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A Tesla engineer said he's leaving the company because of Elon Musk's leadership. "The main reason I'm leaving is that I think Elon has dealt huge damage to Tesla's mission (and to the health of democratic institutions in several countries)," wrote Giorgio Balestrieri, who joined Tesla in 2017 and worked for the company's autobidder platform, in a LinkedIn post on Thursday."Elon's leadership and decision-making seem seriously compromised," he added. Balestrieri and Tesla did not respond to a request for ...

Economic Indicators - Initial jobless claims for the week ended September 6 reached 263,000, marking a near four-year high [1] - U.S. consumer prices rose more than expected in August, with the annual increase in inflation being the largest in seven months [9] Federal Reserve Expectations - Atsi Sheth, Chief Credit Officer at Moody's Ratings, predicts the Federal Reserve will reduce interest rates by 25 basis points next week and another 25 basis points by year-end [2] - Futures trading indicates a strong expectation that the Fed will cut rates by at least 25 basis points at its upcoming policy meeting, with a 7% chance of a deeper 50 basis point cut [2] Stock Market Performance - The S&P 500 climbed 0.85% to close at 6,587.47 points, while the Nasdaq gained 0.72% to 22,043.08 points, and the Dow rose 1.36% to 46,108.00 points [7][9] - Tesla's stock increased by 6%, contributing to record highs for the S&P 500 and Nasdaq [5][9] - Micron Technology's shares jumped 7.5% to $150.55 after Citigroup raised its price target from $150 to $175 [6][9] - Warner Bros Discovery surged 29% following reports of a potential majority cash bid from Paramount Skydance [6][9] Sector Performance - Ten of the 11 S&P 500 sector indexes rose, with materials leading at a 2.14% increase, followed by a 1.73% gain in health care [10] - Centene's stock jumped 9% after reaffirming its annual profit forecast and meeting quality ratings expectations for its Medicare plans [10] Market Activity - Advancing issues outnumbered declining ones in the S&P 500 by a ratio of 6.8-to-one [8][10] - The S&P 500 recorded 42 new highs and 4 new lows, while the Nasdaq saw 143 new highs and 42 new lows [8][10] - Heavy trading volume on U.S. exchanges reached 18.2 billion shares, compared to an average of 16.1 billion shares over the previous 20 sessions [8][10]

Tesla revving 6% higher today. Its best day since April. One of our traders is changing his bearish tune on the stock.And you will not believe who it is. All right. It's because it's real. It's because it's technical and because it's sentiment.And I think there's really something interesting that's going on in the stock of late. The bulls and the bears agree that the EV business is bad. I think the consensus for Q3 deliveries is probably low.I think there's probably been a pull forward. If you think about t ...

Armed with a new permit from the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles, Tesla is preparing to begin testing its autonomous vehicle technology on public streets in Nevada. The testing permit, which was first noted by Tesla influencer Sawyer Merritt, comes two months after CEO Elon Musk outlined the company’s plans to take its autonomous vehicle ambitions beyond Austin and into several new markets.“We are expecting to greatly increase the service area to well in excess of what competitors are doing, hopefully ...

Larry Ellison and Elon Musk are trading the title of the richest person on the planet. Ellison took the crown on Wednesday as Oracle stock surged, but Musk reclaimed it by the end of the day. Oracle shares have roughly doubled this year thanks to AI buzz, while Tesla shares have receded. Elon Musk is the world's richest person again — but only just. He and Larry Ellison are vying for the title after Oracle's remarkable stock surge. The enterprise-software giant's cofounder briefly leapfrogged the ...

Elon Musk is Motivated“I think he has extraordinary skills. A lot of it has to do with what I call the signal-to-noise ratio, and I learned from Steve Jobs back in the early ‘90s. 80% of his day was focused on getting three to four things done in that 18-hour cycle, and anything else was noise. You get a mandate, you get it done, you move on to the next thing you get the mandate done. That’s how he got stuff done 80:20. I believe Elon Musk is 100% signal. I think he tolerates zero noise, and it makes it ver ...

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Group 1 - The "AI trade" has driven Wall Street to record highs, with Oracle's share price surging 36% due to increased demand for its cloud services from AI firms, raising its market value to $922 billion [1][2][3] - Oracle's impressive gains reflect the dominance of AI in the market, despite some pullbacks, while the "Magnificent Seven" stocks have faced challenges this year [2][3] - Oracle is now among the top 10 most valuable companies on Wall Street, alongside other AI leaders like Nvidia, Microsoft, Alphabet, and Amazon [3] Group 2 - Nvidia has become the world's most valuable company, surpassing Microsoft and Apple, although its stock price has dipped slightly following a less optimistic sales forecast [4] - The technology sector has shown resilience, with a more than 16% increase in 2025, following a period of caution regarding the AI trade [5] - Oracle has secured four multi-billion-dollar contracts, capitalizing on the industry's shift towards significant investments in AI computing capacity [6]

I argued in June that Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA ), was facing intensifying competition around the world, but particularly in China, and forecasted that Tesla's rapid sales decline in the world's largest automotive market would continue unabated. That'sYou'll never see me write a long bio listing all of my credentials and degrees or refer to myself in the third person. I love discussing ideas and I appreciate it when people can play devil's advocate without resorting to personal attacks. In short, I employ a ...