Month: December 2020

The pandemic turned 2020 into a year of unprecedented events — not the least of which was the swift crash and then record-fast recovery of the stock market.

The market’s race higher has been in stark contrast to an economy that has been growing slowly.

Many small businesses are struggling, and more than 10.7 million people are unemployed, according to Labor Department monthly data.

Even so,

Tesla’s stock is stupidly expensive. It may go higher and shareholders may be rewarded, or it may languish or fall.

There is no law prohibiting stupidly expensive from becoming moronically expensive. Moreover, speculative companies that actually achieve explosive sales and profit growth for a number of years can actually make outlandish valuations seem justified for a time.

The problem comes when fantastic expectations disappoint and worried shareholders look down to discover the thinnest of thin air beneath them.

Shares of the electric automobile maker were added to the S&P 500 Index last week and struggled. But they are still up