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Walmart, Tesla, FedEx, and More Winners and Losers From Shipping’s Rough Seas

Walmart, Tesla, and more stocks will feel the effects of the capacity constraints, delays, and higher prices reported by shipping giants Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd. Continue Reading

Tesla paid Elon Musk 2.5m times more as CEO than its average worker in 2025

Elon Musk attends a session during the Cannes Lions international festival of creativity on 19 June 2024 in Cannes, France.Photograph: Marc Piasecki/Getty Images Elon Musk received over 2.5m times as much compensation at Tesla as the company's average worker, according to a new report on the growing gap between top corporate executives and their workers. Musk's $158.3bn pay deal was an outlier but came as the gap between CEO and worker pay continued to grow. Excluding Musk, last year the average ratio of CEO to worker pay for the top S&P 500 companies was 312 to 1, up from a 285:1 ratio in 202

Why Tesla Doesn't Need to Win China's Brutal EV Price War

Tesla's TSLA July vehicle sales numbers in China point in opposite directions. Deliveries in the country fell nearly 33% year on year to 27,249 vehicles and 48.51% month over month, per CnEVPost. On the surface, it looks like the company is losing ground in the world's biggest electric vehicle (EV) market. But in the same month, exports from Tesla's Shanghai plant hit 66,330 units, up 143.24% year on year and 83.38% from June, a new monthly record beating the previous high set in October 2022. Combined, Tesla's Shanghai-made output— domestic sales plus exports— actually rose 37.8% year on year

Elon Musk's Tesla Weighs $10.1 Billion Solar Plant, Chamath Palihapitiya Calls It a Bet on Nuclear: Here's Why

Venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya said Wednesday that Tesla Inc.'s (NASDAQ:TSLA) expansion into solar manufacturing was essentially a bet on nuclear power, as the automaker weighs a $10.1 billion solar cell plant in Texas. 'All in on Nuclear' "Tesla is going all in on nuclear," Palihapitiya said in a post on X. "Actually, it's going all in on solar, but they are the same thing, the sun is a nuclear reactor, just farther away." Palihapitiya has been a vocal supporter of Musk's ventures, previously floating the idea of merging Tesla and Space Exploration Technologies Corp.(NASDAQ:SPCX) int

How SpaceX's AI Buildout Is Boosting Tesla Megapack Sales

SpaceX SPCX is becoming a major customer for Tesla's TSLA energy storage business, and that could be more important than it first appears. In the first half of 2026, SpaceX bought about $329 million worth of Tesla Megapacks (including $295 million in the second-quarter itself), compared with $506 million for all of 2025. The reason is tied to the growing power needs of artificial intelligence (AI). Why SPCX is Buying TSLA Megapacks? On Tesla's latest earnings call, Musk explained why SpaceX is purchasing so many Megapacks. SpaceX is using the batteries to deal with the huge and sudden changes

Tesla's Japan Sales Surging: Can Its Delivery Network Keep Up?

U.S. electric vehicle (EV) and tech giant Tesla TSLA is gaining momentum in a market that has historically been difficult for foreign automakers to crack. After selling more than 10,000 vehicles in Japan in 2025 (doubling from 2024), Tesla registered roughly 12,000 vehicles in the first six months of this year. June was particularly impressive, with registrations jumping 183.7% year over year to 3,997 vehicles from 1,411 a year earlier, per the data from the Japan Automobile Importers Association, as cited in EVwire. Tesla overtook BMW BMWKY to become Japan's second-best-selling imported brand

Tesla's Model Y Loses China's Top Spot to Geely

This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Tesla Inc. (TSLA, Financials), the electric vehicle maker, lost the top spot among China's best-selling car models as lower-priced local competitors continue to gain ground. Warning! GuruFocus has detected 5 Warning Signs with TSLA. Is TSLA fairly valued? Test your thesis with our free DCF calculator. Geely's Xingyuan electric hatchback led the market with nearly 197,500 vehicles sold during the six months through July, according to Autohome data cited by CNBC. Tesla's Model Y ranked second with more than 180,000 sales. The price gap is striking. Geely

Ron Baron Bet $25 Billion on SpaceX and Projects the Rocket Company Will Hit $40 Trillion

Quick Read Ron Baron built a $25 billion SPCX position from $2 billion in capital, projecting 20 to 30 times returns over the next decade. Baron turned $400 million in TSLA into $7.7 billion profit by holding through repeated 30%-plus drawdowns, and he is applying that same approach to SpaceX. Act now: the analyst who called NVIDIA in 2010 just named his top 10 AI stocks — and SpaceX didn't make the cut. Grab the names FREE today. Although most Wall Street veterans have learned to tune out billionaire projections that sound like science fiction, Ron Baron just made one worth listening to. Spea

