Sunday, November 24, 2024
The Tesla, Inc. (TSLA) share price has been on a wild ride through the first half of 2024. The stock’s volatility gives us an opportunity to see how the new breed of single-stock, covered call ETFs perform under extreme market conditions. TSLA opened 2024 at $250.08 per share. The stock proceeded to fall like a […]
This article covers one of my favorite news items from the last month. A new significant source of lithium has been discovered. The source is in the U.S., and the lithium is easily recoverable. The rub is that the new lithium source is closely tied to hydrocarbon energy production. Here is a quote and graphic […]
Japanese automakers, such as Honda Motor (HMC) and Toyota Motor Corporation (TM), have long been seen as laggards in move toward electric vehicles (EVs). But now, both companies are revving up for the EV race. In fact, Honda has emerged as a star performer in this year’s Japanese stock market rally, as investors cheer its […]
The global electric vehicle market is projected to grow from just $287 billion in 2021 to a massive $1.31 trillion in 2028, forecasts Sustainalytics, a leading independent ESG and corporate governance research and analytics firm. That nearly one-and-a-third trillion-dollar market is an opportunity few investors will want to miss. However, many investors looking to hitch […]
By now, everyone has heard how the shortage of semiconductors has constrained production from automakers. Well, move over semiconductors, now the lack of lithium supply threatens to hold back the entire electric vehicle (EV) revolution. And just months ago lithium carbonate prices high all-time highs. Some prices for the key metals used in batteries for […]
Electric vehicle stocks haven’t been nearly as active as they were during the heart of the Covid crisis. However, Nikoka (NKLA) options traded over 200,000 contracts on a busy day last week, which is 4x the regular amount. In this case, it appears that a large institutional position was either rolled to July or closed […]
Investors may want to buy weakness in lithium stocks, like Albemarle (ALB). Sure, Goldman Sachs said it expects for lithium prices to fall about 10% this year. Then, by next year, the firm believes lithium could fall about 73%. But that’s not going to happen. The world wants to put millions of electric vehicles on […]
Just look at Nio (NIO), an electric vehicle stock, which just reported strong deliveries. In fact, for May 2022, the company delivered 7,024 vehicles, of which 5,317 were premium smart electric SUVs, including 746 ES8s, 2,936 ES6s and 1,635 EC6s. Nio also sold 1,707 ET7s, its flagship premium smart electric sedan. Nio’s cumulative deliveries as […]
Investors may want to use the pullback in electric vehicle stocks as an opportunity. Global leaders want millions of EVs on the roads and automakers are abandoning combustion engines for electric vehicles. On a global level, sales are only accelerating. In the U.S., as Car and Driver notes, “American car shoppers seem to have discovered […]
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the resultant sanctions against Russia are creating many profitable opportunities for investors. However, many of these opportunities have been passing by unnoticed because they occur in a sector that Wall Street routinely ignores: commodities. A major piece of news on March 21 has led to one of these under-the-radar opportunities: […]
