Tesla investors await details on affordable electric car, plans to boost sales

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Tesla investors are anxious to know if plans to roll out a cheaper car and a robotaxi service this year are on track, and whether CEO Elon Musk is ready to ditch his role in the Trump administration soon and get back to managing the company more closely.

📈 Stock futures rise as Wall Street looks to recover from Monday’s sell-off: Stock futures rose Tuesday as traders looked to recover following a rough day on Wall Street, as President Donald Trump’s latest criticism of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell hurt sentiment. CNBC reports.

💊 Roche to invest $50 billion in U.S. to avoid Trump tariffs, create 12,000 jobs: Roche said on Tuesday it would invest $50 billion in the United States over the next five years, creating more than 12,000 new jobs, in the latest massive investment by companies reacting to President Donald Trump's tariffs policy. The Swiss pharma giant said the new positions would include nearly 6,500 in construction and 1,000 at new and expanded facilities. Reuters reports.

🧾 Top Wall Street forecasters revamp Lockheed Martin expectations ahead of Q1 earnings: The company will release earnings results for the first quarter, before the opening bell on Tuesday, April 22. Analysts expect the Bethesda, Maryland-based company to report quarterly earnings at $6.31 per share, down from $6.33 per share in the year-ago period. Lockheed Martin projects to report quarterly revenue at $17.8 billion, compared to $17.2 billion a year earlier. Benzinga reports.

🛢️ Taiwan says buying more US gas, oil is a focus in tariff talks: Increasing purchases of U.S. natural gas and oil is a focus of Taiwan's tariff talks with the United States, President Lai Ching-te said on Tuesday. Lai has pledged to seek a zero tariff regime with the United States and buy more from and invest more in the country, as he seeks to head off U.S. President Donald Trump's wide-ranging import tariffs, most of which are currently on hold. Reuters reports.

📈 Nvidia stock gains as Amazon reassures markets on AI data-center plans. What to know: Nvidia stock was gaining early Tuesday after Amazon.com pushed back against reports that it was pulling back on building artificial-intelligence infrastructure. Nvidia shares were up 1.3% at $98.20 in premarket trading. The stock fell 4.5% on Monday. MarketWatch reports.

🔻 3M cuts 2025 profit forecast amid trade tensions: U.S. industrial conglomerate 3M Co cut its forecast for 2025 profit on Tuesday as tariff tensions mount, sending its shares down 2.5% in premarket trading. Yahoo Finance reports.

💾 Intel results to spotlight new CEO Tan's strategy to reverse years of missteps: Intel's quarterly results will offer the clearest look yet at new CEO Lip-Bu Tan's turnaround strategy for the embattled American chipmaker, and investors are hoping for early signs that he is reversing years of strategic lapses. Yahoo Finance reports.

🏛️ Trump hosts Walmart, Target and Home Depot CEOs for tariff meeting: President Donald Trump on Monday met with chief executives from three of the nation’s top retailers, who came to the White House to discuss how his sweeping tariff plans could impact their import-heavy business models. CNBC reports.

(All pricing and percent gains are based on Early Pre-Market from 4:00 AM to 7:00 AM Eastern Time)
Benzinga reports.

1) $GELS: Gelteq
Total gain: +472.22%

2) $WNW: Meiwu Technology Company Limited
Total gain: +83.06%

3) $GPUS: Hyperscale Data
Total gain: +27.22%

4) $HOLO: MicroCloud Hologram
Total gain: +27.04%

5) $SLI: Standard Lithium
Total gain: +25.71%

*Estimate and Actual numbers represent Earnings Per Share in US Dollars

TSLA: Tesla
1Q 2025
After Market Close
Estimate: 0.410
Actual: N/A

ENPH: Enphase Energy
1Q 2025
After Market Close
Estimate: 0.700
Actual: N/A

TRMK: Trustmark
1Q 2025
After Market Close
Estimate: 0.820
Actual: N/A

Time (ET) / Report / Period

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2:00 pm - Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari speaks

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