Amazon’s Amazing Comeback
After sickening sell-offs in February and March. Amazon’s (NASDAQ: AMZN | AMZN Price Prediction) stock has suddenly bested the S&P 500 year to date. One tipping point, which turned out not to be a…
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Douglas A. McIntyre
Ford F-150 Is In Trouble
Ford (NYSE: F | F Price Prediction) is exceedingly proud that its F-Series (including the F-150) has been the best-selling truck in America for 49 years. And, it has been the best-selling vehicle of…
Nvidia Chips Are Getting Stolen
Steve Ballmer once told me that in China, 90% of Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) Windows licenses were stolen by local tech companies. He said Microsoft could do little about the loss of billions of dollars.…
Gemini Falls Behind ChatGPT As Grok Disappears
Sensor Tower’s “Top Charts” for downloads from the Apple App Store shows OpenAI in first place, followed by Google’s Gemini and Anthropic’s Claude. xAI’s Grok doesn’t make the top 25. The Apple App Store…
J.P.Morgan Sees $5 Gas
Expert after expert and financial firm after financial firm continue to raise their estimates for gas prices and oil prices. A forecast of $150 crude is no longer an outlier. For the most part,…
Lucid Faces Biggest Disaster Ever
If there is one key metric that shows an EV company can survive, it is unit sales growth. Among US manufacturers, the only exception is Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA | TSLA Price Prediction) because of…
Musk’s Net Worth Rises $16 Billion As SpaceX Heads Toward IPO
Elon Musk’s net worth declined in the early part of 2026 due to Tesla’s (NASDAQ: TSLA | TSLA Price Prediction) problems. Tesla’s stock dropped from $480 in mid-December to $355 recently. Its market cap…
Tesla’s Little Miracle
Tesla’s (NASDAQ: TSLA) stock reacted poorly to its first-quarter sales count. It fell short of expectations for some. The big EV company produced 408,383 and delivered 358,023. People wondered what the difference was. Tesla…
Used Tesla For $25,000
A new Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA | TSLA Price Prediction) Model 3 with All-Wheel Drive has a base price of just $50,000. A similarly featured Model Y costs about the same. Each is priced below…
The US Government Could End The Federal Gas Tax
The federal government could take steps to lower the price of a gallon of gas. This is to kill the $.184 tax levied now. With gas at $4, it would help? Maybe not a…
Waltons Got Richer As Market Plunged
All the richest billionaires are losing money. Bezos. Brin. Page, Zuckerberg, Ellison. Huang. However, the Waltons, children of Walmart (NYSE: WMT | WMT Price Prediction) founder Sam Walton, are getting much, much richer. As…
Ford CEO Makes 295 Times Its Worker Pay
The SEC requires companies to disclose the relationship between the CEO’s pay and the median annual compensation of the company’s workers. Ford (NYSE: F | F Price Prediction) CEO Jim Farley made $27,519,557 in…
Beyond Meat Collapses
Beyond Meat (NASDAQ: BYND) went public on May 2, 2019, at $25. It raised $241 million. Its stock soared 163% that day, and it briefly had a valuation of $3.77 billion. After announcing fourth-quarter…
Lucid Drops Near 52 Week Low On Ruined Prospects
On paper, shares of EV companies should be rising. As gas prices rise to $5 or more, they may still have a way to go before peaking. That should make EVs more attractive. One…
Costco’s Amazing Success
Costco’s (NASDAQ: COST | COST Price Prediction) shares have defied the market downturn driven by inflation worries, the war in the Middle East, and a decline in consumer confidence. Its stock is up 14%…
Starbucks Is Still A Dog
Starbucks’ (NASDAQ: SBUX | SBUX Price Prediction) stock is down 10% in the last year, while the S&P 500 is 12% higher. Over five years, the stock is down 20% while the S&P is…
Disney’s Stock Is A Dog
It does not seem like a new CEO has helped Disney (NYSE: DIS | DIS Price Prediction). Not even the anticipation that Josh D’Amaro will replace Bob Iger, who had an unsuccessful tenure. Disney’s…
Nvidia Share Price Could Be Hit Hard By Iran War
Over 90% of Nvidia’s chips are made at TSMC in Taiwan. This includes Blackwell. Much of Taiwan’s energy is powered by natural gas (about 90%). According to the Atlantic Council, “Taiwan relied on imports…
$200 Oil On Trump Radar
It would be about double what oil prices are today. And the damage to the global economy would be unimaginable. The Trump Administration has admitted to itself that a game plan for this price…
Ford Has Run Out Of Places To Go
There are many regions worldwide where cars can be sold. However, without success in China, the EU, and the US, global automotive companies get painted into a corner. Ford’s (NYSE: F) US sales often…