick has spent several years researching and preparing for the ripsaws in today's commodities markets.  Through independent research on commodities markets and free-market macroeconomics, he brings a worldy understanding to all who participate in this particular financial climate.

Oxbury Research originally formed as an underground investment club, Oxbury Publishing is comprised of a wide variety of Wall Street professionals - from equity analysts to futures floor traders – all independent thinkers and all capital market veterans.

© 2008 Copyright Nicholas Jones / Oxbury Research - All Rights Reserved
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Comments

Joseph
28 Oct 09, 10:04
gm bail out

dont give gmac or gm anything. Enough let these companies die off . No one is bailing out small business, just the big ones come on . lets not be fooled here. They rip us off then we are supposed to bail them out. Come-on enough said..

Plus their cars stink they are old and out dated . They always have problems. except of course the chevy corvette. When will Gm rise to the standards that americans deserve. Stop bailing them out . Lets build a new company that serves americans and keeps it affordable


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