The end of the earnings season is always a good time to take a step back and see who shined (and who not so much). Let’s take a look at how automobile manufacturing stocks fared in Q3, starting with Lucid (NASDAQ:LCID). Much capital investment and technical know-how are needed to manufacture functional, safe, and aesthetically pleasing automobiles for the mass market. Barriers to entry are therefore high, and auto manufacturers with economies of scale can boast strong economic moats. However, this doesn’t ...

A new round of trade talks aimed at deescalation between the US and China starts this week. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessant will meet with the Chinese Vice Premier as President Trump gears up for potentially the first in-person summit of his second term with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Trump giving the latest on where relations between the two nations stand this morning. >> We're going to meet in a couple of weeks. We're going to meet in South Korea actually with President Xi and other people too. But ...

We start with the jobs market, where soft data are holding the Federal Reserve back from cutting rates more and cutting them faster. Steve Rattner is chair and CEO of Willett Advisors, which manages the personal and philanthropic money of Michael Bloomberg, our founder and majority shareholder. Steve has been watching the US economy closely as an investor and gave us his outlook.Steve, the labor market is really top and center. We got a prior problem before we get to the state of the labor union, which is w ...

Electric Vehicle (EV) Market Trends - The U S is becoming more accessible for EV chargers [1] - The market for electric vehicles is slowing down [1]

Tesla surprising Wall Street, reporting a record number of deliveries in the third quarter, coming in above 497,000 and more than 7% above the mark set during the same period last year. The end of the third quarter also coinciding with the expiration of EV tax credits. We're talking about the removing of a taxpayer funded incentive for electric cars.And at the same time, what's happening. We're seeing record Q3 sales. We sold plenty of Teslas before there was an incentive and my guess is we'll sell plenty a ...

Why are sales of electric heavy trucks taking off? Analysts at BloombergNEF break down truckmaker strategies, technology developments, policy changes and more https://t.co/FYrMJq5eKK ...

It’s inevitable the future will be entirely electric." – Elon Musk https://t.co/CHegjE6Drl ...

His policies may ultimately help Detroit go electric https://t.co/oVukMK53ZG ...

Ford (F) will invest $2 billion in the US to manufacture a midsize, four-door, electric pickup truck in the US, part of the company's strategy to produce cheaper and cost-efficient electric vehicles (EVs). Ford CEO Jim Farley joins Market Catalysts with Yahoo Finance Senior Autos Reporter Pras Subramanian to discuss the announcement, the company's EV strategy, tariff impacts on the automaker, and more. To watch more expert insights and analysis on the latest market action, check out more Market Catalysts he ...

Uh means getting some breaking news on Ford this morning. Let's get to Phil the Hey Phil. >> Carl Ford announcing its next EV platform.This is a platform the company has been working on for a number of years at its skunk works operation out in California. Now they're going public with exactly what this platform will be all about. We'll give you the details in terms of investment in jobs in a bit.But the next electric vehicle to come out of this platform, it'll be an electric pickup truck. They are targeting ...