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NEWS
Trump Cyber Bullies Powell To Stop A Slowdown

The market fell again on Monday, as investors lazily returned from a holiday weekend, and some international markets remained closed to celebrate Easter. Gold hit an all-time high, Bitcoin climbed, but U.S. indexes fell after President Trump continued his verbal attacks on Fed Chair Jerome Powell, egging him on to preemptively lower rates, even calling him a loser. ☹️ 

It is the start of the first Mag 7 earnings week, with Tesla expected tomorrow and both Googles reporting Thursday. 👀 

Today's issue covers Tesla’s make-or-break moment, Trump cyber bullying Powell, and more. 📰

Here’s the S&P 500 heatmap. All 11 sectors closed red with consumer staples (-0.78%) leading and technology (-4.98%) lagging.

And here are the closing prices: 

EARNINGS
Tesla’s Red Alert Earnings Report 📦️ 

$Tesla fell 7% today. The EV firm is due to report on Tuesday, and more than one analyst calls it a make-or-break moment for the stock. Two analysts at Wedbush, including tech bull Dan Ives, wrote over the weekend that investors expect Chief Elon Musk to say he is reprising his role as full-time company leader. If he doesn’t stop his political work at DOGE, it’s a “code red situation.” 🚨 

According to Ives, Tesla faces “potentially 15%-20% permanent demand destruction for future Tesla buyers due to the brand damage Musk has created with DOGE.”

Ives said Musk has become a starkly political figure, and the demand hit might become permanent if it does not reverse soon. Earlier this month, Tesla posted the worst quarter for deliveries in two years: a sharp 13% decline in first-quarter deliveries of 336,681 units. 👹 

Tesla's shares have dropped 36% year-to-date, but Wedbush still has an outperform rating and a twelve-month price target of $315, believing the firm to be one of the "most disruptive" technology companies, with the chance to turn it around.

Analysts’ expectations compiled by Bloomberg expect Q1 earnings per share to decrease to $0.44 from $0.45 a year earlier, and revenue to increase marginally to $21.43 billion.

According to the firm’s investor relations Q&A submission site, shareholders hope to hear about self-driving cars, affordable model releases, and what tariffs mean for Tesla production. 📣 

Stocktwits users in a weekend poll shifted to overwhelmingly bearish on the stock, though overall post sentiment is dead neutral. 🥸 

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