The techies who bring you TTAC have informed me that they’re working on a back end solution (heyyyy) that will allow us to choose which stock to feature in our Yahoo! stock ticker. As there’s a plethora of patches in the hopper, it may not make it here by– well, it might take a while. But my man Bryan says he’ll spot us one change as an interim measure. So, B&B, what’s it going to be? Which stocks do you think we should list on our widget? I’d like to limit it to fifteen for the mo. Ford, GM and Toyota are a given. The rest are up for grabs. And what about a supplier or two, like Ener1, maker of hybrid batteries. Or sucklike. Whatever your opinion make it snappy, both in that usual way you do but also in terms of time. Bryan’s got a clarinet to play. Honest-to-God.
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I think the sidebar is getting a bit too long and crowded…especially with the ad at the bottom, makes you want to scroll further than you need to. Most of everything on the sidebar is available at the top menu.
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Not sure if all of these are available…
Ford
GM
Toyota
Daimler
Honda
Hyundai
Renault-Nissan
FIAT
VAG
Bosch
Delphi
Johnson Controls
General Electric
A few finance companies
A few oil companies
I suggest GE. They’re considered a bellwether for the technology-based industry.
I suggest XOM (Exxon Mobil Corp.)
Delphi.pk – great indicator of whether or not anyone thinks Delphi will avoid Ch. 7 (and by extension whether GM will avoid Ch. 7)
HMC – With TM having a 10x increase in quality issues and day-by-day sounding more like GM in the 90’s, if you want to park some money in an automaker, they’re it
TOL – Luxury housing developer. If they turn it around you know the economic crisis is going to be over in 6 months.
WFC / BAC / ING – Financial sector is underwater right now. When they manage to grab some air everyone will breathe easier.
Oh, and can you do something about how the names appear? I see crazy seven digit numbers with the company name below. That’s not cool.
VW. there are some crazy things going on over there.
HOG – They have a GM-style business model that actually works! (Ha ha ha let the HOG flame wars begin.) HOG is an interesting stock to watch due to its similarities and dis-similarities with the auto industry.
AXL and GNTX – Last I read, they were considered some of the best (and most stable) auto manufacturing suppliers in the business. Interesting to watch how they manage this crisis.
Can you put Oil and gasoline futures on it?
I would include the car companies (the usual), auto finance companies (Credit Acceptance, Americredit, etc.), parts makers (Magna, etc.), rental car firms and some major car dealers (AutoNation, CarMax). Some of the major oil producers (Chevron, Exxon-Mobil, etc.) and refiners (Valero, etc.)
Hyundai doesn’t really work because it’s a pink sheet stock. Pricing on that exchange does not work as it does on the regular exchanges.
Renault doesn’t trade on a US exchange, so I’m not sure whether that would work if the goal is to reflect US exchange prices.
I would use a ticker that streams the quotes, probably somewhere toward the top of the page. It would look kind of cool, plus it would take up less space.
yes, agree with gamper—energy commodities. Crude and gasoline futures is a good idea. That trend and currency exchange rates mean more to me day to day than energy company stocks.
GMOI.X – March 20, 2009 GM put options with a $6 strike price. This is the bankruptcy play.
TTM (NYSE) – Tata Motors – The company that will buy once fabled names like Lincoln and Cadillac from American Leyland. And that will soon eclipse GM in market cap.
How about a couple of raw material manufacturers too; steel companies and the like. Their stock (or better yet steel prices) would be a decent indicator of a revival in industrial orders.
Top 10 makers, top 5 tier-1s, top 3 oil, top each of steel, plastic, and glass producers.
That should give a solid pulse reading, please and thanks.
TEXN3 –
I think the sidebar is getting a bit too long and crowded
Agreed. Maybe put the stock ticker on the “News” page only? It would make room for more stocks without crowding the homepage.
XOM is good. How about the current oil prince? How about 3,6, & 12 month oil futures?
I do like the ticker-tape idea…but will it slow page reloading?
Nah – stay in cash a bit longer. The second (third?) shoe is yet to drop.
What about the Dow itself?
I’ve always found that it keeps things in perspective, especially when there are big swings in the market overall.
Must include VW, now one of the global biggest, in sales and market cap.
Make sure you pick a relevant Exchange. Toyota is listed in New York, but I don’t know if other makes are, or if there’s some value to listing a company on it’s native Exchange.
Ford, GM, Toyota, Honda and Daimler all trade in New York, but VW does not.
If stocks not traded on US exchanges are going to be included, that will have to be made clear on the ticker, otherwise you will be mixing up currencies when streaming their prices.
CAAS
Chinese auto component supplier to, among others, Chery. I use them as a proxy for Chrysler, at least until General Mopar is in business.
GM, Ford, Toyota and Honda are the ones to watch at the moment.
John Horner is right… I would also add KMX (Carmax), Autonation (AN), and symbol OIL into the mix.
To emphasize the current situation it may be worth it to show the 52-week performance of these firms/index. Surprisingly oil prices are only 7% higher than last year at the moment.