Elon just said it again: “Tesla self-driving feels like magic.” Paul Graham’s Model 3 FSD experience is going viral too. No controls touched, driveway to parking spot. The unsupervised era keeps getting closer. $Tesla Motors(TSLA)$
$Palantir Technologies Inc.(PLTR)$ No gain today, but it has now closed above last December's all-time high for two straight days. Even the best stocks need time to absorb profit-taking and work through corrections. As long as the long-term trend stays up, that's really all that matters. Nothing to complain about here.
$Palantir Technologies Inc.(PLTR)$ Institutional upgrades could easily push this toward the 215–218 level, especially with shorts getting decimated. Even after the run up, I don't think we've seen the full move yet.
Samsung just posted preliminary Q3 2026 numbers, and they are striking. Operating profit came in at 107.4 trillion won, up 783% year over year, on revenue of 195 trillion won, up 127%. That operating profit figure also beat the analyst consensus estimate of roughly 106.1 trillion won. This marks the fourth consecutive quarter of record operating profit. The main driver here is extraordinary demand for AI infrastructure memory, including high-bandwidth memory and DRAM. For anyone following memory names, this is another notable data point supporting elevated demand and pricing in the space. One thing worth keeping in mind: these are confirmed company-issued preliminary figures. The detailed results, including segment profitability, are scheduled for October 29.
$Uber(UBER)$ is still available below where the CEO bought at roughly $71 and below Nancy Pelosi's $70 entry. Donald Trump was also a Q1 buyer. The CEO just put $10M of his own money into the stock, which is his first open-market purchase since 2022. At 15x earnings, this is one of the cheapest valuations the stock has ever traded at. I don't think the AV disruption concerns around $Alphabet(GOOG)$ and $Tesla Motors(TSLA)$ are as serious as they're being made out to be. Uber is the network that robotaxis would need to plug into.