Gigafactory

Recap Of Last Week The week was short and mostly red until Friday. Friday started with a tough morning for the bulls, but turned around to close yet another bullish week for the S&P 500. In terms of quality green weekly candle, last week was not so pretty. The price action was less than...

U.S. stocks were marginally lower, as investors and traders may be waiting on the sidelines for further clarity on geopolitical tension. Volume was lighter than usual, as the composite volume on the New York Stock Exchange was 2.2 billion right before the closing bell. Typically, 2.1 billion...

U.S. stocks posted steep losses as investors had plenty to worry about. Unable to reach a last-minute settlement, Argentina defaulted on its debt obligations. Naturally, as a global economy, the credit of one country affects other countries worldwide. The Labor Department reported that U.S....

Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) could be gearing up to make an important announcement as early as Thursday -- when it announces earnings -- about its massive lithium-ion battery Gigafactory. Reno In The Crosshairs Forbes suggested Tesla could announce the future gigafactory's site as Reno, pointing...

Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) reignited investor interest last week when CEO Elon Musk said he is opening Tesla’s patents to the world. Along with benevolence, there may be business motives behind Tesla’s action. Battery Sales Tesla’s most acclaimed innovation is its batteries....

When Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk says something provocative, people listen. At Tuesday’s shareholder meeting, Musk said he was thinking about doing something “fairly controversial” with Tesla’s patents. The comment followed Musk’s observation that he...

Nothing is quite as entertaining as a ‘grudge match’ between a couple of rich guys. If Chinese billionaire Lu Guanqiu meant what he said, there could be an electric car ‘battle royale’ in the making between Lu and Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk. Lu, who now owns bankrupt Fisker Automotive...

U.S. stocks declined for the second straight day after investors and traders digested disappointing earnings from retailers and economic reports were disappointing. The Dow suffered a triple-digit point loss and declined one percent after the retailer giant Wal-Mart failed to "wow" investors....

Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk wants to build an environmentally friendly $35,000 electric car for the masses at the astonishing rate of 500,000 per year. To accomplish that, it appears Musk might “pull a Henry Ford.” Musk’s highly-publicized Gigafactory, according to Slate, is designed to...

Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) was taking no chances. The company said Thursday it planned to break ground in, not one, but two states ahead of its $5 billion Gigafactory, which will employ 6,500 lucky residents of one of those two states. According to Forbes, the reasoning was simple for Tesla and CEO...

U.S. stocks were mixed as the Dow finished in positive territory and the S&P 500 index turned negative after rising to within two points of its record close. The Nasdaq also turned negative towards the end of the day, declining for the third straight day. Earnings continue to come in mixed...

Analysts at Goldman Sachs met with Tesla Motors (NASDAQ: TSLA) executives in Chicago and Denver on April 8 and 9. One key word the analysts used to describe their meeting was “surprised.” “The biggest surprise for us was the company's own expectations for the Model X,” wrote Patrick Archambault...