Strong, well-managed, business franchise, which has produced a stable and relatively high track record of earnings through economic cycles Financially strong and diverse parent (General Electric Co. [GE]) General Electric Capital Co.'s (GECC) size relative to competitors, particularly in the commercial finance market, positions it to be selective in adding assets and making acquisitions High degree of diversification within credit businesses; individual obligor concentrations are small relative to the firm's large balance sheet Strong asset quality, which performed well during recent recession Business concentrated in commercial and consumer lending exposes the firm to down cycles in credit quality economy-wide GECC is aggressively capitalized on a stand-alone basis; however, we look to GE as a source of capital support High reliance
