Harley 2007 Year End Financial Report
#21
RE: Harley 2007 Year End Financial Report
I tried to expain this to my last wife:
"Horses are the last thing you buy, and the first thing you sale."
She couldn't "GET IT", you know? She refused to restack her priorities, so I divorced her.
Same thing goes for Harleys.....Yeah, I recently bought two Harleys, butthat's only because I'm now single and can now truely afford it.
What's this got to do with this thread?.....Simple.....Like I said, "They are the last thing you buy, and the first thing you sell"
My neighbor just sold a 1 year old 28 foot Holiday Ramblertravel trailer for 8K cause he's going broke like so many others now a days.
All of us with new bikes need to accept that we don't own an "investment".
"Horses are the last thing you buy, and the first thing you sale."
She couldn't "GET IT", you know? She refused to restack her priorities, so I divorced her.
Same thing goes for Harleys.....Yeah, I recently bought two Harleys, butthat's only because I'm now single and can now truely afford it.
What's this got to do with this thread?.....Simple.....Like I said, "They are the last thing you buy, and the first thing you sell"
My neighbor just sold a 1 year old 28 foot Holiday Ramblertravel trailer for 8K cause he's going broke like so many others now a days.
All of us with new bikes need to accept that we don't own an "investment".
#22
RE: Harley 2007 Year End Financial Report
The real problem with people selling their stuff.... for a lot of them....
They were over commited in the first place....
They leave no room for what if situations... (what if one gets sick, laid off or what ever the case may be)
The mentality is, I want it.... and I want it now... I don't care how much it costs...
Businesses are much the same... they want to be bigger, better, what ever... but they too can over commit... their overhead goes up.... when the economy as a whole turns a little sour... sales drop a little.... what was a good profit margin is now gone... The stock holders see this, dump the stock...
This is what happens in an instant gratification world... expect it and accept it...
Your opinions may vary...
Charlie D.
They were over commited in the first place....
They leave no room for what if situations... (what if one gets sick, laid off or what ever the case may be)
The mentality is, I want it.... and I want it now... I don't care how much it costs...
Businesses are much the same... they want to be bigger, better, what ever... but they too can over commit... their overhead goes up.... when the economy as a whole turns a little sour... sales drop a little.... what was a good profit margin is now gone... The stock holders see this, dump the stock...
This is what happens in an instant gratification world... expect it and accept it...
Your opinions may vary...
Charlie D.
#23
RE: Harley 2007 Year End Financial Report
There is now, and will be a lot more "TOYS" for sale CHEAP, as the economy takes a crap, and people loose their jobs and can't make their payments for those "TOYS" I've also been saying for quite awhile, that if HD doesn't change their ways, they will dissapear. I know to the big shots at HD, my little Sportster purchase, was "chump change". But to me it is sometimes the difference between a hamburger, or a balogna sandwitch, to make the current months payment. And I don't like being treated like a second class scum bag when I go into the stealership after a part, for my "little" sportster. Hell, look at it this way, if HD takes a dump, we'll all own "collectors" items.
#24
RE: Harley 2007 Year End Financial Report
The correlation between stock price and market decisions are based on discounted future cash flows for companies. HD has announced that it will trim production for Supply to meet demand which will only be effective if their fixed cost run-up hasn't been overly excessive. Translation, the run of record dividends is at an end as they right size the business and this is being reflected in the stokprice SHORT term. HD isn't going anywhere yet, price breaks will be temporary so if you can afford one you like then it isn't a bad time to get one.
You can have my check pig, all 0.00 of it.
You can have my check pig, all 0.00 of it.
#25
RE: Harley 2007 Year End Financial Report
ORIGINAL: kk0210
OFG, I do accounting for a large retail company... The "stimulus plan" is an election year ploy to delay the inevitable and is not the medicine that a market economy needs IMO...
OFG, I do accounting for a large retail company... The "stimulus plan" is an election year ploy to delay the inevitable and is not the medicine that a market economy needs IMO...
#27
RE: Harley 2007 Year End Financial Report
ORIGINAL: thomasf59
I am going to watch the H/D stock if it continues to plunge I may buy some.
I am going to watch the H/D stock if it continues to plunge I may buy some.
It ended Friday at $37.96 (down 5.38%)...
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