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Why is FORDS Book Value 90% of its recent price and GM's is 138%?


By every measure Ford seems a better investment than GM, except for Book Value. Is some liabilty left out when calculating GM's Book Value? If so, how is it tracked or monitored?

GM is definitely a better investment.

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