Elon Musk’s July slump is getting worse today. Tesla and SpaceX, the companies that helped Musk achieve trillionaire status last month, are now moving in the opposite direction, cutting his wealth by billions.
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Investors aren’t buying the earnings story this summer, in contrast to the spring rally that powered stocks to a record high in early June, suggesting a tough climb for markets over the back half of the year. Nearly 85% of companies are beating estimates, compared with the recent average of around 80% and the historic reading of around 68%, and LSEG figures suggest overall second-quarter profit growth of 27%. Earnings growth forecasts for the year remain robust, with analysts penciling in a 29.6% advance from 2025 levels, next year’s pace tailing off to around 17%.
Cathie Wood's ARK Invest bought Tesla stock across four of its ETFs on Thursday, even as shares fell almost 15%.
Investing.com -- The recent pullback in semiconductor stocks, driven by surging oil prices, rising bond yields and concerns over AI spending, represents a buying opportunity for the sector, Citi analysts say.
July 24 (Reuters) - U.S. equity funds recorded outflows for a second consecutive week as caution ahead of earnings reports from major technology companies and a renewed rise in oil prices weighed on
Tesla stock fell as much as 15% on Thursday, its worst intraday drop in more than a year, after second-quarter profit missed Wall Street expectations
Tesla (TSLA) will not face a defect investigation over the manual door release on Model 3 vehicles a
By Anna Szymanski July 24 (Reuters) - From the Editor Hello Morning Bid readers! Cash burn and spiking crude prices dominated market headlines this week.
July 24 (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures edged higher on Friday after a tech-led selloff in the previous session, as investors weighed fresh earnings, escalating Middle East tensions and a new
By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK, July 24 (Reuters) - A wobbly U.S. stock market will take its cues in the coming week from a Federal Reserve meeting set to shed light on the path for interest rates, and
Volkswagen (ETR:VOW3) reported lower first-half vehicle deliveries and weaker profit as sharply declining demand in China, U.S. tariff costs and intense competition weighed on results, while management said stronger cash generation and a growing European electric-vehicle order book showed signs of r
The absence of fresh overnight escalations between the U.S. and Iran halted the global oil benchmark’s upward march, as investors hope leaders seek an off-ramp.
Stocks stabilized on Friday but were on track for weekly losses as investors assessed a new set of global tariffs against a backdrop of AI jitters, rising oil prices, and elevated bond yields.
Tesla influencer AleXandra Merz expects a potential Tesla-SpaceX merger to take seven to 12 months to complete.
Shares skidded Friday in Asia after Brent crude shot to its highest price since May as heavy fighting in the Middle East again threatened to slow the global flow of oil and gas. U.S. futures were little changed after tumbles for two of Wall Street’s most influential companies, Alphabet and Tesla, yanked U.S. stocks to their worst loss in a month.
Markets were primarily focused on earnings from major companies, alongside rising oil prices due to the continued tensions between the U.S. and Iran.
Tesla shares sank heavily after reporting quarterly earnings.

<body><p>STORY: Wall Street stocks plummeted on Thursday, with the Dow dropping about 1%, the S&P 500 shedding 1.2% and the Nasdaq tumbling more than 2%.</p><p>The latest earnings results from large tech companies such as Alphabet and Tesla revived concerns about heavy AI spending, says Keith Buchanan, senior portfolio manager for Globalt Investments.</p><p>"We're at a point now where the hype has to kind of meet some level of realistic expectation, quantifiable expectation. And the markets are starting to digest just what this means to cash flow in some of the largest companies in the world going forward. And a lot of spending is eating into cash flow in a way that's making investors lose a bit of comfort and question a lot of valuations that have grown over the past couple of years. And that's what's really at the root of what's really hampering some of the market returns today and giving back some of the gains that we've gotten for the market over the past couple of weeks."</p><p>Shares of Alphabet sank 7% after the tech giant reported higher spending plans while it also burned cash.</p><p>And shares of Tesla tumbled 14.5% after Elon Musk's EV maker reported negative free cash flow in the second quarter for the first time in more than two years.</p><p>But shares of Intel rose 10% in extended trading after the company forecast quarterly profit and revenue above Wall Street estimates as an AI data center buildout increases demand for its central processing units, or CPUs.</p><p>Meanwhile, Brent crude oil futures settled above $100 a barrel for the first time since May, and U.S. oil futures settled above $92.</p><p>The surge in oil prices prompted worries about inflation ahead of next week's Federal Reserve policy meeting.</p></body>
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Shares of Tesla have tumbled around 15% on a disappointing quarter, and SpaceX has fallen 50% from its highs.
Tesla recorded a $1 billion net gain on its investment in Space Exploration Technologies, commonly known as SpaceX, following its IPO last month, according to SEC filings. Elon Musk's electric vehicle company had a stake in SpaceX through a $2 billion investment his AI lab xAI made in January. When xAI and SpaceX merged in February, Tesla's share in the AI startup converted into equity in SpaceX.