Should You Invest $1,000 in GE Stock Right Now?

General Electric was once a legendary American company. It spanned industries from aerospace and transportation to energy, healthcare, locomotives, appliances, and finance. It also helped build the first commercial nuclear plants and owned the NBC television network for more than two decades.For much of the 1990s and 2000s, GE was among the 10 largest S&P 500 companies by market cap. It was considered the model American conglomerate. Other CEOs tried to emulate its success -- and they idolized GE CEO Jack Welch.GE was a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average -- the rarefied index of just 30 prominent U.S.-listed companies -- for more than a century.Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool