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General Electric (GE): A blue chip bargain

Today's Financial News - Posted October 13, 2008

GE Chart

Now is the time to get in on this blue chip stock.

by Laura Cadden, TodaysFinancialNews.com

Baltimore — (TFN): General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) is seeing dramatic trading volume today. After a quick bump this morning the share price has descended below its close on Friday of $21.50.

This kind of action is not terribly surprising when you consider GE’s third quarter results (ending September 30)…

As anticipated, revenues came in at $4.5 billion — that’s 12% down from Q3 2007. Net income, in comparison to last year, was down 22%.

Of particular note:

  • The company’s finance arm, GE Capital experienced a 33% decline in profits.
  • The consumer and industrial unit was hit by an 81.7% decrease in profits.
  • On a positive note, GE’s Energy Infrastructure and NBC Universal businesses saw a 31% increase in revenue and a profit of 10%, respectively.

Investors are clearly conflicted.

But this is GE we’re talking about… at practically half it’s 52-week high of $42.09.

If you are in a position to buy General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), you should at or under $22 a share. I expect to see at least 10% gains by mid-December.

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