Topic
Tesla
A collection of 9 issues
The Cloud Era Abides: Why Nvidia Has Not Subverted the Status Quo
In closing yesterday’s post, I wrote the following:
One analyst yesterday said that Microsoft’s mildly disappointing cloud results, combined with its ever-expanding capital expenditures, represented a “transfer of wealth from Microsoft shareholders to Nvidia shareholders.”
Tomorrow I will challenge such a facile view, which is, at best, glancingly
Microsoft Latest Results: Missed Cloud Expectations Amid Infinite AI Horizons
I had intended to write earlier and more often this week, but as often happens, life had other ideas. My good intentions were ambushed on this occasion by an ear problem, the details of which I will elide in the interests of decorum. After all, some of you might be
Next Week’s Earnings Face Elevated Scrutiny After Tech-Stock Wobble
Reports from the market’s coalface suggest investors might be slowly rediscovering the benefits of diversification. They are learning the hard way a lesson that experience had taught their forebears: If you put too much of your investment capital in one place, whether a single stock or a market sector,
Amid Algorithmic Tech-Market Euphoria, Fear Takes a Holiday
We live in interesting times, which is not always a good thing, as a well-known Chinese proverb says. Nonetheless, the ambiguities and paradoxes of the era in which we live, as well as its careening pace of change, present excellent opportunities for analytical minds to observe and appreciate the delicious
Twitter’s Role in Strengthening Musk’s Grip on Tesla
Years ago, when I worked for a technology company that developed and sold infrastructure software (an intentionally ambiguous description to protect the guilty and the innocent), I had a colleague who espoused a refreshingly frank worldview. He believed that the decisions of our board and senior executives could be attributed
How to Distinguish Digital Public Squares from Royal Courts
I reminisced the other day about the golden age of Usenet. Admittedly, those days weren’t long in number, but they were good while they lasted.
In the early 90s, I subscribed to a few Usenet forums (fora, if you insist), including a few related to my favorite bands, sports
When Momentum Fades and Exhaustion Looms
Momentum always flags and falters eventually. It’s only a question of when it will happen.
Promise and Peril: Railroads, Tech Stocks, and Otherworldly Executive Compensation
This is not an investment newsletter. I have neither the expertise nor the inclination to pose as an investment adviser. Like many people, I have no objection to money – I prefer having it to not having it – but I also prefer to spend the remainder of my days living life