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And Rivian gets rekt
Hey there weekday warriors,
A report just dropped that indicates Chick-fil-A has hiked prices by more than 20% over the past two years, and I canāt help but think, Iād pay much, MUCH more than that.
Hereās what weāre getting into todayā¦
Tesla deliversā¦ but still loses
Rivian gets rekt
Bitcoin moons
Enjoy the next 4 minutes and 16 seconds of blue-chip news and commentary.
Keep on snapping necks and cashing checks,
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+ US stocks āwere mixed after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Healthcare and Utilities sectors led shares higher while losses in the Technology, Consumer Services, and Industrials sectors led shares lower.ā (Investing.com)
+ The 10-year Treasury yield āclimbed on Tuesday as 2024 trading kicked off and questions about the outlook for interest rates and the state of the economy remained." (CNBC)
+ Oil āprices closed the first trading session of 2024 lower as expectations for interest rate cuts waned and on easing concerns that tensions in the Red Sea will disrupt supplies.ā (Reuters)
+ Bitcoin mooned āinto the new year, with the price of the original cryptocurrency hitting $45,000 Tuesday for the first time since April 2022.ā (Axios)
+ The three most talked about stocks on WallStreetBets in the past 24 hours were: 1) Marathon Digital -2.38% 2) Visa -0.57% 3) Tesla -0.02%.
Deliver us from Elon
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Good news, Elon haters. Once again, the Tesla CEO was justttt a bit outside on another one of his outlandish overpromisesā¦
You might recall that at the beginning of 2023 Elon promised that Tesla would produce 2M vehicles (spoiler: it did not). To be fair, by Q3, Elonās handlers convinced him to lower guidance to 1.8M (and blame the high interest rate environment).
Yesterday, Tesla reported that the company delivered 484.5k EVs in Q4. Thatās well above the 477k analyst consensus.
For the year, Tesla produced 1.8M cars that just scream āI have disposable income and am not afraid to kill a family of peasants while in FSD." Thatās 38% growth year over year.
And the crowd goes mildā¦
Despite the win for Elon (he was catching Ls on the Twitter/X front), shares were down slightly on the day.
And thereās only one man to blameā¦ Warren Buffett. You see, the Oracle-backed Chinese EV maker, BYD, officially took the crown from Tesla as the biggest swinging EV producer in Q4. On Monday, BYD announced that it moved 526k units (which is more than 484k, because math).
To be fair, for the full year, Tesla still sold more cars. But BYDās power move could mark a changing of the guard, given its commitment to lower-priced cars and its massive geographic advantages. Friendly reminder: China is the biggest EV market in the world and is home to cheap labor and massive amounts of rare earth minerals that are key components in EV batteries.
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+ Donāt get too down on yourself for coming in second to BYD, Elon. It could be much, much worseā¦
You could be Rivian.
Shares of the preferred EV maker of people who would kill for a Tesla but want to show people that they disapprove of Elon Musk, fell more than 10% on the day. And itās not entirely clear why.
Sure, deliveries fell ~10% from the previous quarterā¦ but the number was in line with expectations. So, yeah, it shouldnāt exactly have been a surprise. FFS, even managing to outpace annual production estimates (57k vs. 54k) wasnāt enough to keep you ungrateful b*stards investors happy. (Read)
+ [read in the voice of this guy who is aggressively mansplaining to some poor female at the bar] āYeah, so in early 2024, the SEC is expected to approve the first Bitcoin spot ETF. A bitcoin spot ETF isā¦ā
Late Monday, bitcoin hit $45k for the first time in nearly 2-years, and itās probably the only thing Intern Full Time Ian is talking about at Barstool HQ right now. (Read)
+ Define ādown tremendous.ā In November, Fidelity marked down the value of its stake in Twitter by (another) 19%. For those of you keeping score at home, that means Fidelity has written down its Twitter investment by more than 70%. (Read)
+ Imagine waking up in 2024 and the first thing you do is decide to bet against Apple? Barclays analyst Tim Long (just an all-time name for an equity analyst) just downgraded Appleā¦ even though he only cut his price target by a buck. Coward.
His rationale? Piss poor sales of the iPhone 15 in China, which he thinks will bleed over to the iPhone 16. Plus, he sees a slowdown in the higher-margin services business.
AAPL fell more than 3.5% on the dayā¦ and Timmy Shorts gained a bunch of new haters. (Read)
+ Maersk just went all āf*ck that noise.ā The massive shipping company said itās pausing shipping through the Red Sea and Suez Canal āuntil further notice.ā And, to be honest, I canāt blame them. Houthi rebels in the Red Sea attacked the Maersk Hangzhou over the weekend. That is, until the US Navy put a world of hurt on the Iranian-backed terrorists. (Read)
Here's what I'm keeping an eye on today...
+ Cal-Maine reports earnings
+ The December Fed meeting minutes drop. Prepare to be underwhelmed.
Yesterday, I asked Will the S&P 500 close above or below 4,800 on December 31, 2024? (extra points for rationale)
78.5% of you think the S&P 500 will close above 4,800 on December 31, 2024.
Hereās todayās questionā¦
Mostly because my town just got a Chick-fil-Aā¦
Whatās the best Chick-fil-A sauce?
Reply directly to this email with your thoughts. Iāll share the results tomorrow.
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