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Tesla stock pops on Musk’s Twitter ‘step down’ poll

Tesla stock pops on Musk’s Twitter ‘step down’ poll

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has found a new way to jolt the electric carmaker’s bruised stock price: Tease that he’d step away from being Twitter’s CEO. “Should I step down as head of Twitter? I will abide by the results of this poll,” Musk tweeted to his 122.1 million followers on Sunday. The poll closed on Monday morning, with 57.5% of the 17.5 million votes choosing “Yes” and Tesla was up nearly 5% in pre-market trading. The risk of operational miscues at Tesla has grown as Musk focuses on… Source link

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Tesla stock has now seen one of its largest drawdowns in history

Tesla stock has now seen one of its largest drawdowns in history

Tesla stock is in the midst of largest drawdown since the company went public back in 2010. Shares of the EV maker are down 64% from a peak last November, marking the stock’s largest drawdown since its market debut, according to data from Compound Capital. The recent 407-day stretch of selling pressure has eclipsed the 60.6% drop from a peak seen over the 28 days from Feb. 19, 2020 to Mar. 18, 2020 (chart below), when the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic rocked markets worldwide. More recently,… Source link

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Tesla stock has now seen one of its largest drawdowns in history

Tesla stock has now seen one of its largest drawdowns in history

Tesla stock is in the midst of losing the most market valuation from a high in its history of being a public company. Shares of the EV maker are down 64% from a peak last November, marking the stock’s largest drawdown dating back to its IPO in 2010, according to data from Compound Capital. The recent 407-day stretch of selling pressure has eclipsed the 60.6% drop from a peak derived over 28 days from Feb. 19, 2020 to Mar. 18, 2020 (chart below). More recently, Tesla stock is down 22% in… Source link

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Tesla stock tumbles another 5%, capping off rough week for investors

Tesla stock tumbles another 5%, capping off rough week for investors

The pain for Tesla investors is unending as a rough week comes to a close. Tesla shares slipped another 4% today, dropping to multi-year lows and giving the stock a nearly 16% drop for the week, as of midday trading. Tesla investors have been blaming CEO Elon Musk for the near term weakness in the stock, with Twitter the main source of the criticisms. Long-term shareholders see him as distracted from running Tesla and abandoning the company during a critical period, and bringing downward… Source link

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Stock futures lower as market slide continues

Stock futures lower as market slide continues

Stock futures were lower early Friday, continuing the downward momentum seen during Thursday’s deep sell-off. Near 7:45 a.m. ET, futures tied to the Dow and S&P 500 were off about 1%, while Nasdaq futures were down 0.7%. After rebounding earlier this week, the stock market is on pace to log weekly losses again after last week saw the S&P 500 suffer its worst weekly loss since late September. The price of crude oil was also under pressure early Friday, with WTI futures down over 2% to trade near… Source link

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5 reasons why Meta stock just caught a rare upgrade

5 reasons why Meta stock just caught a rare upgrade

Meta’s stock has had a disastrous year in large part because the underlying company has had a disastrous year headlined by sweeping layoffs, weakening ad sales, and poor execution by CEO Mark Zuckerberg. But the stock caught one believer on Friday finally headed into the New Year. “Heading into 2023, we believe some of these top and bottom line pressures will ease, and most importantly, Meta is showing encouraging signs of increasing cost discipline, we believe with more to come,” said JP… Source link

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Tesla stock price largely based on ‘hype’ and ‘pixie dust,’ venture capitalist says

Tesla stock price largely based on ‘hype’ and ‘pixie dust,’ venture capitalist says

Investors are learning a painful lesson that Tesla’s stock price is valued on Elon Musk’s pomp and circumstance in addition to the automaker’s fundamentals. “Is Tesla a great company that produces a great car? Absolutely. Is Tesla worth what General Motors should be or Ford or Toyota should be? Of course not,” veteran venture capitalist Bradley Tusk said on Yahoo Finance Live (video above). “So much of Tesla’s share price is based on hype and the pixie dust that Elon Musk is so good at… Source link

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Tesla stock price largely based on ‘hype’ and ‘pixie dust,’ venture capitalist says

Tesla stock price largely based on ‘hype’ and ‘pixie dust,’ venture capitalist says

Investors are learning a painful lesson that Tesla’s stock price is valued on Elon Musk’s pomp and circumstance in addition to the automaker’s fundamentals. “Is Tesla a great company that produces a great car? Absolutely. Is Tesla worth what General Motors should be or Ford or Toyota should be? Of course not,” veteran venture capitalist Bradley Tusk said on Yahoo Finance Live (video above). “So much of Tesla’s share price is based on hype and the pixie dust that Elon Musk is so good at… Source link

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Netflix stock sinks after reported ad target miss as analysts warn of ‘competitive disadvantage’

Netflix stock sinks after reported ad target miss as analysts warn of ‘competitive disadvantage’

Netflix (NFLX) stock sank 7% in early trading on Thursday after a new report from Digiday said the streaming giant is falling short on viewership guarantees it made to advertisers for its new ad-supported tier. According to Digiday, which cited five agency executives, Netflix is now allowing ad buyers to take their money back after missing viewership targets. The company reportedly only delivered around 80% of the expected audience. Yahoo Finance reached out to Netflix for comment but did not… Source link

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Tesla stock slammed this week as Musk sells more shares

Tesla stock slammed this week as Musk sells more shares

Tesla (TSLA) CEO Elon Musk’s selling spree continues, to the chagrin of Tesla investors who can’t seem to catch a break. In a filing yesterday, Musk disclosed that he sold 22 million shares of Tesla stock Monday through Wednesday. The value of those Tesla stock sales was around $3.6 billion. Tesla shares have been under immense pressure the past few days, with shares down nearly 13% since the start of the week. Musk’s stock sales this week bring his total amount sold since April, when he… Source link

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