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Nacho Montes de Oca wrote that Tesla and SpaceX stocks fell after a measure against Ukraine was announced, despite the success that, according to him, Elon Musk's flying car presentation had. He suggested that the declines could also be due to other events. According to Montes de Oca, the Italian government halted negotiations to contract Starlink services for $1.63 billion, amidst the controversy over the reliability of the service and repeated threats and incidents of signal cuts in Ukraine. He also noted that Germany had accelerated the development of its own constellation of sovereign military satellites. He added that Valérie Hayer, president of Renew Europe, and Andrius Kubilius, EU defense commissioner, had advocated for the urgent need for a European alternative to Starlink. The author stated that Democratic and Republican senators had sent a letter to the Defense Department's inspector general demanding an urgent investigation into the restrictions imposed on the network. He said this could affect SpaceX's contracts with the U.S. government, which he estimated at $29.68 billion. Of that total, he indicated, $8.05 billion corresponded to new military contracts awarded and based on Starshield, the company's military division. Montes de Oca maintained that Musk's accusations against Donald Trump and Trump's response— where he denied being responsible and also said he didn't believe Musk was responsible— had harmed the conglomerate's reputation. He attributed the drop in SpaceX's stocks to a loss of $28.6 billion for Musk. He also estimated that Tesla's decline between October 13 and 16, 2026, had reduced its market capitalization by between $35 billion and $38 billion. To those losses, he added the revenues that, in his opinion, could cease to be obtained from the Italian contract and agreements with other countries interested in the system. Finally, he noted that it remained to be seen whether Musk would maintain a strategy that, as he wrote, imitated Trump's aggressive stance towards Ukraine and Volodymyr Zelensky, or if investor pressure would lead him to change his decision. He also stated that support for Vladimir Putin had a high and self-destructive cost. #Tesla #SpaceX #Ucrania (translated)

Investor doubts about chip development and artificial intelligence, amid a higher inflation environment, are negatively affecting the stocks of European and American companies in the sector, causing significant declines in their prices. #Inversores #Chips #InteligenciaArtificial (translated)

The rising debt of France, which has reached 119% of GDP and a deficit exceeding 5%, generates distrust among investors and raises concerns about its potential contagion to other European countries amid political uncertainty over the upcoming elections. #DeudaFrancesa #CrisisEconómica #ContagioEuropeo (translated)

Angela Wilkinson, Secretary General of the World Energy Council, argues that Spain needs stable and attractive energy policies for international investors, ensuring that the country must rebalance its energy system to integrate generation, storage, and demand in a coordinated manner in the context of a climate crisis and global challenges. #EnergíaRenovable #InversiónInternacional #PolíticasEnergéticas (translated)

Orlando Avendaño highlighted an article by María Corina Machado in the New York Post, in which she argued that strong institutions would provide lasting guarantees to investors through the rule of law and would hinder the return of chavismo to its old methods. Machado also expressed her desire for Venezuela and the United States to build a mutually beneficial relationship within a framework of democracy and freedom. She stated that, as the leader of the civic movement, she was committed to ensuring that Venezuela respected contracts, protected private property, and established a lasting strategic alliance with the United States. #Venezuela #Democracia #Inversión (translated)

"There are investors who are waiting for me to win the elections. If Argentines decide otherwise, they will pay the CONSEQUENCES for choosing decadence." "3 years of government and NOT A SINGLE investment. It turns out everyone is waiting to see if the dirty diaper wins again, yes, of course." https://t.co/Y2TGLEYJpi #Elecciones2023 #Argentina #Inversión (translated)

The 'bullion scam' has caused the disappearance of 89 million euros and has left thousands of victims in Italy, including 296 savers in Trentino-Alto Adige who lost more than four million after investing their pensions and lifetime savings. #EstafaLingotes #InversoresPerdidos #JusticiaFinanciera (translated)

The government has been managing the narrative for 8 years that home ownership was in the hands of "vulture funds," the "rich," and the "powerful." Documentaries have even been made with that focus. Now people are discovering that housing is in the hands of small owners, many of whom – here lies the key – are middle-class families, voters for PSOE and PP, simply due to age. There was a time when people could own 2 properties. All this, even to the point of tacitly acknowledging – in light of the decree – that limiting "speculative buying" to alleged vulture funds (companies created in many cases to manage the ownership of two or three apartments) would be detrimental. A study in the Netherlands concluded that limiting purchases for investors led to an increase in rents: these companies served the purpose of buying and rehabilitating rental stock. The purchase prices did not decrease significantly with the measure, but rental prices increased due to lower market supply because no one was providing it. The narratives are unraveling: PSOE has adopted all the mantras of Podemos as an electoral strategy to absorb that space and maintain more than 100 seats, but reality always ends up knocking at the door. Spain, a country of small owners from a very specific generation: the baby boomers. The rest is rhymes and legends. #Vivienda #Propiedad #PSOE (translated)