General Electric (GE) has been a symbol of a solid company for over a century. It was the last original member of the Dow Jones industrial average but was recently removed from the blue-chip index and replaced by Walgreens (NASDAQ:WBA). The stock can be found in countless mutual funds and held as an individual, consistent, dividend-paying stock that many common investors are using to help retire on. But this article will reveal the facts of a fundamentally poorly performing company that is using its impressive dividend as a way to keep investors believing that the company is healthy. Meanwhile, it's a risky and unpredictable business that can't sustain its dividend payout ratio.
