Big media has been beating the drum that if Detroit built more fuel-efficient vehicles, buyers would flock back to their showrooms. But there is an inherent lie in this line of thinking. And if investors buy into this lie, they could end up on the wrong side of the trade when it comes to considering the major American auto makers any time in the future.

The fate of the ‘Big Three’ still hangs in the balance as the government ponders a bailout. Andrew Snyder says auto dealerships are also at the mercy of their Detroit suppliers. He says a lot of things have to go right for most dealers to survive this crisis. That’s why bottom-fishing investors should look for well-diversified retailers like Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT).

It’s one of the biggest product-development programs in Asia right now, and it could easily determine whether Japan remains a global industrial powerhouse – or limps into the future as an international has been.

Did anyone honestly ever think that Japan would conquer the U.S. when it came to making cars? Would you believe it if I told you that cars from China WILL one day present a threat to the Japanese automakers?

The pain of a tanking dollar is all too familiar to U.S. consumers. Since last summer, the greenback has lost nearly 20% against the Japanese yen. But Americans are not the only ones who are suffering from this ever-increasing imbalance.