Friday, January 23, 2009

GE: "2009 to be extremely difficult"

From the WSJ: General Electric's Net Slides 44%.

Here are a couple of slides from their investor presentation:

GE Click on table for larger image in new window.

The credit loss estimate is $2 trillion - just a little lower than my estimate of $2 to $2.5 trillion (Roubini's estimate is $3.6 trillion now!)

The good news is a "broad deflationary cycle" begins!


GE Look at mortgage delinquencies: 10.74%!

And commercial delinquencies are rising faster too.