How to Rebuild SpaceX’s Valuation Framework? An Earnings Report That Puts Launch Services and Starlink in the Background: For years, investors have associated Spacex with two businesses: rocket launches and Starlink. The former offers formidable technical barriers and Elon Musk’s personal appeal; the latter offers a growing subscriber base and cash flow. Many investors still place AI at the bottom of their valuation models, treating it as an option that might pay off someday. But the third-quarter results suggest that this view is falling behind reality. SpaceX reported quarterly revenue of $14.58 billion, up 161% year over year and roughly 15% above the consensus estimate of about $12.7 billion. The AI segment contributed $7.56 billion, exceeding the combined revenue of the Connectivity a
If Harris is elected president, the U.S. stock market could be under long-term pressure
Although some of Kamala Harris's policy proposals may benefit specific sectors in the U.S. stock market, such as cannabis-related stocks, overall, her economic policies are bearish for the broader U.S. stock market. Below are some of Harris’s key policy proposals, which stand in stark contrast to Donald Trump’s: 1. Raising Corporate Taxes: Harris plans to raise the U.S. corporate tax rate to 28%, which would negatively impact most publicly traded U.S. companies by reducing corporate profits, lowering the potential for dividends and stock buybacks, and decreasing valuations. 2. Promoting Antitrust Measures: Harris appears to be even tougher on antitrust issues than the current administration, or at the very least, would continue the current administration’s antitrust agenda. This would nega