Hey everybody, we're off now, we're here as we kick off Tesla earnings week with a

very exciting start to the week for Tesla Stock, of course we'll talk a little bit about

that.

Then we've also got some more updates on Volkswagen and conversations that they have had

with Elon Musk, big news on the Refresh Model X, news on Tesla Energy and a couple other

stories as well.

Alright, so after Tesla Stock, last week saw five green days in a row, culminating in a

7% increase for the stock last week.

The strength continued today, Tesla finishing up 3.2% to $870.11 on the day, extending that

streak to six green days in a row as we approach earnings.

And with that close above $870 per share, that is a top five close for Tesla all time.

With this run, Tesla has now conclusively passed the NASDAQ for a year-to-date performance.

If you look at Google, they're showing Tesla up 19.2% versus the NASDAQ 18.3% on the

year.

Turns out, they don't actually calculate that how I would, which would be based on the

closing prices from last year.

Using those prices, the NASDAQ drops to 16.5% year-to-date versus Tesla up 23.

So, obviously quite a bit of excitement heading into earnings aftermarket close on a Wednesday.

Some analysts have come out with notes over the last few days, Dan Ives today talking

about how he expects an earnings beat across the board on the key three report.

So I think analyst estimates are increasing, but even more than that, I think probably

of the quote-unquote whisper number or actual expectations are probably increasing even

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