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Wall Street Breakfast

Goldman plays catchup to Tesla's big run

Wall Street Breakfast

Seeking Alpha

Business News, News, Business, Investing

4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 10 July 2024

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Goldman hikes target, but Bill Gross says Tesla trades like a meme stock. (0:16) Samsung's 'indefinite' strike. (3:20) Citi says take AI profit. (4:03)

Show Notes
Carvana adds features to make it easier to buy electric vehicles
Baidu climbs after Beijing proposes draft rules for robotaxis

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0:00.0

Welcome to Seeking Alpha's Wall Street Lunch, our afternoon update on today's market action, news and analysis.

0:10.0

Good afternoon. Today is Wednesday, July 10th, and I'm your host Kim Khan.

0:14.0

Our top story so far is today the day that Tesla's streak ends. Bulls are looking for an

0:19.8

11th straight winning session and its touch and go with shares slightly lower.

0:23.4

Today Goldman Sachs boosted its price target to $248 on the stock

0:27.8

after factoring in the better than expected Q2 deliveries report.

0:31.6

Analysts Mark Delaney says,

0:34.0

the reduction in inventory levels is a positive sign for future pricing, all else equal.

0:38.0

He still has a neutral rating on the stock amid concerns about weak market conditions, Q3 production numbers, valuation, and tariff risk.

0:47.0

Investors have been bidding up Tesla and it now trades higher for the year after crossing the $250 level. Short interest on Tesla stands at only 3.3% of the total

0:55.6

float. On Tuesday, Bond Guru Bill Growth said Tesla is acting like a meme stock with

1:00.7

sagging fundamentals and straight up price action.

1:03.2

There seems to be a new meme stock every other day now, he said, of which most are

1:07.4

pump and dump. He also mentioned Chewy, Zapp Electric, and old favorite game stop. Speaking in winning streaks, the S&P 500 hasn't had a losing session in the second half.

1:18.1

The benchmark index is slightly higher with the NASDAQ performing better. Treasury yields are under a little pressure as Fed Chief Jay Powell speaks to Congress again,

1:26.0

this time before the House Financial Services Committee.

1:29.0

Powell said he believes that current Fed monetary policy is restrictive and that the neutral interest rate has moved up at least in the short term

1:36.4

on the data front may wholesale inventories are 0.6% on the month in line with a consensus and up from a 0.1% rise in April.

1:45.0

On a year to you basis though, inventories fell 0.5%.

1:50.0

Among active stocks today, Needham upgraded Carvana to buy from hold, calling it a secular growth story with a cyclical recovery kicker.

1:58.0

Analysts Chris Pierce says Carvana can grow unit sales and industry share by leveraging its digital first customer experience

2:04.8

and underutilized physical footprint.

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