$TSLA option spread will pay off today. $TSLA, Tesla, Inc. / H1 $TM Toyota. What a mess in quality. It is recalling 700,000 vehicles on fuel pump defects. $TM, Toyota Motor Corporation / H1 $F Ford is behind on the markets. Accumulate. $F, Ford Motor Company / H1 Will $AMD break 50 at last? will TSM break 60? Will TSLA Break 475? ...Futures may be bright enough for shades today! Nice way to get things started. Crude and Gold both up slightly. Bitcoin starting the day down about 1.5%. Struggling to break away from the $8,000 Remain Calm! level and a far cry from the All-Important $10,000 mark. The ups and downs don't seem to be tied to much of anything. Tough one to get a feel for. Tesla's overall vehicle registrations during Q4 fell 46% to 13,584 vehicles in California, a bellwether market for the electric-car maker. Yikes. I will wager that this Breaking News will not make a bit of difference with share price of $TSLA. It is all about share price. It has nothing to do with valuation or fundamentals. We are seeing a once-in-a-lifetime stock that will some day be studied by students in Business schools. Elon Musk remains excommunicado. Tesla launched an updated version of its Wall Connector and it now features Wi-Fi connectivity. "Monitor your charge with the Tesla app and receive notifications when complete. Wi-Fi connectivity enables over-the-air firmware updates and remote service if necessary. Tesla Wall Connector offers the best home charging experience for any Tesla owner." $500 on their website for those looking for the best home charging experience. I filled up my Subaru Ascent this morning on my way to work. The pump clicked when fueling was complete. While filling up, I received a text message via Car Play. Amazing. World Athletics is mulling a ban for Nike's Vaporfly shoes in professional competition. The sneaker has come under scrutiny amid claims that its foam and carbon fiber sole plate serves as a spring that gives runners an extra edge. PepsiCo will give everyone in the U.S. a free Pepsi Zero Sugar (via refund) if the final score of either of this year's Super Bowl teams ends in a zero. Nice marketing move, but I have zero interest. Get it? $PEP Sales of Apple's AirPods grew almost 100% Y/Y in 2019 to nearly 60M shipments, according to new Strategy Analytics data. AirPods took in 71% of revenue from the global totally wireless headset sales. Too bad Apple is nothing more than the iPhone. Speaking of iPhones, I am now using an iPhone XR and love it. I will be ordereing AirPods soon as there is no headphone port on the phone. No more wire, so it seems. Long $AAPL. Nothing on $NIO today? Some big movement higher yesterday on funding talk. Reminds me of some other funding talk that boosted a stock not too long ago. Time will tell on Nio, as it does with all things. Long $NIO and $TSLA for all who think I don't invest in EVs. Long many Oil & Gas stocks too. It's called diversification...I think. Target in the news again today? I thought I commented on Target's Holiday miss yesterday. Keep that news out there and maybe the stock will enter the "Sweet Spot." I would love some shares of $TGT. SEC officials said on Wednesday that they had obtained an emergency enforcement action and asset freeze against Todays Growth Consultant, which also operated as The Income Store, and its owner, Illinois resident Ken Courtright. The company that offered investors a hands-free monthly income with no skills required was actually a Ponzi scheme that duped more than 500 investors out of at least $75 million, according to the Securities and Exchange Commission.above notes via user dcv....