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CNBCC tweet me at Jim Quamer. It's not often that you see a $100 billion

company born right before your eyes. But that's exactly what happened today

with the infant that is Rivian, the electro-fuel maker that just came public

and initially we saw $100 billion valuation when it first started trading

this very morning.

Yep, we're not so hot day for the averages. We're in the time to earn 40 points

as it would be saying 0.82% the NASDAQ noticed that at 1.66%. At 1. much

younger though, Rivian stock shut up nearly 30%. The closed blow to price

of its first trade. Now I know it's jarring to think that this company

which had only delivered 156 cars as of the end of October is basically the same

size as the market capitalization of General Motors. However, I am sick of this

because you know why? Because that's a terrible comparison. I mean,

I mean, electric vehicles are in a link of their own compared to old school auto

companies that still rely largely on the dreaded internal combustion engines or ISIS, they

call them.

That doesn't mean Rivian necessarily deserves to be worth this much, but it does mean

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