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What Actually Drives Tesla's Stock Price
Tesla trades less like a traditional automaker and more like a growth-and-story stock. Here's what really moves the shares — delivery numbers, margins, and the bets on energy and autonomy.
By Priya Shenoy · March 16, 2026
Apple's Stock Story: Services, Not Just iPhones
Apple's stock has increasingly decoupled from any single product cycle. Here's why the Services segment has become the metric analysts watch most closely.
By Marcus Whitfield · March 16, 2026
How AWS Became the Profit Engine Behind Amazon's Stock
Amazon's retail business generates the bulk of its revenue, but its cloud unit, AWS, generates the bulk of its profit. That split explains most of what moves the stock.
By Daniela Kroft · March 15, 2026
Alphabet's Balancing Act: Search Cash Flow Funding Future Bets
Google Search still funds nearly everything Alphabet does. Here's how that cash flow gets allocated across Cloud, YouTube, and long-term projects — and the risks to the core business.
By Daniela Kroft · March 15, 2026