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Keith Schoonmaker, CFA

GE CEO's Remarks at Major Conference Fail to Inspire the Market; Maintain Our FVE

Shares plunged during CEO John Flannery’s presentation at the Electrical Products Group Conference today, and ended down 7% for the day. We think this stems from a short-term focus by investors who wanted more news on rapid portfolio management than they received; they also likely wanted assurance the dividend would not be cut, but got neither. When asked if the dividend would be maintained, Flannery indicated that the board makes decisions in light of free cash flow, which follows operating per...
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General Electric Company

General Electric is a technology industrial company. The company's segments include: Power, which serves power generation, industrial, government and other customers with products and services related to energy production; Renewable Energy, which engineers and manufactures energy equipment and projects, grid solutions and digital services; Aviation, which designs and produces commercial and military aircraft engines, digital components, electric power and mechanical aircraft systems; Healthcare, which provides healthcare technologies; and Capital, which provides financial products and services that build on the company's industry capabilities in aviation, power, renewables, healthcare and other activities.

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Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

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Keith Schoonmaker, CFA

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