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Is Tesla a Stock for Suckers?
The markets kicked off the week with a 5-1 Tesla stock split rally and ended with major questions about tech company valuations.

The markets kicked off the week with a 5-1 Tesla stock split rally and ended with major questions about tech company valuations.
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This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Bitstamp and Nexo.io.
On this episode of The Breakdown Weekly Recap, NLW looks at the full story the stock markets are telling us about the economy, including:
- SoftBank unmasked as the “Nasdaq whale” playing the same options game with stocks as r/WallStreetBets
- The Tesla stock split game: Does this just mean it’s for n00bs and rubes?
- The VIX shows November nervousness
- Can you hear it? As stocks slide, the money printer is revving again
See also: The Real Story Behind Tesla’s Crazy Rally
This week on The Breakdown:
Monday | US Stock Market Cap to GDP Ratio Reaches 190%, Eclipsing Dot-Com Bubble High
Tuesday | Financial Postmodernism and the Great Inflation Debate
Wednesday |Let Them Eat Equities! The Economic Chickens Come Home to Roost, Feat. Luke Gromen
Thursday | DeFi Degens Are Crypto’s Suicide Squad
Friday | 8 Historical Analogies That Help Explain the Madness of 2020
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Nathaniel Whittemore
NLW is an independent strategy and communications consultant for leading crypto companies as well as host of The Breakdown – the fastest-growing podcast in crypto. Whittemore has been a VC with Learn Capital, was on the founding team of Change.org, and founded a program design center at his alma mater Northwestern University that helped inspire the largest donation in the school’s history.
