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☕️ Tesla: Unka Elon buys big – should you?

Sep 15, 2025

Howdy! 👋

Nothing better than hot coffee, warm pastries and green markets on a Monday.

Imho and at least in the early going.

I expect the market to split with the Dow red but the S&P 500 in the green by the time you read this.

That’s neither here nor there, though.

Investing in imperfect markets beats the cost of waiting for perfect markets hands down.

Here’s my playbook.

1 – Two of the best buys this week

The super-savvy Stuart Varney doesn’t mess around, and I like that because it means he cuts right to the chase on important issues.

Take this morning, for example.

News broke just before I took to the air that the President advocates an end to quarterly reporting and he wanted my take (Read) … more in a moment.

Stuart also wanted to know why I am super focused on two big name stocks and the price points I see ‘em hitting in a few years. (Watch)

2 – Four reasons stopping quarterly earnings would be GREAT for individual investors

Many will think what I’m about to say is financial heresy.

Wouldn't be the first time. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Four reasons killing the 90-day hamster wheel we know as earnings would be awesome for individual investors:

Slash volatility
Restore price discovery
Force money to reward value, not hype and high-speed trading
Eliminate gamesmanship

Scores of businesses run on multi-year cycles. Examples include heavy manufacturing, software, airplanes, construction etc.

Forcing 'em to “make the quarter” is madness—and has been for a long time.

Keith’s Investing Tip: Short-termism is the enemy of wealth. Focus on the longer-term perspective that pays. Your portfolio will thank you.

3 – Alphabet taps the $3T market cap club

Just the 4^th company in history to do so… after Nvidia, Microsoft and Apple. (Read)

Should you buy it?

Many investors are wondering this morning; you can almost smell the FOMO – fear of missing out.

It’s returned 31.25% YTD versus the SPX which has returned 12.60% as I type.

Not bad.

But here’s the thing.

Investing is a constant series of choices, a balancing act really.

The company I’d rather own has returned more than 120% over the same time period, which is why I recommend it to the OBA Family over a choice like Google/Alphabet.

Hopefully you’re a) on board with similar thinking and achieving similar results or b) are working with a financial advisor who is also thinking in this direction. If not and you’d like some help, I’ll be here.

Oh and btw, if your advisor is still blathering on about diversification, sectors etc and you aren’t enjoying this kind of advantage, respectfully, I submit it may be time for a new advisor. Or at least new thinking, but that’s just me.

4 – Tesla: Unka Elon buys big – should you?

I place a huge priority on CEOs who eat their own cooking and this morning we got a great recipe.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk purchased more than $1B of Tesla stock in what I think is a huge vote of confidence that he’s going to “make it happen.” (Read)

People are asking themselves “if” they should buy?

MyPOV?

Flip that around.

Why wouldn’t you and why haven’t you already – that’s what you really ought to be asking yourself if you’re not on board.

$600

Keith’s Investing Tip: There are quite a few folks who can’t get past Musk himself for whatever reason. That’s a-okay. Not every company is worth owning if it doesn’t match up to your compass. The question you want to think about is what choice you’ll buy instead to replace the opportunity you’ll miss. And, yes, they are out there.

For example, I’ve recommended two alternatives to the OBA Family, in fact. One’s returned about 10% and is just beginning to move in earnest while the other has already returned nearly 60%. Obviously there are NO guarantees that’ll continue, and I want to be very clear about that. Past performance and all that jazz.

What I want you to consider is that there is always a path to profits!

Always.

5 – Russia revives barter to dodge Western sanctions

What’s the line from baseball great Yogi Berra?

… it’s déjà vu all over again.

I feel like I’m watching a repeat of Russia’s post-Soviet economy with the revival of barter. Putin’s evidently keen to trade wheat for Chinese cars and flax seeds for building materials. (Read)

Back in the day it was vodka for machine parts.

Technically, Russia is grappling with both a recession and high inflation as more than 25,000 different sanctions sink in.

The biggest bite, though, was disconnecting Russian banks from the global SWIFT payments system, which has really hit hard.

SWIFT, in case you’re not familiar, is the global financial messaging network that lets banks securely send and receive payment instructions across borders.

The reason this matters is that cutting a country off effectively yanks the plug on its ability to move money internationally.

Bartering goods helps remove the need for international transactions — which is why Putin’s government put out a 14-page Guide to Foreign Barter Transactions in 2024 advising businesses on how to skirt sanctions.

Notably, the document also proposed the creation of a trading platform that would act as a barter exchange — not yet live, but probably not far off either.

What’s an investor to do?

There are actually a few avenues, any one of which could be tremendously profitable.

One path would be to follow the money flows. Sanctions and barter will push Russia closer to China, Iran, and other non-Western partners while simultaneously boosting global demand for Western defense contractors and energy producers which is why, not coincidentally, that I recommend both to the OBA Family.

Another would be to hedge against payment system disruptions using some form of crypto-related choice like a measured allocation to Bitcoin and gold — just don’t bet the farm.

But the biggest and best choice is to invest in ‘digital clearing’ for the simple reason that SWIFT will ultimately get replaced. My fave has returned roughly 3x the S&P 500 since latching on.

Stuff like this makes me think there’s still rock-solid upside ahead.