Quick Read Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF (VCR) is down 9% year-to-date despite a 230% ten-year return, but Amazon (AMZN) and Tesla (TSLA) comprise roughly 40% of the fund while behaving like technology bets rather than consumer spending plays. Home Depot (HD) is down 4% year-to-date amid housing market weakness, while TJX (TJX) is up nearly 3% riding an off-price retail strength trend. VCR’s concentration risk and Tesla’s 16.6% fund weight create outsized exposure to tech volatility rather than c ...

Vanguard's VCR ETF Carries 40% Amazon and Tesla Exposure Dressed as Consumer Discretionary - 24/7 Wall St. S&P 5006,362.40 -2.11% Dow Jones45,108.10 -2.16% Nasdaq 10023,104.20 -2.34% Russell 20002,443.51 -2.47% FTSE 1009,913.30 -0.46% Nikkei 22551,507.00 -2.23% Investing Vanguard's VCR ETF Carries 40% Amazon and Tesla Exposure Dressed as Consumer Discretionary By Michael WilliamsPublished Mar 28, 9:30AM EDT Quick Read Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF (VCR) is down 9% year-to-date despite a 230% ten-ye ...

VinFast Auto Ltd. (NASDAQ:VFS) is one of the Best Long-Term Penny Stocks to Buy According to Wall Street Analysts. On March 18, BTIG reiterated a Neutral stock rating on VinFast Auto Ltd. (NASDAQ:VFS), without disclosing any price targets. The rating follows the company’s fiscal Q4 2025 earnings, released on March 16. ​During the quarter, the company grew its revenue by 131.52% year-over-year to $1.57 billion and topped estimates by $438.88 million. However, the EPS of negative $0.60 fell short of the co ...

Investors have lost some of their fascination with Tesla's car business, but selling lots of EVs is critical to funding Elon Musk's more futuristic ambitions. ...

Though EVs typically cost more on average than an equivalent gas-powered vehicle, pump prices pushing close to $4 per gallon on average — and much higher in states like California and New York — are changing the consideration matrix. According to Edmunds.com, shopper consideration of electrified vehicles — including hybrids, plug-in hybrids, and battery electric vehicles — climbed to 23.8% of all vehicle research activity on the platform, up from 22.4% the prior week and the highest weekly level recorded ...

ab 19 March 2026 China Sustainability Pulse: Energy Security Over Protectionism; Favour China's Green Export Key Highlights Energy Security Returns to the Global Agenda Rising geopolitical tensions in the Middle East have once again elevated energy security on the global policy agenda. While risks around the Strait of Hormuz are better understood by markets, renewed conflict nonetheless reinforces the fragility of fossil fuel supply chains and the potential for oil price volatility. Historically, such episo ...

RT Tesla Owners Silicon Valley (@teslaownersSV)ELON MUSK’S CORE PHILOSOPHY: FIRST PRINCIPLES THINKINGMost people reason by analogy — they look at what already exists and make small improvements.Elon Musk does the opposite. He breaks problems down to the most fundamental truths and rebuilds solutions from scratch. This single mental habit is why he keeps achieving things others called impossible.Elon explained it perfectly:“A first principles foundational approach would be to say, let’s look at the physics a ...

RT Tesla Owners Silicon Valley (@teslaownersSV)ELON MUSK’S CORE PHILOSOPHY: FIRST PRINCIPLES THINKINGMost people reason by analogy — they look at what already exists and make small improvements.Elon Musk does the opposite. He breaks problems down to the most fundamental truths and rebuilds solutions from scratch. This single mental habit is why he keeps achieving things others called impossible.Elon explained it perfectly:“A first principles foundational approach would be to say, let’s look at the physics a ...

ELON MUSK’S CORE PHILOSOPHY: FIRST PRINCIPLES THINKINGMost people reason by analogy — they look at what already exists and make small improvements.Elon Musk does the opposite. He breaks problems down to the most fundamental truths and rebuilds solutions from scratch. This single mental habit is why he keeps achieving things others called impossible.Elon explained it perfectly:“A first principles foundational approach would be to say, let’s look at the physics and economics of a rocket…”This is the exact min ...

VinFast Auto Ltd. (NASDAQ:VFS) is one of the 10 Best Auto Manufacturer Stocks to Buy According to Analysts. On March 16, 2026, Bloomberg reported that Vietnamese electric vehicle maker VinFast Auto Ltd. (NASDAQ:VFS) said it will resume construction at its North Carolina factory this year. However, the company recorded a larger loss in the fourth quarter due to rising costs associated with its global expansion. The corporation recorded a fourth-quarter financial loss of 35.2 trillion dong ($1.3 billion), up ...