Caterpillar, Inc. (CAT)

Downthumb. Will be hard to compete in tomorrow's market with Chinese manufacturers. Good cash flow. Low sales growth rate. Low cap-ex. Very high debt load.

Cat will come again . All it needs is time .
Seed - Time - Harvest .
Next time you drive down a road construction site , and count all the yellow dozers and loaders that say CAT . Tell your grand kids I remember when the stock droped in the low 30s
And I bought it .

Global earnings will drive stock up coupled with falling dollar.

Beaten down. Infrastructure needs in the future. Earnings look good. Developing countries still need earth moving equipment.

Much more demand in arears such as the oil sands projects. Economy not slowing as much as thought.

CAT is "top dog" in heavy earthmoving equipment. When new housing rebounds, so will the Cat. Also, their independent position for truck engines, should make them the first alternate choice in optional powerplants.

Good company, good dividends, has military contracts and building overseas.

This company continues to be innovative and yet unchanging. Innovative in how to deal with new challenges, but unchanging in the durability and success of their products.

Sell-off late this week due to earnings report just proves that lemmings will run toward a cliff if other lemmings run in that direction.

CAT alwasy takes a hit during "bad news". The bottom line though is that they are still making money and will come back and continue their climb.

A classic long term growth story

Cat is no longer your grandpa's cyclical stock

Management tends to be conservative in its announcements, including the recent outlook reduction. A decent dividend while we wait to see that operations will be better than management's estimates. Stronger than expected earnings/operations will push this up 10-15% in 2007.

1. Unfairly Knocked Down.
2. ROW, China, Olympics.
3. Lots of Construction Every Ware.
4. I Love Cats!!

Six sigma management....favorable industry conditions...
long term demand for products in industries that consume their products are also all favorable.

Caterpillar constructs all over the world. People are always building.

Very oversold. They should benefit from a stimulus package that includes public works projects.

Long term prospects good as BRIC grows and sucks up natural resources.

CAT
Is have machinery company with solid administration and a good financial status, even in turn down times still profitable. With the states get millions from the stimulus pack I believe that all the repair and construction needed roads and bridge will bring new contract to construction companies that in turn will need replace or buy new equipment, and no one is better position than Caterpillar to provide that machinery.
Solid investment.