Why Tesla Stock Is Headed for a 5-Day Winning Streak

Tesla stock was on track to notch a five-session winning streak on Wednesday, but that doesn’t mean the electric-vehicle maker has turned a corner following a rough stretch. Tesla stock has closed in the green for four straight trading days, rising 4.2% over that period. Continue Reading

Elon Musk Says Optimus Will Be a $10 Trillion Business. Here Are 2 Industrial Stocks That Could Actually Cash In

Key Points Tesla isn't the only way to invest in humanoid robots. Automation suppliers could benefit regardless of Tesla's success. Pick-and-shovel stocks may offer steadier robotics exposure.10 stocks we like better than Rockwell Automation › Elon Musk has never been shy about making bold predictions. But his latest may be one of the biggest yet. Musk believes Tesla's (NASDAQ: TSLA) humanoid robot, Optimus, could eventually become a $10 trillion business, calling it potentially the company's most valuable product ever. The company is preparing to begin production of its first manufacturing-re

1 Reason BYD Co. Could Be the Top Stock Investors Are Missing

Key Points BYD has burst onto the global auto scene by surpassing Tesla in full-electric vehicle deliveries and surpassing Ford in total deliveries in 2025. BYD has a new target, surpassing Toyota for No. 1 in total scale within five years. BYD offers investors massive growth as it tries to more than double deliveries while closing the gap on Toyota.10 stocks we like better than BYD Company › It's easy to understand why investors and Wall Street were focused on Western electric vehicle (EV) pioneers, given Tesla(NASDAQ: TSLA) essentially reenergized the industry from California. When looking f

TSLA Stock Slips Overnight: Gene Munster Sees Over 50% Odds Of Tesla-SpaceX AI Powerhouse Merger

2 Things That Will Reignite Tesla’s Stock Rally

The electric-vehicle maker’s recent rally may be about to fizzle out ahead of inflation data that could determine what the Fed does next. Continue Reading

Does Tesla’s Terafab Texas Chip Bet Reshape Its AI Ambitions And Margin Story For TSLA?

In late July 2026, the Wall Street Journal reported that Tesla was exploring options to separate its China business ahead of a potential merger with SpaceX, a story Elon Musk and Tesla representatives publicly rejected as false even as it highlighted Tesla's heavy operational reliance on its Shanghai factory. At the same time, Tesla's deepening ties with SpaceX and projects like the Terafab Texas chip facility are prompting investors to weigh how any future restructuring of its China operations could reshape the company's global manufacturing footprint and exposure to geopolitical risk. We'll

Tesla in the spotlight as NFL's 49ers head coach says Autopilot may have been engaged during accident

Tesla (TSLA) is in the spotlight after news that the company's self-driving software may have played a part in an accident involving the head coach of the NFL's San Francisco 49ers. This comes as Tesla is ramping up its autonomous tech around the globe, a huge part of its future revenue story. Head coach Kyle Shanahan was injured in an accident on July 14 when his car veered onto oncoming traffic and hit another car head-on. Shanahan was adamant that he was the one at fault, not the other driver. However, in his first press appearance since the accident on Aug. 8, he added some new details. Sh

How to Deploy $1000 Across Tesla and Ford for Growth and Optionality

Quick Read A 70/30 split in TSLA and F balances Tesla's robotaxi growth call against Ford's 5.5% dividend yield and $5B free cash flow. Prediction markets give Tesla's California robotaxi launch just 15% odds and Optimus only 14.5%, underscoring why position sizing in TSLA matters. It sounds nuts, but SoFi1 is giving new Active Invest users up to $3,000 in stock for a limited time, and all it takes is a $50 deposit to get started.2 See for yourself (Sponsor) Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) and Ford (NYSE: F) just delivered earnings that read like two different eras of the auto industry. Tesla poured cash

Tesla or SpaceX: Who Benefits More From Terafab and How

Quick Read SpaceX's (SPCX) 247% AI segment growth and $93.5B cash pile give it far more Terafab upside than margin-squeezed Tesla (TSLA), whose free cash flow turned negative. SpaceX holds $14.1B in signed cloud agreements and a pending $60B Cursor deal, making wafer allocation at Terafab the critical signal to watch. It sounds nuts, but SoFi1 is giving new Active Invest users up to $3,000 in stock for a limited time, and all it takes is a $50 deposit to get started.2 See for yourself (Sponsor) Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) and SpaceX (NASDAQ: SPCX) closed Q2 2026 with results that put their shared Aus