Ford: This $10 Stock Offers 400% Potential Gains

Trefis submits: Toyota Motor Corporation (NYSE:TM) is the world’s largest automaker by sales and is headquartered in Japan. We believe that the damage in Japan from the earthquake and tsunami will negatively impact Toyota’s lease and loans portfolio, which contributes 27% to Toyota’s stock value.

By Left Banker:As the automotive sector moves into recovery mode, one giant seems to have been overlooked: Volkswagen AG (VLKAY.PK).

By Valuentum: American automaker Ford (F) reported fantastic third quarter earnings Tuesday morning in spite of persistent weakness in Europe. Revenue fell 3% year-over-year to $32.1 billion, which was still much higher than consensus estimates. Operating profit, which excludes special items, surged 18% year-over-year to $0.40 per share, 25% higher than consensus estimates.

By Valuentum: One of the best trades of the 1980’s could be relevant again today: we love Ford

David Braunstein submits:As I've noted in a previous post, 2011 will be the year for stock pickers. The market will likely be flat to up slightly. The following companies are my top picks for 2011:

By David Zanoni:The automakers have faced some tumultuous times in the past few years. The 2008 financial crisis led to a bailout of General Motors (GM) and caused Ford’s (F) stock to drop below $2 per share.

Trefis submits: Toyota Motor Corporation (TM) is the world’s largest automaker by sales and is headquartered in Japan. Toyota has been majorly affected by the devastating Japan earthquake and tsunami in March, and continues to face significant risks to its global operations. Here we take a look at the possible effects of this natural disaster on Toyota’s stock value.

Irfan Chaudhry submits: Precious metals outperformed most asset classes over a 3, 5 and 10 year period. Silver was a little to the party. Silver is a business cycle sensitive investment as against gold which is a fear / value / wealth trade. Silver fell to its lowest level relative to gold in early 2009 as silver price went as low as $8.92 which at that time bought 84th of an ounce of gold. However as the business cycle turned, it became one of the best performing assets in 2010.